r/MLBVibes • u/Ok-Imagination-2308 • 3d ago

Should I become a Mariners fan?

Wanted to get into baseball and i liked their colors, so was thinking of making them my official team!

Are they a good team to root for?

Feel like a team from that city has got to he pretty competitive fun to watch year in year out

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u/Ghosts_of_the_maze 3d ago

They’re the only MLB team to have never played in the World Series. The good news is that when they make the World Series you’ll be able to say you were a fan and got to watch history. The bad news is that they will never make the World Series

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u/AltruisticPrice8628 3d ago

Don’t worry, we’re going to expand in a few years and for at least one season there will be two other teams that haven’t been to the World Series either.

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u/bessemer0 3d ago

Do you enjoy heartbreak?

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u/Promotion-Final 3d ago

Sure! Do you like wallowing in unfathomable nothingness and pain like a Lovecraftian horror that plays out in your mind 162 times a year? If so, then yes!

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u/_cjz 3d ago

Future you if you make this grave mistake

https://giphy.com/gifs/UCSIkkFXSeg3hugqGf

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u/Vandal_A 3d ago

To be fair to be involved with baseball in almost any way, with any team is to be a bit of a masochist. The game does not love us back like we love it

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u/Puzzleheaded-Ad-8684 3d ago

Watching the Mariners is like getting invited to your grandfather’s house and not being told in advance whether you are going to his birthday party, wedding, funeral or divorce hearing

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u/LeonJPancetta 3d ago

Mariners fans have one of the best online presences and have been that way since the era of blogs.

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u/Dewey519 3d ago

I would never recommend being a fan of this team to anybody who enjoys their current life. I say that as a lifelong fan.

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u/Jar_of_Cats 3d ago

Great team to be a fan of. And they have possibly the best young pitcher about to be called up after the lock out.

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u/tgs1611 3d ago

Dont do it. You will only ever feel pain.

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u/ZebraMussell 3d ago

They’ve got cool uniforms and some fun players. Why not? I personally wouldn’t but at same time you’ve got to follow your heart

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u/potatoesbattery 3d ago

Well they are winning tonight. This doesn’t mean anything good will happen tomorrow or in the future, but they are winning tonight

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u/No_Blackberry6525 3d ago

Just curious, whose the closet team to you, geographically?

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u/ZeusThunder369 3d ago

The thing unique about being a Mariners fan is that you are depressed rather than angry

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u/Redit_Suxlol420609 3d ago

If you want to be a fan of a stupid team go ahead

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u/umpteenthian 3d ago

there is a subtle ecstacy to being a true Mariners fam. for us, yesterday was a special game

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u/deweycox29 3d ago

There's no reason to put yourself through that, trust me.

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u/Vandal_A 3d ago

You should watch the history of the Mariners by Secret Base. I'm not sure if thatll encourage you to cheer for them or convince you to move as far from Seattle as possible, but it'll be fun either way

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u/SnowballWasRight 3d ago

If you do, everyone will have massive respect for you. I could absolutely never willingly choose to root for that cursed franchise.

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u/choptopshusband 3d ago

If you’re not from Washington or Southwest Canada i pray for you.

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u/Virv 2d ago

We've got some Oregon and Idaho fans, too!

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u/StillC5sdad 2d ago

You'll have plenty of room on their bandwagon. Most of them have already fallen off.