Mariners Lose Season Opener

Despite a big crowd and excitement 

the Mariners lost to the Cleveland 

Guardians 6-4.

If you liked home runs you were 

welcomed to a treat. Chase DeLauter

who was second in the lineup for

the Guardians hit a home run off

of Logan Gilbert in the first inning.

He hit a home run in the 9th inning

for the Guardians final run. That 

was a key since it put them up 

by two runs.

Brendan Donovan led off for the 

Mariners with a home run in the

first inning. This was the first 

time anyone led off with a home

run for the Mariners in a season

opener to have a home run. 

In the second inning the Mariners 

took the lead when Dominic Canzone 

hit his first home run. He hit another 

in the 7th inning. 

In the 5th inning Brayan Rocchio

hit a double off of Logan Gilbert 

to score two runs. Luke Raley 

hit a homer run in the bottom 

of the inning to tie it.

Logan Gilbert left after getting one

out in the 6th. Jose Ferrer made

his Mariners debut getting the

final two outs though gave up

two hits.

The 7th inning the Guardians got

two more runs on a double off

of Gabe Speier. Casey Leguimina 

pitch the 8th and Cooper Criswell 

,making his Mariners debut in the

9th. 

Donovan and Arozarena each had

doubles however the Mariners were 

unable to take advantage of them.

George Kirby will start Friday for 

the Mariners do hopefully they 

can rebound. Go M's 

Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Jake Bobo Sign

Monday the press conference with

the signing of Jaxon Smith-Njigba 

as the highest paid wide receiver 

receiver in the NFL. This last season 

he showed what he had now going

into his fifth year. It helps that he

isn't a selfish player either. The

Seahawks get him the ball when

he is open and the team needs a 

big play. 

We hope the Seahawks running 

game will be good to make him 

even more productive.

The Seahawks just signed receiver 

and special teams player Jake Bobo. 

He was a restricted free agent. He 

signed avtwo year deal with Jacksonville 

for aboutb$5.5 million. The Seahawks felt

he was valuable to retain especially being 

so good on special teams. He can be 

used when the Seahawks go to four 

receiver too. Being in the clubhouse 

I am sure helps too. 

The Seahawks probably won't draft a

a wide receiver this year unless it is

best player available. The Seahawks 

will hope a running back, offensive 

lineman who can play right guard

and an edge rusher will be the three

top choices. Still go with best available.

Go Hawks!

Seattle Mariners Spring Training Wrapped Up

Monday afternoon the Mariners had

their final spring training game. They

lost to the Padres 10-3.

Luis Castillo started and pitched 

well going five innings and throwing 

75 pitches. He only walked one and

struck five. Luis gave up one run and

that happened in the 5th inning. 

The Mariners got a run when Julio 

hit a single scoring Brendan Donovan 

and Cal advanced to third. Too bad

he wasn't able to score in the first.

Randy Arozarena scored the second

run on a homer in the 3rd inning. 

Interesting Mitch Garver who made

the team as the backup catcher end

up playing first base. Who knows we

could see him there too.

Matt Brash pitched an inning. He

gave up a run however there was

an error. He didn't give up a hit

but a walk.  Carlos Vargas  did

fine in an inning. The rest of the

runs by the Padres were late off

of minor leaguers.

On the pregame radio show manager 

Dan Wilson said that Bryce Miller 

will start the season on the injured

list however won't be out long. In 

fact he will throw in a minor league

game in Arizona. Go on a rehab

assignment. It looks like Emerson 

Hancock  will make one start at

least. 

Not sure yet about JP Crawford.

The Mariners faced a lefty Leo 

Rivas was at short while Ryan

Bliss was at second. 

Let you know how the bullpen 

is set by Thursday. Go M's. 

Seahawks Expected Two Big Signings

Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Devon

Whitherspoon are expected to

sign two the largest contracts 

in NFL history. 

Both players had great seasons

going into the fifth year of their 

rookie contracts. Doesn't hurt

that both were instrumental in

getting the Seahawks to win

the Super Bowl. 

Smith-Njigba was  NFL offensive 

player of the year. He is expected 

to sign a four year deal over $168

million. Whitherspoon is expected 

to be a three year deal around 

$86 million.  Both will be after

their fifth year is concluded. 

A question will the Seahawks sign

another running back or wait and

draft one. Stay tuned. 

Mariners Win Sunday Night

The Mariners beat the Chicago 

White Sox 4-2 Sunday night. 

Nothing official yet however Mitch

Garver hit a home run in his  first

at bat of the night and then drove 

in the second run as well the word

is that he has made the ball club

as the backup catcher. 

No one was really impressive 

as far as hitting the ball among

the candidates. Being familiar 

with the pitching staff likely 

made the difference. You have

go figure that Garver will play

once a week at catcher. If he 

does bring along his offense 

than we could see him behind

the plate twice a week at times.

The Mariners are hoping to get

Cal some relief behind the plate

and things work out will make 

the difference.

The first couple weeks at least

the Mariners will have a couple 

days off so that gives Cal some

rest. 

Bryan Woo started Sunday night

and he went six innings. He gave 

up  three hits including a double 

that  scored a run. He walked zero 

and  struck out four. If he pitches 

this way much of the season he

will win a lot of games.  

Andre Munoz came in the 7th

and gave up no hits or runs.

He did walk a batter and struck

out one too.  Luis Castillo will

start Monday afternoon in the

final spring game. Thursday 

will be the season opener at

home against the Cleveland 

Guardians. 

We will see whether shortstop 

JP Crawford will be on the

opening roster and the same 

goes for starting pitcher Bryce

Miller. If Miller does start the

season he won't have to pitch

for a week from tomorrow.

We will give you the details on

 both and who will take both

players spot if they go on the

injured list.  Go M'S. 

The Washington Huskies Men's Basketball 2025-26

The recent season of the Washington Huskies was a difficult one.  I am sure everyone 

in the program wanted more success than

what happened. 

The Huskies were riddled with injuries 

and they played in the tough Big Ten

Conference.  The conference ended up 

with nine teams going to the NCAA tournament. Michigan who won the

regular season was a number one 

seed in the tournament. Nebraska was

the unsung team in the conference 

now going to the sweet sixteen. They

had never won a game in the tournament 

in the history of their program. 

German born freshman Hannes Steinbach 

led the Huskies in scoring and rebounding.

Without him the Huskies would have had

less wins. The Huskies had conference 

record of 7-13 tied with USC for 12th 

place. The Huskies actually beat USC

twice in the regular season and again 

in the Big Ten Tournament. They lost

to Wisconsin who made the  NCAA tournament however only by three points

in the  Big Ten Tournament. 

When the Big Ten Tournament happened 

the Huskies had only seven healthy  scholarship players.  The Huskies likely 

lose Steinbach to the NBA and Quimari Peterson who is a senior.  Peterson 

started the season coming off the bench 

however with injuries he had to go into 

the starting lineup. Both of these guys

the Huskies will have to look into the

transfer portal to replace.

Zoom Diallo and Wesley Yates are

the two next important players next

to Steinbach. They both will be juniors

next season so they likely take another

step forward.  

My grade for the Huskies would be 

incomplete since injuries were not 

allowed to see how good the team was.

In the months ahead we will hear 

about at least two new new players 

coming in for significant playing 

times and a freshman or two as

well. Go Dawgs!

Cubs Beat the Mariners Saturday Night

The Cubs beat the Mariners 7-1.

George Kirby started and pitched

well. Likely he will pitch game 

two the regular season.

Kirby went five and one-third 

innings give up six hits and one

run in the first inning. Gabe Speier 

came in and struggled giving up

three runs on four hits including

a home run. Eduardo Bazardo 

pitched the seventh inning giving

up one hit and no runs. It was

minor leaguers who went the 

rest of the way.

News came out Saturday that

Colt Emerson is being sent

down  to start the season with

triple A Tacoma. At some 

some point of the season we

will see Emerson in a Mariners 

uniform. 

It will be interesting what other 

moved will be made. Will JP

start the season of go on the 

injury list. The Mariners likely

go with five infielders and

six outfielders/db. Go M's.