Washburn at 12:25. Favre’s annoying. Quick Links

by Mike Salk

Sorry, quick links again today. Gonna be a fun show making fun of Brett Favre. Did you hear the stuff about his daughter? What a joke! He even ticked off Brock! “Kissing Suzy Kolber blog” has a really angry rant about Favre (tons of foul language there so be careful).

Also, we talk to Jarrod Washburn at 12:25. His take on Favre should be good too (he is a HUGE football fan from Wisconsin). Time to look at the July 31st trade again…

Felix Hernandez pitched great again but bad defense in the 8th inning led to a Detroit Tiger win.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/mariners/2009685571_mari19.html
http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/story/849567.html

John Morosi says the Mariners made the right decision holding on to Hernandez.
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/9956468/M%27s-made-right-decision-not-to-trade-Hernandez

Jeff Sullivan loves King Felix and recaps Jose Lopez’s last at-bat from a Tiger point of view.
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2009/8/18/994453/61-58-game-notes

It looks like Dustin Ackley will be an outfielder for the Mariners, GM Jack Zduriencik isn’t worried about a possible pileup of talent.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/mariners/2009685741_marinotes19.html

Jim Street writes that Ian Snell will feature a new delivery against the Tigers.
http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090818&content_id=6485154&vkey=news_sea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea

Jarrod Washburn will face the Mariners on Thursday and despite the hitters knowing all his pitches, Washburn is going to change anything.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/marinersblog/2009684823_jarrod_washburn_wants_to_put_m.html#continue

Peter Gammons says the Mariners got exactly what they wanted in Dustin Ackley.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/notebook?page=bbtn

Carlos Silva threw another bullpen session and looks good.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/story/849577.html

Kirby Arnold looks at the Mariners minor league system and which players have put in good seasons.
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090819/SPORTS/708199951/1009/SPORTS07

John Carlson would never talk himself up but the second year tight end might be ready to breakthrough.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/seahawks/2009685683_hawk19.html

The versatile Steve Vallos is critical for the Seahawks, especially with injury problems along the offensive line.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/story/849564.html

Matt Pittman was at the Seahawk night practice and saw Aaron Curry sidelined with what might be a strained groin and named Jordan Kent player of the day.
http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=291

Sean Locklear and Deon Butler didn’t impress John Morgan very much in the Hawks’ first preseason game.
http://www.fieldgulls.com/2009/8/18/994091/a-brief-look-at-sean-locklear-and

The Huskies had their first full scrimmage yesterday, the running game looked surprisingly good.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/huskies/2009685762_uwfb19.html

Although the running game looked good it didn’t provide many answers says Scott Johnson.
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090819/SPORTS/708199767/1004

Husky running back Chris Polk almost quit the team after an injury and a team that felt like strangers but is happy that he stayed around.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/stevekelley/2009684500_kelley19.html

Johri Fogerson is thriving in practice after being moved back to running back.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/story/849565.html

Notes:
-Mariners play early again at 4:05

-Ian Snell is 2-9 with a 5.84 ERA; he’ll start for the Mariners.

-Justin Verlander (13-6, 3.28 ERA) is a legitimate Cy Young candidate; leading the AL in strikeouts.