Baseball’s back!

Seeing as my NCAA March Madness bracket is officially shot (actually, most people’s brackets are–out of almost 6 million ESPN brackets, only TWO picked the Final Four of Butler, VCU, Kentucky, and UConn), I’m now looking forward to … Baseball season!! Looking forward to the Mariners’ visit to Baltimore in May and the Dodgers’ visit …

Ken Griffey Jr. retires

The Kid announced his retirement this afternoon after 22 seasons, 630 home runs, 7 Silver Sluggers, 10 Gold Gloves, and numerous All-Star appearances. Here’s his press statement. Thanks, Junior.

Felix Hernandez = Mariner

… for five more years! 🙂 Here are Felix and Seattle GM Jack Zduriencik (otherwise known as GMZ or “The GM with the Golden Touch”) at a press conference yesterday: (Photo: Geoff Baker/Seattle Times) Roll on, April.

Goodbye, Adrian Beltre

I’m glad we have Chone Figgins; I think he’ll be an awesome 3B. But I sure as heck will miss seeing this guy and these kinds of plays on a regular basis: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8IKDeH9SEg&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Red Sox fans, prepare to be astounded.