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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Go inside the dugout with the Seattle Mariners and Tacoma Rainiers
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006
Posted by Darrin Beene @ 11:31:22 pm

One of the scariest things in sports happened Tuesday night. A line drive off the bat of Angels' outfielder Vladimir Guerrero hit Mariners pitcher Rafael Soriano in the head just above his right ear.

Soriano was down for about 10 minutes and was taken to a Seattle-area hospital. Initial tests revealed no fractures and the results of a CAT scan and X-ray were reassuring, said Mariners team physician, Edward Khalfayan.

I went into a very somber Mariners locker room after the game, won by the Mariners, 6-4. Here is some reaction to the incident:

Dr. Khalfayan

Mariners pitcher Jarrod Washburn

Mariners pitcher J.J. Putz

Mariners outfielder Chris Snelling

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