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To steal and ruin a phrase from the mighty Dave Niehaus, 19 long years of frustration are not quite over. We weren’t really expecting them to to be, after all, but it would have been a nice bonus on this plague year of 2020. But also, did we really want the Mariners to break their playoff-less streak and then not be able to attend any home playoff games in person? Talk about a real Sophie’s Choice.
So anyways, y’all seem enjoy these polls I’ve started to doing on FPFs this season, so we’ll keep that going. But, first, these results from last week cracked me up:
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Shoutout to everyone who recognized the references to Jarred Kelenic’s social media presence, where he recently posted a befuddled pic of himself with the caption “SMH” and also a couple years ago revealed he had named his Mercedes SUV “Rihanna.”
Onto the new polls! Let’s talk PLAYOFFS!
Poll
Which AL team are you rooting for in the 2020 MLB Playoffs? Holy shit there are a lot of teams!!
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20%
Tampa Bay Rays
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24%
Minnesota Twins
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8%
Oakland Athletics
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7%
Chicago White Sox
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1%
New York Yankees
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1%
Houston Asstros
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4%
Cleveland
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9%
Toronto Blue Jays
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22%
I abstain
Poll
Which NL team are you rooting for in the 2020 MLB Playoffs?
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12%
Los Angeles Dodgers
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5%
Atlanta Braves
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4%
Chicago Cubs
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38%
San Diego Padres
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2%
St. Louis Cardinals
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14%
Miami Marlins (holy shit???)
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6%
Cincinnati Reds
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4%
San Francisco Giants (even year bullshit)
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2%
The Phillies or the Brewers if they make it somehow
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9%
I abstain
Poll
Assuming a 162-game season in 2021, how many games will the Mariners win?
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2%
100+
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6%
90+
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53%
80-90
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29%
70-80
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4%
60-70
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1%
less than 60
Poll
Will the 2021 Mariners make the playoffs?
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16%
Yes!
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31%
No!
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42%
Strong maybe!
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9%
Outlook unclear!
Y’all, we’ve got three Mariners games left in 2020. Enjoy them as much as you can and we’ll keep the fires burning for you here at LL all offseason long.