Here’s another thing the 2001 Mariners were implausibly good at
(Yes, it’s baseball)
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The 2001 Seattle Mariners were an interesting team for all sorts of reasons. All-time wins record? Check. Eight players on the AL All-Star team? Check. Bafflingly good defense? Also check. A suspected Super Baseball Elf in frosty-tipped Bret Boone? Check. A
confirmed Super Baseball Elf in Ichiro Suzuki? Check.
So, yes, interesting team. But they are so interesting that they’ve been a little over-scrutinized. The checklist above is common knowledge, their achievements repeated so often that by this point they’re sort of ... boring? This is one of the best-known baseball teams in recent history, and it’s entirely possible that there’s nothing left to say about them.