Seattle Mariners Rant Week: From the Outside – Matt Barry
By Matt Barry
Seattle Mariners rant week concludes today. Emerald City Swagger encourages our writers to let out the frustrations about the M’s 17th consecutive season watching the playoffs on television. Today are anchorman Matt Barry is up.
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Jordan Cordano – Another year of frustration
I have been a Mariners fan for exactly zero years. I am a Red Sox fan. A die hard. In fact, I died hard every year until 2004. I actually still wait for the day I wake up and realize it never happened. But, until then, I cherish the three World Series titles I never thought I would see.
I am, however, a baseball fan, a fantasy baseball champion, and a writer who has watched the Mariners more intently this season than any other. When I thought Mariners, I thought of Ken Griffey Jr. sliding into home to win a playoff game, Randy Johnson throwing 100 mph in the Kingdome, and Chris Bosio. Chris Bosio? Yup. I’m a Red Sox fan. I still get angry thinking of his 1993 no-hitter against Boston.