When the plucky 2022 Mariners set foot in the Rogers Centre 202 days ago, no one outside the Pacific Northwest gave the upstart team much of a chance against the terrifyingly-deep Blue Jays lineup. Two days later, the Mariners emerged triumphant over their heavily-favored foes, transmuting the magic of Cal Raleigh’s walkoff winner that sent the team into the playoffs for the first time since flip phones into a trip to the ALDS, where they predictably fell to the dragons of the AL West in the Astros. It was a great story, one most people outside the Pacific Northwest could appreciate: the brave little tailors of Seattle taking on the giants of the rest of the league (if not the actual Giants).
Today was not a fairytale, Mariners drop another one-run game to Blue Jays, 3-2
