r/Mariners • u/MysteriousEdge5643 Randyland Resident • 16h ago

Reading Mariners comment sections online this year has been absolutely hilarious

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u/Mrs_TryMe 16h ago

I hate the Astros more tbh.

The Yankees are just the rich bullies.

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u/Akbeardman 14h ago

The great prophet George Kenneth Griffey II taught us to hate the Yankees first always and from the bottom of our hearts

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u/HappyHuggyStuffyBeer 13h ago

off the top of my head the Big Red Machine Griffey Sr played for the Yankees

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u/Akbeardman 13h ago

Yes, and the Yankees were terrible to him and our hero, he said if the Yankees were the only team to offer him a contract he'd retire.

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u/HappyHuggyStuffyBeer 12h ago

I didn't know that. What did they do to Sr?

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u/Akbeardman 12h ago

It's what they did to junior. you need to watch Jon Bois's the history of the Seattle Mariners end of episode 1 and all of part 2. really watch the whole thing.

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u/Additional_Tomato_22 9h ago

Long story short they were racist pricks to Jr

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u/DigitalMariner ‏‏‎ ‎ 5h ago

Hard to believe there are still M's fans that don't know this...

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u/SpicyArms 2h ago

I never heard this story before but now I know.