Throughout the baseball season, we often make reference to what will matter “down the stretch.” Well, the Seattle Mariners have reached it.

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In fact, if we stick with the horse racing metaphor, the stretch makes up about 15-20% of the race (depending on the track). Heading into their final trip out east that starts Friday in Cleveland, the Mariners have 28 games left. That 18% is roughly the equivalent of the home stretch at Del Mar.

We’ve reached the point of the season where all of the trials and errors, and the marathon mindsets, evolve into the finished product we expect to compete at the highest level. And yet, it still feels like there are a few undiscovered and undetermined elements to this team. It still feels li

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