What better way to celebrate the Mariners’ 40th anniversary than with a list of the top 40 players in team history?
OK, maybe you’d respond, a World Series title might be nice.
That, though, has been — and sadly remains — a painful, slow work in progress throughout the team’s history. (Or do you really need reminding that the Mariners and the Washington Nationals/Montreal Expos are the only two teams never to have appeared in the Fall Classic?)
Just because the Mariners have never reached their ultimate goal doesn’t mean the team’s history isn’t worth honoring, however.