When catcher Chris Herrmann returned to the dugout after launching his first home run as a Seattle Mariner, Denard Span saw what many in Safeco Field did not.

“He said, ‘Man, you were smiling before you even hit first base,’” Herrmann said.

Contrast that home run on July 5 to where Herrmann was three months earlier. Back then he was sitting on his couch in Scottsdale, Arizona, wondering if he was going to play this season, while also helping his wife take care of their then-six-month-old son.

“It’s been a crazy year,” he said.

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