 Northwest Newstime 110. Time for an update on sports from the Beacon Plumbing Sports Desk and Bill Swartz encouraging signs from J-Rod and the Mariners offense in San Diego. For the M's to win the AL West and go far in the playoffs, they need Julio Rodriguez to play like J-Rod. Missing the last game because of a quad injury, well, Julio returned to the M's lineup last night and paid dividends.