As I’ve written before, it’s hard for baseball players to work together. On defense, position players can, but until the bat hits the ball, baseball is a duel between a hitter and a pitcher.
Teamwork in baseball, then, means something a little different, something more ~vibes~ based. Players uplift each other and provide energy, motivation, and confidence. We do say that hitting is contagious, after all. Today the Mariners were able to spread the contagion through the dugout, tagging Milwaukee pitchers for 7 hits and 3 dingers. But we’ll get back to that later.
First, we have to talk about Bryan Woo.