The Seattle Mariners are cursed. They
find ways to lose games, and they find ways to miss the playoffs. They did something to anger the baseball
gods, although I do not know what that would have been. But I have believed for a long time now that
the Mariners are cursed. They have the
worst luck of any team I have seen both in games and season by season. The Red Sox used to have a curse, the
"Curse of the Bambino". The
Cubs used to have a curse, the "Curse of the Billy Goat". I believe the Mariners were inflicted with a similar
curse.
The year would've been 2001. The baseball gods are not happy with the Seattle Mariners. They helped assemble us some of the best talent of their generation. Four sure fire Hall of Famers played on the Mariners in the late 90's. And we let three of them go. We were supposed to win a World Series with these players, but couldn't even get there. Then we let them go. Randy was traded. Griffey was traded. We let Alex test free agency and he signed with the rival Rangers. Edgar stayed, but was older than all of them and closest to the end of his career. The baseball gods did not like this. We then spurned them by signing Bret Boone and Ichiro. We won 116 games, which I'm sure made the gods angry. How was this team, without A-Rod, Griffey, and Randy, winning 116 games? They promptly inflicted us with fatigue and prevented us from reaching the World Series. Not only that, but they inflicted the Mariners with bad luck in everything they do: Trades, free agency, and in games.
When you ask a casual baseball fan about the Seattle Mariners, they might say that the Mariners don't make the playoffs much. It's not for lack of trying. And many teams have been very close. Five times since 2002 the Mariners have been the best team in the American League NOT to make it to the playoffs. That's more times than they've made the playoffs in THEIR ENTIRE HISTORY. That's right: The Mariners have more often been a few games away from making the playoffs in the past 17 years than they have made the playoffs in all of their existence. What kind of team has this kind of luck? A cursed team.
Speaking of playoffs, the Mariners have made the playoffs in just four of their 43 seasons. When there were four playoff teams, any team had a 27% chance of making the playoffs. Now that there are five playoff teams with the addition of another wild card, the playoff chances rise to 33%. But the Mariners have made it for just 9% of their existence. And most notably and recently, the Mariners have the longest playoff drought in all of North American professional sports at 18 years. That is like spinning an item, and for 18 consecutive tries never getting it to face North. Unreal.
It's amazing to me how often Mariner's opponents get a lucky break and how often the Mariners get a bad one. Watch pretty much any one of their games. A ball that lands foul for the Mariners is a fair ball for their opponents. It also seems on replay reviews that calls go against the Mariners for more often than their opponents. I wish I had a nickel for every time I heard Mariners play-by-play man Dave Sims say, "Tough break for the Mariners."
What shall we name this curse? The easiest answer would be to find a player who left after 2001. The most notable I see is Jay Buhner. We could call it the "Curse of the Bone". It's kind of got an eerie and dark vibe to it. Granted, Jay Buhner only played 19 games in 2001, but he was still a clubhouse presence and leader on that team. My other choice would be the "Curse of the Big Three." The big three being Randy, Griffey, and A-Rod. They were the big three that left, and aside from 2001 we haven't made the playoffs without them... at all. Not before them, not after. But I'll stick with the "Curse of the Bone".
Jerry Dipoto has decided to have this team go through a rebuild process. He acquired quite a few prospects and he'll probably acquire even more as the trade deadline draws near. The expected run at the playoffs will happen in 2022. All I'm going to say is this: If a lot of these prospects fail (as so many of ours have in recent years), and we fail to make the playoffs during that run, there will be no doubt whatsoever in my mind that this team is full on cursed. And there shouldn't be any doubt in your mind, either.
The year would've been 2001. The baseball gods are not happy with the Seattle Mariners. They helped assemble us some of the best talent of their generation. Four sure fire Hall of Famers played on the Mariners in the late 90's. And we let three of them go. We were supposed to win a World Series with these players, but couldn't even get there. Then we let them go. Randy was traded. Griffey was traded. We let Alex test free agency and he signed with the rival Rangers. Edgar stayed, but was older than all of them and closest to the end of his career. The baseball gods did not like this. We then spurned them by signing Bret Boone and Ichiro. We won 116 games, which I'm sure made the gods angry. How was this team, without A-Rod, Griffey, and Randy, winning 116 games? They promptly inflicted us with fatigue and prevented us from reaching the World Series. Not only that, but they inflicted the Mariners with bad luck in everything they do: Trades, free agency, and in games.
When you ask a casual baseball fan about the Seattle Mariners, they might say that the Mariners don't make the playoffs much. It's not for lack of trying. And many teams have been very close. Five times since 2002 the Mariners have been the best team in the American League NOT to make it to the playoffs. That's more times than they've made the playoffs in THEIR ENTIRE HISTORY. That's right: The Mariners have more often been a few games away from making the playoffs in the past 17 years than they have made the playoffs in all of their existence. What kind of team has this kind of luck? A cursed team.
Speaking of playoffs, the Mariners have made the playoffs in just four of their 43 seasons. When there were four playoff teams, any team had a 27% chance of making the playoffs. Now that there are five playoff teams with the addition of another wild card, the playoff chances rise to 33%. But the Mariners have made it for just 9% of their existence. And most notably and recently, the Mariners have the longest playoff drought in all of North American professional sports at 18 years. That is like spinning an item, and for 18 consecutive tries never getting it to face North. Unreal.
It's amazing to me how often Mariner's opponents get a lucky break and how often the Mariners get a bad one. Watch pretty much any one of their games. A ball that lands foul for the Mariners is a fair ball for their opponents. It also seems on replay reviews that calls go against the Mariners for more often than their opponents. I wish I had a nickel for every time I heard Mariners play-by-play man Dave Sims say, "Tough break for the Mariners."
What shall we name this curse? The easiest answer would be to find a player who left after 2001. The most notable I see is Jay Buhner. We could call it the "Curse of the Bone". It's kind of got an eerie and dark vibe to it. Granted, Jay Buhner only played 19 games in 2001, but he was still a clubhouse presence and leader on that team. My other choice would be the "Curse of the Big Three." The big three being Randy, Griffey, and A-Rod. They were the big three that left, and aside from 2001 we haven't made the playoffs without them... at all. Not before them, not after. But I'll stick with the "Curse of the Bone".
Jerry Dipoto has decided to have this team go through a rebuild process. He acquired quite a few prospects and he'll probably acquire even more as the trade deadline draws near. The expected run at the playoffs will happen in 2022. All I'm going to say is this: If a lot of these prospects fail (as so many of ours have in recent years), and we fail to make the playoffs during that run, there will be no doubt whatsoever in my mind that this team is full on cursed. And there shouldn't be any doubt in your mind, either.
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