The Tacoma Rainiers have released Charlton Jimerson for being too erratic.





(section331.com)

SALT LAKE CITY – Charlton Jimerson’s second game after being activated from the disabled list was much better than the first.

Jimerson homered twice, including a first-inning grand slam, to lead the Tacoma Rainiers to a 7-4 victory against Salt Lake on Thursday night.

After striking out in all four at-bats the night before, Jimerson figured that the Bees would pitch to him the same way.

“I was thinking about how I would be judged after the day (Wednesday),” Jimerson said. “Not a lot of people have struck out four times in a game.”

In the four-strikeout game, Jimerson saw a steady stream of curves and sliders. He was thinking about that when he faced Nick Adenhart with the bases loaded and two outs in the first inning.

“There was no reason for them to change their approach after yesterday’s game,” Jimerson said. “I saw another curveball after seeing one for strike one, and I put a good swing on it.”

Jimerson lined a grand slam over the left-field fence, capping a six-run first inning. It was Jimerson’s second grand slam of the season, and the Rainiers’ fourth.

Jimerson added a towering solo homer to left-center in the third, giving Tacoma a 7-1 lead.

(thenewstribune.com)

The Mariners re-signed outfielder Charlton Jimerson to a minor league (AAA) contract.

Jimerson will join Triple-A Tacoma in time for Thursday's game in Fresno.

Jimerson, 28, was designated for assignment by the Mariners on April 11. He cleared waivers and Seattle outrighted his contract to Triple-A Tacoma. Jimerson declined the assignment and chose to become a free agent. The Mariners today re-signed him to a minor league contract.

Jimerson appeared in two games with Seattle this season, and was 0-for-1 with a run scored.

(blogs.thenewstribune.com)

The Seattle Mariners announced a roster move this afternoon in advance of tonight’s opener of a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field.

Switch-hitting infielder Greg Norton, who was hitting .409 with two doubles and three RBIs in seven games for the Tacoma Rainiers, is joining the Mariners. He’ll replace outfielder Charlton Jimerson, who was designated for assignment.

Norton, 35, joined the Mariners’ organization in February. He is Norton is a .252 career hitter with 82 home runs and 296 RBIs in 11 major-league seasons with the Chicago White Sox (1996-2000), Colorado (2001-2003), Detroit (2004) and Tampa Bay (2006-2007).
Jimerson, 28, was hitless in one at-bat this season.

(thetribunenews.com)

ST. PETERSBURG -- An opportunity to wear a baseball jersey with the number "42" on the back would be a special thrill for Mariners outfielder Charlton Jimerson.

"It would be an honor, it really would," he said.

That honor should happen next Tuesday, when the Mariners play the Royals in the second game of a two-game series at Safeco Field, a
day set aside by Major League Baseball as Jackie Robinson Day.

For the second consecutive season, Commissioner Bud Selig has invited all players to wear the number that Robinson wore during his Hall of Fame career with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Introduced in 2004, Jackie Robinson Day was created to honor the enduring impact of Robinson and his legacy as the first African-American player to break the Major League color barrier. Robinson played his first Major League game at Ebbets Field on April 15, 1947, as a member of the Dodgers. In honor of the 50th anniversary of Robinson breaking the Major League color barrier in 1997, Robinson's uniform number 42 was retired throughout the Major Leagues.

Robinson's memory lives on today in initiatives such as the Jackie Robinson Foundation, which was founded by Rachel Robinson in 1973 to provide education and leadership development opportunities for minority students with strong capabilities but limited financial resources, as well as Breaking Barriers, which utilizes baseball-themed activities to reinforce literacy skills, mathematics, science and social history in addition to addressing critical issues of character development, such as conflict resolution and self-esteem.

The idea of "unretiring" Robinson's number last year was the brainchild of former Mariners star center fielder Ken Griffey Jr., who personally petitioned the Commissioner for the opportunity.

While stars like Griffey, Andruw Jones, Dontrelle Willis, Torii Hunter, Jermaine Dye, Derrek Lee, Mike Cameron, Gary Sheffield and, C.C. Sabathia honored Robinson by wearing the number "42" last season, Jimerson was at his home in Houston wishing he could have been doing the same thing.

But he had been released by the Astros on March 30 and was out of work until May 1, when he signed a Minor League contract with the Mariners.
As he watched television coverage of Jackie Robinson Day, Jimerson said he remembers reflecting on the fact there are so few African-American players in the game and the number seems to be dwindling. He is the only one currently on the Mariners' 25-man roster.

"It's a tough thing to talk about," he said.

Asked what he would say if had a chance to sit down with Robinson, Jimerson said, "I would ask him about some of the things he went through that he had never talked about publicly. I think it would be very interesting, very enlightening."

(mariners.com)

Jimerson, 28, made an Opening Day roster for the first time since starting his pro career in 2001 with the Astros.

"It was not like I imagined it to be," Jimerson said of when he was told he was on the team. "I'm glad I made the team. I definitely feel for guys that got different news, because I've been there four times.

"It's a big pat on the back. There have been a lot of people who counted me out -- not around this organization. I think those who doubted if I'd be back in the Major Leagues or even having a chance to be on a roster, I think this is a pat on the back. Those who have helped me over the years, this is a big pat on the back for them, too.

"I'm easily motivated by naysayers. I guess they'll still be around, so I still have some fuel for the season."

Jimerson has appeared in 29 Major League games and has four hits in eight at-bats, while he has played in 649 Minor League games. When the Mariners opted to keep an extra bench player and go with an 11-man pitching staff, it opened up a spot for Jimerson.

"Competition for me has always been personal," Jimerson said. "Who you are competing against is not important to me. If I can take care of myself, that's my competition. Competition is to stay on top of my game. After the game, it was never like, 'Oh my gosh, Mike had four hits today. I may not hang out with him or talk to him because that's my competition.' That's just not my style.

(seattle.mariners.mlb.com)

PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) -- It is not surprising that Charlton Jimerson is trying to run his way onto the Mariners.

Jimerson has been ignoring stop signs his entire life

"It's something I've proven to be able to do -- at all levels, "the 28-year-old said of his attempt to make his first major league team out of spring training, 12 months after he was unemployed and calling teams using a directory from a magazine.

His mother abandoned him for crack cocaine. His father left before that. His sister, Lanette, got a court order to raise him and his brother in and around Oakland, Calif., when she was 19.

Jimerson applied to the University of Miami on academic merit after he saw a "commercial, a real good commercial" about the school, its beach and its sun. Click here to continue reading...

TUCSON, Ariz. — This competition in Mariners camp for a backup roster spot? Charlton Jimerson is just glad his name is being mentioned with the others — Mike Morse, Greg Norton, Jeremy Reed and Wladimir Balentien, primarily.

Jimerson, 28, is probably a longshot. He's out of minor-league options, so if he doesn't make the major-league roster with Seattle he will go to the waiver wire, where another team can sign him. Click here to continue reading...

THE LEGS: LF Charlton Jimerson got rave reviews from manager John McLaren for his running game. He stole second and third in the sixth inning. The second one, on a double steal with LaHair, set up Seattle's first run on a wild pitch. LaHair scored moments later.

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