Forever is Today

It’s a very short newsletter today. Game 7 of the 2025 ALCS starts in under three hours. I don’t thrive off directives. Telling others what to do is not my business. That said, if you are planning on watching this game live I have to insist you do whatever you can to make sure you do not do it alone. In fact, my recommendation is to watch it with as large a group as possible.

When this season is over, we will look back on the moments from the past six weeks and realize something like half of the greatest moments in franchise history have occurred within them. The feeling in the Puget Sound region is now the one I and my fellow olds have been chasing for the past 30 years. This place is alive, with a sense of unification and shared hope that, while not singular, sports is exceedingly good at creating.

I’m so happy it is back. It was a long, long, long, long walk in the dark. But we’re here now, and 30 years from now younger people than I will pass on the memories of the 2025 Mariners to their friends and families. If the world can get itself a bit more right, we’ll know that shared cultural heritage is preserved well beyond any of us. I personally happen to think that is a big part of being human.

Whatever happens, great work getting to this point. We kept caring, kept a community of fandom alive, and kept pushing for something better. All that was hard work, and the idea that it would ever lead here was never guaranteed. But it did, and now we’re here. Go be with others, go (safely) absolutely crazy.

We’ve waited forever for today, and now today is here. (At least) nine innings for glory. See you all on the other side.

Goms.