If you are a Seattle Mariners and Seattle Seahawks fan, Monday night will be a very nervous evening for you.
The Mariners had a chance to make their first ever World Series by beating the Toronto Blue Jays
in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series. Instead, the Mariners trailed early, never recovered, committed too many fielding errors, and had a frustrating night offensively on their way to a 6-2 loss. There will be a Game 7, which is the first in Seattle’s history.
This means that the Seahawks will go from having undivided attention among Seattle sports fans to a secondary role on Monday. The Seahawks versus Houston Texans on Monday Night Football will kick at 7 pm PT, while first pitch for the Mariners and Blue Jays from Toronto will be at 5:08 pm PT. Essentially, the deciding innings for the Mariners will overlap with (at least) the opening quarter or so of the Seahawks game. I really hope there is no 15-inning marathon again like the ALDS against Detroit.
There was previous concern over the Mariners possibly bumping the Seahawks to a new timeslot had the M’s hosted Game 7 of the ALCS, but the Blue Jays have home field advantage so that’s not an issue. Dual monitors and multi-screen view will undoubtedly be heavily in use throughout Seattle households on Monday night.
If you don’t give a rip about the Seahawks (in which case, how’d you end up on Field Gulls?) or don’t care one iota about the Mariners, you don’t have anything to worry about. Realistically, Monday will be one of the biggest nights in Seattle sports history, and hopefully there will be cheers at Lumen Field for both the Seahawks winning against Houston and for news trickling in that the Mariners are in the World Series for the first time.
