We can only hope

A week ago last Saturday night when I got home I was thinking about watching the Mariners’ game. I hadn’t watched them in a while and I had high hopes they could challenge the Houston Astros. If things didn’t work out I figured I could always switch stations.

I watched a little bit of the pregame show and saw that Seattle had brought Edgar Martinez back as a hitting coach. It was a natural since Edgar is still a Mariner through and through and the Emerald City still loves Gar! Martinez has helped the Mariners in spring training and worked with some of the youngsters in the farm system.

As the...