So we wait for months to see our new centerfielder, Mallex Smith, who the M's acquired from Tampa. And after inches of press and lots of talk-show time, even a video of him apartment-hunting in his new home town, he has a sore shoulder... won't be able to throw for a couple of weeks. "We'll kind of slow-play him," manager Scott Servais is quoted as saying. He'll miss fielding drills.
There are few things more discouraging than spring training injuries. It's like opening a Christmas present and learning that UPS is late delivering it. All you get is a picture of that George Foreman grill or your Hickory Farms Hearty Beef gift box. Way to start the season, with a no-armed centerfielder. Better warm up Dee Gordon.
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The whole team has reported, first full work-out today, unless Mallex Smith gets hurt in the locker room. Just to remind us of how many new players are in camp, Lookout Landing, a good M's blog, (https://www.lookoutlanding.com/2019/2/15/18226196/sporcle-friday-mariners-40-man-roster) offered a link to a fun quiz at a site called Sporcle. They give you 4 minutes to match the names of the Mariner's 40 roster players with their pictures.
My score? 5. It should have been 7. I do know what Haniger and Healy look like, but their pictures don't resemble them at all. Still, lots of strange faces.
A sore shoulder. Already?
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