There shouldn’t be anything in a 4 game stretch that you take as the new norm. That goes both ways for Mariners fans. Yes, we are having fun with Domingo Santana and Tim Beckham‘s hot start, but any reasonable fan knows that things will level off.
We also know that not every bullpen is perfect and that the Mariners went cheap with their bullpen. But last night’s loss in no way changes the overriding truth of the direction of the franchise: Seattle did what was needed.
And while many fans, or normal people for that matter, don’t applaud things like that, I will.