SEATTLE — When lifelong Mariners fan Saul Spady was caught on national television tearing up after a dramatic go-ahead hit on Sunday, he didn’t expect to become a viral sensation.

Now, just days later, he’s back at T-Mobile Park for Game 5 of the American League Division Series — using that moment of raw emotion to make someone else’s baseball dream come true.

“I’ve been to so many Mariners games that we’ve lost and had so many seasons blow up on me — between 2001, 1995, even when I was six,” Spady said. “If we win tonight, I’m gonna be overjoyed.”

Spady’s emotional reaction came as the Mariners took the lead for good in Game 2 of the series against Detroit, a breakthrough moment that left the Seattle crowd roaring. Cameras captured Spady wiping away tears — a brief, honest moment

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