i felt so bad in the late 90’s when i seen a lot of former Mariners wearing yankee jerseys. then the 2001 season happened and my opinion of catering a team around one superstar changed forever. A Team Wins Games, and a superstar will only sell a few more tickets at the home game. We need to win games, always. 🥰
Had it not been for 9/11, the Mariners would have easily beat the Yankees in the ALCS & DBacks in the WS. But this team had to push the Yankees in the WS as the city of NY was still hurting (it was just over 1 month post 9/11), & can you blame them for not being the team that ruined the hopes & dreams of NY''ers at the time? And none of the Yankees wanted any part of winning the WS when George Steinbrenner doubled down about having a parade going down the Canyon of Heroes, which was in the backdrop of Ground Zero. The optics would have been so horrible & for this I strongly believe is why the M's gave the Yankees the pennant, and gave AZ that WS crown. The M's are the real champs of 2001.
I love how they left out Clemens striking out 15 Mariners in Game 4 of the ALCS. I am not a Yankees or Clemens fan, but why leave out one of the best postseason starts of all time?
I’m an Astros fan, but this was the biggest postseason disaster in MLB history. 116 wins, and lost to the Yankees. After that, they didn’t reach the playoffs until 2022.
Woah, this is on RU-vid?? I remember watching this over and over with my brother as a kid on VHS. Ichiro coming to Seattle was the spark this team needed, so sad that the club never put together a squad like this again. Happy birthday Ichiro, forever my favorite baseball player!
I just watched the Padres energize our city and it brought back memories of this magical season from my childhood. Ditto on the goosebumps comment. I only own two VHS tapes still (despite no longer owning a player) & this is one of them. Thank you for posting it!
Like the Seahawks super bowl collapse against the Pat's, this team also produced arguably the greatest choke in sports history. The Yankee legend rendered them impotent.
Guess what, baseball fans. For the 1st time since 2001, this year, the Mariners made it to the playoffs, but almost. They're in the wild card spot. This the 2nd time they have a wild card berth this year while the 1st year was back in 2000.
"116 wins for the Mariners! Enjoy it while it lasts, 'cause they're not going to make the playoffs again for another 20+ years!" Imagine saying that in 2001. Who would believe you?
And this is all this lousy organization has... nostalgia from OVER 20 YEARS AGO! Remember this should've been a 117 win season but they blew a 12 run lead against Cleveland? Boone, Cameron, and a bunch of the pitchers were on roids btw... Couldn't cut it in the post season and they haven't made it back since... longest drought in all of professional sports and ownership couldn't care less. Stop supporting these LOSERS!!!
Then they get kicked out of the playoffs unceremoniously. Cool to win most games in a regular season but it's a hollow record. Pretty sure every player on that team would give up the 116 wins record for getting into the WS.
With a 116 game win total going into the playoffs,I figured the Mariners were a lock to win it all that season.Goes to show that anything can happen once the playoffs begin.
Agreed Winning records is great, but in the end you have to win the games that count the most Add to the fact that they had no answer after losing to the Yankees
I was at that game when halama gave up 6 runs in the first couple innings against Texas. I'll never forget that game. Ryan Franklin came in with the bases loaded and no one out, shut down the rangers in that inning without giving up another run and then Booney went off!!! Our pitching staff didn't give up another run and every time Boone came up he smashed the ball and knocked in runs. I was there that day and it was one of the best mariners games I've ever seen in person.
If 9/11 hadn't happened I firmly believe this team would of won the world series. It made baseball seem insignificant and the M's looked like a different team when they came back. I still love this team though. Been a fan since 84' and I've stuck by em through all these years. Through all the disfunction, the 100 loss seasons, the "almost made it to the playoffs"...still love my mariners.
@Lighthouse in the Storm sports is scripted eh? You clearly never played high level competitive sports. You can't script professional level sports. I was a competitive level athlete for 15 years. But please, explain how a baseball game can be scripted.
