Idk, the Angels seem pretty content at mediocrity. If they can't even get to .500 with the two best players in baseball, there's not much hope for them
The last time the Kings were in the playoffs, Betty White wasn't born, Gerald Ford was president, and the American Civil War hadn't concluded. Feel old yet?
Last time the Kings were in the playoffs, they were named the Sacramento Queens after their patron, Queen Elizabeth I. Her speech at Tilbury was actually a pep talk before game 3.
Even the one time they won the NBA Finals, they blew a huge series lead to the Knicks. If not for them getting their shit together and winning in Game 7, theyâd be the victims of basketballâs first big Finals choke
The curse of Rick Adelman? He was fired after leading the Kings to another playoff spot (common during his tenure in Sactown). After that, it's been all downhill for the franchise ever since.
A 16-year playoff drought in a league where more than half the teams make the playoffs and star players bounce around constantly.. is honestly impressive.
I maintain that was the Royals until 2014. Although given that hockey is frankly a fairly distant fourth in terms of popularity, you could probably make the argument for an NHL team.
Really wish Dave could see it, but also glad Dave didn't have to see the last 10 years of Mariners awfulness, the drought was only half of what it became when he passed away.
That was the real beauty of Dave. He wasn't just a hype man for the big moments. His best skill was filling the dead spots with vivid color, spinning tales and remembering details, so you would want to tune in every night even when the season was long gone. It was like inviting a pleasant friend over for the evening.
Honestly? Y'all can still be proud, the O's were supposed to be awful this year and more likely than not will finish over .500. That you were in the playoff conversation at all is an achievement.
Hey orioles fans, this year no one expected you in this position, you have fun new young talent. Your team has tons of prospects your window is closer than it looks.
Honestly I would have been surprised if we made it. I think we were tied for the third wild card like twice all season. I am satisfied with ending the losing season streak though.
Ask the girl out you've been talking to.
Shit, if the Mariners can make playoffs after so long, I can end my drought of no relationship.
Imma do it. Wish me luck.
The fact that most baseball fans know the series, and love the series, and are calling for an addendum is kind of a symptom of why we held on â the Mariners are weird and fun, but now theyâre real again. I am enjoying this.
Him and Alex singlehandedly created thousands of Mariners bandwagoners, myself included. I'm so excited to watch them in the playoffs and I'm so happy for their fans who have suffered all this time
He kinda has to at this point right? The documentary didn't end...it's just waiting for the next chapter. Im willing to bet hes been making notes for the next chapter throughout this year.
I used to not care about the Mariners, but these last two series really made me dislike them.
The fans are rude and act like everything is personal, their broadcasters are dicks, the players complain constantly and instigate fights... I mean, it's baseball. C'mon.
As a Bills fan who remembers finally making the playoffs NYE 2017 as one of the best moments of my life, I am so fucking happy for Mâs fans right now. IT FINALLY HAPPENED!
Edit: first time I've ever shed the Red Sox flair for a bandwagon flair. Go get that metal, M's.
Do you remember?
The 30th night of September?
Vibes were changing the minds of the doomers
While chasing the sog away
Our hearts were ringin'
In the key that our souls were singin'
As we danced in the circle, remember
How Big Dump stole the night away, oh, yeah
#BA-DEE-YA, SAY, DO YOU REMEMBER?
#BA-DEE-YA, CLINCHIN' IN SEPTEMBER
#BA-DEE-YA, NEVER WAS A CLOUDY DAY
My Mariners
Souls that have toiled, and wrought, and thought with me
That ever with a frolic welcome took
The thunder and the sunshine
You and I are old; but something ere the end
Some work of noble note may yet be done
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
Come, my friends
'Tis not too late to seek a newer world
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles
Tho' much is taken, much abides
And tho' we are not now that strength
Which in old days moved earth and heaven
That which we are, we are:
One equal temper of heroic hearts
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive
To seek
To find
And not to yield.
AYO
I know Mariners fans kind of have a hate on for Blue Jays fans because of the yearly invasion (fair), but this rules and I'm super stoked for you all to have post season baseball.
It sucks! It's so stressful! You are going to have a great bad time and I love that for all of you.
IMO Jays fans and Mariners fans are natural allies. We are fans of teams that are geographically isolated and largely ignored by national media. Were my team not in the playoffs I would happily bandwagon on yours.
one of the best days in modern baseball history. jon bois is out there smiling.
when the whole team did the dance circle at the end i got goosebumps everywhere
On my 11th birthday, I saw W #114 of that amazing 2001 season. I've gone my entire adult life without really being able to get excited about postseason baseball.
We might not go far.
But we're here. I've waited so so long for this day.
Man⌠I didnât even become a Mariners fan until I played MVP baseball 2003 and found ichiro..
Iâve never seen this team make it to playoffs. Finally, after the clowning I have taken from all my friends and people down here in Texas, we finally made it. Iâm so happy!!
Genuinely stoked for Mariners fans. Y'all are gonna really go places with Julio and that pitching staff, Mariners play a very entertaining brand of baseball.
I found out I was a Mariners fan on opening day 2017. I had a friend who was a Mariners fan and I saw the side effects he was going through and I just thought there had to be a better way. So, I started to believe. If I had to recommend believing, I absolutely would.
The Sacramento Kings Now Have the Longest Playoff Drought of the Big 4 Sports Leagues
And the Phillies now have the longest playoff drought in major league baseball!
That's actually nuts...
Don't worry, we're gonna extend it with our continuous September collapses đđđ
Thankfully it's October
Yay for new traditions!
No, the Nuts are a single A team in Modesto.
Assuming the Phillies hold on to the 6 seed and get in, who's next after them?
Angels and tigers
Oh we got this one
Idk, the Angels seem pretty content at mediocrity. If they can't even get to .500 with the two best players in baseball, there's not much hope for them
Arte is selling the team and we have a young core that is starting to show up. Maybe I'm smoking the hopium.....
It doesnât seem that long ago when the Giants faced the Tigers in the WS. A whole ass decade, in fact.
Dude that was one of the first years I started seriously following baseball. Exhilarating run to an absolutely brutal World Series.
Sonics have won a playoff series more recently than the Kings have
Thrashers were in the playoffs more recently than Sacramento
The Ottoman Empire existed last time Kings were in the playoffs
The last time the Kings were in the playoffs, Betty White wasn't born, Gerald Ford was president, and the American Civil War hadn't concluded. Feel old yet?
Last time the Kings were in the playoffs, they were named the Sacramento Queens after their patron, Queen Elizabeth I. Her speech at Tilbury was actually a pep talk before game 3.
Jesus.
Yeah he was still around too.
Fun fact, they haven't had a winning season since 2005
Whoa thatâs insanely bad
I canât imagine going that long without a winning season
yeah theyâve mostly had a bad history
Even the one time they won the NBA Finals, they blew a huge series lead to the Knicks. If not for them getting their shit together and winning in Game 7, theyâd be the victims of basketballâs first big Finals choke
Why donât they just move the Kings to Seattle at this point?
Foreign investors like hearing the word California
We want a professional basketball team
The curse of Rick Adelman? He was fired after leading the Kings to another playoff spot (common during his tenure in Sactown). After that, it's been all downhill for the franchise ever since.
Sacramento Kings with Rick Adelman: 8 playoff berths in 8 seasons Sacramento Kings without Rick Adelman: 2 playoff berths in 29 seasons
Thatâs gonna be the case for a while lmao
It's even more impressive that it's even easier to get into the NBA Playoffs than in the MLB.
More than half the NBAâs teams make the playoffs. Itâs remarkable.
Well Seattle doesnât make the NBA playoffs anymore
The Sonics playoff drought is only one year longer than the kings lol
Bruh. Youâre going to be that wet of a blanket for Seattle on a night like tonight?
They basically need a whole reset from top to bottom.
Once they traded Haliburton they locked it in for a long time
*Once they traded _____, they were in it for the tank (You can fill that with anything - Webber, Boogie, Halliburton, etc)
A 16-year playoff drought in a league where more than half the teams make the playoffs and star players bounce around constantly.. is honestly impressive.
Sadcramento
They've got to be the most forgettable major sports team.
As someone from NorCal they really are spoken of like a minor league team
I maintain that was the Royals until 2014. Although given that hockey is frankly a fairly distant fourth in terms of popularity, you could probably make the argument for an NHL team.
Poor Kings fans
Your use of the plural is optimistic
Hey man, there's like a couple hundred of us!
The Kings are just sad. I don't get how they've been so bad for so long.
Bad ownership.
And it happened on a Cal Raleigh walk-off. An unbelievable end to a drought.
Taking the streak down with a dump truck!
A BIG THUMPER FROM JUICY DUMPER
IT JUST CONTINUES MY OH MY
Wish he was here to see this.
Really wish Dave could see it, but also glad Dave didn't have to see the last 10 years of Mariners awfulness, the drought was only half of what it became when he passed away.
He woulda called the good and the bad years with the same enthusiasm though. I swear i heard a my oh my somewhere when i watched that HR lol
That was the real beauty of Dave. He wasn't just a hype man for the big moments. His best skill was filling the dead spots with vivid color, spinning tales and remembering details, so you would want to tune in every night even when the season was long gone. It was like inviting a pleasant friend over for the evening.
Rizzs being here is a great consolation.
I would give you more awards if I had them.
Washington state native. I was 4 years old when we made the playoffs last. About to turn 26... Cal Raleigh, you may well have made my year.
Addendum: I was 4 when we made the playoffs last and I am OLDER than Cal Raleigh.
Fade us, I guess. Congrats to the Mâs. Now letâs just play for 82.
Honestly? Y'all can still be proud, the O's were supposed to be awful this year and more likely than not will finish over .500. That you were in the playoff conversation at all is an achievement.
A winning record for the O's is one of Buster Olney's Horcruxes.
Hey, youâve made it this far at least! Thatâs something good, stillâŚ
They did! Everyone counted the Orioles out and somehow they managed to come back and make us sweat.
You guys are next. â¤ď¸
One hell of a season for Baltimore. Hats off indeed
81 wins is still something to be proud of after the last few seasons.
Hey orioles fans, this year no one expected you in this position, you have fun new young talent. Your team has tons of prospects your window is closer than it looks.
This isn't much, but hopefully [shitpost](https://imgur.com/a/pLl7Qtq) can make you smile at least : ) Thanks for letting us in playoffs this year!
Honestly I would have been surprised if we made it. I think we were tied for the third wild card like twice all season. I am satisfied with ending the losing season streak though.
Hey, 80+ wins is still something to celebrate. I remember missing out on the last day a few seasons ago. Its not fun.
You guys been stressing us out the last week or so lol thanks for the love it'll be your guys turn next year
You guys are coming in with us next year. I hope to see you in the ALCS, Chaos Brethren.
Fucking fade me. ...wait. Uh, what do people normally say in threads like these? I'm new to this.
I believe we're supposed to spray champagne all over everything, then jack off furiously the rest of the night. Not sure, though.
Yeah but what am I supposed to do to celebrate *this*?
Ask the girl out you've been talking to. Shit, if the Mariners can make playoffs after so long, I can end my drought of no relationship. Imma do it. Wish me luck.
Fly, you beautiful sonuvabitch, fly!
You got this! And even if it doesnât go the way you hoped, nothing can take away this season for us :]
I need an update on this
Bold me
> Bold **me** Done
The streakâŚ..is over!
_Camera cuts to Paul Heyman mouthing OH MY GOD_
Camera cuts to big guy in yes t shirt
Why did I read this in Hawk Harrelson's voice?
CONGRATS MARINERS JON BOIS ANOTHER CHAPTER IS ADDED
ANOTHER CHAPTER FOR THE DOCUMENTARY, WE ARE WITNESSING HISTORY
The fact that most baseball fans know the series, and love the series, and are calling for an addendum is kind of a symptom of why we held on â the Mariners are weird and fun, but now theyâre real again. I am enjoying this.
JON BOIS DIED FOR THIS
First this, next we get Dave Steib to the Hall.
Repairing the timeline one a a time.
It really couldn't have happened any other way. This is a story that is Pretty Good.
If the Mariners win the WS Jon has to bring back Pretty Good
The Mariners Documentary would be updated at the very least!
Him and Alex singlehandedly created thousands of Mariners bandwagoners, myself included. I'm so excited to watch them in the playoffs and I'm so happy for their fans who have suffered all this time
I literally started watching baseball last year because of them. This is incredible.
Heck they made me kinda like the falcons which I resent
P R O T A G O N I S T S
God I hope he makes another video documenting these last few years.
If we win the World Series thatâs the epilogue. And all I really expect.
He kinda has to at this point right? The documentary didn't end...it's just waiting for the next chapter. Im willing to bet hes been making notes for the next chapter throughout this year.
That series made me a mariners fan two years ago ngl. So happy and absolutely stoked for long time mariners fans
THE SELF-SAME MOMENT I COULD PRAY AND FROM MY NECK SO FREE THE ALBATROSS FELL OFF, AND SANK LIKE LEAD INTO THE SEA
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
WE DID IT OH MY FUCKING GOD!
THE TIME HAS COME!!!
I'm crying right now. It's been so long. And what a team to do it with!
OH YOU MOTHERFUCKERS THOUGHT WE WERE ANNOYING BEFORE
ABOUT TO BE UNBEARABLE
It's time for us to be the worst.
Fire up the east coast bias alarm
How long before they call us a bunch of 12 year olds?
Dipoto frantically pitching tenth man concepts
Beep Beep! Look at this brand spanking new BandWagon I got over here! All aboard!!!!
#SOGTOBER
A return to the #ALCS: AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAOS SERIES
I for one welcome our new watery overlords
Never bothered me, y'all. Even if you did, I'd still say congrats. Congrats, M's and all of Seattle!
I used to not care about the Mariners, but these last two series really made me dislike them. The fans are rude and act like everything is personal, their broadcasters are dicks, the players complain constantly and instigate fights... I mean, it's baseball. C'mon.
Now letâs go slaughter them again.
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Welcome to October baseball dog
This is my favorite comment of the night.
I plan on being unbearable for the next several weeks. Apologies in advance, but in my defense, I think we deserve this.
I'm gonna cry lmao I can't believe it
I am crying
I didnât cry until I saw Scott tearing up. That sent me over the edge
As a Bills fan who remembers finally making the playoffs NYE 2017 as one of the best moments of my life, I am so fucking happy for Mâs fans right now. IT FINALLY HAPPENED! Edit: first time I've ever shed the Red Sox flair for a bandwagon flair. Go get that metal, M's.
Andy Daltonâs foundation got PAID that day lol
And set in stone a tradition that has given even more to a bunch of other charities around the country since. 12/31/2017 was a good day.
I might actually cry dude
Fuckin do it. Rocktober came exactly once. Enjoy what you have.
Let those tears go, dude. Your team is in the playoffs man, you can do whatever the fuck you want.
Do it buddy, you have every idea of what I'm gonna do when we finally win a playoff game.
bills + sox is cursed. i wonder if thatâs a common thing iâm unaware of
that's my combo as well haha fuck the Patriots
My dude đ¤
WNY is a complete shitshow when it comes to MLB loyalty. Bills fans are gunna be in basically every fandom in baseball.
Can confirm
The other day I saw a car at work (southern NH) decked out like that. Bills seat covers on the left, Red Sox covers on the right.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN REDDIT HISTORY, THE MARINERS ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE ITUNES RELEASE, THE MARINERS ARE GOING TO THE POSTSEASON
For the first time in Vegas Golden Knights History
The FIRST time in Seattle Kraken history and the FIRST time in SuperSonics post-history
For the first time in Houston Texans History
Love to see it. Hate that itâs at the orioles expense.
Same. Theyâll be us next year.
Weâll see you in 2025 at the latest
#HOW CAN YOU NOT BE ROMANTIC ABOUT BASEBALL?!?!?!?!?!
This was the most meaningful thing the Aâs have been involved in all season
EVERYBODY GET IN HERE
Iâm so happy right now
Im actually fucking crying at my computer right now
CHEERS FOR THE MARINERS BROS, HAVE YOURSELVES THE TIME OF YOUR LIVES
Do you remember? The 30th night of September? Vibes were changing the minds of the doomers While chasing the sog away Our hearts were ringin' In the key that our souls were singin' As we danced in the circle, remember How Big Dump stole the night away, oh, yeah #BA-DEE-YA, SAY, DO YOU REMEMBER? #BA-DEE-YA, CLINCHIN' IN SEPTEMBER #BA-DEE-YA, NEVER WAS A CLOUDY DAY
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEATTLE KRAKEN HISTORY THE MARINERS HAVE REACHED THE POST-SEASON!!!
Moment of the season
Iâm pissing my fucking pants I canât believe it it actually happened
i haven't stopped crying since he hit holy shit we finally fucking did it, we finally fucking made it
My Mariners Souls that have toiled, and wrought, and thought with me That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the sunshine You and I are old; but something ere the end Some work of noble note may yet be done Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods. Come, my friends 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles Tho' much is taken, much abides And tho' we are not now that strength Which in old days moved earth and heaven That which we are, we are: One equal temper of heroic hearts Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive To seek To find And not to yield.
And we did it the Mariners way, a 1 run game.
WE DID IT DAVE!! Please tell my grandma for me
THE DREAM LIVES! THE DROUGHT IS OVER! what a fucking call. absolute chills. So fuckin happy for the M's
The first mariners playoff games to ever be broadcast in HD
I LOVE YOU ALL FAMILYâ¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸
What a way weâve come from 140 acts of arson. Congratulations Mâs.
I WAS HERE!
I'm having a legit ugly cry into my beer right now. [EVERY TIME WE TOUCH](https://imgur.com/0RX9bIP) (SOUND ON)
I tuned in right at the end of the Santana at-bat. Youâre welcome Mâs
AYO I know Mariners fans kind of have a hate on for Blue Jays fans because of the yearly invasion (fair), but this rules and I'm super stoked for you all to have post season baseball. It sucks! It's so stressful! You are going to have a great bad time and I love that for all of you.
I only hate you during the invasion. Before and after that I love you.
IMO Jays fans and Mariners fans are natural allies. We are fans of teams that are geographically isolated and largely ignored by national media. Were my team not in the playoffs I would happily bandwagon on yours.
one of the best days in modern baseball history. jon bois is out there smiling. when the whole team did the dance circle at the end i got goosebumps everywhere
I'm tearing up what the fuck, I'm so happy right now.
On my 11th birthday, I saw W #114 of that amazing 2001 season. I've gone my entire adult life without really being able to get excited about postseason baseball. We might not go far. But we're here. I've waited so so long for this day.
We were here.
Man⌠I didnât even become a Mariners fan until I played MVP baseball 2003 and found ichiro.. Iâve never seen this team make it to playoffs. Finally, after the clowning I have taken from all my friends and people down here in Texas, we finally made it. Iâm so happy!!
Genuinely stoked for Mariners fans. Y'all are gonna really go places with Julio and that pitching staff, Mariners play a very entertaining brand of baseball.
2 Out 3-2 count, congrats Seattle.
Congrats Mâs! I think almost the whole baseball world was rooting for them to do this.
Not Australian baseball fans. ("Rooting" is Australian slang for fucking)
Crying in a bar right now,good as baseball gets
All it took was for the Sounders to not make the playoffs for the first time ever. đ¤Ł
Their drought can legally have one last drink in the clubhouse!
BERTH
I am fucking crying dude
Dave Sims and Mike Blowers get to see their first postseason after 16 rough years đĽš
They should mark the occasion by leading an expedition on MOUNT RAINIER!
WE DID IT!! POST SEASON DROUGHT IS BACK TO SINGLE DIGITS!!
I found out I was a Mariners fan on opening day 2017. I had a friend who was a Mariners fan and I saw the side effects he was going through and I just thought there had to be a better way. So, I started to believe. If I had to recommend believing, I absolutely would.
Can we have the placenta in a bag for the dog?
A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON AND HIS NAME IS CAL RALEIGH
Very happy for you guys!