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Mariners' Feierabend can't wait for spring training

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:33:24 GMT

Published: Sunday, November 22, 2009 PEORIA, Ariz. Ryan Feierabend wont call himself the Seattle Mariners forgotten pitcher. But ...
Source: HeraldNet

Scioscia and Tracy selected managers of the year

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:54:16 GMT

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 NEW YORK — The Los Angeles Angels could have crumbled when pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed in a car accident in April, overcome by waves of grief and sadness.
Source: HeraldNet

Scioscia honored after pulling Angels together

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:51:08 GMT

It was an apt way to mark the anniversary. Ten years to the day after he was named the Angels manager, Mike Scioscia won his second American League Manager of the Year Award since taking over the team.
Source: The Orange County Register

Scioscia, Tracy both deserving of top honors

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:34:22 GMT

In any other season, the Twins' Ron Gardenhire might have been American League Manager of the Year. The Rangers' Ron Washington and Mariners' Don Wakamatsu also were strong candidates.
Source: FOX Sports

What to Make of the Manager of the Year Award?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:51:58 GMT

This is an odd award, isn’t it? Measuring a manager’s effectiveness is very hard to do, so voters usually compare results to expectations.
Source: The New York Times

Scioscia tops in AL for remarkable year

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:29:16 GMT

ANAHEIM -- The most emotionally challenging of his 10 seasons as leader of the Angels culminated in Mike Scioscia's selection on Wednesday as 2009 American League Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Source: MLB.com

Wakamatsu: Scioscia's handling of tragedy earned him Manager of the Year award

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:55:03 GMT

Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu sensed before today's AL Manager of the Year Award came down that Mike Scioscia of the Angels would be the winner. Tough to argue, given what that Angels team went through this season, especially early on.
Source: The Seattle Times

Wakamatsu already thinking about how to improve the Mariners

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:19:23 GMT

Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 PEORIA, Ariz. — Spring training doesn't begin for another three months, but manager Don Wakamatsu already knows what he'll say to the Seattle Mariners on the first day.
Source: HeraldNet

Quoted in 'MARINERS NOTEBOOK: M's confident in Silva's conditioning'

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:37:21 GMT

Don Wakamatsu said in HeraldNet:

If we can come out of this year learning anything, it was we were able to beat some of the best teams ... You don’t know it until you do it, but we went into Boston and played well, the last series against New York and even Anaheim. We ended up playing them extremely tough and having a winning record in our division. Those are things we proved as we go forward that we are capable of doing.

Quoted in 'Sentimental M’s win one for the road'

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:21:58 GMT

Don Wakamatsu said in The Olympian :

Felix Hernandez carried us all year, so it was fitting that he won his 19th game today ... David Aardsma got his 38th save, and I don’t know where we’d have been without him.

Photo from AP Photo

Tue, 19 May 2009 13:53:28 GMT

Seattle Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu, left, looks on as Ichiro Suzuki, center, gives a pat to Ken Griffey Jr. , as Suzuki speaks at McMicken Heights Elementary School during a visit Tuesday, May 19, 2009, in SeaTac, Wash.

4-15 Don Wakamatsu

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:07:23 GMT

Photo from AP Photo

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:37:20 GMT

Seattle Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu, right, gives a quick shoulder rub to Ichiro Suzuki before Suzuki heads onto the field against the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at a baseball game in Seattle.