One thing was certain, that the Mariners on the field had nothing to do with it: – the fault was entirely with the franchise. For the Mariners in the field had barely been part of the organization for more than a few years (and many were barely old enough to drink when a new owner took over); so that you could see that they had no part in the prank.
“Oh, you wicked little thing!” shouted Mariners’ fans, catching up on tales of property ineptitude and front office futility, and tweeting @Mariners to make them understand they were in disgrace. “Really, Manfred and Selig should have taught you good manners! You must, Rob, you know you must! “the fans added, looking disapprovingly at MLB headquarters, and speaking as angrily as they could – and then Mariners’ fans went back to their televisions and radios, dragging open streams and tuning in to broadcasts. But they didn’t very well, since ROOT chose not to broadcast any games to television, so they turned on the White Sox stream. progress of the game and, from time to time, releasing a press release and offering benign promises of franchise greatness, as if they would be happy to help, if they can.
“You know, we were so angry, Mariners,” the fans continued as Kyle Lewis doubled over Jonathan Stiever, and Ty France pushed him in the first. “When we saw all the antics you were doing, we almost ended our fandom and walked away from you completely! And you would have earned it, you naughty little darling! What do you have to say about yourself? Now don’t interrupt us! ”They continued, watching Chris Flexen work his way through two innings, sitting 92-93 with his fastball, blending into a brutal 77 MPH curve and showing some pun-worthy defense.
“I will tell you all your defects. Number one: you have failed for years to form a good baseball team. Now you can’t deny it, Mariners: we’ve watched you! What did you say? Did you have any good baseball players playing for you? Well, that is not enough, you cannot have just a few to save you. If you hadn’t surrounded them with other baseball imbeciles, it wouldn’t have been so terrible. Now don’t make any more excuses, but listen! Number two: you said and did bad things on a human level! What, it was a different time, wasn’t it? How do you know everything is fine? Now for number three: you keep making it more difficult – and more expensive – for us to watch the team play. “
“There are three fouls, Mariners, and you haven’t won a World Series yet!” the fans continued, lazily watching as Lewis, France and Cal Raleigh faced off to score again in the third.
“Let’s pretend that you are the White Sox, Mariners! You know, I think if you had a few more years and a more consistent front office, you would be just like them. Don’t try, there is a sweetheart! ”And the fans went back to the game to watch the White Sox: but the example didn’t work, mainly because the White Soxbatters were blocked in the last five innings by a combination of pitches – Joey Gerber (one hit, one K), Roenis Elias (one stroke, two Ks), Domingo Tapia (one walk, one stroke), Matt Magill (three walks), Erik Swanson (absolutely nothing) – and nonsense.
So, to punish the Mariners, the fans raised the Mirror, to see how bad they have been – “and if you are not good directly”, they added, “we will stop supporting your team. would you like that? “