Dec.
6th
Winter meetings live blog day 4 — Chuck Armstrong downplays Hamilton rumors
“The desert’s quiet, Cleveland’s cold
And so the story ends we’re told
Pancho needs your prayers it’s true, but save a few for Lefty too.”
10:16 a.m. — “We are not close.”
Figured I’d get to the news of the day first. Geoff Baker of the Times had a story that the Mariners, according to sources, were “close” to signing free agent slugger Josh Hamilton.
Well, Mariners president Chuck Armstrong dispelled that notion this morning.
“We aren’t close,” he said. “I don’t know how anyone could say …