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Article: BURKE'S DOUBLE DUTY DETROIT FINALLY BREAKS THROUGH IN 15TH INNING OFF UNLIKELY EMERGENCY PITCHER - THE CATCHER.(Sports)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- July 7, 2008
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Byline: DAVID ANDRIESENP-I reporter
One by one, they came up to Mariners manager Jim Riggleman in the dugout.
"Skip, I can pitch if you need me to."
Willie Bloomquist. Adrian Beltre. Ichiro Suzuki. Even R.A. Dickey, who had thrown 105 pitches less than 24 hours earlier.
To Riggleman, those gestures during Sunday's 2-1, 15-inning loss to Detroit exemplified why he believes this group is more than just the lousy baseball team everyone else sees.
"For us to be where we are in the standings, and for those guys to be risking injury to go out there and extend themselves to offer to do that, it makes a real statement about how ...