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''The History of the Seattle Mariners'' is a documentary series made by Creator/JonBois and Alex Rubenstein of SB Nation (now Secret Base) about the history of the Seattle Mariners of UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball from its founding to 2019, when the documentary was first published. Utilizing the statistics and charts that Jon Bois is famous for, it recounts the many bizarre stories of the Seattle Mariners, as well as the greats of the game that came out of the city in spite of it. It eventually becomes a commentary on the nature of being a fan of a long suffering team, especially the Mariners, who, in the timeframe of the documentary, never even made it to a World Series, the only team in that time to fail to do so.

* {{Motif}}: The concept of returning home is repeated a lot throughout Part 5 and Part 6; the Mariners lost two managers in the middle of good seasons, both of whom left for seemingly lesser jobs closer to their hometowns. It's most pronounced with Ken Griffey Jr., who engineered a trade to his hometown of Cincinnati[[note]]He was actually born in the Pittsburgh area, but grew up in Cincy while his father Ken Sr. was playing for the Reds and went to high school there.[[/note]] prior to the 2000 season to be closer to family, "agonized" over his decision to return to Seattle in free agency in 2009, and retired in the middle of the 2010 season in order live with his family full-time in Florida. It's also hinted that homesickness during his minor league playing days contributed to his 1988 suicide attempt. Several other Mariners seemed to get better as soon as they left Seattle and started playing for teams closer to their hometowns.

* {{Motif}}: The concept of returning home is repeated a lot throughout Part 5 and Part 6; the Mariners lost two managers in the middle of good seasons, both of whom left for jobs closer to their hometowns. It's most pronounced with Ken Griffey Jr., who engineered a trade to his hometown of Cincinnati[[note]]He was actually born in the Pittsburgh area, but grew up in Cincy while his father Ken Sr. was playing for the Reds and went to high school there.[[/note]] prior to the 2000 season to be closer to family, "agonized" over his decision to return to Seattle in free agency in 2009, and retired in the middle of the 2010 season in order live with his family full-time in Florida. It's also hinted that homesickness during his minor league playing days contributed to his 1988 suicide attempt. Several other Mariners seemed to get better as soon as they left Seattle and started playing for teams closer to their hometowns.

''The History of the Seattle Mariners'' is a documentary series made by Creator/JonBois and Alex Rubenstein of SB Nation (now Secret Base) about the history of the [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball]] from its founding to 2019, when the documentary was first published. Utilizing the statistics and charts that Jon Bois is famous for, it recounts the many bizarre stories of the Seattle Mariners, as well as the greats of the game that came out of the city in spite of it. It eventually becomes a commentary on the nature of being a fan of a long suffering team, especially the Mariners, who, in the timeframe of the documentary, never even made it to a World Series, the only team in that time to fail to do so.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UEWiYZWLSM&list=PLUXSZMIiUfFQua1LlKNMg1IOqAn15RkUT&index=6 The Seattle Mariners enter the great beyond]]: In spite of star pitcher Felix Hernandez giving everything he had, perhaps literally, to drag the Mariners to relevance, the team still had an extended stretch of futility; the last great Mariners get their due.

* {{Motif}}: The concept of returning home is repeated a lot throughout Part 5 and Part 6; the Mariners lost two managers in the middle of good seasons, both of whom left for jobs closer to their hometowns. It's most pronounced with Ken Griffey Jr., who engineered a trade to Cincinnati prior to the 2000 season to be closer to family, "agonized" over his decision to return to Seattle in free agency in 2009, and retired in the middle of the 2010 season in order live with his family full-time in Florida. It's also hinted that homesickness during his minor league playing days contributed to his 1988 suicide attempt. Several other Mariners seemed to get better as soon as they left Seattle and started playing for teams closer to their hometowns.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YNVeakBFqw&list=PLUXSZMIiUfFQua1LlKNMg1IOqAn15RkUT&index=2 Ken Griffey, Jr. and his quest to save the Mariners]]: Ken Griffey Jr. arrives, and immediately becomes a superstar, but the Mariners' continue to not find success, and their existence is put in jeopardy.

''The History of the Seattle Mariners'' is a documentary series made by Creator/JonBois and Alex Rubenstein of SB Nation (now Secret Base) about the history of the [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball]] from its founding to 2019, when the documentary was first published. Utilizing the statistics and charts that Jon Bois is famous for, it recounts the many bizarre stories of the Seattle Mariners, as well as the greats of the game that came out of the city in spite of it. It eventually becomes a commentary on the nature of being a fan of a long suffering team, especially the Mariners, who, in the timeframe of the documentary, never even made it to a World Series, the only team in that time to fail to do so.

* PrecisionFStrike: The Mariners lost great players such as Randy Johnson, Ken Griffey Jr., and Alex Rodriguez going into 2001. The team was expected to regress and miss the playoffs. Jon drops one when the Mariners are revealed to have an American League-record 116 games in 2001:

* PrecisionFStrike: The Mariners lost great players such as Randy Johnson, Ken Griffey Jr., and Alex Rodriguez going into 2001. The team was expected to regress and miss the playoffs. When the Mariners' 2001 season is revealed to have had an American League-record 116 wins:

* {{Motif}}: The concept of returning home is repeated a lot throughout Part 5 and Part 6; the Mariners lost two managers in the middle of good seasons, both of whom left for jobs closer to their birthplaces, and Ken Griffey Jr. retired in the middle of the 2010 season in order to be closer to his family, to say nothing of other players who seemed to get better as soon as they left the Mariners and started playing for teams closer to their hometowns.

* PrecisionFStrike: The Mariners lost great players such as Randy Johnson, Ken Griffey Jr., and Alex Rodriguez going into 2001. The team was expected to regress and miss the playoffs. When the Mariners' 2001 season is revealed to have had an American League-record 116 wins, tied for the most all time in the majors with another team almost a hundred years previously:

* DeadpanSnarker: Maury Willis was caught in a scheme to illegally paint the batter boxes longer than they should be, not realizing the umpire that had seen the same field for years would immediately find out. When he's suspended, he said he was "shocked and dumbfounded". Jon replies, with a kind of exhausted sarcasm:

** The Seattle Mariners were bought by Creator/{{Nintendo}} in the 1992, which Jon says was "a turn of events that sounds made up by an 8 year old".

* PrecisionFStrike: The Mariners lost great players such as Randy Johnson, Ken Griffey Jr., and Alex Rodriguez going into 2001. The team was expected to regress and miss the playoffs. When the Mariners' 2001 season is revealed to have had an American League-record hundred and sixteen wins, tied for the most all time in the majors with another team almost a hundred years previously:

* ButterflyEffect: The founding of the Pilots ultimately resulted from a {{Pyromaniac}} burning down a minor league ballpark, resulting in the construction of one of the best stadiums on the West Coast, which was the bargaining chip needed to land an MLB team. The ''Mariners''' founding [[UpToEleven continues this]], with Missouri Senator Stuart Symington forcing the Pilots to begin play earlier than expected leading to the stadium being inadequate for MLB play, leading to its departure after just one season, ultimately leading to a lawsuit that kept baseball in Seattle, and the birth of the Mariners.

* PrecisionFStrike: When the Mariners' 2001 season is revealed to have had a hundred and sixteen wins, tied for the most all time with another team almost a hundred years previously:

--> "I have selected Mariners because of the natural association between the sea, and Seattle, and her people, who have been challenged and rewarded by it."

-->''"Yeah man me too I thought it was going to work for sure."''

* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Jon concludes that it was easy to assign this trope to Seattle in the early 1990s, applying a mystique to the futuristic looking city and the superhero (Ken Griffey Junior) that played baseball there.
* BigFun: Ken Griffey Jr. returning to Seattle in 2009 is viewed through this lens; sure, he was a shell of his former playing self, but he lightened up the locker room and even had tickle fights with Ichiro.

* DeadpanSnarker: Maury Willis was caught in a scheme to illegally paint the batter boxes longer than they should be, not realizing the umpire that had seen the same field for years would immediately find out. When he's suspended, he said he was "shocked and dumbfounded". Jon replies, sarcastically:
-> Yeah, man, me too. I thought was going to work for sure.

** Jon summarizes how cliche the 1995 ALDS sounds:
-> It's so beautifully, obnoxiously, fake. The superstar slides home to beat the bad guy, fireworks are lit off indoors above a nylon field. A team just played for its life, and ''won''.
* {{Motif}}: The concept of returning home is repeated a lot throughout Part 5 and Part 6; the Mariners lost two managers in the middle of good seasons, both of whom left for jobs closer to their birthplaces, and Ken Griffey Jr. retired in the middle of the 2010 season in order to be closer to his family.
* PrecisionFStrike: When the Mariners' 2001 season is revealed to be a 116 win season, which is the modern record, Jon only has one thing to say:
-> Alex, what the ''fuck'' was that?
* ToiletHorror: One story about the Seattle Pilots was about a man who was trapped in the porta-potties that had been lugged in because Sick's Stadium had insufficient water pressure. He passed out inside after they had been locked for the night, and wasn't freed until the next morning.

* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Jon concludes that it was easy to assign this trope to Seattle in the early 1990's, applying a mystique to the futuristic looking city and the superhero (Ken Griffey Junior) that played baseball there.

* LampshadeHanging: The Seattle Mariners were bought by Creator/{{Nintendo}} in the 1990's, which Jon says was "a turn of events that sounds made up by an 8 year old".

* CallBack: Jon ends his introduction of Ken Griffey Jr. at the end of part 1 by saying "You know his name". He ends his introduction of Ichiro in part four with "I think you might know his name, too."

* LampshadeHanging: The Seattle Mariners were bought by Creator/{{Nintendo}} in the 1990's, which Jon says was "a turn of events that sounds made up by an 8 year old".

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YNVeakBFqw&list=PLUXSZMIiUfFQua1LlKNMg1IOqAn15RkUT&index=2 Ken Griffey, Jr. and his quest to save the Mariners]]: Ken Griffey Jr. arrives, and immediately becomes a superstar, but the Mariners' continue not to find success, and their existence is put in jeopardy.

* CallBack: Jon ends his introduction of Ken Griffey Jr. at the end of part 1 by saying "You know his name". He ends his introduction of Ichiro in part for with "I think you might know his name, too."

* LampshadeHanging: The Seattle Mariners were bought by Creator/{{Nintendo}} in the 1990's, which Jon says was "a turn of events that sounds made up an 8 year old".