Tag: baseball
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Mariners Desperately Searching for Something Shiny With Which to Distract the Fanbase
After announcing today that they would be furloughing some employees and releasing a bunch of minor leaguers, the Mariners front office has spent the day frantically rummaging through storage closets for something shiny to dangle in front of the fans, in hopes it will distract them from this unfortunate turn of events. “I thought I…
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The Tournament of Sadness: Introduction
Some franchises dabble in sadness. Others embrace it fully. The Seattle Mariners routinely uncork vintage bottles of sadness, inhale deeply, and then pour them all over their body. Sadness is an art, and the Mariners are teaching a masterclass. It comes in many forms: A game, a play, a player, an event. In the coming…