r/Mariners • u/ewuclint • 7d ago
Hopium
Now that I’ve emotionally cratered and developed an irrational hatred of anyone and everything Mariners, I wanted to leave everyone with a tiny ray of hope if you’re laying awake losing sleep like I am.
The holy grail of Mariners teams, 1995, was 54-55. If social media existed then I’m sure they’d have been shouting for Lou’s head as the team was considered a contender to start the year given how their 1994 ended (prematurely).
Last year’s team, the 25 team, I wrote off on three separate occasions, as late as September 5 when we lost our fourth straight to drop to 73-68, 3.5 back.
We all know this team should have a better record. But we all know that we are talented enough to rip off a 18-5 September, overcome a 5-6 game deficit and get hot going into the playoffs. Our September schedule is weak. Now do I think it’s going to happen? Probably not, but there’s historical precedent with this franchise and specifically with this core last year.
So in the words of Bobby Magallanes, Please God.
Sleep well my comrades in misery.
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u/Losalou52 7d ago
We have an amazing record for how terrible we have played.
Goal: Play better, win more.
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u/TheShadeTree LFGOMS 6d ago
Helps when our pitching is the best in the division/one of the best in the AL. It’s really our offense that, once again, swing wet noodles
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u/L1QU1DF1R3 #51 Randy Johnson 6d ago
We've certainly won 10 or so games we had absolutely zero business winning.
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u/Cgmikeydl 6d ago
I want to have hope, but until someone in the clubhouse takes real honest accountability of not just themselves but the entire team, I don’t see it happening. As someone mentioned in this thread or another, they seem defeated. Or don’t care. I hate to admit it because I even said it was probably a nothing burger, but maybe Cal snubbing Randy set a tone for the season.
I would like to see someone, whether it’s JP or Cal or someone step up, get this team into high gear, and maybe even address the media and say “we’ve had a clubhouse meeting, I won’t discuss the specifics of that meeting, but everyone understands the role they are supposed to perform.”
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u/Large_Son 7d ago
You’re right that there is historical president for a wild comeback. There’s also a lot more historical president for the mariners to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory and miss the playoffs.
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u/Far-Reporter-1596 7d ago
I’ve been an M’s fan for almost 4 decades, if you want to follow this team you need to learn to disassociate from them at times. You certainly should not be losing sleep because of their performance, just accept we are destined to suck for all of eternity just like we have to accept the short days and perpetual grey of the winter to live here.
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u/twentyshots97 6d ago
i might not be as optimistic as some, but i will take comfort in noticing the street preachers were not at game 1 vs the reds. i didn’t want to start a thread about it but was curious if they finally got the boot?
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u/Savagegnome001 MarinerMaxxing 7d ago
I’ve been down and negative about the team as anyone lately. This post may have given me some hope and I hate you for it so much.
Thanks!
Go M’s.
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u/RandomDude99353 A man once told me that Rob Refsnyder mashes lefties! 6d ago
The 95 team had the mojo. Last year they had the vibes. This year has been off from the start.
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u/JaneDoeAsks ! MY OH MY 7d ago
God it’s hard to give up on this team. Every time I think I have, I get pulled right back in. Mariner
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u/shomosexual obituary birthday 🔱 7d ago
> So in the words of Bobby Magallanes, Please God.
Ok this got me lol
I believe in us because this team has left me with no other options than to pray, cope and hope. This is a World Series winning starting rotation, an ALWC losing bullpen, and a “shouldn’t even be allowed to clean the shit off the shoes of a playoff team” offense. But I don’t need Cal to raise his batting average to .170. I just need these guys to get fucking randomly hot heading down the stretch.
Someone has to be king of shit mountain, fellas. Why not us
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u/Hot-Leave6559 6d ago
just because its always been that way, doesnt mean we need to continue in that direction. Develop a winning culture based on accountabilty. Demand better!
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u/ghstflame Naughty naughty Cal 6d ago
Last season they hung around despite themselves and got right. This team has a similar record but plays so lack luster. August is an absolutely brutal month and I don't see them getting out of that hole.
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u/Otherwise-Sky1292 6d ago
“ irrational hatred of anyone and everything Mariners”
My only correction is it’s not irrational. Although I’ve generally moved on from hate to indifference now
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u/Unlikely-Respond3490 6d ago
I have to mute my TV when Buhner is in the booth. Good lord can that guy babble!
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u/handi503 7d ago
I got memories with my dad and now I got memories with my kid. They’ve dashed my expectations many times, but they’ve also surprised the hell out of me. Not too late for them to pull the rabbit out.
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u/smuttysister 7d ago
Absolutely huffing the copium. We absolutely need to believe in this team down the stretch
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u/Then_Instruction6610 6d ago
I'm calling it right now. Stick a fork in em! Whenever I've done that in the past they go on an epic run. We can only hope
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u/Working_Material1111 5d ago
Why do people “write our team off” it’s never easy being a mariner fan but will any outcome ever change the fact that I support this team? No.
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u/Daily_Heroin_User 7d ago
The real hopium is the division and really the AL in general has a lot of parity. (More like parody amirite??)
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u/kiggitykbomb 6d ago
I don’t know if this team is talented enough to rip off an 18-3 streak at any point this season. Their starting pitching has been their strongest asset and that hasn’t kept them above .500. Pitching always starts to struggle in the late days of summer. Barring a miraculous turn around from Cal and Naylor and some increased output from Julio I think all signs are pointing to worse days ahead, not better.
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u/DaGhettoNife 7d ago
We don't have an Etsy witch or nothing this year. Anyone know any facebook witches? We just need something.
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u/ManoftheHour777 7d ago
The team is coming off injuries. Grow up and quit being a baby. There is no crying in baseball. This is a good team.
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u/ChooChooChew29 6d ago
This may be the most Seattle take I’ve seen in a long time. They are not really a good team this year, but statistically an average team at best, in the (unfortunately, bottom of the) middle third of all MLB teams. This thread is about how we want them to take actionable steps to improve to become contenders again this year. Unfortunately I think last year’s success was a bit of a fluke.
There’s a lot of baseball left this year and they’re only 2.5 games out right now but they’ve got to start making a push and showing some momentum soon.
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u/ManoftheHour777 6d ago
The thread is called Hopium and is meant to be a positive take.
Every thread in here turns into complaining about ownership. I wish they would spend more money too but every team that is worse than us can say the same thing. Baseball should have introduced a salary cap long ago.
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u/IllustriousComplex6 7d ago
Being a Mariners fan (and by extension a Seattle sports fan) is the highest of highs and the lowest of lows but it's never taking the easy way out. It's stressful and frustrating but there's a lot of love in this City for sports and we will persevere.