The heartbreaking logic of sports dictates that for all but one team, a great and memorable season must end in painful defeat. The pain came last night for the 2025 Seattle Mariners, who were great, if not always good; lovable, if not always logical; and packed a decade’s worth of memories into a single beautiful, absurd, and very frustrating season.
They were this close to going where no Mariners team has gone before. There are so many ways it could have ended differently. So many what-ifs; so many roads not taken. A few more situational hits. A couple fewer defensive miscues. A better start or two from the vaunted rotation.
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