If there’s one factor J.P. Crawford has proven throughout this Seattle Mariners season, it’s that he loves hitting home runs.
Seattle Mariners beat A’s 7-2, inch inside 1/2 sport of AL West lead
On Tuesday evening, Crawford was capable of benefit from the feeling of hitting a dinger for a career-high sixteenth time, including an exclamation level within the ninth inning of Seattle’s 7-2 win over the Athletics.
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But if there’s one factor we’ve recognized about Crawford for years now, it’s that he’s an animal lover off the sector. To be extra exact, he’s a giant fan of huskies, as he owns a few himself.
Somehow, someway, these two issues got here collectively in Oakland.
Not lengthy after Crawford drilled his homer on Tuesday evening, cameras on the ROOT Sports Northwest TV broadcast discovered him within the picture nicely close to the Mariners dugout. And he wasn’t alone.
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That’s proper. A husky was on the sector throughout the sport, and there was no approach that canine was getting away with out some pets from the Mariners shortstop.
Mariners broadcaster Aaron Goldsmith understood the scenario – and the inevitability that Crawford would gravitate to the canine as soon as he noticed it.
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“There’s a dog on the field, and it’s a husky,” Goldsmith stated, with a perhaps a touch of Ron Burgandy in his voice. “We’ve lost J.P. for the rest of the game. Scott, go to your bench. Nothing else matters right now. J.P. has found a husky in Oakland Coliseum.”
The Scott that Goldsmith referred to can be Mariners supervisor Scott Servais, and he was seemingly fairly understanding of Crawford’s departure from the dugout as he is likely to be the largest canine fan of any of the Mariners. Just final week, he and his spouse Jill performed a giant position in organizing Pints for Paws, a fundraising occasion attended by a number of of the workforce’s canine homeowners at Queen Anne Beer Hall that benefited rescue organizations in japanese Washington. For extra on that, read this article from MyNorthwest.
The Mariners will wrap up their three-game set towards the A’s in Oakland at 12:37 p.m. Wednesday on Seattle Sports 710 AM and the Seattle Sports app. Coverage will begin at 11:30 a.m. with the pregame present. For particulars on tips on how to hear Mariners Radio Network broadcasts from Seattle Sports, click on right here.
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