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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I'm back from vacation and ready to go. Here are the rankings, updated after a little hiatus:
1. Detroit (2) – There’s some concern about Kenny Rogers, who has given up four or more runs in five of six starts.
2. Boston (4) – Hoping David Wells is not only big but a big help to the rotation.
3. New York Mets (3) – Staying motivated will be biggest challenge in last two months.
4. New York Yankees (5) – Two AL East teams might yet make the playoffs this year.
5. Minnesota (7): Imagine where they would be if they would have used Liriano as a starter to begin the season.
6. Chicago White Sox (1): Their fans should hold off on making October plans.
7. Toronto (6) – The Argonuats, at 2-3, have a better chance of making the CFL playoffs than the Blue Jays do of passing Boston and the Yankees.
8. St. Louis (9) – Vampires, beware: Cardinals have major-league best 28-9 record during the day.
9. Cincinnati (15) – Hooray for Eddie: Guardado goes 5-for-5 as Reds’ closer.
10. Oakland (8) – A good run over the next 12 games against the AL West could give them control of the division.
11. San Diego (11) – Someone’s got to win the West and that someone is looking more and more like the Padres.
12. Los Angeles Angels (19) – Better than they showed early in the season but still not as good as they might be.
13. Arizona (21) – Never underestimate a Bob Melvin team … at least until August.
14. Texas (14) – I would love the Carlos Lee trade if he was a right-handed pitcher.
15. San Francisco (16) – Giants once had the Say Hey Kid, now they have Say What Shea.
16. Mariners (18) – Guess the players will have to get rid of their Crazy Carl T-shirts.
17. Atlanta (22) – Feeling Chipper: Jones puts together career-high 20-game hitting streak.
18. Colorado (11) – Broncos fans rooting for collapse so Denver media can devote all their time to football.
19. Milwaukee (16) – Carlos Lee trade signals Brewers are all about 2007… or 2008 or …
20. Houston (17) – Remind us again why signing Roger Clemens was such a big deal.
21. Los Angeles Dodgers (12) – Dodgers stink worse than late summer smog in the L.A. basin.
22. Baltimore (24) – Fernando Tatis? Are the Orioles looking to sign Mark Whiten next?
23. Florida (27) – Are wisely holding on to pitcher Dontrelle Willis.
24. Philadelphia (23) – Gillick can’t afford to be Stand Pat in Philadelphia.
25. Washington (26) – Apparently the Rainiers are the only team in America not involved in the Soriano sweepstakes.
26. Cleveland (20) – They’ll trade Chief Wahoo if the price is right.
27. Tampa Bay (25) – No fair: In 10-game stretch vs. Yankees, Tigers, Red Sox.
28. Chicago Cubs (29) – So Dusty Baker gets to stay for the rest of the season. Is this a reward or punishment?
29. Pittsburgh Pirates (30) – What’s black and gold and goes flop? Hint: It’s a baseball team.
30. Kansas City (28) – I’ll say this for Odalis Perez. He’s a left-handed pitcher.
