Get Well Soon Shawn!

"Every season has its peaks and valleys. 

What you have to do is eliminate the Grand Canyon."  

- Andy Van Slyke

We lost two very tough games to TEX.  Yesterday's game was a particularly rough loss 7-2 in the 10th inning.  Saltalamacchia's Grand Slam sealed the deal.  I liked when Branyan caught a foul along the first baseline seating area in the 4th and the announcers commented on the  'quality fans getting out of the way and even assisting him."  I always like to think of Mariners fans as being quality, but confirmations through actions (like not interfering with a game) certainly help.

Even worse than losing yesterday, it was heart breaking to watch Shawn Kelley fall to the mound in pain in the 10th.  He is suffering a strained oblique.  He held it together very well as I'm sure he was in quite alot pain. Get Well cards can be sent to:

Shawn Kelley

c/o Seattle Mariners Baseball Club

P.O. Box 4100, Seattle WA 98194

Tonight we play KC at Kauffman Stadium @ 5:10.  Silva is scheduled to pitch.  I am very interested to see Willie Bloomquist play.  The Royals have him playing left field and he is batting .378 this season.  Kansas City is on a four game winning streak with a 16-11 record and is leading the Central Division.  We can always hope that .5-game-behind-us-TEX will lose to the Athletics, but the only game one truly can control is one's own. 

Go Mariners!

xoxo

Your Safeco Sweetheart,

Ms. Mariner Monroe

photo credit:

1.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00673/grand-canyon-leap3_673093c.jpg