First, a caveat. Twitter is perhaps not the best barometer of mood and sentiment. That said, Mariners Twitter has been clinically schizophrenic over the course of the first ten games of the season. Pronouncements about the utter futility of the franchise abounded after splitting a four-game series in Minnesota against the Twins and dropping two out of three in Detroit to the Tigers. “The team can’t hit.” “Jerry Dipoto is a moron who needs to be fired.” “This team is cursed, etc., etc.”
Fast forward twenty-four hours to the home opener on Friday against the Houston Astros, where rookie prospect Julio Rodriguez was greeted as the second
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