It’s a sculpture. It just stands there. It’s the perfect emblem for an inning where nobody reached base for either squad. The most anticipated at-bat in months, Randy Arozarena’s first as a Mariner, ended with a called strike. Just standing there, statuesque.
Second inning: Randy Taylor
Randy Taylor was the middle son on TV’s family sitcom, Home Improvement. That show was famous for its show-within-a-show, which Heidi always opened by asking the audience, “Does everybody know what time it is?” To which the crowd yelled back, “Tool Time!” The second inning featured an in-game interview with Mariners’ All-Star Logan Gilbert.