For much of the season as the Seattle Mariners hovered around .500 ball I would often invoke how one frustration was that they were almost putting it together, almost making the dramatic comeback, but as Brandy told us in 1998, almost doesn’t count. Unless… it does count. Sort of. This weekend has been steeped in narrative, of the past and the future, and how the present is a bridge. On the weekend where Seattle celebrated one of their pitching legends, their next wave of talent in that arena was on full display, as the Mariners went head-to-head with the other hottest team in the American League, the Baltimore Orioles.