To put it bluntly, to be a Mariners fan means watching a lot of failure. Failure to make the playoffs, failure to win ball games, failure to even score. I think that at this point a lot of us have resigned ourselves to enjoying the ballgame itself and not the outcome. That’s not to say that there aren’t expectations or hopes of winning, but that they aren’t as great here as some other franchises.
Which is why it was surprising, but not extremely so, to learn that before today the Seattle Mariners had not won a series in Fenway Park since 2014 when they swept the defending champions.