When John Stanton floated the idea of turning T-Mobile Park into a Tiger exhibit in order to boost attendance, I was skeptical. After all, how were the Mariners meant to play baseball, something that they are ostensibly trying to do, if their ballpark became a zoo?
I needn’t have worried, of course, as when Stanton made this proposal we were fresh off the 3-game losing streak against Anaheim. If getting Asian big cats into the outfield was what it took, it wasn’t like the home gameplay could have gotten any worse anyway. But then when the M’s stole 2 of 3 from the Phillies, it seemed like Stanton may have been wrong.