They finally got the game started between the Mariners and the Tribe despite the snow. Paul Byrd goes for the Tribe, and Haracio Ramirez is pitching for the M's. That is, if you can call it pitching...which he hasn't done well since a shortened 2004 campaign.
Horacio is one of the questionable Mariners moves the last couple of seasons. He hasn't struck anyone out for years. He pitched 200 innings in 2005, and struck out 80. A whopping 3.6 batters per nine innings. Why the M's would trade the talented Rafael Soriano for him is a mystery to many. Sure, Ramirez can eat up innings, but they're all bad innings.
I'll revisit this later. Meanwhile, Ramirez has given up the first of many runs in the bottom of the first...including a hit and three walks...
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