We love metaphors here at Lookout Landing. Absolutely cannot get enough of them. Even the tired ones. Even the poor ones. Hell, even the huddled masses of metaphors yearning to breathe free. All are loved in these digital pages. And yet, every once in a while, you find something that defies metaphor, even here. Some things are so singular that it feels disrespectful to compare them to anything else. Sometimes, something can just smack you upside the head with the sheer it-ness of itself. Such is Julio Rodríguez.
The Mariners, as you are probably aware, fought their way back from the scrapheap of the AL West on an all-time heater, going from a 7.