Mariners run wild, complete wild run with 9-3 win over Anaheim
Record scratch. Freeze frame. You’re probably wondering how I got into this situation
It all started when the Seattle Mariners hired Eric Young, Jr. to be their first base coach, and so began the craziest summer of my life.
As soon as EY came to Seattle, me and the boys started running wild. But it wasn’t that the fastest guys were suddenly taking off at every good opportunity. They already do that. It was more that even those of us aren’t the fleetest of foot suddenly had the intel and the confidence to try.
Take the second inning of today’s game. Emerson Hancock was looking good, locating his pitches well, pounding the edges of the zone, and picking up a ton of weak contact. But he’d still let the Angels string together a few singles at 77, 81, and 85 mph for one run, and then in the next inning gave up a dinger to Jorge Soler in that weird little box down the left field line where I swear I’ve only ever seen opposing hitters home. The Mariners really ought to move that wall in and raise the line there.
It all started when the Seattle Mariners hired Eric Young, Jr. to be their first base coach, and so began the craziest summer of my life.
As soon as EY came to Seattle, me and the boys started running wild. But it wasn’t that the fastest guys were suddenly taking off at every good opportunity. They already do that. It was more that even those of us aren’t the fleetest of foot suddenly had the intel and the confidence to try.
Take the second inning of today’s game. Emerson Hancock was looking good, locating his pitches well, pounding the edges of the zone, and picking up a ton of weak contact. But he’d still let the Angels string together a few singles at 77, 81, and 85 mph for one run, and then in the next inning gave up a dinger to Jorge Soler in that weird little box down the left field line where I swear I’ve only ever seen opposing hitters home. The Mariners really ought to move that wall in and raise the line there.
