The television in the Seattle clubhouse this morning was tuned to ESPN, and at one point the station reported that the Mariners were the only team to have opened camp, thus far – and showed video footage of Felix Hernandez throwing in the bullpen.

Reliever Shawn Kelley watched it, along with teammates, and then said he felt terrible for ESPN.

“They were trying to get video of me in the bullpen, but they only got part of my head,” Kelley said. “They got all of Felix, but only because I kept moving too fast. I’m sure they were pretty disappointed.”

He is 27-years-old now, and Adam Moore expected to be well into a major league career by now, not at the far end of the Seattle Mariners catching depth chart.

And yet, after parts of three big-league seasons, Moore has played only 68 games, done in by a combination of ineffective play and injuries – the latest a devastataing right knee surgery that ended his 2011 after two games.

Now, he’s in camp behind catchers Miguel Olivo, John Jasso and Jesus Montero. With an option left, Moore is a certainty to open the 2012 season in Tacoma barring a couple …

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Japanese pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma had lots of attention in camp today, with a few dozen Japanese journalists following him through his first day as a Seattle Mariner.

And when Iwakuma’s first workout ended, he did something that caught everyone by surprise – he waded into a sea of fans and spent more than 20 minutes signing autographs and posing for photos.

“This is the first time for me to see a lot of people here. I try to sign as much as I can,” he said through an interpreter. “It was my first day to wear a major league uniform. …

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Not 15 minutes after Eric Wedge gave the Seattle Mariners pitchers and catchers the state of the union address, those players took the field – and pitching coach Carl Willis delivered the line of the day.

Explaining to his 35 pitchers which of the four fields they would be using, he rolled out name after name, then tried to simplify for one specific group.

“If you’re left-handed, you’re on Field Four,” Willis deadpanned. “If you’re not sure you’re left-handed, talk to me.”

Somehow, it all worked out. Now for an hour or so of fielding drills and a bullpen session …

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The final day of the 2011 season, Seattle Mariners manager Eric Wedge challenged first baseman Justin Smoak for a commitment to a winter of hard work, a call the 25-year-old answered.

“I weighed 225 at the end of last season, I weigh anywhere between 220-225 now,” the Seattle Mariners first baseman said.

 Smoak looks leaner, stronger, more athletic.

 “I gave up bread, ate almost entirely meat and vegetables – and working out two hours a day, four days a week didn’t hurt,” Smoak said. “My wife loved it, because she always ate well and worked out.

“I’ve been here three …

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As Mariners pitchers and catchers go through their physicals today, the Seattle spring roster includes 35 pitchers – the largest group pitching coach Carl Willis has ever worked with – and will have only 39 days before flying to Japan.

“It’s going to be a challenge to see everybody,” the pitching coach said. “We’ve already set up three intra-squad games and they’ll each be eight or nine innings – and we might add a fourth game.

“Once we get through the first bullpen sessions and they each throw in batting practice, I’m going to tell them: ‘Be ready.’

“Whether it’s …

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Blue skies, cool morning – mid-50s and rising – and the locals in Peoria, Ariz. are wearing coats and sweatshirts. Seriously!

Meanwhile, as Seattle Mariners pitchers and catchers report today and take their physicals, Mariners position players are trickling in, working out together and hitting in cages. Like who?

Well, Justin Smoak, Mike Carp, Alex Liddi, Dustin Ackley, Munenori Kawasaki were here before 9 a.m.

Eric Wedge and his coaching staff are huddling this morning, going over last-minute details on the daily routines they’ve set up for the next 40 days or so. Pitching coach Carl Willis swears he could name …

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That’s about the time the Mariners will have between the first pitchers-and-catchers workout Sunday and the time they fly to Japan for a few exhibition games and the two-game season-opening series agains Oakland in Tokyo. Given the issues this team has to deal with, that’s not a lot of time.

What to expect from Camp ’12? First-looks at Mariners rookies from Jesus Montero to …

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