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In line with being the underdog story, the Mariners are 21st in the 30-team MLB in payroll this season, sitting at $126.7 million according to (all figures are in U.S. That Seattle team in 2001 that wound up losing to the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series featured Lou Piniella as manager and was sparked offensively by a 27-year-old rookie outfielder named Ichiro Suzuki, who had come over from Japan prior to that season.
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The NBA’s Sacramento Kings (16 years), NFL’s New York Jets (11 years) and NHL’s Buffalo Sabres (11 years) are the new top three in current playoff appearance futility.
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The Mariners qualifying for the post-season ended a 20-year run without playoffs, which had been the longest active stretch in any of the four main North American professional sports. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.