Talking Baseball

Darrin Beene is entering his seventh year at The News Tribune, having covered the Tacoma Rainiers in 2005 and Major League Baseball for two years before that. Beene, a former assistant sports editor at The News Tribune, also worked for the Los Angeles Daily News and Los Angeles Times. He lives in the South Sound with his wife and two children.

This blog is about baseball in general but specifically the Seattle Mariners and the Mariners’ Triple-A team, the Tacoma Rainiers. It will contain news, analysis, answers to your questions and audio reports.

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Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
Posted by Darrin Beene @ 10:30:05 am

A head's up for the Futures Game, which happens just before the All-Star Game in July:

Two Mariners minor leaguers, outfielder Wladimir Balentien and infielder Yung Chen, were picked to the World Team on Wednesday.

Balentien is hitting .245 with 12 homers and 39 RBI at Double-A San Antonio. Chen, playing mostly second base, is hitting .335 with five homers and 45 RBI for Single-A (high) Inland Empire.

The game, which will be shown by ESPN2, is on July 9.

Last year, Yuniesky Betancourt and Shin Soo Choo played for the World Team.

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