Feb 23 2013 05:49 PM
Re: Wish You Were Here: Continuing Careers of Ex Mets - 2013
I won't go so far as to write that I wish he were here, but get a load of this:
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| PEORIA, Ariz. -- A relaxed Jason Bay ripped a two-run home run in his first at-bat with the Mariners on Saturday and said he feels he's rediscovered the swing that eluded him the past few years with the Mets. Bay, 34, is attempting to crack the Mariners' roster after signing a one-year, $1 million deal this offseason. Bay was released by the Mets with $22 million still owed on his previous contract after hitting .165 with eight home runs and 20 RBIs in 70 games in 2012. The left fielder homered and walked twice in three plate appearances in Saturday's 8-6 victory over the Padres, taking Tyson Ross deep on a fastball on the second pitch he saw this spring. Asked if he'd shortened his swing, Bay said he's just finally regained the feeling he had at the plate earlier in his career before his struggles began. "I don't think I've shortened it. I've kind of re-found it," Bay said.... |
rest of article at http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news/ar ... a&c_id=sea
