On the one hand, playing the "What if?" game is something sports fans shouldn't do too often, as it's almost guaranteed to make whatever negative incident they're thinking about feel even more agonizing. At the same time, this is almost instinctive when it comes to passionately supporting a team, something which Seattle Mariners fans in particular can attest to.
Case in point is falling just eight outs short of a first ever AL Pennant and World Series berth this past season, with plenty of key factors contributing to this including Bryan Woo's pectoral injury, Now, this has only been reinforced by a mind-blowing stat from the Mariners' own PR department:
Bryan Woo went 15-7 with a 2.