on the power of hope, the narrative, and the seattle mariners
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1: Rainbow over T-Mobile park, 11/9/2021. (Tyler Thompson on Twitter)
2: Ken Griffey Jr. hits his first major league home run, 4/10/1989. (source)
3: Cal Raleigh hits the walk-off home run against the Oakland Athletics that sends the Mariners to the postseason, 9/30/2022. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
4: Ichiro Suzuki gets his record-breaking 258th hit against the Texas Rangers, 10/1/2004. (Dan Levine/AFP via Getty Images)
5: Kyle Seager leaves his final game during the ninth inning against the Los Angeles Angels, 10/03/2021. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
6: Felix Hernandez is taken out of his last game with the Mariners in the sixth inning against the Oakland Athletics, 9/26/2019. (Lindsey Wasson/Getty Images)
7: Logan Gilbert pitches against the San Diego Padres during the fourth inning after recording his 600th career strikeout in the second inning, 7/9/2024. (Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images)
8: Bryce Miller pitches during his debut game against the Oakland Athletics, 5/2/2023. (Michael Zagaris/Getty Images)
9: Bryan Woo pitches against the Philadelphia Phillies for seven scoreless innings, 8/2/2024. (Ben VanHouten/Getty Images)
10: Julio Rodriguez hits his 30th home run of the season during the tenth inning against the Los Angeles Angels, putting him in the 30-30 club, 9/11/2023. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
11: J.P. Crawford hits a grand slam in the second inning against the Cleveland Guardians on his first Father's Day as a dad, 6/15/2025. (Mollie Handkins/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
12: Cole Young celebrates after walking off the Minnesota Twins in his major league debut, 5/31/2025. (Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)
13: The Mariners celebrate Cal Raleigh's postseason-clinching walk-off home run, 9/30/2022. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
14: Dylan Moore gets absolutely soaked by Jesse Winker and J.P. Crawford after walking off the Boston Red Sox, 6/11/2022. (Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
15: Ken Griffey Jr. scores the game-winning run on Edgar Martinez's double to win the ALDS, 10/8/1995. (source)
16: Cal Raleigh hits his first major league home run during the second inning against the Oakland Athletics, 7/23/2021. (Alika Jenner/Getty Images)
I used to sit with my dad in the garage
The sawdust, that Pinesol, and the moss
Around every spring, when the winter thawed
We'd huddle around the radio, twist the broken knob
710 AM, no KJR
Dave Niehaus's voice would echo throughout the yard
Couldn't have been older than 10, but to me and my friends
The voice on the other end might as well have been God's
