Dan Wilson
Dan Wilson
Singer, guitarist, songwriter, and producer who fronted the band Semisonic, the group know for hits like "Closing Time" and "F.N.T."
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth20 May 1961
CityMinneapolis, MN
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It's just nice that they invited me down. It's a chance to see some of the new catchers and young guys and talk to Kenji a little bit. It's been nice.
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It reaffirms this notion that there is mismanagement and corruption rampant - even though that's not in fact the case.
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It's always different than when you see them in a drill, but I hear he's doing a great job. I know the game in Japan is a little different than it is here. But what's great about this game is that it's universal. It doesn't matter which side of the ocean you're on, it's the same game.
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It's a completely different race if we win today. Completely different.
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It's a chance to see some of the new catchers, a few young guys, and talk with Kenji a little bit.
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If you go down there in June at 10 o'clock at night there will be boats everywhere. It's amazing.
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There has to be a combination of a education and access to activities. A successful club isn't just having a room with equipment in it, and no reason to go there except for your own motivation.
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To be one of 30 nominees is quite an honor, and to have Edgar win it last year and Jamie the year before makes it even more meaningful,
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It is a big honor, obviously. It's not one of those things you have in mind when you're doing things off the field to help people. It's just nice to be able to go out in the community and help kids, especially.
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It had the same sort of problems, a lot of drug activity. It was just a bad deal . . . now it has become a jewel of the community. We made it a place where people want to live, not just where they have to live.
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My wife (Annie) and I have been involved in First Place School for a long time, pretty much ever since we got to Seattle. That was the first (charitable) thing we did. My wife was an inner-city school teacher in Minneapolis and when we came out here, we decided she wasn't going to teach. She wanted to get involved in the community in some way. We asked the Mariners and they pointed us in that direction. It has been a great relationship since, a great fit, and we have enjoyed it.
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It doesn't surprise me. Even in that meeting, I could see he had a good attitude to work and a willingness to learn.
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Jason never knew about it (the donation) until today. I have been crying off and on all week about it. I thought it would really go right down to the wire before the deadline of May 30, and maybe someone or some company would step up. But I never dreamed it would happen so fast like this.
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We played in a pretty friendly ballpark. It seemed like somebody hit one or couple of them a few times a game. We were just a team that lived and died by the home run that year.