The Mariners brought back Russell Branyan to take some pressure off his teammates. He didn't have much of a night, but, for once, the rest of the team hit like The Muscle is supposed to.
The Mariners have suffered near-daily frustration with the hitting from their first basemen, Casey Kotchman (ineffective) and Mike Carp (more ineffective). Josh Wilson looks like he could be an answer...
When judged by those U.S. News rankings, new conference member Colorado is in the middle of the pack. Utah will scrape along, right above the conference's academic laggard Oregon State.
Broadcasters stumbled over themselves to get the news out that the Pac-10 would be expanding to 16 teams. Now, the Pac-10 is an odd collection of 11 colleges with questions about how to move forward...