Two games into the American League Division Series the Mariners are tied 1 game each with the Tigers. I rooted for the Tigers to beat the Guardians as they are the team from the background of my youth. But not right now.
A few pictures of my life over the past few weeks. Very baseball centric.
The Mariners lost yesterday’s game 3-2, but rebounded today to win 3-2.
Why is this special enough to report? The last home playoff game the Mariners won was October 15, 2001. Almost 24 years ago.
It’s been a while.
Raincharm's Weblog 
October 6, 2025 at 10:18 am |
Wow, that long ago! I’m happy they’re doing well although I admit that I don’t know many of the players. I’m still stuck in the Edgar Martinez era.
October 6, 2025 at 10:26 am |
You would have enjoyed the first pitches for the last two games. Saturday it was Lou Pinella with Mark McLemore and Mike Cameron, caught by Dan Wilson. Sunday it was Jay Buhner.
October 6, 2025 at 11:02 am |
Yes, I know all those names! My late husband almost did a stairway in Jay Buhner’s house but Jay wanted someone more local. He did do the staircase in Mike Blowers’ home and has a signed practice bat from him. Don’t know what I’ll do with it since it means nothing to me!
October 6, 2025 at 9:37 pm
One of your grandkids may lean that direction eventually. If all other options fail, we always have room for one more in our house. Carl has a bit of a bat collection, with some that are very old. One is a Ty Cobb model, that is likely more than 100 years old. (Not actually used by Cobb, but his type) The older bats are so much heavier.
October 7, 2025 at 12:42 pm |
If he might want the bat, let me know. I would like to get rid of it.
October 7, 2025 at 10:26 pm |
That is a wonderful offer. I’ll email you off line