For decades, Mariner fans have been doomed to a life of unrequited love. The fluky nature of the game is one of MLB’s calling cards, yet the positive aspects of that have veered away from the Pacific Northwest for nearly two decades. More than any other major sport, baseball operates under a constant cloud of randomness, with worst-to-first stories and truly underwhelming playoff runs happening on the regular. Everyone from the richer-than-God Dodgers to the penniless Rays, the annoyingly consistent Cardinals to the just-became-hot Astros have made the World Series since the M’s last postseason appearance.
40 in 40: Justus Sheffield
