socrates63
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#SeaUsRise One more to go! Let's do it, Robbie Ray!
While working for Amazon, I traveled to Toronto several times. The office was located in a building next to the Sky Dome (I think it's called Rogers something now). Every time I looked down on the Sky Dome from the office, my insides would just tear me up.
Both the Seattle Mariners and the Toronto Blue Jays entered the league in 1977, but the histories written by the two franchises could not be more different. One franchise enjoys a lauded history and the other franchise's history is characterized by futility and mediocrity. While one francise was winning not one but two World Series titles, the other franchise was celebrating the finishing of a season with .500 or better wins record for the first time and later reaching the playoffs for the first time. In the same number of years, the two teams took opposite trajectories. Each visit to the Toronto office was a stinging reminder of the futility of the team and franchise that I rooted for.
But winning this wildcard matchup will do much to heal and comfort the pain that I've carried for so long. It would be so poetic for Robbie Ray, who pitched for the Blue Jays last year and won the Cy Young, to close out this series tomorrow.
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I actually have a 2001 AL Playoff shirt for the Mariners that I stopped wearing many years ago when this horrid playoff-drought became apparent. Once they clinched, I wore it once again.
There were a few years where the team was really good. I think it was that 2001 team that set the AL wins record with 116. So many great players came through. Griffey Jr, A-Rod, Randy Johnson, Ichiro, Buhner, Edgar, Felix, etc, etc.
But man, these last 20 years have been brutal.
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