Looking Back and Forward

 Happy New Year's Sports Fans!

The Seattle Mariners was the best
team in Seattle Sports this year.
We have a lot to look forward to
in 2022 as long as the lock out
doesn't last too long.

It is nice to have a nice core of 

players for the future. Hope to

add a couple players to the

roster.

The Seahawks and Huskies football

definite downer for sure. We hope

for a good rebuild for the Seahawks

and improvement of the Huskies 

with a new coach and staff.

The Cougars had a good season

despite losing their head coach

over covid. Next season should

be a good one.

Hope to see improvement in the

Huskies men's basketball along 

with the Cougars. The Gonzaga

Bulldogs go all the way.

Kyle Seager Retires

 Ot much news going on in baseball 

these days, however,  Kyle Seager

announced his retirement on his

wife Julie's twitter account.

The announcement came as bit

of a surprise to me  though he

may have felt  the right time.

May have not gotten a lot of 

interest from other teams.

I am  sure a lot of fans thought 

he may play with his brother 

Corey in Texas.

Seager  now ends his career 

playing for the Seattle Mariners 

only. Just him and Edgar Martinez.

I am sure we will see him in

Seattle during the 2022 season 

to honor him. We wish the best

for Kyle and his family in the 

future. Thank you Kyle for being 

a Mariner. We certainly enjoyed 

seeing you play third base.

In other  local sports  the Washington 

Huskies and Washington State

Cougars men's basketball game  was

postponed because of  covid.

Gonzaga now ranked #4 beat North 

Alabama Tuesday night 93-63. They

take on Loyola Marymount  on New

Year's Day on the road.

Has been  a while but the Seattle Kraken 

were back on the ice Wednesday night at

home losing to the Philadelphia Flyers 

3-2 in overtime. The Kraken take on the

Calgary Flames Thursday night again at

home. The Kraken are 10-17-4.

Cougars Have New Opponent

The new covid has put a damper 

on the winter sports news,came

out the Washington State Cougars 

have a new opponent in the Sun

Bowl on New Year's Eve. 

After the Miami Hurricanes bowed

out of the Sun Bowl because of

Covid they will take on Central 

Michigan. Good news for Cougar

fans.

Other covid related news the

Washington Huskies  women's 

basketball team's  games this

week are canceled.

Men's basketball the Huskies take

on the Cougars Wednesday night

in Pullman. We will  see how things

go in this game. The Cougars should 

be favored in this one. The Huskies 

have struggled shooting especially 

In 3pt shots. They win the game it

will  likely come from their defense.

Seahawks Lose 25-24

The Seahawks were ahead for much 

of the game however the Chicago Bears were able to come back to win

in the 4th quarter. They went for the two point conversion which the made. 

Former Seahawks tight end Jimmy 

Graham scored the touchdown to

get the Bears chance to win.

Rashaad Penny had another good

game running the ball going over 

hundred yards.

Why the Seahawks lost only made three third downs out of ten. Also

the Bears had the ball just over 38 minutes.

The Seahawks now 5-10 with two 

games to go. The off-season will see

changes for sure.

Seahawks and Bears

Today the  Seahawks are at home 

taking on the Chicago Bears. It is

one of  those  rare years where

this game is meaningless as neither 

team is going  to the playoffs.

For the  players they will play for next

year whether they will be a Seahawk,

or playing elsewhere or not at all.

Not sure about the  coaches,  I am sure 

there will be some gone as well.  The 

Seahawks will look to rebuild. The trouble 

is they have no first round pick and limit

of picks. I am  sure  they will look at adding 

more picks as well as adding free agents 

whether  veterans or those out of  college.

I am sure there will be talk of  trading Russell 

Wilson. Actually the media is already talking 

about it. Rebuilding makes sense about a

trade at quarterback. On the other hand to

retool is a other story.  Certainly the off-season

will be  interesting. 

Keep you up to date here and one man's

opinion.  Go Hawks!

Merry Christmas and Forward

We have the Christmas Day which I wish
you all the best. HO HO HO!

Look forward to 2022 and success in 

sports here in the northwest.

Baseball get over the lockout quickly

and the Mariners get additional help

in starting pitching and offense. Wish

Kyle Seager the best wherever he lands.

The Seahawks have to rebuild. Most

positions need improvement. I am sure

some coaching changes will occur to

whether at head coach or not.

Washington Huskies football team 

we hope Kalen DeBoer and his group

can succeed. 

Washington State Cougars football

have a good season coming up too.

Washington Huskies basketball improve

with the start of Pac-12 action. Same

goes for the Cougars.

Gonzaga finally win a national championship.

The Kraken have a better rest of the season

than it has started out.

If I have forgotten something let me know!

The Kraken

You may wondering about the Kraken
this holiday season.

They have had several games cancelled

because of covid. The NHL has cancelled

all games until after Christmas. They

will resume action on December 27.

Having some time off might help the 

Kraken the rest of the season. At least

we hope so anyway. 

I hope you are having a good holiday

season otherwise. Merry Christmas!

Seahawks Loss Tuesday Night

The Seattle Seahawks lost to the 

LA Rams Tuesday night 20-10. The game was close in the first half 

when both teams kicked field

goals. 

The Seahawks had chance to win before a couple crucial penalties

cost them the game.

The Seahawks are out of the playoffs.

The likelihood was remote they would

anyway. The Seahawks have a number

of weaknesses which is why they are

playing how they are.

Cooper Kupp was the difference in the game catching nine passes for two 

touchdowns. Kupp is having a great

season for the Rams.

Rashard Penny got off to a good start going for some tough yardage getting 39 yards on 11 carries. DeeJay Dallas had eight carries for 41 yards. Penny stay healthy for the remaining of the season could bring him back.

Alex Collins will be back next week coming off the covid list. News came 

out Wednesday tight end Will Dissly is going onto the covid list. Have to see 

who goes on and who goes off though

doesn't really matter since the season 

is over for the Seahawks. Too bad they 

don't have a top draft pick which goes

to the New York Jets in the Jamaal

Adams trade. At least they will have 

a high second rounder. We get back

to that after the season.

Russell Wilson didn't have a good

game completing 17 of 31 for 156

yards and an interception; no TD's.

The defense did a good job in the 

first half against the run though

the Rams 123 yards total; more

than the Seahawks 80 yards. The 

Rams though passed for 209 yards compared to Seahawks 159.

The Rams had the ball just over ten

more minutes than the Seahawks. I 

am sure the penalties against Seattle

was the reason. Again the Seahawks

offense struggled making only 3 of

11 on third down while Rams were

6 of 12. The Seahawks will need to

improve in that area to have a chance.

The Seahawks will play the Chicago

Bears next Sunday at home. The Seahawks should have a good shot

to win that game with the 12s behind

them. Go Hawks!

Baseball Lockout

It is hard to  know right  now  how

Long the baseball ⚾️ lockout will 

be. Hopefully  both sides will want

it over soon.

I  heard former Mariner and hall of

famer Edgar Martinez on local

sports radio on Monday the players,  

the owners and fans all have lost so far.

I  know  there are  issues  to fix, however,

both sides  need to  compromise. Let's 

get back to  hot stove league.

If the lockout isn't over until  spring 

training than free agents likely won't 

get as much money and trades will be 

hard to come by. Let  it be as close 

to being normal  can be.

Washington Huskies and More

Kalen DeBoer named the rest of his coaching
staff on Saturday evening after Fresno State
won the New Mexico Bowl beforehand.

Four coaches and strengthening position 

were added to the staff. 

William Inge and Chuck Morrell will work

together as co-defensive coordinators. Not

the first time happened at Washington before.

Inge will work with the linebackers as well.

Morrell with the safeties.

Eric Schmidt with be special teams coordinator

well as working with the defensive ends. The

final coach will be Lee Marks who will be

the running back coach. He was the interim

coach for Fresno playing in the New Mexico

Bowl.

The head strengthening coach will be Ron

McKeefery. He not only has experience with

DeBoer he has been strengthening coach

in the NFL and other colleges as well.

So now the Huskies coaching staff is complete.

Six of the eight coaches are all familiar with

DeBoer which will make it an easy transaction.

The Washington Huskies men's basketball team

beat Seattle University on Saturday night after

a three-week layoff with a number of players 

and coaches with covid 64-56. The Huskies 

got off to a rough start with the layoff being

behind 35-28 at half time. The Huskies defense

turned things around in the second half where

Seattle only scored 21 points.  

The Huskies have one remaining non-league 

game on Tuesday against Utah Valley. Next 

week on Wednesday  will be against Washington

State. The rest of their schedule will start in

the new year all against the Pac-12 opponents.

The Cougars won their last game 82-56 on

Saturday as well. They scored 41 points in

each half over North Colorado. The Cougars

had five players score in double digits led

by DJ Rodman with 21 points. He led in 

rebounds as well with 10.

The Cougars will take on Boise State at

home this Wednesday before taking on 

the Huskies next Wednesday. 

Gonzaga beat Texas Tech on Saturday

69-55. They take on Northern Arizona

Monday night at home. They follow up

with Northern Alabama next Tuesday

and finish the year against San Diego

on Thursday December 30.

We wish the best for all three teams. 

Seahawks on Tuesday Night Football

You maybe asking Tuesday night

football. 

The Los Angeles Rams have 25 

players tested positive for covid

while the Seahawks have only two

players in Tyler Lockett and Alex

Collins. Only one receiver practiced

Penny Hart. Moving to Tuesday Dk

Metcalf might be ready. The Seahawks

may have to take players off the

practice. Running back is limited as

well. Rasaad Penny may have to play 

a lot. The Rams will to take players

off their practice squad for sure.

Playing the game on Tuesday means the Seahawks have to come back and play

the next Sunday which isn't good. They

should play on Sunday or have Rams forfeit

It isn't good playing two games in five

days.

The Washington Huskies announced four

assistant coaches with two be retained. 

Junior Adams who took over as offensive

coach when John Donovan was fired

will be back as receivers coach. Scott 

Huff the offensive line coach be back too. The other two new will be tight end

coach Nick Sheridan and defensive line coach Inoke Breckterfield. Sheridan coached at Indiana where DeBoer was offensive coordinator in 2019. 

Breckterfield last year at Vanderbilt

last year and six year before at Wisconsin.

The defense coordinator and three other

should be named sure.

JP Crawford

As major league  baseball  is on lockout

still  important  to  talk about the  sport 

anyway.

Let  you  know JP Crawford recently 

married and is expected to be the

Mariners  opening day shortstop.

The Mariners  are hoping  to sign a

free agent infielder.  Most likely the

player has been  a  shortstop but

with the Mariners  either go to 2nd

3rd base. This would  mean  either

newly acquired Adam Frazier or

Abraham Toro  will be the super 

utility  player.

The  success  of  the  Mariners  in 2022

will begin with Crawford.  He will  either 

leadoff  or bat 2nd. His defense will still 

be his main part of his game,however, 

another  step in his offense certainly 

help the Mariners. We will  see it pass.

Go M's.

Early Signing Day Huskies and Cougar Football

The Washington  Huskies  only signed five  

players for the class of 2022 under new

head coach Kalen DeBoer.

This doesn't  mean  the Huskies  are done.

They figure  to have 17 recruits when finished. 

The official  signing day is February 2. Some

players can  choose to wait longer as well. 

The new Huskies  are wide receivers Germie

Benard, Denzel  Boston,  tight end Ryan Otton 

younger brother  of Cade Otton, offensive 

lineman Parker  Brailsford, and  outside  linebacker/

defensive end Lance Holtzclaw.

The Cougars on the other hand  signed 11 players. 

The newest player was tight end Andre Dollar who  

originally  going to  Oregon,  linebacker  Taariq

Al-Uqdah, Djouvensky Schlenbaker a running  back 

from Bellingham, offensive lineman Eric Wilder, 

defensive  back Javan Robinson, .linebacker Hudson 

Cedarland, offensive lineman  Jakobus Seth,  db

Layton Smithson, db  Bryce Grays, and db Sam Lockett.

More to come we will  see.

 

Seahawks beat Texans

It wasn't a surprise the Seattle Seahawks
beat the Houston Texans, however, the
question wasn't answered until the 4th
quarter.

The Seahawks won 33-13, however,

they were only leading 19-13 heading

into the 4th quarter. The Seahawks

kicked a field goal in the third quarter

though they could have had a touchdown

which would have made it a lot easier.

The three big players in the game were

Russell Wilson, Tyler Lockett and Rashaad

Penny. Russell had his best game since

returning from injury. This means the

Seahawks will be in good shape for their

remaining four games. 

The Seahawks have to win all  four games

to have a chance to make the playoffs. 

Even if they do win all four games doesn't 

mean they will make the playoffs. They

will have a 9-8 record and other teams

will have to lose for them to get in.

Tyler Lockett had a big game having five

catches for 142 yards and a touchdown.

Lockett now is over 1000 yards for the

third straight year. Only one other Seahawk

has done that in his career in hall of famer

Steve Largent. 

Rashaad Penny showed us what he can do

when he is healthy. He was the primary 

running back as the Seahawks only played

Alex Collins enough to have seven carries.

Penny had 137 yards on sixteen  carries

and two touchdowns. He showed how 

explosive he can be when he is healthy.

We hope to see more of Penny in the 

remaining four games. For Penny to have

a future in Seattle or elsewhere he has to

stay healthy. We wish him the best.

On the defensive side of the ball the 

Seahawks stopped the Texans from 

running the ball having only 63 yards.

The Seahawks still need to improve on

the passing defense  as the Texans threw

for over 300 yards. The Seahawks still

do a good job of bend but don't break

but we need to see better. 

Even if the Seahawks win the four 

remaining games of the season they

will have changes after the season.

Some players won't be back. Next

week they play the Rams. This will

be a hard game for the Seahawks to

win though the Rams haven't been

that great themselves this season.

The Rams take on the Arizona 

Monday night so we can do a 

scouting report to see where they

are at. Go Hawks!

Washington State and Gonzaga

The Washington State Cougars lost to South Dakota State on Saturday 77-74 on Saturday at home. The Cougars are expected to be in the middle of the Pac-12

Conference. They are 7-3 overall with a conference record of 1-1. On December 1 they beat Arizona State 51-29.  It was followed by a loss to USC 63-61 three days later. Last Wednesday beat Weber State 90-61. They take on New Mexico State on Wednesday at home followed by Northern Colorado on Saturday. 

Gonzaga was beaten on December 4 by Alabama 91-82. The now number 5 ranked Bulldogs rebounded to beat Merrimack 80-55. Gonaga was scheduled to play Washington Huskies on Sunday however the Huskies had to withdraw because of players and coaches with covid. Gonzaga plays next at home on December 18 against Texas Tech. 

Baseball or Football?

The kind of season both the Seahawks
and Washington Huskies have had I am
sure many still want to think about the
Mariners though they are in a lockout.
I figure do look at both. More the
Huskies than the Seahawks today since
I wrote about Seahawks this week.

I am sure the Mariners are still looking

to go after additional pitching in the

starting rotation. I was reading on one

of my social media sites someone 

suggested Sonny Gray. Not a bad choice

he is just turned 32. He had an era just

over 4 this last season. His record was

7-9 on the Cincinnati Reds. 

Sonny Gray would be a number three

starter for the Mariners. So what would

you give up for him? I am sure the Reds

would like some pitching prospects. I 

would go for a couple prospects between

#11 and #20 along with another #20 thru

#30. The Reds could look for a major

league player as well. Since the Mariners

have extra outfielders maybe send Jake

Fraley. I like Fraley, however, with Julio

Rodriguez about ready to be on the team

whether out of spring training or a month

into it. I am sure the Reds still would want

a prospect to go with him so may be  a

middle prospect. 

Switching to college football the Huskies

have done a couple assistant coaches 

hirings with more to come. They did lose

a commit in quarterback Jackson Stratton.

With Sam Huard most likely to start or

Dylan Morris if he stays around being 

the number 3 quarterback at best doesn't

sound appealing.  Maybe Stratton feels

he would do better in another offense

than DeBoer's. I am sure he talked to

the Huskies new head coach and why

he made the decision he did.

The Huskies have 8 sure commits going

into December 15 early signing. We see

what they add on that day.  The Huskies

need to add more incoming defense 

players for the 2022 freshman. 

Keep an eye on the Huskies well as 

the Seahawks and the Mariners.  It 

will be busy when the lockout is over

whenever that happens. I hope in 

January. You figure it is holiday season

so don't know how often if at all they

meet this month. 

Seahawks Hope To Touchdown In Houston

The Seattle Seahawks play Sunday in Houston 

against the Texans. This is  a winnable  game 

since the Texans  have only two wins.

The Seahawks  will be without  safety Jamal

Adam's who will miss the rest of the season..

Adam's had surgery  on  a  shoulder. The 

question how will  this effect him in the years 

ahead. Ryan O'Neal will start  in Adam's  spot.

The Washington Huskies  have hired to assistant 

coaches in offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb and

Julius Brown cornerback coach. Both come  over

from Fresno  Stat Also, Courtney  Morgan named 

as UW director of player personnel. Morgan  will 

be in charge of recruiting. He comes over from

University of  Michigan.  More staff will be named

over the next week or  so.

The Seattle Mariners 40-man Roster

Although  the players  are  locked  out   might 

as well look  at the 40 man roster. I  am  sure 

after the lock  out is over things  will change

in that regard. 

Of the 40 roster  spots  21 of them are pitchers..

The Mariners  will go with five  starting pitcher

and  eight or nine  relievers. Say they  go with 

nine relievers than make 14 pitchers and 12

position players  on 26 man roster for  the 

season. This would depend on the collective 

bargaining agreement. They could  go with 28 

players. Doing so the players would have to 

give up something in the agreement.

The Mariners starting  five will be recently 

signed Cy Young winner Robbie Ray, Marco

Gonzales,  Chris  Flexen, Logan  Gilbert plus

one more.  This could be Matt Brash who 

had a successful  season in double-A in 2021. 

This would mean Justus Sheffield and or 

Justin Dunn could be  in the  bullpen or traded.

 Another candidate would  be Nick Margevicius 

who was injured  most of last season.

In the bullpen three who will be counted  on to

pitch the eighth and ninth innings will be Paul 

Sewald, Drew Steckenrider and Diego Castillo.

The Mariners  have Ken Giles and Andres Munoz 

who can pitch late innings as well. Casey Sadler

who had  outstanding season in 2021 will again

be the first reliever out of the bullpen and then at 

least one lefty. Last year Anthony  Misiewicz was

the only  one  most of last season. He didn't have a 

good season  so Margevicius  or Sheffield  could  

take his  spot though  more likely  long reliever and

 spot starter. This would leave two relievers  left.

The Mariners have Erik Swanson and  Yohan Ramirez 

that could fill one or two spots. The Mariners  have  a

few others  who  spent time  in the  minors as well. 

They could add one  or more to compete.

At catcher they have Cal Raleigh,  Tom Murphy, Luis

Torrens, and Jose Godoy. Raleigh will likely be  the

starter with  Murphy catching against lefties on 

occasion.  Torrens do some dh well as first base along 

with catching. Godoy likely  begin at triple-A. Murphy

 or Torrens could  be  traded to.

In the  infield  Ty France  at first  base, with newly

acquired Adam Frazier at second, JP Crawford at short, 

and Abraham  Toro at third. This  will  depend  on signing

a free agent  or not.  Not  sure whether Dylan  Moore be

on the team or not.  Evan White be on the team or not.

Might play  left field too. 

In the outfield right now  Kyle Lewis  if healthy be in left or 

center field. Jarred Kelenic be either spot  to. Mitch Haniger 

in right. Lewis and  Haniger will do some dh as well. Jake

Fraley  be the 4th outfielder if he is on the ball club. Julio 

Rodriguez is the  big one whether  he starts the season or 

arrives in a month  or  two.  The Mariners  have Taylor 

Trammell still. 

We look forward to another good season  ahead. Go M's

Huskies Add Offensive Coordinator

Washington Huskies head coach Kalen
DeBoer on Monday announced the hiring
of his first assistant coach to the staff.

DeBoer hired Ryan Grubb as offensive

coordinator and quarterback coach. This

will be the fourth stop where Grubb is

on the same staff as DeBoer. They were

together at Sioux Falls followed by

Eastern Michigan and Fresno State.

It is good to have someone who knows

your offense and how to run it. 

DeBoer should start hiring the rest of

his staff in the coming days. The biggest

hiring coming up next will be the defense

coordinator. What defense they run will

be determined by the coordinator. 

The Huskies have a talented group on

the defensive side of the ball. They were

the reason the Huskies were in any of

their games this last season. If they need

improvement it is on run defense. Whether

this coordinator comes from Fresno State

or elsewhere we will find out soon. 

Bob Gregory the defensive coordinator 

turned interim head coach likely won't

return but we have heard stranger things

before. It will be interesting to see any

members of the Washington staff from

2021 will be back. Go Dawgs!

Seahawks Beat 49ers

It wasn't an easy win but the best the
Seahawks have had in a while. In fact,
they haven't won since Halloween.

The Seahawks beat the 49ers 30-23.

The Seahawks got off to the start 

where Travis Homer took a fake punt

on the first possession all the way for

a touchdown. The 49ers though scored

17 unanswered points before the Seahawks

were able to do anything else positive.

Gerald Everett the Seahawks signed as

a free agent during the off-season from

the Rams had three turnovers including

two fumbles. One fumble was critical 

late in the game when the Seahawks look

like they were going to put the game away

with a touchdown. The Seahawks had

Everett run the ball but he fumbled on

the one run line. 

The 49ers went down the field like the

were going to score to tie the game without

time left on the clock. It looked like a sure

thing. The Seahawks couldn't tackle at all

until 49ers were inside Seattle's five yard

line. The Seahawks have been tough on

defense when the other team is in the red

zone. Again this happened. Sidney Jones

was able to stop a pass on third down

then on fourth down Carlos Dunlap batted

a ball away that gave the ball back to

Seattle. Russell Wilson went to the knee

and that was the ball game.

The Seahawks go to Houston next Sunday

to take on the Texans. The Texans have

only won two games so the Seahawks 

should win the game. We know with 

them anything can happen. The Seahawks

are now 4-8. They have to win their final

five games to have any chance to get in

the playoffs though things have to go 

their way still to get in. 

Even if the Seahawks go to the playoffs 

which is unlikely changes will need to

done to the team. They will need changes

on offense as well as defense. Also,

changes to the coaching staff too. Not

sure whether that has to do with Pete 

Carroll or the assistants. 

We will look at how things go during 

the off-season. One loss in these five

games remaining pretty much do the

Seahawks in. 

I get tired what I hear about the Seahawks

during the off-season, however, this year

is worse than in previous ten years or so. 

Will they have to rebuild? Like the 

Mariners have been doing. The problem 

they don't have any early draft

picks since they traded with the Jets to

pick up Jamal Adams. I am sure we will

have discussions about trading for Adams

as well. Juror is still out of him but sure

makes it hard on the Seahawks to do 

anything in the draft. 

The Seahawks will have to do some 

trading of players to get additional draft 

picks throughout the draft. They will 

have to sign some free agents and make 

no mistakes on them too. Go Hawks! 

Looking toward next season

Whether  talking about the Seattle Mariners

 or the Seattle Seahawks or the Washington 

Huskies football we hope  for better things.

The Mariners have hope for  a better year

then the football  teams.  The Mariners have 

better starting pitching and  the offense has

improved with  more to come we hope. We

hope  the lock down doesn't  last long and

be over in January. 

The Seahawks  have questions on both 

sides of the ball.  I am  sure  fans will

speculate what the future of Coach Pete 

 Carroll, his coaching staff and changes

to the roster  especially Russell Wilson. 

The Huskies have a new Head Coach so

that gives  hope and they have some good 

young players. We hope the Coach brings 

in good assistances. The offense will need

improve a lot too. The  wide receivers are 

good; they need help  on the line and at

running back. On defense  improve against 

the run and still good against the pass.

Seattle Kraken and Mariner Updates

The Seattle Kraken won two games in a row beating the Florida Panthers 4-1 and the Buffalo Sabres 7-4 in a high scoring affair. On Wednesday the Kraken lost in overtime 4-3 to the Detroit
Red Wings. All three games were on the road.
The Kraken come home on Friday night to take
on the Edmonton Oilers. It will not be an easy
game to win. The Kraken right now are 8-13-2.

On Wednesday major league baseball went  on

lockout. We won't likely hear any baseball news

for a while unless they get to a new agreement 

earlier.

Max Scherzer now of the New York Mets signing 

a large contract said the players don't like the lack

of competition because of several teams rebuilding

such as the Seattle Mariners. So veteran players

that are not superstars were losing their jobs. 

Scherzer should not be one to talk about that.

Also, several players who are on the players union

sub-committee signed large contracts to. 

I don't know about the other teams that are rebuilding

Jerry Dipoto and the Mariners realized they likely

would not make the playoffs with the current roster

back in 2018. They won 89 games that year but under

.500 after the all-star break. Having an older club

Dipoto felt it was time to make the changes. 

Two players Dipoto traded were Robinson Cano and

 Mike Zunino who I last seen are still playing in the

 major leagues though Cano did not play in 2021 for

 being suspended once again. 

The Mariners have gone from the worst farm system

to one of the top two in baseball. This should be good

news instead of these high salary players who think

they are standing up for the middle salary players. If

you are so concerned don't make as much money so

other players can make more money. Other words

get off your high horse. 

I guess this means we have to write about the

winter sports as where the Mariners will go this

coming  season. Hopefully this will be resolved 

sooner then later.

Seattle Mariners and More

The Seattle Mariners five-year contract
with Robbie Ray was finalized on Tuesday.
They also signed reliever Andres Munoz
to a four- year deal plus options for three
more years. Munoz was part of the trade
that brought Ty France, Luis Torrens and
Taylor Trammell at the trading deadline
in 2020 from San Diego. He spent most
of 2021 out recovering from Tommy John
surgery.

Major league baseball owners and players

are still negotiating on a new collective 

bargaining agreement. If  there is an impasse

than likely the players will be locked out 

and no baseball business will be done until

a new agreement is settled.

The Mariners signed Casey Sadler to a new 

contract and tendered contract to 33 players.

The Seahawks are 3-8 now after their loss

to the Washington Football team on Monday

night. They would have to win all remaining

games to have a chance. It will be interesting

off-season to say the least.

Washington Huskies new Head Coach Kalen

DeBoer had his introduction press conference

on Tuesday. He said all the right things. See

how it turns out.