More rookies

A's reliever Justin Duchscherer clearly hasn't been reading any Mariners blogs lately. Yesterday, Nice Guys Finish Third mentioned Bucky Jacobsen's 'Cerrano-esque introduction to the reality of baseball' - last night was clearly a case of "Straight ball, I hit very much", as he won the game for the Mariners with a walk-off homer in the bottom of the tenth. Bucky now has 3 home runs in six games with the M's - he's not going to be able to single-handedly turn Seattle's season around, but he's certainly giving Mariners fans something to cheer about.