This weekend’s Mariners-Blue Jays series contains many variables affecting things far beyond wins and losses. Justus Sheffield is slated to start the Friday game for Seattle, hoping to improve upon his April outing in which he cooked up four walks in three innings. The following night, the Mariners plan to unveil Félix Hernández again, in what will almost surely be one of his last home starts in the stadium (and against the same team, no less), that he once emphatically declared HIS HOUSE.
In addition to the intrigue on the mound, the Blue Jays’ crop of trust fund babies make their first trips to Seattle, with western Canadian border crossings becoming turnstiles for people who think getting drunk at other people’s house parties is a personality trait.