Tacoma Rainiers ready for opening day

Look around Cheney Stadium today and you'll see some familiar faces - Jeff Clement, Wladimir Balentien and Bryan LaHair. Study the roster and some names - Matt Tuiasosopo and R.A. Dickey - might ring a bell.

Look around Cheney Stadium today and you'll see some familiar faces - Jeff Clement, Wladimir Balentien and Bryan LaHair. Study the roster and some names - Matt Tuiasosopo and R.A. Dickey - might ring a bell. Some players, such as Greg Norton and Jeremy Reed, might have even been on your fantasy baseball team in the past.

At 7 p.m. today, they'll come together for opening day of the Tacoma Rainiers' Triple-A season.

"We do have a good core of guys that you will know from last year," manager Daren Brown said. "I think it's a good group, we'll wait and see."

Ryan Feierabend will start tonight for Tacoma, which finished third in the Pacific Coast League Pacific Northern Division in 2007, against the Sacramento River Cats. The 22-year-old left-hander, who was 6-4 with a 3.99 ERA with the Rainiers last season, said he has healed from taking a shot from Texas Rangers shortstop Michael Young on the inside of his right knee - his plant leg - in his final spring training outing.

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