Now The National Media Begins to Weigh In...

Been following this all morning, like most of you I'm sure. From ESPN we now know:

That Mariners spokesman Tim Hevly confirmed the team had requested that Adam Jones return from Venezuela (The Seattle Times had reported that earlier this morning...)

That RP George Sherrill and Adam Jones have both told teammates that they are scheduled to take physicals in preparation for a trade.

Andy MacPhail's last word on this was that there is no deal in place. Semantics? It sure looks like this is something that will get done and soon.

All this intrigue is accomplishing two things:

Raising my anxiety and helping me learn to spell Venezuela correctly.