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Huzzah! And then there was the strike year in 1994, so all that Seattle fans knew was a bad baseball team and, to bow to the narrative, a bunch of greedy players. These were not heady times in Seattle.Probably. I do not know this to be a fact. Let's hear it for full disclosure!But then! Lo and behold 1995, when a crew of baseballers headlined by Junior Griffey, Martinez, Jay Buhner and Randy Johnson stormed onto the Seattle replica Breitling A4435512-C5- Men's watch scene, winning 79 games (the season was only 145 games that season, remember) and the AL West. They met the Yankees in the ALDS, and while the Mariners were probably the lesser team (the Yankee pitching staff had four pitchers with an ERA+ over 100 and a middle of the order that matched the M's'), they had…well, they had whatever benefit a team gets from being a first time playoff team.
I used to have this whole series listed out on a napkin, but I've of course lost that napkin. So I can't say for sure, but I'd say that a fairly sizable number of these Shining Moments involve the Yankees. There are obvious reasons for this that I needn't list out, but I would like to say that it is remarkable how teams establish themselves as the like replica Breitling A7338011 Men's watch measuring stick of their respective sports. It may not be as prevalent nowadays, but I think it's kind of neat that there are teams it just feels better to beat. See e.g. the Cowboys/Packers/Steelers triumverate in the NFL, the Lakers/Celtics in the NBA (and, I guess, the Heat, but that team defies the point of this exercise), and the Original Six teams in hockey. Yes, that's a cop out.