The Mariners are reeling, and Kenji Johjima is being the target of the problems. Ken Rosenthal reports, "One of the many complaints the Mariners' starting pitchers have with Japanese catcher Kenji Johjima is that he costs them strikes. 'He umpires,' according to a rival executive. 'When he catches the ball, instead of framing it, he decides for himself if the pitch is a ball or a strike and yanks it out of the zone quickly.'" Maybe they should look at their second-to-last-in-the-AL runs scored at 257 or their run differential of -65. True, the Mariners pitchers haven't done well, but the offense has been deplorable as well. They knew their would be communication problems when they brought him over, and at such a crucial position for communication, it wasn't a smart idea. Oh, and they gave him an extension on April 25. Oops.
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