Any ending is technically a fairy tale ending, the Mariners lose 9-3

Not every fairy tale has a happy ending, but this story may not might not even be concluded. Félix Hernández knows that, as do the thousands of fans who still made the trek to a more familiarly empty Safeco Field Wednesday night. As The King allowed solo homers in each of his first two innings, I wonder if he considered the state he found himself in. I wonder if his mind wandered to the man who conducted the night’s ceremonial first pitch?

Hisashi Iwakuma, with a familiar smile across his face, jogged out to deliver the first pitch to his 2012 teammate and Mariners’ 2018 Opening Day starting Left Fielder, Ichiro Suzuki. Kuma’s fairy tale came to an end in the U.S. this year, although the…