Twelve reasons to feel good about the 2013 Seattle Mariners: 1. No matter what happens tonight against the Athletics at Oakland, the season’s first at-bat will auger better things for the Mariners than it did in 2012, when leadoff hitter Chone Figgins grounded out to shortstop. 2. The nickname “Figgy” never will be spoken during a Mariners broadcast. For that matter, neither will “Miggy,” the equally inane nickname given to former starting catcher Miguel Olivo. 3. Often-injured center fielder Franklin Gutierrez, who has a very cool nickname — “Death to Flying Things” — survived spring training without sustaining a sprain, strain,...
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