Every Major League Baseball team is, by the nature of the sport, a Ship of Theseus. The name is the same, and its organization, title, location, and purpose remain largely consistent. And yet, year over year, the parts change. An Opening Day eventually came where the Orioles didn’t feature Brooks Robinson, the Cardinals had no Stan Musial, Willie Stargell wasn’t on the roster for the Pirates, and Edgar Martinez had hung them up to let a new soul take his space for the Seattle Mariners. Every club is a dry dock shifting and replacing parts to make as successful a voyage as they’re willing to afford, and no team should be more ready for the journey than the Mariners.
40 in 40: Marco Gonzales is the new last piece of the Ship of Theseus
