SEATTLE -- Please don’t take it personally, Seattle.

Tarik Skubal has a special spot in his heart for the city he’s often said is a second home to him. It represents the one place that took a chance on a high school kid from Kingman, Ariz., all those years ago.

Seattle welcomed him with open arms during those crucial formative college years and continued to mold him into the fiery pitcher we see today. It also brought him Tacos Chukis, Redhawks baseball and a newfound sense of adulthood and independence some 1,200 miles from home.

Skubal has things planned before and after Sunday’s game to show his love for the Emerald City, from a locally catered dinner for his teammates to treating the Seattle University baseball team with tickets to the game. But now that we’ve let you know how dear

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