Longtime Mariner catcher Dan Wilson announced his retirement today. I’m sorry to see him retire, though I understand why. He blew out his ACL in his right knee earlier this season and had season-ending surgery early on. He’s 36, has kids at home, and I can see where it would be the right time to […]

Who is he, you may ask? He is a staff writer for the Seattle Times sports section. And he can’t even get his Star Trek references correct, either! I wish that I could post a link to his Sunday article about hating hydroplane racing, but the link (and promised poll) does not exist on the […]

First of all, I have made it to August! Now I can give birth. I spent Saturday morning contracting like mad, but everything settled down after a nap and Munchkin #2 has been rolling and hiccuping all weekend, so he’s obviously fine with the way things are. Second, the Lord is smiling on me today […]

That wasn’t a balk. During yesterday’s Mariner game vs. the Florida Marlins (ahh, interleague play, otherwise known as the ritual humiliation of American League pitchers who are forced to hit), the umpire called a balk on Jeff Nelson in the bottom of the eighth inning. While it didn’t ultimately change the outcome of the game […]