After a playoff series just dripping with history and rivalry and … Midwest-ness — for those keeping track, the Detroit Tigers are now ahead in their 125-season rivalry with the Guardians, 1,118 wins to 1,117 wins (see you next year, Cleveland) — we’re left to pivot to an ALDS against the Seattle Mariners , who are making just the sixth playoff appearance in their 49 seasons.

Oh, there’s some shared history between the teams. The M’s were the first visitors to Comerica Park, back on a wintry day — in the way only mid-April can be in Detroit — back in 2000.

The Tigers won that one, 5-2, despite M’s catcher Dan Wilson going 3-for-4. Future Tiger Freddy Garcia giving up five runs in six innings probably helped Detroit’s cause a bit. Also in the lineup for Seattle: future Tiger Ca

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