The Seattle Mariners are division champions once again. On Wednesday night at T-Mobile Park, the Mariners clinched the AL West title with a 9-2 win over the Colorado Rockies, ending Major League Baseball’s longest active division-title drought at 24 years.

It was more than just clinching a title. Dan Wilson, who was the starting catcher the last time the Mariners captured a division crown in 2001, is now the manager guiding this squad back to the top. The Mariners made a statement early, blasting three first-inning home runs from Julio Rodriguez, Jorge Polanco, and Cal Raleigh . Raleigh later added his 60th homer in the eighth inning, becoming the first catcher in MLB history to reach that milestone.

MLB Network’s Jon Morosi captured the emotional symmetry on X (formerly known as

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