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SEATTLE -- Sometimes it takes a sense of humor to get through a 162-game season and the Mariners unveiled a little of that Saturday when two anonymous members of the club conspired for a little good-natured fun with rookie outfielder Trayvon Robinson.Robinson face-planted himself into the center-field wall trying to run down a deep drive by the Royals' Melky Cabrera in the first inning on Friday buy nfl tickets night, the ball popping out of his glove as Cabrera steamed around the bases for a triple.So, sometime before most of the players arrived on Saturday, the co-conspirators snuck out to the scene of the crime and put up a chalk outline of Robinson using tape on the Safeco Field outfield wall, complete with his cap flying off and the ball falling at his feet.Most of the Mariners broke out in laughter buy nfl tickets when they came out on the field for the first time and spotted the outline, including the youngster himself."That's sweet," Robinson said. "Somebody spent a lot of time on that."Manager Eric Wedge takes his baseball seriously, but he was amused as well."Nice. ... Attention to detail," Wedge said after eyeballing the artwork. "That's good. Everybody is in good spirits, that's a good sign." Kelley buy nfl tickets enjoying his return to the mound SEATTLE -- When Mariners reliever Shawn Kelley was activated from the disabled list on Sept. 1, he said it was great just to be feeling healthy again, and any action he got in the final month with the club would just be icing on the cake.But the 27-year-old right-hander seems to be putting a cherry on top of all that with some excellent success in his initial o buy nfl tickets utings, throwing four scoreless innings in three appearances while allowing just one hit.Kelley underwent a "partial Tommy John" ligament repair in his throwing elbow one year ago, a rare procedure that reattached one end of his damaged ligament and left him with a shorter rehab stint than the full Tommy John surgery.But his return still had several setbacks and enough questions that he's soaking buy nfl tickets up his return now to the Mariners, saying he's "in a good place" with a mindset to enjoy his opportunity without putting too much pressure on himself."I tell myself every time before I go out there, just stay relaxed, execute my pitches and most of all, just enjoy it and have fun," Kelley said on Saturday. "Because I got a pretty good wake-up call of just how short-lived this could be."There was a buy nfl tickets point I didn't know if I'd get back healthy enough where I could pitch in the big leagues and pitch back-to-back and multiple innings. You can't come to the big leagues and say, 'I'll throw today, but then I need two days off.' I didn't know if I'd get the chance. Not that I didn't enjoy it before, but I worried about other stuff at the same time, like most guys do. Now, I don't think about that. buy nfl tickets I'm just enjoying every day I'm here."Kelley threw 1 2/3 innings in Friday's 7-3 win over the Royals with just one hit, further enhancing his initial impression with manager Eric Wedge and pitching coach Carl Willis."[Friday] night was a big step, giving him an opportunity in that type of ballgame," Wedge said. "And he really stepped up. Prior to that he'd pitched well, too."Carl and I had talked buy nfl tickets about giving him an opportunity to show us what he can do here and find out just how probable it may be for him to be part of this bullpen next year," Wedge said. "We've tried to get him in there pretty consistently and we'll see how he handles it."Kelley, who made 63 appearances for the Mariners in 2009 and '10, said his fastball is still a few ticks below where he'd like it to be, but his locat buy nfl tickets ion is as good as ever as his arm strength returns."It's getting better every time," he said. "In Triple-A I was working up to where I was feeling really good. But of course, it's a different level here, a different level of adrenaline and the situations are a little more amped up. So every outing here is getting more comfortable and my arm is feeling better and my velocity is little by little get buy nfl tickets ting stronger. "My location is good, my slider is good, it's just getting a few mph more on the fastball. It's coming. I imagine by spring I'll be back to the same form I was before the injury." Wedge plotting lineups for now, future SEATTLE -- Although Mariners manager Eric Wedge has gone more and more to the rookies as this season has progressed, he hasn't forgotten about at least one vetera buy nfl tickets n who played a key role for his team earlier this year.Thus, Adam Kennedy, who had started just four of the previous 17 games, was in Saturday's lineup as the designated hitter.The Mariners are pretty familiar with what the 35-year-old provides at this point, but that's not the only factor in his lineup decisions, Wedge said."I talk about seeing it through and working to win as many ballgames as w buy nfl tickets e can," the skipper said. "And I feel like with him in there right now, swinging the bat a little better, his presence and what he's done for us and a lot of these kids over the course of the year, he deserves to be in there."I don't think we've tried to hide anything. I mean, the kids have been out there and we'll continue to play them. But, having said that, if Wily Mo Pena or Adam Kennedy or wh buy nfl tickets oever it may be gives us a better chance to win the ballgame tonight, then I'm going to put them in there. I don't think we're forfeiting anything by doing that."Wedge did note that much of the emphasis in these final weeks is on answering questions for the future. And he doesn't know if Kennedy or Pena, or other veterans on one-year contracts, will be with the club next year."Everybody is playing buy nfl tickets to win right now, but also for the future moving forward. Especially at this time of year," Wedge said. "That's why I always say, our ultimate job is to come out and win the ballgame today. That's everybody's job."But a close second, I'm thinking about next year every single day. I think a lot of these players are doing that for their individual careers as well. It's all part of it. All that stuf buy nfl tickets f plays out over the winter, the Kennedy's and Wily Mo's of the world. That's not something we can predict right now." Worth noting #149; When catcher Miguel Olivo fell a single short of the cycle on Friday night, he was the 315th player in Mariners history to finish one hit shy of the rare feat. But he was just the sixth player that was missing the single in that effort, the first since Raul buy nfl tickets Ibanez also had a double, triple and home run on June 11, 2007. #149; Ichiro Suzuki's 4-for-5 night with a home run and two stolen bases on Friday was something of a rarity at his age. According to the Mariners, Ichiro (at 37 years, 322 days) became the second oldest player in the past 100 years to have four hits, a home run and multiple stolen bases in the same game. The only one older was Kirk buy nfl tickets Gibson, who had four hits, two home runs and two steals on his 38th birthday on May 28, 1995. #149; The Mariners will hold an informal open house/memorial for Rick "The Peanut Man" Kaminski on Saturday, Sept. 24 from 1 to 3 p.m. PT on the Ellis Pavilion at Safeco Field. The event will include a silent auction to benefit the Boys Girls Clubs of Skagit County, one of Kaminski's favorite charities, buy nfl tickets as well as tributes from friends and fans.The popular Kingdome and Safeco Field vendor died on July 27 of a brain aneurysm at the age of 67. #149; Sunday's series finale with the Royals will be carried on 770-AM radio instead of the normal 710 ESPN because of a time conflict with the Seahawks regular-season opener. buy nfl tickets
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