If the Mariners’ front office does not speak about the team’s playoff drought in explicit terms very often, well, it’s only fair—the streak predates any of them. (When Seattle last made the postseason in 2001, current president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto was 33, only just done with his playing career.) Seattle’s drought has not been about the failures or poor planning or bad luck of any one regime. It’s bigger. But it’s not hard to see how it colors the experience of everyone involved: There is no way to escape the weight of the longest playoff drought in North American major professional sports.
Luis Castillo Trade Proves Mariners Are Eyeing More Than Just Their Playoff Drought
