rumorsandrants.com - 2/17/2009
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I’ve got a shiny penny for anyone who can name the athlete pictured above. Too late, it’s none other than Bill Swift . Billy Swift, on the cover of a video game. And not just any game, this was World Series Baseball ‘95 for Sega Genesis. I played that game constantly. McD ...
Fantasy Baseball 2009: The Seattle Mariners
mvn.com 2/24/2009 — In today's installment of my series taking a look at the fantasy value of players on teams that may go unnoticed on draft day, I'm profiling the Seattle Mariners.
Here are the top five Mariners that I think could provide good value on draft day.
1. C Jeff ...
My 2 Blogs: 2009 MLB Preview Edition - The Seattle Mariners
310tojoba.blogspot.com 2/16/2009 — Not content with barraging their own respective audiences with dick jokery, the authors of Why's My Head Growing? and 3:10 To Joba are working together. The goal? To provide 30 team previews slathered in truth sauce and degrading humor. Yes, that is the world trembling. Previews will rotate ...
Ken Griffey Jr: Jubilation in Seattle
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 2/19/2009 — This quote from Mariners GM Jeff Zdur -something or another says it all: " He's coming home. ... I can't begin to tell you how ecstatic we are. He is, too," Seattle general manager Jack Zduriencik confirmed on Wednesday night, calling Griffey "arguably one of the greatest athletes to ever ...
Fish and Desperation, That’s What Seattle Does
bootleggersports.com 2/27/2009 — Are you sure there's that many palm trees in Seattle?
Despite the nation-wide recession, there remains at least one fertile area for sports marketing… Seattle. After losing the Sonics to Oklahoma City, the folks in Seattle are as desperate as I am at closing time, willing to latch ...
The Kid on His Way Home?
fangraphs.com 2/13/2009 — It appears to only be a matter of time now before Ken Griffey Jr. is brought back to Seattle, where he grew up as a player and where he sparked the imaginations of many both in and outside of Seattle with where his career might one day end up. ...
Seattle Spring Expectations Soar
majorleagueblogging.com 3/3/2009 — Okay, settle down people. Yes, the Mariners are 4-0 in Spring play and, to the immense gratification of fans who sat through too many innings without Mariners reaching base in 2008, are scoring an average of 8.17 runs a game, including the 3-4 loss to the Padres in exhibition play last ...
Colorado Rockies Looking for Do-Over from 2008
springtraining09.com 2/19/2009 — The Rockies come into Spring camp with low expectations from many fans, thanks to dealing their best player, Matt Holliday, from an underwhelming 2008 team. However, much as the team headed into 2007 with low expectations after dealing away their best ...
Griffey headed back to Seattle
thesportscorner.ca 2/19/2009 — Just as the city of Seattle hit rock bottom at the end of 2008, the final year of the decade is starting quite a bit better than the last, as Ken Griffey Jr. informed the Atlanta Braves that he’s heading back to Seattle, right where it all began. Obviously, Griffey isn’t the ...
Looking at a whole list of free agents in Seattle
blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com 1/24/2009 — Well, it appears that a host of the finest writers and editors anywhere not to mention myself are all going to become free agents in the next couple of months.
Five Questions: Seattle Mariners
hardballtimes.com 3/16/2009 — Midnight has passed in Seattle and a new dawn awaits a deserving city. Click the title to read more. Order the Hardball Times 2009 Season Preview today !
Ken Griffey Jr. Heading to Braves —
Bleacher Report - MLB 2/17/2009
Ken Griffey Jr. has chosen a home for 2009, deciding to sign with the Atlanta Braves and forgo a potential reunion with the Seattle Mariners.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting that Griffey made his choice and the two sides are ...
Mariners using caution with Johnson —
Major League Baseball News 2/17/2009
The routine physical exam Tyler Johnson took prior to the first workout revealed that his left shoulder was weaker than normal, so he has been held out of bullpen sessions, taking treatment and working on exercises to get the shoulder stronger.
