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Over the last couple of years, we've made a bunch of comparisons between Ryan Rowland-Smith and Jarrod Washburn, and for good reason they're very similar pitchers. Both throw four seam fastballs in the high-80s and big loopy curveballs, are pitc...

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First pitch, 7:10, temperature 64 degrees, roof closed, small crowd, and the smell of food making it's way up to the press box. Mmmmm....pizza, or something baked.Top 1: 1-2-3 down in order. Konerko is late running out to first base. Funny how I can ...

topics: ichiro, mariner, mariners, ms

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Starting pitchers: Chicago: Gavin Floyd RHP 11-10, 3.98Seattle: Ryan Rowland-Smith LHP 3-3, 3.88Jun Shiraishi and his family came all the way from Japan to meet Ichiro as part of a Make-a-Wish Foudation venture. Shiraishi, 18, is undergoing treatment...

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It's your favorite soccer reporter -- well, maybe -- Jose Romero coming to you from Safeco Field, where at this moment Felix Hernandez and Carlos Silva are tossing a frisbee. It's a Venezuelan reunion down on the field with Silva, Felix and Freddy G...

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You've probably noticed that Bill Hall has been essentially an everyday player since he arrived in Seattle, and that after Adrian Beltre returned and Mike Carp joined the club when rosters expanded, Wakamatsu has found playing time for Hall by sticki...

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That's Ichiro receiving plaudits from the crowd after being honored before tonight's game. Photo by Associated Press.UPDATE 8:08 P.M.: (MIDDLE OF FOURTH): Snell's spell (or is that Spell's snell?) was broken -- single, walk, wild pitch, two-run doubl...

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You know what? I haven't seen enough of Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Tex., what with the 15 hours spent there on Sunday, then my flight delays getting home from Dallas yesterday because the airline-whose-name shall-not-be mentioned had the air cond...

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Ian Snell takes the hill for the M's tonight. He needs to pitch well pretty soon, or the M's are going to have to seriously re-evaluate whether they can go into the off-season planning on him taking one of the spots in their rotation next year. To ...

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UPDATED WITH POST-GAME QUOTESNot much of a showing by the Mariners in the first game of a doubleheader they'll try to finish. We'll have to see whether the rain holds off. Game time is approximately 30 minutes away.Seattle goes down 7-2 in Game 1 as ...

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UPDATE 1:54 p.m.: The Rangers now say they'll try to start the game at a minimum of 2:45 p.m. barring any additional rain. Good luck on that...see the M's new transportation arrangements below.By the way this caller sums up my feelings quite well. Sh...

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