Mariners and Seahawks 2026

We know the Seahawks are going

to the Super Bowl next Sunday.

The winner likely will be the one

who plays the best defense and

the least turnovers. Also the

special teams will play a big part

too.

The Mariners begin spring training 

four days after the Super Bowl.

Last year the Mariners missed

the World Series by one swing. 

This year we are hoping a special 

year they play and win the World 

Series.

Having two teams make it to

the top of their sport in the

same year is very special.

Go Hawks and Mariners!

Rick Rizz announced that he

will retire after this season as

the play by play man on radio.

Let him go out on a good note.

Eugenio Suarez Signs With Reds

Eugenio Suarez who the Seattle Mariners 

traded for at the trading deadline to

the Seattle Mariners for his second 

duty and help them do to the 7th

game of the SL Championship series

became a free agent.

There was talk whether he would resign

with the Mariners however closer to

spring training which is less than two

weeks he ended up signing a one year

deal with the Cincinnati Reds for one

year for $15 million.

With the Reds he is expected to be

the dh however could play third

base or maybe first base on occasion.

The Reds who the Mariners picked 

them up from the first time he came

to Seattle.

The Mariners for the most part will

have a right handed and left handed

dh.  When they give Cal Raleigh a

day off mostly against a lefty he

will dh. How often not knowing right

now though likely once a week. Later

in the season the Mariners will rest

him occasion and use him as a pinch

hitter. He has shown the last two or

three seasons he is the teams best

pinch.

On Saturday President of Baseball 

Operations Jerry Dipoto at Fan Fest

hinted of sorts that Colt Emerson 

and Ben Williamson could play on

at third base.  He certainly would like 

Colt Emerson to make the team out

of spring training. The Mariners 

could still make a trade right before 

spring training too. Might sign

a free agent infielder at less

cost than Eugenio as well. 

My thought is depending on how

the season goes the Mariners 

could bring Eugenio back in

August and that could depend

on the Reds and Mariners. They

have traded with each a lot of

times.

Whether JP Crawford bounces 

back or not we may see Emerson 

at shortstop as well. Stay tuned.

Go M's. 

Gonzaga Beats St. Mary's

The two best teams collided Saturday 

night in Spokane  with Gonzaga beating

St. Mary's 73-65 in men's basketball.

The game was tight through much

of the game. The Zags pulled away 

halfway in the second half going on

an 8-0 run. 

Graham Ike who had missed several 

games for the Zags scored 30 points.

He was 11 of 20 from the field including

three 3point shots. 

The Zags shot 46.6 from the field while

St. Mary's shot 34 percent. St. Mary's 

made ten more free throws than them.

Zags to keep them in the game.

The Zags are now 10-0 in West Coast Conference play while St. Mary's is

third at 8-2.  Santa Clara is second

at 10-1. There only loss was against 

the Zags.

The Zags play Portland this coming

Wednesday in Portland. Go Zags.

Washington Huskies Win On The Road

The Washington Huskies losing to Illinois 

Thursday were able go in and beat

 Northwestern 76-62 Saturday.

The Huskies defense made the big

difference and the Big Three for

them did the scoring. Hanes Steinbach 

and Zoom Diallo both had 22 points

while Wesley Yates had 21. 

Yates had 15 points in the first

half however he did well on defense 

too. Northwestern got within  nine 

points under seven minutes then

Diallo did his job making some key 

shots. Steinbach made a three pointer

as well. This allow the Huskies keep

control. If the Huskies keep this up

they will be a threat down the stretch.

Steinbach had 14 rebounds as well.

Kepnang had 9 rebounds however 

he had some key block shots too.

The Huskies come home to play

Iowa on Wednesday. Iowa is 5-4 

in conference play.  They haven't 

played well on the road so hopefully 

the Huskies will take care of them.

Go Dawgs!

WSU Cougars Beat Portland In MBB

Washington State Cougars men's team 

starting to get better after a slow start

on the season because of new roster

with the transfer portal.

WSU 104 Portland 74

The Cougars scored over 50 points in 

both halfs. Portland had 31 points 

in the first half and came out with

43 in the second half.

Eemeli Yalaho forward led the Cougars 

with 26 points a career high. He shot

8 of 10 from the field as well as perfect

from the foul line with five.  He had 

nine rebounds as well. The Cougars 

had five players in double figures 

including two off the bench.

The Cougars shot very well especially 

in 3 point shots making 16 of 30.

Keep doing that they will win more 

games.

The Cougars will play the Beavers of

Oregon State Wednesday.  This could 

be a good game.

Isaiah Watts who transfered from

Washington State to  Maryland. 

He is averaging 5.1 points a game.

He is playing 21 minutes a game 

as a starter.

We will look at other former Cougars 

who are still playing college basketball 

games.

Go Cougs!

Mariners Lose Logan Evans For 2026

On Friday the .sriners announced that

pitcher Logan Evans had surgery on his 

right arm and he will miss the whole 

2026 season.

Last year Evans spent most of the year

triple A Tacoma however was called up

when Logan Gilbert went on the injured

list early on in the 2025 season.

Emerson Hancock started last season 

in the rotation with George Kirby on

the injured list. He and Evans were the

6th and 7th starters.  Bryce Miller 

missed some time as well. This year

Evans was expected to be the 6th 

starter as Hancock was moved to the

bullpen. He is expected to be in the

bullpen to start this year.  I would like to see him be the long reliever to start 2026.

With Evans out Hancock could be the

6th starter once again although the

Mariners acquired a couple pitchers

who have some major league experience. 

They will have Casey Lawrence again 

at Tacoma if they need a starter for a

couple turns in the rotation.

We just hope the Mariners rotation 

will stay healthy most of the year. 

The rotation should be where each

starter goes at least six innings each

time out most of the time.  Like to

see Castillo and Kirby especially be

better this year year. Gilbert should

be back where he was and the same 

goes with Bryce Miller. 

The pitchers and catchers report on

February 12 for spring training. There

will be Munoz and Speier pitching 

in the World Baseball Classic as well

as Cal Raleigh, Julio Rodriguez and

Josh Naylor so we will be seeing

more of youngsters during spring 

training games.  Go Mariners. 

Cougars Men Win Huskies Don't

The WSU Cougars beat Seattle U 70-58. 

The Cougars best the Redhawks outscoring

by six points in each half. 

The score was Cougars ahead by two points

around eleven minutes remaining of the

game when they took control. The Redhawks 

had a good preseason however the WCC

being a tough conference hasn't been kind

to them. 

The Cougars had three players scoring

in double figures while the Redhawks 

had two.

Rihard Vavers led the Cougars with

24 points being the player of the 

game.  He was hot making 8 of 10

in field goals. 

Cougars next game will be home as

well playing Portland at home. Though

the Cougs got off to a hard start we

hope more success the rest of the way 

The Washington Huskies lost to Illinois 

on the road. Illinois is a pretty good 

time. The Huskies will need to win

most of their games at home while

stealing some on the road which this

one wasn't one of them.

The Illini beat the Huskies  75-66.

The Huskies did better in the second 

half where they were outscored by

only two points.

The Huskies shot 44.8 percent from

the field which was better than the 

Illini. The difference they made more

3 pointers than the Huskies.

Impressive the Huskies shot 100

percent from the foul line. The 

Illini though made five more free

throws.

Hannes Steinbach led the Huskies 

with 15 points and 12 points. He

is the leader on the Huskies for 

both. Wesley Yates back from 

the injury list for two  games 

had 13 points while Zoom Diallo 

had 12.

The Huskies play Northwestern 

on the road on Saturday. They have

a conference record of 2-8 so this

will be a good chance for the Huskies

to win. Go Dawgs!