The first few days of baseball in August can give a fan a serious case of post-holiday depression.   There are no more B-level prospects with intriguing tools sitting under the tree, and the eggnog hangover of a seventeen-game losing streak still throbs behind the temples.  Sure, there’s still always a chance that Jack Wilson will [...]

Catchers The Seattle Mariners acquired 24 year old Dan Wilson on November 2, 1993.  Wilson was dynamite during his Mariner career, but the franchise has had terrible luck with their other young catchers ever since.  Jason Varitek was viewed under a microscope as a Mariner farmhand, having to deal with high expectations placed on him [...]