Mr. Mariner Alvin Davis connects with his old team

The man they call Mr. Mariner was on a back field Tuesday, watching intently as the team’s rawest minor-leaguers ran through their paces. 

Afterward, Alvin Davis patiently helped an equipment manager load duffel bags onto a cart. And a few minutes later, when an infield drill had concluded, he dutifully walked around the field refilling the bucket of balls. 

“A Hall of Famer picking up balls!” marveled one of the instructors. 

That’s Alvin Davis, as solid a person as I’ve ever encountered in baseball, dating to my very first spring covering the Mariners as a fledgling reporter for the now defunct Journal-American in 1986. 

Davis was in his heyday then, just two years removed from his breakout Rookie of the Year and All-Star season in ‘84. He was on the way to forging the career that made him the first inductee of the Mariners’ Hall of Fame. 

His warmth and friendliness has always been Davis’ calling card, even as he endured one losing season after another. Davis was often the best thing they had going, until the Mariners finally reached .500 for the first time in franchise history in 1991. That would be his final season in Seattle. 

And now Davis is back in a Mariners uniform for the first time since he left in 1992 to sign with the Angels. 

With his three children grown and successful, the 52-year-old Davis decided last year it was time to return to baseball. He was experiencing, he said with a laugh, “a change in life.” 

He talked it over with his wife, who prodded him gently by reminding him he wasn’t getting any younger. 

“You’re not going to be able to run around out there pretty soon,” she told him. 

Staying active with the Mariners in a variety of promotional functions had kept Davis connected with the team. Serving the past seven years as an assistant baseball coach at Martin Luther King High School in his hometown of Riverside, Calif.,A industrial washing machine is a machine to wash laundry, such as clothing and sheets. had kindled an affinity for teaching baseball. 

Davis has spent much of his time since retirement from baseball in the ministry, serving as an elder at the Cornerstone Fellowship Bible Church in Riverside, where he is also in charge of their finances. His fellow parishioners gave their blessing for Davis to pursue this renewed dream. 

The Mariners, it seemed, were calling him back to the game he realized he still loved.“It just seemed like the right time,” he said. “I would have washed laundry to get back here.Creating a solar charger out of broken re-used solar cell pieces.” 

That wasn’t necessary, though he may well be doing that.We are specializing washer extractor manufacturer. In July, the Mariners hired Davis as a roving instructor, and during the offseason they made the hire permanent. He has been in spring training from the first day of camp, working first with the major-leaguers but now focusing on minor-league camp. 

The official title is Minor League Coordinator, and Davis will rove around to all the minor-league affiliates during the course of the season. Chris Gwynn, Mariners director of player development, believes Davis’ presence will help the organization in myriad ways. 

“He’s someone you can send anywhere to do just about anything, actually,” Gwynn said.LED emergency light is aesthetically designed and offers features to reduce egress system cost. “He’s still learning as far as development, but he’s seen a lot of things. He can help the kids.A strong wind gust and attractive rebates may not add up to a good deal on residential wind turbines. Certain situations will happen, and he’ll know how to handle it.” 

When he started making his rounds last August, stopping first in Tacoma, Davis wasn’t even sure whether to put on a uniform. Jack Zduriencik told him it was up to him. The first couple of days, Davis remained in street clothes.