If the last month of Mariners baseball has been an ice cream sundae, this week was the homemade hot fudge, rainbow sprinkles and cherry on top. Faced with a slate of beatable teams - though challenged by stormy weather, which through their schedule into disarray - the M’s did exactly what good teams should do to less good teams: beat them. And they did so with the kind of pizzazz that would have had the 2013 Mariners keeling over in their XXXL pants.
My relationship with baseball has been rocky in recent years, as I’ve eased back in to consuming the sport as a hobby rather than my profession.