SEATTLE -- The Seattle Mariners have acquired utility player Danny Valencia from the Oakland Athletics for minor league pitcher Paul Blackburn.Valencia played four positions for Oakland last season and hit .287 with 17 home runs and 51 RBI in 130 games.Seattle general manager Jerry Dipoto said Saturday that Valencias ability to play first and third base and left and right field gives manager Scott Servais a welcome level of flexibility.The 32-year-old Valencia also has played for Minnesota, Boston, Baltimore, Kansas City and Toronto. Hes a career .321 hitter against left-handed pitching.Blackburn, 22, was 9-5 with a 3.27 ERA in 26 games in Double-A last season. Blackburn was acquired by Seattle in July as part of a trade with the Chicago Cubs that sent Mike Montgomery to the Cubs.Los Angeles Angels Shirts . Bryzgalov stopped 25 shots on Saturday in the Oklahoma City Barons 4-1 victory over the Abbotsford Heat. The Oilers signed Bryzgalov to a one-year $2 million contract last Friday after shedding payroll by dealing defenceman Ladislav Smid to the Flames. Jerry Coleman Jersey .C. Lions has come to an end. Banks told TSN on Jan 2 that he had no interest in playing out the option year of his contract with the Lions in 2014, and he again made that clear in a conversation with Lions GM Wally Buono last week. https://www.cheapangels.com/2083j-garret-anderson-jersey-angels.html .B. - Sebastien Auger made 44 saves as the Saint John Sea Dogs edged the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan 2-1 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Bobby Grich Jersey . Those lessons were more than enough to overwhelm the Utah Jazz. Lou Williams scored 25 points and the Hawks continued their offensive upswing as they rolled to an easy 118-85 victory over the Jazz on Friday night, winning their third straight and for the fourth time in five games. Taylor Cole Angels Jersey . A forerunning sled crashed into the worker Thursday at the Sanki Sliding Center. The unidentified worker broke both legs and was airlifted to a nearby hospital.MADISON, Ill. -- Robert Hight took the provisional No. 1 qualifier in Funny Car on Friday in the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park.Hight pushed his Chevrolet Camaro SS to a 3.893-second pass at 328.38 mph during the second session. He won in Gainesville, Florida, this year and is seventh in the season standings.This was a big day for us, but its only one day, said Hight, the 2009 Funny Car season champion. We tested on Monday, me and John (Force), and its really hard to judge your performance and gauge because you dont have other cars there. You dont really know until you go to the next race ttrack and youve got other cars.dddddddddddd. So, to go out there and be No. 1 two runs in a row today with all the changes weve made on the car, that really shows how good my team is.Australias Richie Crampton led the Top Fuel field, Greg Anderson topped the Pro Stock lineup, and Chip Ellis was the fastest in Pro Stock Motorcycle in the second race in the six-event Countdown. Crampton had a 3.733 at 323.50, Anderson ran a 6.607 at 209.30 in a Camaro, and Ellis rode his Buell to a 6.850 at 196.53. ' ' '