SEATTLE _ Angie Mentink was already a trailblazer, so it's only fitting she played for the Silver Bullets, the professional women's baseball team that played around the country from 1994-97.
In high school, she played football, and in college, she helped start the Washington softball program, becoming the team's first big star.
But the dream for Mentink, known as Angie Marzetta as a Husky, was to play pro baseball. When the Colorado Silver Bullets started 25 years ago, her dream was obtainable.
Mentink played two seasons for the Silver Bullets, two wonderful years that helped shape her life and have been invaluable in her career as a longtime anchor at Root Sports Northwest, co-anchor of the Mariners pregame and postgame shows and host of "Mariners All Access."
Mentink, a rare female sports studio host, is aware that she is a role model for young girls and takes that responsibility seriously.
But she didn't grow up intending being a trailblazer. It happened by doing what she liked.
