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From a Mariners fan to Mariners camp, Matt Hague has a ‘surreal moment’ working with Edgar Martinez

Growing up in the Kent area and worshipping the Mariners, the chance to work with the organization's greatest hitter has been a dream come true for Hague

PEORIA, Ariz. — It’s difficult to explain the feeling when your adult professional life somehow brings you back to a place where you can relive some of the most important moments of your childhood.

For Matt Hague, that moment has come this spring training when he does his early batting cage work and hitting Edgar Martinez, a player he idolized as a kid growing up in the Puget Sound, is there to mentor him.