The Mariners 2nd act rethought

I was wrong about the Mariners and I apologized. They are an excellent baseball team with so many sound fundamentals they are one step away from being in the playoffs and winning the world series. They were riddled with injuries in the 1st act of the season, not to mention years of failure, and weren't up to snuff, but there were seeds of the greatness they've become. This is the best Mariner's line up I've seen in at least ten years, and there's really not a rummy out there on the field. The pitching is still suspect, but the line up is so good, that they are able to win ball games they would've been out of years ago.

My biggest error as a baseball statistician was that I was judging the Mariners season before the 1st act officially ended, and jumped the gun. This was a mistake but one I'm going to remember and am inclined to say that no season can be really judged until you've hit the end of June and the 2nd act of the never ending season is at least a 1/3 of the way through, because there are just too many games. The beauty to this club is that all these young unknown players are all so hot together that you know they'll never forget this season, or so it feels right now. I know baseball is a game of streaks and this blazing June will probably settle down sometime by September, but for the most part these guys are locked in for the season and the stars have aligned.

As a fan, it's strange to be rooting for a good baseball club. In the past, a few Mariner wins would be knocked out so quickly by a few bad series that it was impossible to remember there was ever a spark of hope. If Felix can regain his game, that will only bolster this fledgling staff and finally the M's will make it to October, and the King can strut his stuff.