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Lee Pelekoudas, whose 30 years with the Seattle Mariners began as a traveling secretary and included a term as interim general manager, resigned today.The son of a major league umpire, Chris Pelekoudas, Lee has been with Seattle since 1979, most rece...

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The Angels are in tune up mode for the post-season, looking a little ahead and not paying much attention to the Seattle Mariners of the world.The Mariners would love to change that in the next three games, but they'll have to do it without their best...

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Carlos Silva will pitch an inning or so of relief today - his first since April - but he's going to be a Frog, not a Rainier.The Mariners are sending Silva to Everett, not Tacoma, in part because they don't want to jeopardize the Rainiers run for the...

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The lineup is up and Ichiro isn't in it, though the team says tomorrow is the day he'll play.No Ken Griffey Jr., no Adrian Beltre, who are both taking batting practice - as is top draft pick Dusin Ackley, who formally OKed his contract today.Ackley t...

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Ichiro is stretching and running in right field, with manager Don Wakamatsu, a trainer and translator on hand should he suddenly need mouth-to-mouth.On the sidelines, some 30 yards away, are six Japanese photographers and a couple of television camer...

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A few weeks ago, it seemed impossible to think the Tacoma Rainiers were a postseason caliber team. They were 7 1/2 games out of the Pacific North Division of the PCL and any playoff chances were fading with each game. To make matters worse they were ...

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Seattle comes in with a 10-game home-run hitting streak, having hit 18 homers in that span and the question is: how?Franklin Gutierrez has 14 home runs and Jose Lopez 20. Combined, the rest of today's Mariners lineup has 19.What's amazing is that in ...

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Yes, Virginia, it's slim pickings trying to put together a formidible attack for Seattle, these days.Ichiro remains out with a strained calf.Ken Griffey Jr. misses a third game with a tender knee.Adrian Beltre has a bruised cajone.Russell Branyan, he...

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Russell Branyan watched the Seattle Mariners win their 68th of the season tonight, then dressed and brushed his teeth. I can still do that, he said.What Branyan cannot do is swing a bat or play the game, not with a herniated disk in his back, discov...