“David Cameron vowed the Conservatives would show “grit” in backing unpopular policies where necessary, as he yesterday defended plans to tax frequent flyers and reward marriage. The Tory leader told his party’s spring conference in Nottingham that this year, his second as leader, would be charac-terised by “the gritty determination to stick to our guns, to take tough-decisions”.

I spent several hours with he and Bryan Price talking about how they’d pinpointed his mechnaical flaws via videotape. They explained what Sele was correcting in his approach with such logical detail that yes, I completely bought into it. I mean, hey … it all made perfect sense.

and it may well have been true– there is that whole ‘carrying it out’ problem, though

1) They couldn’t touch Felix’s curve, but hammered his heater
2) Everyone was hitting the ball hard.
2a) RAUUUUUUL
2b) Broussard smoked one!
3) Reed looked better and made excellent contact
4) It took Sexson 3 ABs to get a strikeout
5) Willie played some good baseball today
6) Why can’t we keep Burke instead of Rivera?

How long have you been a Mariner fan, exactly?

You know what’s not a risk, though? Looking up how to spell a player’s name correctly on baseball-reference.com – unless that’s a very clever way of calling Miguel Olivo a girl. In which case, applause are due.