A few weeks ago there was a poll on what result we wanted from the 4 game Mariners / A's series, and I voted that I hoped the Mariners kill them.  The A's tendendency to roll in the 2nd half concerned me more than the M's getting close to us.

Anyway, today everyone's favorite ESPN writer has a blog up on the Mariners, titled "M's success could be short-lived".  Here is one paragraph:

"What's the point? The point is that the Mariners are incredibly lucky to trail the first-place Angels by only two games. So lucky, in fact, that if you were running the Mariners in a computer simulation, you might give up on this season and start thinking about next season and the seasons beyond. But this is a real-life team playing real-life games for real-life fans, so giving up on this season is actually the last thing the Mariners will do. Or should do. They have to try as hard as they can to win, as improbable as winning might actually be for them."

Anyway, that is why I am just not worried about the Mariners.  I would be worried if they were smart, but as long as we are not decimated with injuries we should take the West, and I worry more about being good enough to win a playoff series.

P.S. I hope I am more or less in the spirit of respecting ESPN's rights, but I figure that little blurb would make people want Insider more anyway.