Hello, Curto

Mike Curto is the radio broadcaster for the Tacoma Rainiers. He has been doing a little blogging from Spring Training.

Day one is HERE. What I think is the main item of interest to Rattler fans is excerpted below.

Future Rainiers outfielder Michael Saunders pulled a deep home run to right field. Saunders will start in AA but he is a Name To Know. A BC native, Saunders had a big year last year in the Cal League, and then he played well for a month after a late-season promotion to AA. We might see him in T-town later this summer. Saunders launched his homer off an A-ball reliever, but it was a left-vs-left situation.

Day two is HERE. What I think is the main item of interest to Rattlers fans has been excerpted below.

I ran into Denny Stark today. He's trying to make a comeback after not pitching the last two years - a story recently written by John McGrath in The News Tribune. Rainiers fans will recall that Stark was the ace of the 2001 championship squad, going 14-2 while winning the PCL Pitcher of the Year award. He was then traded to Colorado along with Brian Fuentes in the ill-fated Jeff Cirillo trade. Sorry I had to bring that up. Anyway, Stark told me that his arm is all the way back. Stark has always been a class act and I'm hoping he makes the team.

Stark was a Timber Rattler in 1997.

Thanks for the reports, Mike. Tip of the cap to USS Mariner for pointing out Mike's project.