No, no rain. But plenty of baseball; we went to Friday's 6-5 victory, and we just got back from this afternoon's game at Safeco Field. The Indians lost 3-2 as the offense seemed to dominate Mariners starter Ryan Franklin but didn't get hits at the right moments, and C.C. Sabathia, despite pitching about the best he's pitched in a month, gave up three solo home runs, and that was that. The question of "what's wrong with C.C." is only going to grow bigger until he finally wins a game, but frankly he displayed a few encouraging signs today. He was perfect through three innings, walked only one and allowed 4 hits in 7 innings. The only problem may have been the fact that he couldn't figure out Ichiro Suzuki, who hit two of the three home runs. We also feel that C.C. should be allowed to DH a bit when his confidence needs a boost, especially with the bench being a bit weak now (with Hafner out and Coco back in Cleveland).

Safeco Field is one of the nicer parks we've been to. The views of downtown and the mountains from the upper deck are pretty sweet, but then the views are sweet everywhere in Seattle. The food selection is about as good as it is at any park in the majors. One could go wild writing "Concessions Reviews" in Seattle. Great hot dogs, wide selection, a few unusual items (like chocolate-covered strawberries on a skewer). The signature "Ichiroll" sushi is really good, too.

The fans are really polite here. They love their local boy Grady Sizemore. And instead of taunting us for wearing Indians jerseys, we heard of lot of "Hey, some Indians fans!" We had a few friendly chats with the natives.

Best/worst things about Seattle:

1. beautiful vistas
2. good food
3. friendly people
562. HORRIBLE traffic

We probably won't be at tomorrow's Indians game, though we may drive down to Tacoma for some PCL action on Monday. Until then, stay sexy, Cleveland.