Has it sunk in? Are you ready? Neither of your answers to those questions particularly matter.
Ready or not, the Mariners have an above-average chance to clinch a playoff spot tonight. A playoff spot that, if you haven’t heard, is twenty-one years in the making. A playoff spot that promises to provide a catharsis of two decades of misery. A playoff spot that is sure to be the panacea to all that ails us.
The Mariners came into today with a magic number of “one”. That is to say, only one additional game (out of over ten) needs to go their way.