-In a GAME THAT MATTERED, the A's lost their opening game, 4-0 to the Mariners. It's too easy to make much out of the first game of the season, but it should be noted that the A's took 17 out of 19 games against the Mariners last season and the Mariners just halved that. What happened yesterday could basically be summed up by this: great pitching. Mariner’s wunderkind Felix Hernandez, all of 20 years old,......

Here's todays wrap-up of the sports news ...

First, a story... We turned on the Giants game just to watch the bottom fall out and the Rockies take an 8-1 lead. Okay, we thought, this game is over. We can worry about other things. And so we turned off the game. ...

Brian Sabean might not admit it, but when your team is eleven games under .500 and you suddenly announce that it's time for the kids to play, that's what they call in the business as rebuilding. And when it happens in June, a third of the way into the season, that's called "say goodnight, Gracie." Gone is reliever Jim Brower and Al Levine. Rumored to be going is Edgardo (for Kaz Matsui and Kaz Ishii?!). Over is the J.T.-era as J.T. announced that Felipe wants to start Lance Neikro. Also probably gone is Marquis Grissom, once more DL bound and being replaced by the still hot Jason Ellison. And say hello to your new friends, Jesse Foppert, Todd Linden and Jack Taschner....