The wait was almost over.
Literally, lines of fans waited in lines on the corner of Edgar Martinez Drive at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, waiting to be let into T-Mobile Park an hour later. They came with Edgar Martinez T-shirts, jerseys and hats. They came with signs and sons and daughters and friends, with butterflies fluttering in their stomachs.
They came to the ballpark to watch Edgar — in 2019. They came to watch him (finally) be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
I'm covering the Mariners game today. At 9:30 am fans had already started to line up at T-Mobile Park.