For as long as the jubilation of George Springer‘s Game 7 home run will live on in Toronto, the sting of the go-ahead blast may last just as long in Seattle.

But there might not be anyone taking the Mariners’ loss harder than Seattle’s president of baseball operations, Jerry Dipoto.

“Not a lot of talking,” Dipoto said Thursday when asked how he’s processing the end of the Mariners’ season. “Mostly ignoring a lot of communication, trying to just lay low. I think that’s probably true of our staff, our players. Just trying to disconnect for a minute.”

In search of the first World Series appearance in franchise history, Seattle entered the seventh inning of Game 7 up 3-1.

But you’re likely familiar with how things played out from there.

Addison Barger worked a walk, Isiah Kiner-Falefa gro

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