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Just close your eyes and think about the 1998 Mariners. They had Ken Griffey, Jr. They had Alex Rodriguez. They had Randy Johnson. All three players defined the franchise. With a lot of money, all three of them could have defined the franchise deep into the new millennium. Griffey was just 28; Rodriguez was 22; Johnson was about to win four straight Cy Youngs. All three players were gone within three seasons. Poof. Identity erased. Everything you think you know about the Mariners is over. Their icons were just passing through, and it was back to the pre-Griffey morass of irrelevance, forever and ever. The 2001 Mariners won 116 games and introduced America to Ichiro. They were fine. So whenever
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