The slugging outfielder became the first of the Yankees' injured All-Stars to return to the lineup, and New York beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 Tuesday night for its seventh victory in eight games.
But the real prize in this class: the Seattle Mariners' 24-year-old shortstop, Alex Rodriguez.
It would seem to be all in a year's work for General Manager Pat Gillick, the architect of the Toronto Blue Jays' back-to-back championship seasons in 1992 and 1993 and the 116-46 Seattle Mariners of 2001, among other successes.
More notably, they are last in attendance as a percentage of capacity at 36.5% (the only other teams below 50% of capacity are the Seattle Mariners at 42% and the first-place Baltimore Orioles at 49%).
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The 25-year-old Mitchell made one start for Triple-A Tacoma before the Seattle Mariners designated him for assignment April 11.
Swisher's departure came a day after postseason home-run hero Raul Ibanez agreed to a one-year deal with the Seattle Mariners, leaving the Yankees to search elsewhere for a designated hitter.
Hughes was knocked out in a seven-run first inning Wednesday night, giving up a grand slam to Raul Ibanez, and the New York Yankees went on to a 12-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners.
Trout hit for the cycle and drove in five runs, Josh Hamilton celebrated his 32nd birthday with a homer and a triple his first two times up, and Howie Kendrick also went deep in the Los Angeles Angels' 12-0 rout of the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night.
High G-score clubs like the 2001 Seattle Mariners (2.45) and the 1990 Oakland A's (2.22) dropped out after losing in October.
Losing Sunday "makes them the Seattle Mariners, " says Len Berman, a longtime sports reporter at WNBC-TV in New York, referring to the baseball club that in 2001 went 116-46 but faltered in the post-season.
The shortstop scooped it up and threw to first, finishing the Mariners' 3-2 win over the New York Yankees on Thursday night that gave Seattle its second win in the three-game series.
Now, universally acknowledged as an all-time great and freed from the losing environment that he faced for years with the Seattle Mariners Ichiro has begun to focus less on disproving doubters, or caring about what numbers like 3, 000 hits say about his place in baseball history.
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