The Mariners have just played 43 games in 45 days, which included two stretches of 30 games in 31 days. It’s bananas. They essentially played a quarter of the season on roughly zero rest while taking seven flights of at least 1,000 miles. Having played more games than any other team between May 3 and June 16, this period really could have sunk our sailors. But instead, they rose to the challenge, and we may well look back on this as the run when the Mariners built their first division title in 23 years.
Let’s start with the basics.