Another week has gone
by for us so I am going to over what happened this week. Let you know there is
no order of important as far as I am concerned.
The University of
Washington Men’s basketball team lost against Oregon State by one point on a
last second three pointer. Coach Romar complained to the league office about
the officiating in the game which he ended up being reprimanded. I am not
surprised because the Pac-12 office is not going to take it from any coach how
the officiating is happening even though everyone knows that it has a lot of
room for improvement. The Huskies take on the Oregon Ducks late this afternoon
in a very must game. The Huskies are currently tied in sixth place with
Stanford. Right now the Huskies are on the bubble for sure and they will be out
of the NCAA tournament for sure with a loss to the Ducks. The only chance they
would have be winning the Pac-12 tournament which is very unlikely.
This week the Seattle
Mariners opened up spring training to all the players now being in camp on the
major league roster. Pitchers are throwing batting practice some to the batters
while others in the bullpen. Saturday Felix Hernandez threw his first session
in the bullpen with a new slight difference in his delivery. He was
disappointed in his season last year though he won eighteen games. He did not
like the idea that he gave up so many home runs that were around twenty last
season. Felix was the last to throw in the bullpen which is pretty usual for
him. He goes at his own pace and no one questions it since he is the King and
the Mariners number one pitcher. I expect yesterday’s outing he already looked
better than any other pitcher in camp. Certainly saw smiles on general manager
Jerry Dipoto and manager Scott Servais when Felix finished throwing forty
pitches.
This week in football
the college combine started in Indianapolis, Indiana and the big thing talking
around is the size of the quarterback’s hands. Though Russell Wilson is short
in stature as far as height goes he has large hands of just over ten inches.
Now that is the standard the scouts and coaches are looking at. I wonder if the
same thing will go with wide receivers. Since it is so hard now to define what
a catch is remember the Super Bowl in the first quarter. So I see teams need
receivers who will catch the ball without any controversy so maybe big hands
will help. Of course, I am sure scouts and coaches have looked at that before.
It would be nice to ask Pete Carroll if the size of hands matter for quarterbacks
or wide receivers. I know in his mind he is looking for big receivers with good
speed. I am sure the Seahawks will be looking that way for incoming wide
receiver this year. It is not a priority for the Seahawks though since they
likely will be looking for defensive linemen, offensive linemen, and running
backs. They could find a quarterback that can come in to backup Wilson. Another
question though will tight end Jimmy Graham be ready when training camp starts.
There is a possibility he may not be ready until the season begins or later.
Besides the college draft coming up the Seahawks has to look to see who they
will keep as far as their own free agents.
Anyway I see that as
my look at this week in northwest sports. The Mariners will be having
exhibitions games starting this week. Oh it will be nice to see live baseball
even though it doesn’t count. Also, to see those players that have come in that
we are not so familiar with and how Robinson Cano is looking after off-season
surgery and the throwing of Charlie Furbush being out for the second half of
the season. James Paxton starts the first game on Wednesday in one that doesn’t
count in the exhibitions games that don’t count either. Always been strange to
me; anyway Go Huskies, Mariners and Seahawks!
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