Good morning friends! Here’s the baseball news you all came here for.
In Mariners news...
- Even if Mitch has been hard to watch on the field, it’s great to have him around.
Mitch Haniger has organized a fun event with Seattle Children’s Hospital — a ‘reversed signing’ with the kids autographing baseball cards for M’s players. Great concept and a great turnout. pic.twitter.com/jWrz5qRUrC
— Adam Jude (@A_Jude) August 6, 2024
Around the league...
- Billy Bean, one of baseball’s first openly gay figureheads and a leader of the LGBTQ+ inclusion movement in baseball, passed away after a prolonged battle with leukemia.