A couple of clips from Sunday’s Mariners broadcast are making the rounds on the Interwebs.

The first one features Mike Blowers’ humorously detailed prediction in the pre-game “Picks to Click” followed by the radio call by Dave Niehaus as that prediction comes true. Niehaus’ call is the best part: “I see the light!”

Take a listen on the MyNorthwest.Com Mariners blog.

Check out this story by the Seattle Times’ Mark Yuasa about the king salmon Don Wakamatsu landed while fishing in the Puget Sound.

Larry LaRue of the Tacoma News Tribune has a fascinating story about the transformation of Seattle Mariners star Ichiro this season because of his intense friendship with Ken Griffey Jr.

Griffey tickling Ichiro to childlike laughter? That’s right.

Of course, some of the commenters can’t resist asking when the laughter is going to bring some wins or even a pennant. But it’s an interesting story, nonetheless.

Anyone who watches Mariners’ games on TV knows all about Rally Fries, the midgame treat given away by broadcaster Mike Blowers to the Ms fan who has the best sign.

Saturday’s game saw a crew of youngsters from Lewiston earn the honor and get their faces on television. Holding up a gigantic sign that read “Lewiston Titans came 318 miles for the rally fries,” members of the 13-and-under Lewiston Titans baseball team earned the honor from Blowers.

I watched the game live and got a charge out of seeing the kids giving some dap to their hometown and welcoming their hard-earned fries. The staff member who is tasked with delivering the rally fries was almost staggering under the weight of all those Grounders Garlic Fries and she carried them up to where the kids were sitting.

So here they are: the Lewiston Titans holding up their Rally Fries-winning signs.

Photo by Phil Charlo

The Seattle Mariners made Don Wakamatsu (at left) the first Asian-American manager in major league baseball history when they announced his hiring Wednesday.

The bench coach for the Oakland A’s, Wakamatsu, 45, becomes with 14th manager of the M’s and the fifth since Lou Piniella left after the 2002 season. Wakamatsu coached as Texas before joining the Athletics.

A former catcher, Wakamatsu spent almost his entire playing career in the minors, except for 18 games with the Chicago White Sox in 1991. His final season in the minors was in 1996 as player-coach of the Mariners’ Double-A Port City farm team.

He managed four seasons in the minors but never higher than Double-A before joining the Rangers’ bench in 2003.

So … how much confidence does this hire inspire in you, the diehard Mariner fan? Discuss.