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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1. New York Mets (1) – These Mets are no mutts; in fact, they’re top dogs.
2. Oakland (4) – Proving it’s better to win ugly than to lose pretty.
3. Detroit (2) – Like a lot of cars from Detroit, you have to wonder if Tigers have enough gas left in the tank.
4. New York Yankees (3) – Only Randy Johnson, Cy Young and Warren Spahn won at least 15 games three years in a row after turning 40.
5. Los Angeles Dodgers (11) – Just think of the parking nightmares: Dodgers will set surpass 1982’s attendance record of 3,608,881.
6. Chicago White Sox (5) – Hey Freddy, throw to first every once in a while. Opponents are 36-of-37 stealing bases of Garcia.
7. Minnesota (6) – A sure thing: Twins have won 21 straight games at home when Johan Santana pitches.
8. St. Louis (13) –How much do they regret trading Dan Haren, Kiko Calero and a prospect for Mark Mulder?
9. Los Angeles Angels (8) – Playoff hopes look slimmer than Jered Weaver standing sideways.
10. San Diego (10) – More girth equals playoff berth? Hefty lefty David Wells added for playoff push.
11. Boston (7) – Injuries caused too many holes in these Sox.
12. Philadelphia (14) – Move over, Michael Jack Schmidt. Ryan James Howard is the new Phillies’ home run king.
13. Texas (12) – With six homers in 11 at-bats, Mark Teixeira owns Orioles pitcher Bruce Chen.
14. Toronto (15) – Once promising season overshadowed by volatile manager John Gibbons’ confrontations.
15. Houston (20) – A valiant playoff run or is it too little, too late?
16. San Francisco (16) – In wacky NL, could finish last in the West or win the wild card.
17. Florida (19) – Pitcher Josh Johnson strong candidate for NL Rookie of the Year.
18. Cleveland (21) – They’re sweet on pitcher Jeremy Sowers, who has a 2.37 ERA since All-Star break.
19. Cincinnati (9) – Fading in the stretch like one of our bets at Emerald Downs.
20. Seattle (26) – Rafael Soriano incident reminds that baseball can be a deadly game.
21. Atlanta (22) – Brian McCann (.340, 16 homers) is NL version of Joe Mauer, minus the headlines and sideburns.
22. Arizona (18) – Movie about slumping baseball team: Snakes on a downward plane.
23. Colorado (27) – Future is now for 2005 1st rounder Troy Tulowitzki, who is in the bigs.
24. Baltimore (25) – Made some progress but at rate they’re going, they’ll be in contention in 2010.
25. Milwaukee (17) – Haven’t had a September to remember since Pat Listach won Rookie of the Year in 1992.
26. Pittsburgh (27) – Fans would surely trade another season of bad baseball for a Super Bowl title.
27. Chicago Cubs (24) – Only 28 more days left to blame Dusty Baker for team’s troubles.
28. Washington (29) – Old saying, new twist: Washington’s first in war, first in peace, last in NL East.
29. Kansas City (30) – Something good, something bad: Win two in Minnesota but can’t complete first road sweep in last 85 tries.
30. Tampa Bay (28) – Even with those funky glasses, Joe Maddon had to see this year was going to be tough.
