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Olympian
TOP-NOTCH
CLOSER: Kazuhiro Sasaki, the all-time saves leader in
Japanese baseball, joined the Mariners last season. He had
45 saves in 2001.
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ELLIOTT
SMITH,
THE OLYMPIAN
SEATTLE
-- Bobby Ayala. Dick Drago. Jeff Fassero. Sterling Hitchcock.
Jose Mesa. Paul Mirabella. Dennis Powell. Heathcliff Slocumb.
Paul Spoljaric. Mike Timlin. Steve Trout.
If
those names don't give you shivers, then you've obviously
blacked out the often-inglorious history of Seattle Mariners
pitching.
For
years, Seattle struggled to solve the mystery of the mound.
Anyone
with a live arm was given a shot. Pitching coaches were
changed like underwear. Opposing batters salivated at a
chance to face a Mariner arm.
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here
for the full story!
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