MLB Playoffs
Fans stay up late to welcome Mariners home
Martinez gets a special
welcome from fans who
fear that he may never
play for Seattle again
By James Burke
The Associated Press
SEATTLE — The Seattle
Mariners returned home early
Monday to fans who were in the
mood to celebrate.
None of the 300 well-wishers
who waited at Boeing Field spoke
of hitting slumps, poor pitching or
falling into an early two-game hole
against the Baltimore Orioles.
Instead they screamed their
thanks for a season to remember.
The Mariners lost their best-of
five American League division se
ries with the Orioles in four games
after losing 3-1 Sunday at Camden
Yards. They didn’t return to Seat
tle on a chartered flight until 1:45
a.m., but that didn’t stop fans from
staying up late to see their heroes.
“It feels good to be home,’’
Mariners Manager Lou Piniella
said. “We were hoping to come
back to keep playing, but what are
you gonna do?"
The fans paid special tribute to
Edgar Martinez even before the
Mariners’ plane fully stopped on
the runway at King County Inter
national Airport.
“Eddd-garrr!” they screamed in
the familiar Kingdome cry, audi
ble even above the sound of en
gine jets. “Edddddd-garrrrrrrrr!”
“It’s real nice to see the fans
come out and do this,” Martinez
said before boarding a waiting bus.
Martinez, the team's designated
hitter, faces an uncertain future as
the Mariners contemplate a move
to the National League, which
doesn’t allow the designated hitter
position. Several fans specially
came to welcome Martinez home
after what could be his last season
as a Mariner.
“When (radio announcer) Dave
Niehaus said during the game to
day that we could be looking at the
last at-bat for Edgar Martinez, I
knew we had to be here," said
Shelly Wasson, 32, of Port Or
chard. “Losing was hard, but not
as hard as hearing that.”
Wasson and her 6-year-old son
Aaron brought homemade signs
with them on the ferry to Seattle. It
was clear who their favorite play
ers were. Mom’s sign read, “Save
My Edgar: PLEASE Don’t Break
My Heart.” Aaron preferred short
stop Alex Rodriguez, and his sign
read, “I love you, A-Rod.”
“We may not be going to school
tomorrow, but it’s worth it,” Was
son said. “He wanted to see his
hero, and Mama wanted to see
hers.”
Amy Franz, of Algona, clearly
was on hand to cheer for right
fielder Jay “Bone” Buhner. She
brought along an inflatable bone, a
“Bad to the Bone" sign — and a
Mariners hat that made it look as if
she had a bone through her head.
"They call me the Bone Lady,”
said Franz, 26. “He’s just a great
guy. I like his attitude — he’s got a
big heart. And I play right field
when I play softball, so there’s a
common bond."
Many fans waited for hours be
hind a barrier near the runway.
Teenage girls huddled in blankets
to stay warm. Children in pajamas
grew restless, ran away and were
called back to their parents’ sides.
Video camcorders were checked
numerous times.
Then someone said, "There’s a
plane in the sky,” and the screams
began.
People surged forward while
television crews captured their en
thusiasm on film. The fans
screamed for Martinez and shook
their signs: "We STILL love you
guys" and "Welcome Home —
God Bless Our Champs.”
Ace Randy Johnson fell on Sun
day to Baltimore's Mike Mussina,
who outpitched him for the sec
ond time in five days. Mussina
shut down Seattle by giving up
just one run on two hits in seven
innings.
It was a hard loss for Seattle af
ter the season’s high hopes. The
Mariners won 90 games in a sea
son for the first time, and many
fans thought they were the team to
beat going into the playoffs.
But the Orioles’ pitching proved
too much for even Seattle’s best
hitters. Ken Griffey Junior aver
aged .304 during the regular sea
son and hit 56 home runs, just five
fewer than the all-time record set
by Roger Maris in 1961. Against
Baltimore, Griffey went 2-for-15
without a homer.
But the fans chose to focus on
the season’s highlights: Griffey’s
race for the home-run record.
Johnson’s win at home that made
him the first Mariner to win 20
games. Three million fans stream
ing into the Kingdome.
Pitching will be the key to Atlanta-Florida matchun
The Braves and the Marlins, two
pitching powerhouses, square off
tonight in the NL Championships
By Paul Newberry
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Hitters need not apply.
Clearly, the NL championship series be
tween Atlanta and Florida will be decided
on that tiny hump of dirt in the middle of
the infield. The Braves may have the best
pitching staff in baseball, but the Marlins are
one of the few teams that can match them
strike for strike, scoreless inning for score
less inning.
Take the opener of the best-of-7 series
Tuesday night at Turner Field. While At
lanta is starting four-time Cy Young Award
winner Greg Maddux (19-4, 2.20 ERA), the
Marlins are able to counter with one of the
few pitchers who can be just as dominating,
Kevin Brown (16-8, 2.69)
“This series obviously points toward a lot
of 2-1 and 3-2 type of games,” said John
Smoltz, scheduled to start Game 3 in the
best-of-7 series.
In fact, the Marlins were able to win eight
of 12 games against the Braves during the
regular season largely because their pitch
ing was superior to Atlanta’s head-to-head.
The Braves hit only .210 against Florida
and scored just 34 runs, an average of 2.8
per game. The Marlins, on the other hand,
hit .253 and scored 50 runs, though it must
be noted that half were scored against pitch
ers who didn’t make Atlanta’s postseason
roster.
“Everybody knows that the only way
you’ve got a chance to beat the Braves is to
keep the run production down,” Florida
manager Jim Leyland said. "They’re going
to be stingy.”
Atlanta, making its sixth appearance in
the NL championship series since 1991, has
never faced a pitching staff that mirrored its
own this closely. Much has been made of
20-game winner Denny Neagle going nearly
two weeks between starts because of the
Braves’ pitching depth, but the Marlins
shifted rookie sensation Livan Hernandez
(9-3, 3.18 ERA) to the bullpen because he's
not needed as a starter.
"Not taking anything away from the
teams we’ve faced before, but any time you
can throw Kevin Brown, A1 Leiter, Alex Fer
nandez and you’ve got to put a guy like Li
ven Hernandez in the bullpen, that’s as
good as it gets,” Smoltz said.
Leyland announced Monday that he’ll
use four different starters against the Braves
in an unorthodox rotation that calls for
Brown to pitch Games 1,4 and 7 should the
series go the distance.
“He’s had seven days rest and he’s ready
to go,” Leyland said. “Our guys have all the
confidence in the world in Kevin.”
Fernandez (16-10) is scheduled for Games
2 and 6, while Braves killer Tony Saunders
(4-6) was Leyland’s surprise choice in Game
3, when the series shifts to Miami for the
middle three games. Saunders was 3-0 with
a 1.65 ERA against the Braves, 1-6 with a
5.57 ERA against the rest of the NL.
"Saunders had some success against
them this year,” Leyland said. “He was kind
of an unknown quantity.”
Leiter (16-12) was bumped back to Game
5 for his only scheduled start in the series.
He’ll work out of.the bullpen if needed in
the first two games.
The Braves rotation goes this way: Mad
dux, Tom Glavine (14-7), Smoltz (15-12)
and Neagle (20-5). Because Neagle is sched
uled to make only one start in the series,
he’ll work out of the bullpen in the first two
games and, if necessary, the last two.
Neagle could help negate the Marlins’ ap
parent edge in the bullpen. Robb Nen (35
saves, 1.95 ERA) was more effective than
Atlanta closer Mark Wohlers (33 saves, 3.50
ERA), and Florida’s relievers go six deep
with Nen complimented by righties Her
nandez and Jay Powell and lefties Ed Vos
berg, Dennis Cook and Felix Heredia.
Neagle said he’s ready to pitch in a key
situation out of the bullpen if needed.
“Sure. Definitely. I’ve done it before,”
said Neagle, who had three saves for the Pi
rates in 1992 and ’93. “If that’s the situation,
I think 1 can handle it with no problem.”
But Wohlers thinks the bullpen regulars
— including three rookies and only one
lefty — can handle the job just fine.
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