Rivera helped Veras. You have a lot of talent there. I hope Kennedy takes more time to soak it in. Realize that these guys know what there are talking about. And ask questions. A rookie has to be open to suggestions. Maybe Kennedy learned that just being good in the minors doesn’t always translate into the majors and will become the student that learns from the masters. I hope you are right Greenb.

mel – yeah, i never expected to get rich playing music. if i can get by, that’s pretty satisfying to me. i moved south of bellingham, back to portland where i grew up. but, the NW is still the NW. i’m certainly less involved in this year’s team than i was last year, which probably explains being more “calm” or rational. it’s tough for me to pull for a team that employs two of the people i dislike most in baseball in arod and girardi, but we’re all just cheering for the laundry, as somebody once said. i was really excited about hughes, joba and, to a far lesser extent, kennedy, going in to the season, so it’s been a bummer in that regard.