...it's obvious none of them are watching.
Heck, I'm not WATCHING - I hardly can, where I am - yet I'm paying attention. There is so much potential on this team; we have literally been derailed ONLY by injury. (Not that other problems wouldn't be continuing... but the talent would overawe those issues had we been we completely healthy - or even just an AVERAGE degree of healthy!) Then of course we could be ignoring that whole 'winning' nonsense, and look at the sheer interesting characters and talents we have to watch - as Doc says. What, Cano isn't tune-worthy? How about Edgar? I guess DiPoto doesn't really get his screentime in-game, but man... there's an epic series about to release a few dozen new episodes, if ever there was one.
I don't think national writers can possibly catch everything. But how do so many not catch ANY of this?! There's a vibe in the air around the Mariners that won't go away, not when they cough up four after returning to .500, not when key players head back for their second DL stint, not when we follow 10-0 with 0-10. The talent this team possesses is obvious and so the end of this season's story promises to be must-see TV... but you don't have to wait for the final chapters to get the action going. Wake up!!!