When the Mariners swept the Rangers, who were fresh off an absolute dumpstering by the San Diego Padres, the reaction among fans was more like “Well, the Rangers are in worse shape than we thought,” instead of “WOOO WINNING STREAK!!!” Then the Mariners strolled into San Diego and won game one in convincing fashion against of the better teams in baseball, snapping San Diego’s 8-game winning streak. This certainly turned a few heads, and suddenly my Twitter timeline was full of optimism about the (/checks notes) ....Seattle Mariners?
Gonna go ahead and check the AL Wild Card standings for no reason at all.