In Mariners land...

• Mina Kimes is a national treasure, period. She got to live out her dream this week and threw out the first pitch.

• Ty France deserves to be an All-Star and the Mariners are reminding you of that. Go vote (for Ty, JP, and Julio, too)!

• The Sewald crew got in on some bunny-petting action this week.

• Thank you to the MLB TikTok account for reminding us all that Ty France is, in fact, mortal.

• Sam Carlson’s TikTok game is strong.

In baseball land...

• David Freitas who is now in the Yankees farm system continues to be my favorite former-Mariner-that-isn’t-an-All-Star. Love is love, baby.

• Back to the MLB TikTok account. They captured this fun interaction between a couple of dudes who throw baseballs really fast.

• If I had cool highlights I’d watch them a lot, too...

In Shay land...

• Congratulations to former Coug, Klay Thompson, for winning his FOURTH NBA Championship. It’s not the Sonics, but it’ll do.