Sonics Night

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Well, the last game I went to they honored the 116 win Mariners team.  The hi-light of this evening was before the first pitch, as the Seattle Mariners brought many Supersonics legends to Safeco in a pregame ceremony.  Michael Cage, Tom Chambers, Jack Sikma, Lenny Wilkens, Shawn Kemp, Gary Payton, George Karl and others all gathered around the mound.  It was the largest gathering of former Sonics since the team was ripped from our hearts.  It was cool to see so much green and gold in the stands, but bittersweet as well.  They never should have left.  I can't believe it has been three years already.

Tampa Bay Rays Jennings LF Damon DH Longoria 3B Zobrist 2B Upton CF Kotchman 1B Shoppach C Joyce RF Rodriguez SS Niemann P Mariners

Suzuki RF
Ryan SS
Ackley 2B
Olivo C
Carp LF
Smoak DH
Kennedy 1B
Gutierrez CF
Figgins 3B

Bedard P

Unfortunately all the goodwill ended when Erik Bedard, coming off the DL, couldn't make it through the second inning.  I can't recall the last time I saw one of our starting pitchers have such a short stint.  He lasted on 1.1 innings on 57 pitches, giving up 3 hits, 4 walks, and 5 runs.  If he had a good outing we were sure to trade him.  Some think he sabotaged the outing on purpose.  Who knows... but it was disappointing regardless.  The Rays ended up scoring 8 total in the inning... and the Mariners only mustered 3 hits the whole night.  We were shut out 8-0.

There was also a moment of silence for Rick "The Peanut Man" Kaminski who had been a fixture at the Kingdome and Safeco since the inaugural season.  He passed away from a Brain Aneurysm earlier in the week.  It has been a tough couple of years for the Mariners family, both on and off the field.
Coming into the game the Mariners had snapped a 17 game losing streak, the most in franchise history.  We are now 1-18 in our last 19 games.  We started the streak at 43-43 and only 2.5 games back.

Ate Brisket Sandwich, pretty good.  Attendance was  26,570 and they dropped to 10-13 when I attend.  Went with my bro-in-law

Some movement from the Mariners as we get near the deadline... they DFA Cust and traded Langerhans for cash.