Although this year was more successful than most previous Mariners seasons, it was still a major disappointment. Both because of where we finished and how it felt so routine. If only we had a catchy CURSE to blame on our woes.
Confusion and excitement in the offseason as I figured we spent so much time aligning the stars to attract the skills of Shohei Ohtani, only to see him sign with the far worse off Angels. Why would he do this to us? The Mariners had all this International Money, we were probably more likely to give him some innings in the Outfield, our DH was a Free Agent at the end of the year, we could use another starter and we even brought back Ichiro to play with him!