Toronto, Seattle Mariners and ALCS
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There have been plenty of painful moments in the history of Seattle sports, but likely none cut as deep as the Mariners’ 4-3 loss to the Blue Jays on Monday night.
For the second straight game, the Mariners were a no-show in the American League Championship Series, as Toronto won Game 4 comfortably, 8-2, to even th
Game 5 of the American League Division Series lasted long into Friday night. The celebration in Seattle, after the Mariners walked it off in 15 innings, lasted even longer into Saturday morning.
The Seattle Mariners and the Toronto Blue Jays will battle it out in Game 7 on Monday night for a chance to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series on Friday night.
The Storm are looking for a coach, but the biggest name on the market is no longer available after two-time WNBA champion Sandy Brondello reportedly agreed to become the first coach of the expansion Toronto Tempo.
One game away from reaching a first World Series in franchise history, Seattle fell heartbreakingly short in Monday’s 4-3 defeat against the Toronto Blue Jays. The gut-wrenching loss ensures that the Mariners’ unwanted record as the only team in Major League Baseball never to appear at the Fall Classic remains very much intact.
Humpy, a cross-eyed salmon mascot, briefly became a citywide hero during the Seattle Mariners' historic postseason run, which ended Monday with their Game 7 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. The big picture: Mariners fans are notoriously superstitious — and the widespread belief that Humpy helped propel the M's to their first division title in 24 years is just the latest example.
Despite losing the first two games of the ALCS and trailing the Seattle Mariners 3-1 late into the do-or-die Game 7 on Monday night, George Springer, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays completed the multi-layered comeback to punch their first ticket to the World Series in more than three decades.