As I was glancing at today's lineups, I heard a little noise in the background.

And all of the sudden all the clubhouse tv's tuned to this station....

And I said, "That's Miguel Cairo's theme music." My God, he's starting todaaaayyy!!!!

That's right Cairo is starting for Jose Lopez at second base. No major reason other than Cairo supposedly matches up better with Mike Mussina.

Perhaps the best part about the Mariners' line-up is that Felix is starting.

To modify a line from the movie Beautiful Girls, when Felix pitches it's "Promise of a better day. Promise of a greater hope. Promise of a new tomorrow."

GAME THOUGHTS START HERE:

3:45 -- Yesterday, McLaren didn't speak to the media, I wonder how many of the players will today.

3:43 -- Clement with the hat trick today. Wlad and him are going to have their moments where they struggle. But they have to be a little patient with them.

3:02 --- Felix went 5 2/3 allowing six runs, 12 hits. He walked three and struck out three, and threw 105 pitches, 61 for strikes

2:56 --- Two run homer for Johnny Damon and now a single for Jeter. Damon has two doubles and a home run, while Jeter has a double and two singles. Felix is cooked. WE'll be seeing Cha Seung any time now.

2:38 -- Runners on first and second, and Cairo pops up meekly to right field.

Everybody!: "Put me in coach, I'm ready to plaaay todaaaay!!

2:32 -- Cha Seung Baek is warming up in the bullpen, the Mariners' problems are solved! Can someone explain how Mike Mussina has not thrown a pitch harder than 84 miles per hour, and has only given up one run.

2:21 -- This link about Trey Hillman is for you DAVE8557...

The Mariners had a little something going until Richie's little groundball back to Mussina.

2:08 -- the Marines are down 4-1. Which is about the odds I'd give on a comeback now. Felix is at 58 pitches, in the third inning.

2:03 -- Ok it's not 3-1 as a back-to-back doubles, a single by Matsui barely inside the bang and some sort of horrible throwing mistake by Raul.

And now a single by Cabrera, and an error for Ichiro allowing the runners to move up. That's Ichiro first error since Sept. 12 of 2007 and that was his only error of the season. And his 16th career error.

1:50 -- My God, the Mariners scored a run early in the game. I don't believe what I just saw. Ichiro scalded that pitch. And then he's steals second to get into scoring position ... setting up..

"Well, I spent some time in the the Mariners' Nine, watchin' it from the bench;
You know I still got paid, while everyone struucckk ouut!"

And Cairo grounds out to second.

1:45 -- Joh with a hit that went all of 40 feet, but it was a hit.

1:32 -- I'm not sure if Ichiro could have dove and caught that ball, but the point is moot because Ichiro does not dive. Ever. Mariners down 1-0.

1:19 --- "I got an unused glove, an unsure bat and brand new pair of shoes," --- Yep, Cairo's first at bat, a strikeout swinging. And he even argued a few of the calls with home plate umpire Paul Schreiber, maybe he was saying "We need to slow this down, I might not see the field again for another two weeks."