When you're hitting eighth, you don't know when you're going to hit. In losing three in a row to the Expos and Mets last week, their starters were hit so hard that manager Larry Bowa publicly second-guessed last season's trade of ace Curt Schilling to the Diamondbacks. This is a game you'd like to have Pedro Martinez on the mound. That's what this is about. Or Roger Clemens .
Somebody lights out.
That's what this is all about. A free-agent signing that got almost no attention outside the Pacific Northwest has turned into one of the best of the entire offseason and another reason the Mariners are zipping along with one of the best records in history. Bret's father, Reds manager Bob Boone, said he's not surprised by his son's offensive fireworks. It's all his hand speed. He was a power hitter from the time he could walk.