Good morning, foLLks, and happy Sunday!
The M’s lost by a score of 6-2 to the Angels yesterday as Cactus League play drags on, but we did get a fun sequence of Cole Young knocking in Colt Emerson for Seattle’s first run. It’s definitely not tough to imagine that happening in big league games that count soon!
What’s a theme song from a TV show or cartoon that has a tendency to get stuck in your head? My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the new season of Ted – itself having an earworm of an opening theme – but
thanks to a scene in one of the later episodes, I have not been able to shake the theme of Adventures of the Gummi Bears the past few days despite that show being well before my time. Sound off in the comments!
In Mariners news:
- Randy Arozarena is back in Mariners camp following an eventful week at the World Baseball Classic, and issued a statement through the team addressing the situation between him and Cal Raleigh.
- Maura McGurk at our sister Red Sox site Over the Monster profiled the M’s as one of Boston’s playoff rivals.
In World Baseball Classic news:
- Italy continued its magical Classic run. Fresh off an upset victory over the US in pool play, they jumped out to an early 8-2 lead and held on after Puerto Rico hung a four-spot in the eighth inning to win 8-6.
- Venezuela toppled the defending champion Japan 8-5 in a wild back-and-forth affair, with Wilyer Abreu’s three-run blast in the sixth inning the deciding blow.
Around the league:
- Ideally, you get through spring training without anyone getting hurt. That may not be the case for the Angels, as shortstop Zach Neto left yesterday’s contest after injuring his hand on a head-first slide. While he will undergo further testing, it’s not the first time he’s injured himself sliding head-first.
- Breaths are being held in the South Side, as well, with White Sox righty Mike Vasil voluntarily exiting his outing against the Dodgers after reporting elbow soreness. He will also undergo further tests.
- Jorge Castillo reports that righty Hiromi Itoh and third baseman/outfielder Teruaki Sato – both part of Team Japan – could enter the posting system this winter and make the jump from NPB to MLB.
- Longtime Rockies owner Dick Monfort, 71, says that the odds of his team winning the World Series in his lifetime are “excellent!”. Whatever you say, Dick!
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