The Olympia
Staff writer Published July 16, 2012 Late in a game that looked like hundreds of others the Seattle Mariners have played at Safeco Field this decade, Justin Smoak hit a routine grounder to third base for the first out in the bottom of the ninth.
Bremerton Sun
When the Mariners' lineup was released on Sunday morning, there were more than a few eyebrows raised at the player occupying the lead-off spot. Light-hitting shortstop Brendan Ryan, who came into Sunday's game against the Texas Rangers hitting .182...