August 28th, 2010 by RJ
Jack Zduriencik held a briefing after the Mariners’ 1-0 loss to announce that the team has decided, as expected, to shut down 21-year-old pitcher Michael Pineda for the remainder of the year. There are no physical problems, but the Mariners decided to make the move pre-emptively, because Pineda has reached nearly 140 innings. He threw [...]
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August 25th, 2010 by RJ
That Seahawks defense look familiar out there on Saturday against Green Bay? The results certainly did as Seattle gave up a touchdown drive on the opponent’s first possession for the second consecutive week. Of course, any conclusions have to be tempered by the fact that Lofa Tatupu has not been on the field, the performances [...]
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August 23rd, 2010 by RJ
Our paper began an interesting series this weekend about the bottoming out of the three major sports teams in the city — the Mariners, Seahawks and football Huskies. Today’s opening act features my story on the Mariners as well as an accompanying Larry Stone column and chart graphics. There are several elements we’ve highlighted when [...]
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August 22nd, 2010 by RJ
Here are some of UW defensive coordinator’s Nick Holt’s thoughts after today’s scrimmage: On the starting unit: “They didn’t get a lot of reps but they did a good job. They did what they needed to do and we wanted to see a lot of the other guys, so they got a lot of the [...]
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August 22nd, 2010 by RJ
Tackle Russell Okung’s ankle injury will keep him out two to four weeks, according to Jason LaCanfora of NFL Network and NFL.com. In my inquiries Sunday, I was told that it was in fact a sprained ankle, and the MRI detected nothing more serious than that. As for the recovery timetable, everybody should hold off [...]
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August 20th, 2010 by RJ
Felix Hernandez told us after the game he knew he wouldn’t get the complete nine innings in once he reached 101 pitches through seven. Hernandez said Jose Lopez greeted him in the dugout after the seventh and asked whether he thought manager Daren Brown might pull him. “No, I think I’ve got one more,” Hernandez [...]
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August 20th, 2010 by RJ
As noted earlier, today marks essentially the halfway point of Washington’s fall camp, practices 14 and 15 of 29 the team can hold before starting the season. So it seemed like an ideal time to ask UW coach Steve Sarkisian for something of a progress report. And in keeping with a camp in which optimisim [...]
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