The Mariners and Blue Jays have always felt very similar to me, twins separated at birth and raised on the other side of the continent. Both clubs were birthed in the era of 1970s expansion (they were formed in the exact same year, in fact: 1977). They’re both northern latitude teams that play in domes. They both had iconic teams in the 90s (the back-to-back World Series winning Jays teams of the early-90s, and the cooler than cool Griffey-ARod-Randy Johnson Mariners teams of the late-90s) but have struggled to establish an identity thereafter.

And now they share the attention of the baseball world, as they get set to begin Game 1 of the ALCS tonight. For the Mariners, it’ll be Bryce Miller on the hill, trying to make-up for what has been a disappointing and injury-plagued season after he

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