Jerry Crasnick: New mood emerges with the Seattle Mariners

March 1, 2010 by Jerry Crasnick · Leave a Comment 

No gloom following these Mariners, not with Ken Griffey Jr. lightening the mood

Countdown to Nothing

September 9, 2009 by Content Keyword RSS 2 · Leave a Comment 

There are worse things than realizing your baseball team is bad. For instance, there's realizing you long ago stopped noticing your baseball team is bad. The Mets played the Marlins, and the Mets lost , with just a few bright flickers amid the gloom. There was Josh Thole, getting his first big-league RBI and continuing to show a good eye and a compact stroke. There was a nifty play at the plate, with Jeff Francoeur's throw from right bouncing up and over Thole's glove, past Elmer Dessens,