This feels different from before, doesn't it?
The Mariners haven't been foreign to fast starts in recent years, but this one seems like more of a forecast than it does a fluke. They are 10-6 after beating the Royals 5-4 Sunday thanks to a walkoff, 12th-inning single by outfielder Jesse Winker, and one can't help but think this model is more sustainable than the ones that perpetuated the team's 21-year playoff drought.
The pieces are there, and to quote "The Wire" — all the pieces matter.
