Baseball Season Officially Over

The Milwaukee Brewers are now officially the

World Series champions it is see how things

go over the next the next six months. 

We hope both owners and the players take

the fans into consideration in their negotiation 

for a new collective agreement. What they

think without fans they would be something 

else going on.

I don't know the commissioner that well so

I hope he doesn't  play a lot  of hard play 

with the owners.  There is a large difference 

of salaries between the Rays and the Brewers

for instance.  They are not at very bottom but

close to it.  The Seattle Mariners are 16th in

the majors so basically the middle. 

The floor is expected to be about what the

Mariners payroll is.  My opinion the minimum 

salary floor should depend a lot about the 

average age of a team. The White Sox have

a young team and whether right or not they

would have a lot of players under the minimum.

In that case the minimum would have to be

raised to fit the floor they are projecting. I

I believe the minimum should go up every 

year a player is on the team until the player 

goes into arbitration.  Teams like the Mariners 

are signing their top pick who is doing well

before arbitration like Colt Emerson. I expect

Cole Young will be next.

Logan Gilbert has one more season before

becoming a free agent. The Mariners should

do like the Seahawks do by signing the top

one in the same way right away. They did

so in a way when they signed Cal Raleigh into

extension. 

Free agency right now is six years so I would

lower it to five years which is the average years

a major leaguer plays. 

The teams like the Dodgers have a high salary 

payroll. I am not sure the owners of the Dodgers 

want to change that except the what they pay

in luxury tax. The Dodgers are more veteran too.

I am up for the floor however a salary cap 

which the majors have never had and the 

descrepancy of payrolls is their doing so

why add a cap.  

The Mariners are expected to be hiring their

new major in a few days so we will see how 

that goes. I know some fans don't want the

former manager of the Astros.  I don't have

a problem with it as the manager of the Astros 

back then has been the manager of the Detroit 

Tigers for several seasons.  

Last season the Astros had multiple injuries 

to frontine players and still won the division 

though we all know the Mariners should have

won it. That is the past. Go M's.

Former Mariner Extends World Series

The Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday were about to be eliminatednand the Brewers sweeping the World Series on Tuesday. 

The game had to go extra innings to give the

Rays a shot to win the game and continue the 

series. After nine innings the score was 2-2.

The game came to the 12th inning for scoring

any runs. Cooper Pratt hits s home run in the top 

of the 12th to put the Brewers up by one. Question 

is that enough  to have the Brewers to win the 

game and sweep the series making them champions. Apparently not yet. 

In the bottom of the 12th the Rays got two 

runners on base. Jonny DeLuca hits a single

scoring Cedric Mullins. Former Marin

third base Ben Williamson who pitch hits singles

to right to short right field  scoring Nick Fortes

who had pinch run for catcher Liam Hicks. 

The teams play again on Wednesday night. Let's

see what happens Wensday night. 

 

Seattle Seahawks Acquire All Pro Offensive Lineman

Word came out Tuesday morning that

Seahawks general manager John 

Schneider is not standing still though

they don't play again until next Monday 

night football.

The Seahawks news through media they

acquired left guard Quenton Nelson from

the Indianapolis Colts for 2027 third round 

pick and 5th round pick. Quenton will be

a free agent after this season. The Seahawks 

haven't backed down by acquiring a player

in that position before. Last season they

acquired Rashid Shaheed wide receiver 

from the New Orleans Saints and signed

a new contract with the Seahawks though

he could have signed elsewhere.

Speaking of Shaheed he was  hurt in the first

half of the Sunday night game against the

Chiefs. Not sure how long he will be out. 

Anthony Bradford returned on Sunday against 

the  Chiefs and played very well at right guard. 

On Sunday night left tackle Charles Cross 

was injured with a high ankle sprain and

not sure how long he will be out. Josh Jones

his backup will start in his place. The Seahawks 

will have to depend on others on the offensive 

line to help out if necessary.  

Bringing in an experience left guard will help

Jones on the left side.  Greg Zebel who has 

been starting  at left guard played some right

guard in college is expected to move over to

right guard  which makes sense he has played 

well and was last year's number one pick.

He will still be the backup at left guard.

This year's trouble offensively has come

down to some degree how the offensive line

has played. Stay tuned and go Hawks. 

 

Seattle Kraken Last week

The Seattle Kraken won the first two 

games of this past week. They ended the

week big losing to the Minnesota Wild 

5-1 the number one team in the Central

division.  

They began last week beating the Detroit

Redwings in a shootout after going an

extra period 4-3 on Tuesday.

On Thursday they beat Utah Mammoth 5-3

who are second to the Wild in the central 

division.  Unlike the other major sports 

each division has eight teams for a total 

of 32 teams.  The Kraken is still third place

in the Pacific with 7-4-1 record.

Wednesday the Kraken face the Toronto 

Maple Leafs  who are 7-5-3. They are third

place in the Atlantic division.  On Friday 

they play the Flames in Calgary to end

the month of October. They begin November

on the 4th playing the Flames in Seattle.

Go Kraken. 

Seahawks Offensive and Defense Players of the Game

It really wasn't hard to figure who the 

offensive and defensive players were 

in the win against the Kansas City Chiefs 

on Sunday. 

Although Sam Darnold played a good 

game better than any since came back

after missing with injury Jaxon Smith-Njigba 

was the easy winner.  Jaxon had nine catches 

for 150 yards and a touchdown. Another

catch near the end of the first half was setup

to make another touchdown if it hadn't been 

an interception by Darnold that wasn't all his 

fault. 

Jaxon has 58 catches in seven games for

867 yards and eight touchdowns. So he 

continues to marvel us.

On the defensive side although the Seahawks 

had fantastic play the defensive player of the

game was Nick Emmanwori. Though listed

as a safety he plays all over the field. He has

played linebacker as well as defensive end.

He had four tackles however more to his game.

He made a crucial play against KC quarterback 

Patrick Mahomes. 

Someone else to be mentioned is edge rusher

Derick Hall who had the Seahawks only sack

with a forced fumble. The only player in the

game for that. 

Next Monday night against the Bears we

hope to see more of Smith-Njigba, Emmanwori 

and Hall as well as everyone else. Go Hawks

Seahawks Defense Wins Sunday Night

When you see the look on the face of 

quarterbacks like Patrick Mahomes 

on Sunday night we know who came to 

play.  

Final Seahawks 20 Chiefs 3

The Seahawks scored first in the second

quarter on a field goal by Myers at 8:22.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba had a great catch

at 1:44 for a touchdown. He had another

catch that looked like would setup another 

touchdown. The trouble was Sam Darnold 

threw an interception the only one in

the game. It wasn't all his fault as two 

Seahawks receivers ran into each other.

Myers kicked another field goal at 8:09

in the third quarter.  The Chiefs kicked a

field goal at 1:42 in the third as well.

The score was 13-3 at the time 

The 4th quarter both defences were working.

Getting late into the 4th quarter the Chiefs

needed to make another stop and get the

ball back however Seahawks Emanuel Wilson 

was able to break through with the help

of the offensive  line to score on a 21 yard run.

The story going into the game was former

Seahawks running back Ken Walker who

was leading the NFL in rushing yards. The

Seahawks defense was able to shut him

down with 36 yards on 14 carries. That tells

it all. 

The Chiefs were not the only team that isn't 

undefeated any longer. Early on the Atlanta 

Falcons beat the San Francisco. 

Next week on Monday night the Seahawks 

play the Chicago Bears. Stay tuned. Go Hawks.

Washington Huskies Men's Basketball Lose To Cougar's

The Washington State Cougars  beat the Huskies

Sunday afternoon in the road 84-80.

Good for the Cougars as they start the preseason 

in good fashion as the Huskies Lose their second

exhibition game. The positive they can only get

better.  Unfortunately I wasn't able to get the

Cougars stats. 

The Huskies led at half time by one so the

Cougars got five more in the second half.

Next week they open both the regular season.

The Huskies did sit guard Ryan Bradley under 

concussion protocol. Mady Traore  a big

forward or center missed the game for

his knees. Hopefully both will open the

season against Colgate.

Former Cougar Lejuan Watts led the Huskies 

with 28 points. Lethan Sommerville who spent 

coming off the bench now starting at big forward 

had 19 points and 4 rebounds.  Nikola Dzepina

an international player who came to Washington 

in January had a good game scoring 16 points 

and 12 rebounds. The Huskies are hoping he is

the player taking Hannes Steinbach spot who

went to the NBA as a lottery pick after one

season.

Wesley Yates III didn't play well while being the

only returning starter from last season had only

four points. Find out next week in their season 

opener. Go Dawgs.

Sunday Night football the Chiefs and Seahawks 

are in the second quarter leading 3-0.  Neither

team scored in the first quarter.  It is at the two minute warning. The Seahawks missed an opportunity to score a touchdown in their last possession. It looked like they had a touchdown but the runner stepped out of bounds and couldn't convert  in the red zone. They got the ball back on an

interception. We see if they score on this possession  or not. We will stay here. Regardless 

the second half should be exciting.  Jaxon Smith-Njigba looks like he made a a touchdown with his foot place on the goal line. The referees are looking

at it. They confirmed it a touchdown. Score 10-0.

It is 1:44 left in the first half so see if the Chiefs 

can score or not.et you know when the game is

over. Go Hawks.