On a smoky, hazy night in Seattle, one night after the Mariners failed to measure up against the defending World Series champs, this young Mariners team bounced back, led by their young stars, and their young-adjacent stars, and their star-adjacent, young-adjacent stars-to-us.
Because if it hasn’t been said before, it should be said now: George Kirby is a star. Connor said in the game thread that if it wasn’t for Julio Rodríguez’s presence on this team, we’d be getting out our fainting couches daily for the Westchester Wizard (trademark ZAM), enlisting our heaviest-duty fans for the Rye Wrecking Ball (trademark me, and be nice, I’ve been at the park for nine hours).