By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): Earlier this year I was able to sit down and catch the final 7 innings of the Philip Humber perfect game against the Mariners. I was both excited to watch a perfect game and saddened as it came against my favorite team. Then came June 8th, when I…
The casual fan doesn’t realize this but the Mariners farm system has been one of the weakest farm systems in baseball over the past 5 and even 10 years. Yes there have been some good players to come through the system such as Felix Hernandez, Adam Jones (with the Orioles), Shin-Soo Choo (with the Indians),…
Last week Baseball America put out their Top 20 prospects list for the Northwest League and having had the opportunity to watch most of the players on that list in person this season, I wanted to throw in my two cents. Overall Opinion Making a list of prospects at this level is often a hit…
All my life I have loved the game of baseball and as I have gotten older I have tried to do different things to keep connected to the game I love. Growing up it was easy because every summer I was always on a team and could play baseball day in and day out. However,…
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