As staffer Zach Gottchalk deftly detailed earlier this week, the Mariners’ $99 a month Ballpark Pass isn’t a great deal for several reasons, namely the lack of assigned seating and price itself as compared to other offerings in similarly expensive markets like Seattle. Did I mention the plan will auto-renew if you don’t cancel it? So, yes, you can pay roughly $600 for the pleasure of standing at every home game for the non-contending/soft-rebuilding Seattle Mariners. You’re probably not going to do that, huh? So, that begs the question: