Mariners pull out the rope-a-dope, run over exhausted Tigers and fans

Have you ever been stuck in that weird limbo between being awake and falling asleep, where your thoughts are so weird that they’re pretty much hallucinations, but you’re aware enough to recognize them? It’s like a delirious dreaming, but lucid. With a thick blanket of warm air saturating Seattle today, that’s how trying to focus on seven straight hours of baseball ended up feeling. Especially with the first three hours being as frustrating as they were.

The Mariners didn’t exactly need this game, but after the first game of this doubleheader, it sure felt like they did.

Félix Hernández has certainly had his moments this year, but it’s always hard to know which Félix the Mariners are going to…