Last night, riding high on an improbable Orioles victory, I messaged nearly everyone I know to see if they wanted to come to the game today. Most were already going, a few had “other commitments,” and then there was Book Club. This spectacular septet of mid-to-late-20s Seattleites are reasonably Online, but not particularly fervent baseball fans.
“Can you TLDR what’s happening with the Mariners?” one asked. “I’ve been seeing so much Twitter buzz and have felt so lost lol”
So to the book clubbers, the casual fans, the non-fans tuning in for the good story, here’s your primer on the 2021 Seattle Mariners.