Mariners Moose Tracks, 8/8/20: Nick Margevicius, Kim Ji-chan and The St. Louis Cardinals

A light batch of links for your Saturday morning.

By Anders Jorstad@AndersJorstad Aug 8, 2020, 7:00am PDT

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MLB: Spring Training-Seattle Mariners at Los Angeles Dodgers

Hello everyone and happy Saturday! Let’s kick off your weekend with some fresh links,

In Mariners news...

Ryan Divish at The Seattle Times talked to M’s lefty Nick Margevicius in advance of his first start with the team today.

Around the league...

The Cardinals’ season has been given the Marlins treatment as they are currently paused until further notice with 16 total infections on the team.
Wow not only is he short, but he’s also incredibly young!

Standing only 5 foot 4 inches, Samsung's 19-year old rookie Kim Ji-chan hit his first career home run tonight and the dugout gave him the silent treatment for a few minutes pic.twitter.com/gBj9NAhcga
— Dan Kurtz (@MyKBO) August 7, 2020

A former employee of the Angels has been charged with distributing fentanyl in the Tyler Skaggs case.
Jonathan Mayo at MLB compares the league’s hottest rookie outfielders this season: Luis Robert, Jo Adell, and Kyle Lewis.
Alright, who did this?

An airplane dragging a banner reading "HOUSTON ASTERISKS" is flying around the Oakland Coliseum as the Astros take batting practice.
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) August 7, 2020

The A’s bench coach, Ryan Christensen, issued an apology after making what appears to be a Nazi salute during a recent game.

Anders’ picks...

A pretty neat development in Hockeyland as the Kraken have officially hired the first-ever Black play-by-play announcer in NHL history.