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Just in case you missed our small item on it yesterday, buried within a mountain of other news, Mike Carp says the Greg Halman t-shirts should be ready for sale at Mariners Team Stores next month.

Carp has to get the shirt re-designed from an original version that included a Jackie Robinson quote, since representatives of Robinson’s estate declined permission for it to be used. There was some confusion when Carp spoke yesterday and said it was the Jackie Robinson Foundation that had declined use of the quote, but that was incorrect, since the foundation awards scholarships to minority students to attend college and has no relationship with Robinson’s estate, nor legal say on any licensing issues involving the ex-ballplayer or use of his name.

So, it was representatives of Robinson’s estate that won’t allow the quote to be used, which is why there has been a three-month delay in getting the shirts into stores. It took a while for a decision to be sent back to the Mariners.

Long story short, Carp plans to bring the new design idea — minus the quote — to his t-shirt manufacturing friend in the Anaheim, Calif. area when the Mariners play the Angels early next month. After that, he said, they should be ready to go.

Carp had planned to donate proceeds from shirt sales to Halman’s family, which incurred funeral expenses and have ongoing legal costs associated with Jason Halman, younger brother of Greg, who was arrested for the ballplayer’s November killing. Jason Halman remains in custody and under psychiatric evaluation in The Netherlands.

For now, Carp said that plan still remains in effect. But he and others are also looking into the possibility of having a Greg Halman statue erected at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma.

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Hector Noesi isn’t facing the Twins anymore and it showed in the second inning, when he yielded four runs on four extra-base hits and trails the New York Yankees by a 4-0 count.

Mark Teixeira hit a one-out double to the right field corner and then, with two out, Raul Ibanez reached out and poked one the opposite way to the left field corner for his 20th RBI of the season. Russell Martin then doubled over the head of Michael Saunders in center, prompting a mound visit by pitching coach Carl Willis.

The next batter, Jayson Nix, snapped an 0-for-20 slump dating to last year by blasting the ball over the right field wall. I doubt Willis told Noesi: “Let this Nix guy hit one out, I feel sorry for him.” So, needless to say, the M’s are probably not too happy with their pitcher right now.

1:04 p.m.: Last night, we saw Jesus Montero belt a solo home run against his former New York Yankees club. Today, the Mariners will need Hector Noesi to do a whole lot more. Noesi, a secondary part of that Montero-Michael Pineda deal in December, has done OK against the Twins and the A’s. Not so good against other clubs.

He faces a real test today.

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