FanPost Friday: All-Star Week is upon us

The last 10 games before the break have gone pretty well so far!

Hello and welcome back to FanPost Friday! Last week I said the final 10 games before the All-Star break were pretty much make-or-break for the 2023 Seattle Mariners and the team has responded by winning the first two series versus the Rays and the Giants. Stakes continued to be high as they headed into the Den of Iniquity that is Minute Maid Park née Enron Park in Houston yesterday for a pivotal 4-game series. Game one went incredibly well as George Kirby and Eugenio Suárez said “We got this, fellas” and shut down the Astros 5-1. Wow, can we just run that one back the next three games? That would be extremely cool.

Let’s take a look at last week’s polls, when the vibes were perhaps at their lowest all season.

A lot of folks had slid into the apathy zone at this point and I totally get it. Like I said, the vibes were putrid. Things are marginally better at this point with the surprisingly decisive wins versus the Rays and Giants and a great first game against the Astros, but most of the same doubts linger. You could probably put the first two answers in the same bucket of “I’m still on board, but these games are make-or-break,” which makes the results seem a bit more optimistic when you look at it like that.

Okay! Seven wins was a popular answer and that’s still within range!

Boom, already cleared the three or less hurdle!

Well, these results were pretty dire. Someone commented that there needed to be a “all of the above” option for the first four choices and that does feel pretty accurate for this team’s postseason chances.

How are we feeling now? Now that the Mariners are 5-2 with three games to go before the break—you guessed it—it’s time to CHECK THAT VIBE!

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In other news, holy moly it’s officially All-Star Week in Seattle. We thankfully got the great news three days ago that Julio Rodríguez and George Kirby will be joining the AL All-Star squad. No need to cancel the game after all; Julio is in. Phew!

Time for some Mariners-related All-Star Game polls!

Have an awesome weekend, folks, and best of luck to the Mariners as they continue to tangle with the cheating-ass Houston Astros.