Mariners Moose Tracks, 8/27/19: Justin Verlander, Dave Stewart, and Star Wars

If there’s a Star Wars link to be had, you can count on me putting it in here.

By Anders Jorstad@AndersJorstad Aug 27, 2019, 7:00am PDT

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In Mariners news...

Dave and Mike were on the case.

The Seattle broadcast new what all that was about right away and got a kick out of it pic.twitter.com/dkc35L1sSm
— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) August 27, 2019

Corey Brock at The Athletic talked about the M’s strong corps of MLB catchers in his latest week in review. ($)

Around the league...

Tom Ley at Deadspin talked about the Justin Verlander reporter debacle.
Will Krew Harper be future teammates with Crue Seager?

Bryce and Kayla Harper have announced the birth of their son Krew Aron Harper. Congrats. https://t.co/eVmgO4Mkgx
— Todd Zolecki (@ToddZolecki) August 26, 2019

Wow, neat!

A's announce kids 12 and under can attend every September regular season home game for free.

And for every regularly priced individual ticket purchased, adults can receive two additional kids’ tickets.
— Jessica Kleinschmidt (@KleinschmidtJD) August 26, 2019

The AFL named its coaching staffs.

Staff Assignments are here! Check out the 2019 Arizona Fall League coaches below pic.twitter.com/T7hQ1kftp5
— MLB's Arizona Fall League (@MLBazFallLeague) August 26, 2019

Uhh...what?

Joe Girardi's system to pick MVP: Anthony Rendon #2 from @MLBNetwork #Nats pic.twitter.com/6kj60Trd1L
— Talk Nats ⚾ (@TalkNats2) August 26, 2019

Dan Szymborski at Fangraphs looks at what some rebuilding teams are doing this season to drive their progress forward.
Multi-homer games are on the rise. Rian Watt at Fangraphs tries to figure out why.
The A’s will retire Dave Stewart’s jersey number.

Anders’ picks...

Give me all of this.

The story of a generation comes to an end. Watch the #D23Expo Special Look for Star Wars: #TheRiseofSkywalker. See the film in theaters on December 20. pic.twitter.com/YIzpXO4cBD
— Star Wars (@starwars) August 26, 2019

Katie Baker at The Ringer looked at how Andrew Luck’s retirement fits in with other star athletes who have called it quits early.