This is why I never got excited

[Sperrydogg]

Every team has a chance to blow it. I just take it one day at a time. They could win 15 in a row and I’d still be bummed if they lost number 16 as if they should go 162-0. In the words of the talented and poetic Meatloaf, “two outa three ain’t bad”

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Also, every team in baseball has a slump. ALL OF THEM.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Bryce Miller on the IL, inflammation in his elbow. Damn.
So, 3 of our 5 starters are out. And somehow, we are still in 1st place.

All in how you look at it.

 

[Ostatehawk]

Every team has a chance to blow it. I just take it one day at a time. They could win 15 in a row and I’d still be bummed if they lost number 16 as if they should go 162-0. In the words of the talented and poetic Meatloaf, “two outa three ain’t bad”

My beloved SF Giants are playing pretty good ball - but I have been a fan too long to have any real hope. It is too early to think about any sort of success - I am just enjoying them being better than the putrid offering they put up last year.

Of course I do look back fondly on 2010, 2012, and 2014. But - DAMN - those were a long time coming.

 

[Azvacar]

Also, every team in baseball has a slump. ALL OF THEM.

I was going to quote them... but decided not to.. (Instead tag them and reply to you lol ) I wanted to reply earlier but for some reason couldnt figure out my password on my phone while in Italy

I think I grasp the point they say we are MISSING apparently

The Yankees, Red Soxs, Tigers, "Guardians", Padres, and so on... most teams in the top two in their division have lost multiple times at 3 in a row... Or lost 4 in a row, Padres 5, Detroit 4 etc... If they do it... its part of the "master plan" and fans should be cool and celebrate the start of the season

If they Mariners do it, 40 games.. into the 162 game season... its because we are a terrible team and should be ashamed for enjoying success even for the first part of the season.

@cymatica and @Maulbert I deeply apologize for for both @SoulfishHawk and I being completely obtuse to the works of baseball in May or over all logical grasp of the game. We are sorry and I personally will try to get more in your frame of thinking so I can detest Mariners baseball on an ebb and flow basis.

 

[cymatica]

I was going to quote them... but decided not to.. (Instead tag them and reply to you lol ) I wanted to reply earlier but for some reason couldnt figure out my password on my phone while in Italy

I think I grasp the point they say we are MISSING apparently

The Yankees, Red Soxs, Tigers, "Guardians", Padres, and so on... most teams in the top two in their division have lost multiple times at 3 in a row... Or lost 4 in a row, Padres 5, Detroit 4 etc... If they do it... its part of the "master plan" and fans should be cool and celebrate the start of the season

If they Mariners do it, 40 games.. into the 162 game season... its because we are a terrible team and should be ashamed for enjoying success even for the first part of the season.

@cymatica and @Maulbert I deeply apologize for for both @SoulfishHawk and I being completely obtuse to the works of baseball in May or over all logical grasp of the game. We are sorry and I personally will try to get more in your frame of thinking so I can detest Mariners baseball on an ebb and flow basis.

No you don't grasp it at all.

The Mariners are the only team never to make a World Series. They have repeatedly throughout the years choked or fumbled the opportunity every season as they get our hopes up that they finally might make a playoff run, or even make the playoffs.

If it was just an occasional occurrence then I wouldn't even bring it up. It's a pattern over several decades. It's a running joke at this point. Some people still just don't get it apparently.