My, oh…my, oh…my gosh. This would be bad if it were the Packers and Seahawks in preseason. But 24-3 in baseball? Even Cactus League baseball…yikes.
Let’s start with the positives. There were two for Mariners right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma in Monday’s all-senses-numbing debacle against the Milwaukee Brewers at Maryvale Baseball Park.
One, Iwakuma didn’t get hurt. And two, these games don’t count. Good thing, too. He gave up seven runs in 2 2/3 innings. If this were the regular season, it would be the worst start of his career.
"Overall, my timing, my balance…," he said. "I couldn’t get my lower body to sync to my upper body.