SEATTLE -- When they talk about this night for years to come, the dialogue will center on the baseball that was demolished into territory that few have ever reached, along with the banner that will soon descend from the rafters just above where it landed.

T-Mobile Park has been the site of 2,092 regular-season home games for the Mariners since it first opened its gates on July 15, 1999, yet the ticketed 42,883 on hand Wednesday night will always be a special part of a starved fanbase that will forever remember being here.

To witness the title that their favorite team finally claimed after 24 long years, and the spectacle with which it was delivered.

The Mariners officially clinched the American League West crown with a 9-2 win over the Rockies -- their first division title since the 1

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