It would have been moved to Qwest Field, but naturally the Cougars and Huskies couldn’t agree on ticket allotment and that’s what kept it from getting shifted. So it really was about money, and it really didn’t matter what the fans thought, and they were going to do it anyways, but our schools’ mutual differences actually helped all us fans out. Imagine that. Go Coug-Dawgs.
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Perhaps no player has had an impact on the Seattle Mariners franchise quite like Mark Langston.
Langston, a former big-league pitcher, has spawned a lineage of current and former Mariners that maintain roots within the organization today. Like the patriarch of a family tree, Langston is the father of a series of fortuitous circumstances that have come to benefit the Seattle ballclub for more than two decades.
June 8, 1981: Langston is drafted by the Mariners in the second round of Major League Baseball’s amateur draft. The lefthander out of San Jose State University signs with the organization nine days later.
April 7, 1984: Langston makes his Major League Debut for the Mariners, earning a win over Milwaukee in his inaugural outing. The rookie pitches seven innings, allowing two earned runs, scattering four hits, and striking out five. He would go on to finish second in Rookie of the Year voting in that ’84 season, behind teammate Alvin Davis, and emerge as the ace of a young pitching staff. Over the course of the next four-and-a-half seasons, Langston would compile a 74-67 win-loss record, 4.01 ERA, and lead the league in strikeouts on three occasions as an emerging force on some bad Mariners’ teams.
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Michael Crabtree
The Seattle Seahawks hold the No. 4 overall pick in Saturday’s NFL Draft. Who will be their selection when they’re finally on the clock? Our pseudo-experts weigh in.
The Candidates:
Mark Sanchez, QB, USC
Michael Crabtree, WR, Texas Tech
Eugene Monroe, OT, Virginia
Aaron Curry, LB, Wake Forest
Jason Smith, OT, Baylor
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