Hello! It’s the Seattle Mariners. A team that doesn’t really bother anyone around these parts, since they play far out West, and the memories between the two teams have been mostly nice: Adley Rutschman (and his dad, Randy) proudly repping his team in last year’s Home Run Derby; Cal Ripken Jr. homering in his last All-Star Game in 2001; Mike Mussina outdueling Randy Johnson in the 1997 ALDS; the Orioles getting Adam Jones and Chris Tillman for Erik Bedard in 2008.
But that’s all in the past.