Seattle Mariners visit Spokane
Mariners' former player and broadcaster Mike Blowers and two other players, Tom Wilhelmsen and Blake Beavan, visit the children at Providence Sacred Heart Children's Hospital on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012. The trio have been touring the state and visiting schools and hospitals. Kids at hospitals received sports bags, autographed baseballs and a photos.
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The Mariner Moose plays peek-a-boo with four-year-old Daniel Vitrenko at Providence Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012. Mariners’ former player and broadcaster Mike Blowers, left, watches and Vitrenko’s mother, Iulia Vitrenko watches at right.
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Olivia Henry, 7, keeps one eye on the Mariner Moose, right, as she meets Seattle Mariners pitcher Tom Wilhelmsen, second from right, at Providence Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012. At left, former player and broadcaster Mike Blowers signs an autograph.
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Olivia Henry, 7, pets the nose of the Mariner Moose, right, from her bed at Providence Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012.
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Players Blake Beavan, left, Tom Wilhelmsen, center, and broadcaster Mike Blowers, right, sign autographs to leave in the rooms where children were sleeping at Providence Sacred Heart Childrens’ Hospital, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012.
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Mariners pitcher Tom Wilhelmsen, center top, poses for photos with patient Jethro Gross, 15, and the Mariner Moose.
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Mariners pitcher Tom Wilhelmsen, left, offers a young patient a free Mariners sports bag, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, at Providence Sacred Heart Childrens’ Hospital. Behind is Mariners’ pitcher Blake Beavan.
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Mariners pitcher Tom Wilhelmsen, left, laughs as a young fan jokes that his autograph will be valuable when he makes the Hall of Fame.
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