Mariners players attempt to convince Mariners ownership that winning is good

Stan Szeto-USA TODAY Sports As Kyle Lewis lifts his leg up, he takes just one moment to wind back his bat. The movement provides an extra bit of potential energy. Frankie Montas releases the baseball, and Lewis immediately identifies the pitch as positively scrumptious. His arms begin to uncoil.

Lewis extends his arms. His arms pull his hands through the zone. His hands pull the bat, which loops in a perfectly parabolic plane intersecting with the pitch. Lewis doesn’t let a single Joule of energy go un-transferred into the baseball. Every single person knows immediately that the baseball is gone, especially Montas, who screams in frustration as the ball is obliterated, leaving the yard at…