BLOWERS QUITE POSITIVE DESPITE .214 AVERAGE.Byline: Tim Brown Timothy Donell Brown (born July 22, 1966) is a retired wide receiver, who played in the National Football League. He spent sixteen years with the Oakland Raiders, during which he established himself as one of the League's most prolific wide receivers. Daily News Staff Writer Mike Blowers Michael Roy Blowers (born April 24, 1965, in Würzburg, Germany) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and first baseman. He is an alumnus of Bethel High School in Spanaway, Washington, Tacoma Community College and the University of Washington. had two hits Thursday afternoon, and had one Wednesday, his first of the season after 11 plate appearances and four strikeouts. ``I feel a little in-between,'' Blowers said Thursday. ``Just a click off. A hair behind the fastball, a hair in front of the breaking ball. But I feel like it's a matter of timing. Nothing big.'' Last season, after 18 games with the Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. The Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Mariners have played in Safeco Field. , Blowers was hitting .118. This, he said, isn't that. By comparison, his .214 doesn't look bad at all. ``I feel a lot better now than I did at any point of the first six weeks last year,'' Blowers said. It also will take some time, he said, to discern where National League pitchers will attempt to get him out. ``Basically,'' he said, ``it looks like it's going to be away.'' Of the pitches he has seen thus far, only four fastballs have been on the inside part of the plate. The rest of the fastballs and every breaking ball have been outside. ``I just have to have patience with myself and not get too worked up over going 0 for 3,'' he said. Nomo mum: The day after Hideo Nomo Hideo Nomo (born Aug. 31, 1968 , Osaka, Japan) Japanese baseball pitcher whose success with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995 created new opportunities for Asian players in Major League Baseball. jilted jilt tr.v. jilt·ed, jilt·ing, jilts To deceive or drop (a lover) suddenly or callously. n. One who discards a lover. a large media contingent in Houston, he spoke at length with several members of the Japanese press. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. one, they were conversing about his former team, the Kintetsu Buffaloes, who have started well in Japan's Pacific League. Nomo did not talk about Wednesday's start - he allowed seven hits, five walks and four runs in four innings - or the decision to duck the press afterward. Nomo refused a request to meet for five minutes with several American writers because, he said through interpreter Michael Okumura, he did not have the time. |
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