U.S.S. Mariner

Moyer v Blanton, 1:05. FSN for TV.
Park adjusted: M’s offense is 23rd, Oakland is 28.
Moyer could become the all-time M’s win leader.
Boone could get his 1,000th RBI.
All of Moyer’s starts so far have been day games. There’s nothing interesting there, though:
2003:
Day 2.81, 80 IP, 22 BB, 48K
Night 3.53, 135 IP, 11 HR, 44 [...]

Sele v Haren. Two .500 teams face off in a match of division rivals. Beltre, as the game notes tell me, is the only Mariner to have faced Haren before.
Which Mariner will get a day off first: Beltre, Boone, Ibanez, Ichiro or Winn?
I’m betting it’s Winn.
In other news, a rare DMZ @ BP appearance, second [...]

You know the three true outcomes. Well, here are the three noble truths of the baseball season in late April: it’s early, it’s early, it’s early.
Sportsline’s Scott Miller profiles Jamie Moyer today, and don’t they say that old people are supposed to be wise? He preaches just that gospel.
Moyer comes off much as you’d [...]

It’s a dreary, wet day. Fridays seem to be sleepy days here in central Kentucky. I’m sitting here in the coffee shop of the tiny college town drowning myself in some Seattle Blue Nile brew or something, attempting to get some work done. And if we’re lucky, we can squeeze this into a regular routine.
Vital [...]

Gil Meche (throwing with no pain! really!) takes on shortstop Michael Young, who is making a rare pitching — what? Oh. Never mind. Chris Young pitches for Texas.
5:05, broadcast TV on KSTW.
So I asked a question some time ago that no one answered — who was the last Mariner position player on the 25-man [...]

Check it out. Or, you know, don’t. I was happy to turn this in last night and then this morning see they brought Hansen in.
In other M’s news, bad news on Pokey: the team recommended surgery, which would put him on the 60-day DL (opening a roster spot) and could end his season.
From the [...]

The M’s have signed Dave Hansen to a minor league contract. He’s going to join the Rainiers today, but the feeling is that he’ll be replacing Shin-Soo Choo on the major league roster sooner rather than later.
Hansen’s not the answer to our prayers, but this is a nice little pickup.

Ryan “Good luck, hard luck” Franklin v Kenny Rogers.
5:05, TV: FSN
The .500 Mariners face the just-slightly-below-.500 Rangers. It’ll be interesting to see what lineup Hargrove runs out against the lefty. Do we get to see Bloomquist again?
And how many times tonight will we hear “It’s okay to give up home runs, as long as they’re [...]

Seattle PI and others report that Pokey Reese’s arm is still sore. He’s headed back to Seattle for further examination. In the same notebook, the PI also talks to Nelson about his lack of work —
“I could use more work, but I think it’s tough for them right now,” Nelson said. “For me to [...]

In just over one hour, an epic battle of pitchers with 6.39 ERAs will commence. Joel Pineiro takes on Ryan Drese as the Mariners tackle division rival Texas. TV: FSN. Radio: KOMO.
The Sportsline preview makes me giggle:
While the Seattle Mariners are back to scoring runs, Ryan Drese continues to give them up.
So true, so [...]