Writing recaps of Mariners games can be challenging.
The Seattle Mariners have often left me, as a writer and a fan, scavenging for crumbs of narrative, hunting for spare shreds of interesting activity among the 51-54 outs of a game of baseball, like a field mouse rooting around beneath an English oak tree for seeds or edible fungi. Tonight’s game, though, is not a game that necessitates an expansive and ranging extended metaphor, comparisons to the fall of the Ancient Greece, or a “Seattle Mariners as factions from Twilight Imperium” recap (if you know what this means, contact me immediately.