A GRIP ON SPORTS • An anniversary slipped by the other day, obscured by the mists of time. Yes, it’s been 25 years since “Homer at the Bat” aired, the greatest of all Simpsons episodes, premiered. Greatest, if you are a baseball fan. Read on.
A GRIP ON SPORTS • You know why everything was better years and years ago? Instead of a Presidents’ Day, honoring all of the folks who have held that office over the years on one day, the nation celebrated George Washington’s birthday and Abe Lincoln’s birthday. Two holidays instead of one in February. Read on.
A GRIP ON SPORTS • It’s still February. There are piles of snow on the ground taller than Przemek Karnowski. The rain is falling hard enough to put out an eye . A couple of Fiat 500s have disappeared in the Freya potholes. Which means it’s a great time to talk baseball. Read on.
The anticipation and excitement of the Mariners’ first full-squad workout was washed away by precipitation in the Phoenix area. With rain falling all day Saturday and through the night into Sunday, there was no chance for the Mariners to have a full workout given the conditions.
A GRIP ON SPORTS • Where were we? Oh ya, documenting Gonzaga’s inexorable march through the WCC. And wondering if the Cougars could sweep a Pac-12 basketball foe this season. Forty-eight hours later one rolled on and the answer to our question was yes. Read on.
Danny Valencia’s career resume paints him as a baseball nomad. The Mariners will be his seventh club as he enters his eighth big-league season. All in the American League.
A GRIP ON SPORTS • One would hope with two of the nation’s top five college basketball teams playing in the Inland Northwest on the same night, there would be some fireworks. There were. But they weren’t of the expected, or hoped for, type. Read on.
Seattle pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma, one of the longest-tenured Mariners, expects to make all of his starts in 2017, as he did last season in leading the team with 16 wins.
