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"Would it surprise you right now if he went yard?" he asked play-by-play partner Victor Rojas.

Baltimore Orioles' Nate McLouth reacts after he was hit in the face with a shaving cream pie as he is being interviewing following a baseball game where he hit a walk off game-winning home run against the New York Yankees during the 10th inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Baltimore.

Mike Trout hit for the cycle and drove in five runs, Josh Hamilton celebrated his 32nd birthday with a homer and a triple, and Howie Kendrick also went deep in the Los Angeles Angels' 12-0 rout of the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night.

The first cut is the deepest. Well, usually. It wasn't in this case. Let's review, however, in summation, what the first cut was here: Fire most of coaching staff, replace with Omar Vizquel , Darin Erstad , Troy Percival , Dino Ebel , Scot Shields , Tim Bogar , Tim Salmon .

Do you expect a callup for Carlos Triunfel or Nick Franklin in the near future to take over as starting shortstop? -- Scott H., Kent, Wash.

As a Semi-Professional Internet Baseball Personality, I have a responsibility toward my community.

Following Mariners fans like Jeff Sullivan , Dave Cameron and the new Lookout Landing guys on Twitter, I get the idea that " Casper Wells " is less of a ballplayer and more of a martyr; the victim of the kind of decision-making that led the Mariners to be where they are now.