To clear roster space for DH Jack Cust, the Mariners sent C Rob Johnson to San Diego Monday for a PTBNL, or cash considerations.
Author: Steve Rudman
Steve Rudman
Steve began his journalistic career in an era in which social networking mainly occurred in saloons. In the years since, he has been a reporter and columnist (Seattle Post-Intelligencer), a magazine founder and editor (The National Sports Review), the Director of Research at ESPN (once had the chore of looking up the history of rain delays in major league baseball), a radio talk show host (fired by KIRO because stupid people need radio stations, too, according to the program director), and the producer of a syndicated sports statistical feature (titled Wow!Stats), distributed by Universal Press Syndicate (quick, name three countries in which athletes are eaten when they fail to perform). He wrote (with Karen Chave) 100 Years of Husky Football, Who The Hell is Bob? (one of Seattles more remarkable people) and collaborated with Art Thiel (Sports Press Northwest) and Mike Gastineau (KJR-AM) on The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists, a ribald compendium of Seattle sports exotica that should be made into a movie (Brad Pitt playing Steve). He gained everlasting infamy in 1985 (at least in Corvallis, Ore.), when, in a column in the Post-Intelligencer, he called the Oregon State Beavers The Barney Fife of College Football, then sat stupefied as the 37-point underdog Beavers cast aside a 28-year slump and beat the Huskies. As of this writing, that game (which resulted in an official, Oregon State-issued game ball for Steve) still generates 314,000 Google pages, most of them from unenlightened (and presumably salt pillar-licking) OSU fans. Steve has yet to issue an apology on Facebook or Twitter and has no plans to do so.
The week just ended spoke volumes about Matt Hasselbeck’s future as the quarterback of the Seahawks, but told us little about next week.
Numbers can fascinate and amuse, and be used to start and settle all manner of sporting debates. But numbers can also tell stories. Here you’ll find the numbers that best reflect the pulse of sports in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.
Inspired by the late and great Mariners broadcaster Dave Niehaus, we take a look today at Seattle’s Top 5 sporting icons.
The Mariners make a lot of news on the player-acquisition front, and also stage a moving tribute to broadcaster Dave Niehaus. Meanwhile, Matt Hasselbeck may have written his epitaph with the Seahawks. …..
Numbers can fascinate and amuse, and be used to start and settle all manner of sporting debates. But numbers can also tell stories. Here you’ll find the numbers that best reflect the pulse of sports in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.
Key additions and subtractions for the Mariners since the end of the 2010 season. Date Added Skinny Dec. 10 DH Jack Cust Signed as a free agent Dec. 11 C Miguel Olivo Free agent signed a two-year, $7 million deal Dec. 12 INF Brendan Ryan Acquired in a trade from St. Louis Date Subtracted Skinny Nov. 3 OF Ryan Langerhans Outrighted to Tacoma, elected free agency Nov. 4 1B Casey Kotchman Non-tendered, became a free agent Nov. 7 RHP Jamey Wright Non-tendered, became a free agent DH Russell Branyan Non-tendered, became a free agent Ç Josh Bard Elected to become…
Amazing how Jake Locker went from being a Heisman Trophy candidate to just Honorable Mention All-Pac-10. In today’s Top 5 List, we rank the best UW quarterbacks never to receive first-team All-Pac-10 recognition.
The Huskies won one of the most exciting Apple Cups ever played, the Seahawks avoided at epic Qwest embarrassment, and the UW men’s hoop team rang up 100 points twice in posting a pair of impressive victories.
Numbers can fascinate and amuse, and be used to start and settle all manner of sporting debates. But numbers can also tell stories. Here you’ll find the numbers that best reflect the pulse of sports in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.