Mariners open 2019 season in Japan with strong offense and a win vs. A´s
(WorldNews Japan)

TOKYO - The first of 162 games in a season is far from indicative of how the next 161 will play out. And yet, in this first game of the 2019 Major League Baseball season, which was played while much of the United States was still dreaming of next week´s Opening Day where the rest of teams start in earnest, there was enough to see from the Mariners in their 9-7 win over the Athletics to make something more than assumptions about this team. -This team will see some pitches and take some walks. -This team will hit some homers. -This team won´t be outstanding defensively. -The bullpen´s success is a total guess. Given the Mariners´ roster design, all of these things were expected going into the...