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You’ve heard that Baseball is a marathon not a sprint.

Spring training starts in the middle of winter and the postseason ends at the beginning of the next winter.

As a baseball fan your internal calendar is set to the game and you always get excited by the end of February for your team’s chances regardless of the realities.

This year was no different as a Mariners fan.

I explained away the lack of free agent signings as the reality of rooting for a team that has never really signed free agents.

I talked myself into Jorge Polanco at 3rd base.

I thought (and still do) that Julio would take a jump this year to become the superstar we all know he should be.

I thought the pitching would be enough.

Two weeks into the season and I feel as if all that was nonsense.

The offense has been awful.

Too reliant on the home run when they don’t hit enough of them.

Can’t get a runner in from third with less than two outs.

Can’t get a hit with two outs.

The defense hasn’t been great, you kind of need a third baseman.

George Kirby started the season on the DL so the good injury luck the pitching staff had last year has already worn off.

Victor Robles looks like he is out for an extended period of time if not the rest of the season with a bad shoulder he hurt making a great play that was meaningless.

And Ryan Bliss has been put on the DL this morning with a bicep tear.

At least we have a good farm system loaded with a bunch of positional players.

I’m not giving up and I still think they can play .500 baseball for most of the season and get hot for a stretch and secure a playoff spot.

But it feels like we deserve more as longtime Mariner fans