Seattle Mariners Support Group/Thread

(I also find it mildly amusing that this thread went straight into our spam filter.)

Right there with you! But since I was a fair weather fan who began watching fairly late in the season (I know, I know....) I was able to move more quickly to "don't be sad that it's over, be happy that it happened." It truly was an amazing ride, and they achieved far more than ever before. Next year! Meanwhile, I recommend even more travel dreams to help heal your/our bruised Ms dreams.

My condolences to Mariners fans. I'm feeling quite the opposite today, as the Jays made their first World Series in 32 years. Go Jays! (Although I'm pretty sure the Dodgers will make short work of us - hope to keep it competitive anyway).

Not a fan but always willing to support the underdog, especially the never-been to WS kind. Now I'm going to be cheering for the Blue Jays to crush the overdog Dodgers.

My deepest condolences to all y'all. I'm sure they tried their best, and I for one, enjoyed the series. For obvious reasons. I'm not confident enough to place a bet on the upcoming series, though.

Not an Ms fan, but as a long long time Mets fan.....you have my sympathy!!!

What do you call 40 millionaires around a TV watching the World
Series?

The Seattle Mariners.

Be Unfailingly Polite? What? You guys stole our Josh Naylor!!!

P.S. Good luck next year! (that's the motto of the Guardians.)

Acher, your username checks out. ;)

We politely stole Naylor from the Diamondbacks. ;)

There's Always Next Year!

Condolences. We were watching and excited for you all until I heard my husband grumble “you never walk the lead off runner…” and it was downhill from there. As lifelong SF Giants fans we will NOT be rooting for the Dodgers!

So close....

But, really, I'm not sorry the M's won't be getting bludgeoned quickly into oblivion by LA. That would be heartbreaking to get there and just get steam rolled like Milwaukee. I feel good about this series with Toronto, hard fought every game. Finally get there only to be used to cement a legendary team lineup into history? eh, I can pass.

I hope Toronto can beat them up a little.

I'm sorry for your loss. This is all so confusing. Does this mean the Dodgers will do what so far has been impossible in other realms; unify all of America; one nation rooting for one team. Or will it cause an extra helping of outreach to our neighbors in Canada showing unwavering support of them. The world was complicated. The Mariners loss just adds an extra layer of complication to our world!

We aren't Dodger's fans, but are from So Cal; so we only bleed blue when they've gotten to this point. Webmaster, may the sun shine on Seattle in the coming days. Another season is around the corner!

Margie, your husband and I may have uttered that at the same time!

David, you heard the end of the game from Ballard? Wow. I was watching in Saskatchewan at the time - I mean I was moderating the forum at the time - and the sound did not reach me.

As a (very) longtime Red Sox fan, I feel your pain and as I now live in California, I recognize the contortions trying to keep up with the games.

At least the Jays knocked out the Yankees for us all😏

We could hear the screams of dismay from other units in our condo here in Pierce County. It was stressful...the Seahawks on one channel, the Mariners on another...trying to get dinner on the table...the chaos of it all:)

You guys took the Vedder Cup from us this year, so I'm sorry I can feel too sad for you guys. LGSD

We had season tickets for a long time but gave them up a few years ago when they were losing most games. I’m just couldn’t stomach the price anymore.

At Pilates his morning, the game was the talk.

We woulda won that game if we hadn't lost.

-- Mike Beebe

If we had to lose, I’ll accept that it was to Toronto and continue to root for them, Their fans always pack the stadium when they have a series with the M’s. I remember going one year (when it was Safeco) on a Sunday after a 3 day series and the concessions apologized for the fact they were completely sold out of Coors and most other beer brands. Blue Jay fans were a lot of fun to sit next to.

I grew up as a Cubs fan, so my expectations are low….

I feel your pain … I was rooting for Milwaukee and Seattle as I thought it would be awesome to have two teams that had never won a WS competing.

When the Nats won the WS in 2019 it was so fun and joyful. We haven’t been competitive since then, so I watch the playoffs cheering for the underdogs. Now I turn my support to the Blue Jays.

No dog in this fight since I live in Braves country, but I thought it interesting in the original post that Webmaster Powers is TM…

As a Cincinnati fan, I'll support any team that will hopefully beat the Dodgers. And I would love to see the Blue Jays win (because, Canada).

But I am sorry for your loss, Seattle (and Andrew).

As a former Seattle resident (21 years), I empathize.

But as a trivia buff and former Jeopardy! contestant (who played on one of the top scoring teams at weekly trivia night at Talarico's in West Seattle), I am happy that one of my favorite baseball trivia questions remains valid:

What is the only major league baseball team that has never played in the World Series?

Lane is now banned for rubbing it in.

;)

Did you really think the M's would go to the World Series?

After all the bad karma they created for themselves when the bought out ROOT Sports and upped everyone's cable bill by $30-$50 per month, the universe got its ( belated) revenge.

Go SEAHAWKS !!!!!!!!!!!

I predict Mt St Helens will erupt again before the M's play in the World Series.

@ Laura. A little bit of Seattle Major League Baseball history. Our first franchise, the Seattle Pilots, was stolen by Milwaukee to become the Brewers. Very few of us old timers who remember this happening would be rooting for the Brewers…….

Was hopeful! It at least gave me a reason to watch baseball.

World Series is going to be 4 and out!

Sorry to all the Mariners fans in RS land. I was hoping to see an all-west coast World Series, but alas.

And now since nobody has said it in the thread yet (only the opposite)...Go Dodgers!

Yes! Bleeding Dodger Blue! Growing up in Orange County before the Angels, the Dodgers were our team. That said, we’re Mariners fans first, and heartbroken!

I brought out my husband’s M’s hat and placed it on his recliner for these games. He was such a huge baseball fan & especially a Mariners’ fan! We lived in Snohomish & Mill Creek for 30 years.

When we were going to be moving up to the Seattle area from Portland in 1989, he quizzed our three young kids over the dinner table each evening to recite all of the Mariner players & their positions. : ). My adult kids & I were texting throughout this series…for us & for him. (Heart)

Next year….

David in Seattle, I love your story! Wow, hearing it from Ballard.

And a little bit more baseball history, it was with those same Seattle Pilots that Jim Bouton was pitching for while trying to resurrect his career with the knuckleball while writing “Ball Four”.

But I am lifelong Philadelphia and suburbs, where we are still smarting over Mauch mismanaging those last 12 games in 1964. And now this year’s NLDS. Yo, ‘fraid I work up any sympathy here.

GO DODGERS!

lovely, Jean. Just lovely.

As a life long fan, I'm sad that their run is over. But I'm not sad at the 4am (CET) games have ended where my husband would be flopping everywhere watching it on his phone. We have sleep at last! Lol! Hopefully next year they will makeit all the way! Go M's!!

I'm taking credit for the Jays win. We were in Leiden, Netherlands for the first two games of the series and it was obvious that the Jays needed me back. I came home, put on my Jays cap for the next two game days and got them two wins. I changed ballcaps for game 5 but it didn't work right and they lost. I immediately realized I was the problem and put the other Jays cap back on for the final two games to ensure the win. To seal the deal I also wore my Jays jersey for game 7.

Allan, were you wearing your hat and jersey tonight? The 7th inning felt like an Oprah giveaway: you get a run, and you get a run; you ALL get a run! Lol. DH is beside himself, he's so happy. Or maybe it's just the beverages....

CJean, hat, jersey, and if I had Blue Jays underwear I wouldn't take those off either.

"You should always go to other people's funerals, otherwise, they won't come to yours."

Yogi Berra

CJean, hat, jersey, and if I had Blue Jays underwear I wouldn't take those off either

Allan I'm counting on you!

Dodgers fan here, feeling totally unloved. Just thought I'd throw that out there. 😣

Dodgers fan here, feeling totally unloved. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

The Dodgers have played in the WS 5 times in the last 10 years. I’m afraid I feel no sympathy.

https://www.mlbshop.com/toronto-blue-jays/sleepwear-and-underwear/t-25786735+d-9049445789+z-97-1207900603

I remember being at a Giants/Dodgers game in LA a few years ago with the grandkids. Of course, we had our SF hats on. The peanut vendor loudly refused to sell us peanuts. The LA fans around us started buying bags of peanuts and passing them over to us. The man with his son sitting next to us said, “You see, it’s not so much about the rivalry but all about being a fan of the game.”

Any one in Toronto still up?

Oh, boy, that was a long one. 18 innings! DH says he finally caved around 1:30. And they have to play again tonight!

Top of the 7th, Allan, I hope you got those Blue Jay's underwear.

The magic hat, jersey and underwear is working. Laundry day is Thursday to get it clean for Friday.

I'm sorry our Webmaster is sad and, as a Guardians fan, I do miss Naylor. But in the Be Unfailingly Polite category, I have to relate my story of our family's one and only trip to Seattle and a Mariner's game at least 15 years ago. We travel a lot and visit ballparks a lot, and sometimes take some ribbing about being from Cleveland, which is fine. But at that game we were treated to comments like, "You're from Cleveland? And you admit it?" and "I bet you're not used to all the food choices we have here." and "What's it like being landlocked?" It was all said with such exaggerated passive/aggressive "politeness" that my husband and I preferred our visit to Yankee Stadium where a drunken fan screamed obscenities at our 8 year old for his Cleveland Indians hat. Lesson to all of us travelers; always be sincerely polite to visitors. :)

But at that game we were treated to comments like, "You're from Cleveland? And you admit it?" and "I bet you're not used to all the food choices we have here." and "What's it like being landlocked?" It was all said with such exaggerated passive/aggressive "politeness....

Likely they were transplants, not true native Washingtonians

Sorry but I didn't know that MLB was still going on this late in October. Fall is for a different sport.

Fall is for a different sport.

I love baseball, but I agree, it's hockey season ;)

Well that ended badly.

-- Mike Beebe

Well that ended badly.

How so?

The Dodgers won.

USA USA USA ( politely)

This year was the first time I was able to wear my Mariners shirt past June, so there was some progress toward respectability. The shirt is 20 yrs old and hardly looks used.

Well, on to "next year"

(What time is the Seahawks game?)

And now our house switches to hockey. Almost 3 weeks til the next Maple Leafs-Canadiens confrontation. (DH is a life long Habs fan). Here's hoping the Kraken have a good season too.

Allan, what is hockey and is it played on a field? Seriously, I don't understand why cities in the Southern US have hockey teams.

Cala, I've wondered too if hockey would work in the south, but Tampa and Nashville do extremely well.

And yes, 100 days to Spring Training. Can't wait. I'm looking forward to a time when I'll visit the US again so I can be in Dunedin again. 2029?

hockey is played on a water soaked field

with killer hard balls. And even harder sticks

I don't understand why cities in the Southern US have hockey teams.

Probably for the same reason there is pro soccer in the US. There is no rationale, it just is.

The Mariners and Naylor are in the final stages of an agreement on a five-year contract to keep the 28-year-old free-agent first baseman in Seattle, a source confirmed Sunday night.
The exact contract figures are not immediately known, but the deal will most certainly end up as the largest free-agent contract the Mariners have given to a position player in the last decade under Jerry Dipoto, the club’s president of baseball operations.
(Seattle Times report)

Got your wish....now fasten your seat belt for when the $$$ are disclosed. 8 oz cup of beer $15 next season ??