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The Mariners are the most paradoxical franchise in sports history

We held TWO completely opposite records at the same time and somehow that perfectly captures what it means to be a Mariners fan. 21-year playoff drought - longest in ALL of professional sports. Not just baseball. ALL sports. The suffering was legendary, generational, almost mythical at that point. But ALSO: Ken Griffey Jr. getting 99.32% of HOF votes in 2016 - the highest percentage in baseball history at the time. The Kid was so undeniably perfect that even voters who usually withhold first-ballot votes couldn’t help themselves. That’s peak Mariners right there. We can’t make the playoffs for over two decades, but we’ll casually produce one of the most beloved players in baseball history who gets the most unanimous HOF vote ever recorded. We’re simultaneously the most tortured fanbase and the home of absolute baseball royalty. We’ve seen the worst baseball has to offer AND some of the greatest individual brilliance the sport has ever produced. Only in Seattle could heartbreak and perfection coexist for that long. #SeaUsRise #MLB