<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngaphandle kwezikhathi zika-1998 no-1999, abakwaMariners babeyizinselelo zonyaka zonke zesihloko se-AL West kusukela ngo-1995 kuya ku-2003. Kodwa-ke, isizini yabona ukuwa kweMariners ekuncintisaneni. Ngabadlali asebegugile, iMariners yangena ku-All-Star Break inemidlalo engu-9 elahlekile, futhi irekhodi lesizini elingu-3254 .372 imidlalo engu-17 ngemuva kweTexas Rangers. Ngemuva kwekhefu le-All-Star, abakwazanga ukungayinaki isimo esibi seqembu labo, abakwaMariners banikeza iqembu ukuvuselelwa okuphelele, bashintshanisa uFreddy García eChicago White Sox ngoMiguel Olivo, uJeremy Reed, noMike Morse futhi basusa abadlali asebekhulile nabanenkinga kude nesiteji esiphakathi ikakhulukazi, ukukhipha iGold Glover kanye nesithandwa sabalandeli uJohn Olerud nokufaka izingcingo ezingaphezu kweshumi nambili zeligi encane ohlwini lwamadoda angama-25. Ukuphela kwesizini kwaqhakaza lapho u-Ichiro ephula irekhodi likaGeorge Sisler lesikhathi esisodwa sokushaya okungama-257 ukuqeda ngama-262 kanye nemicimbi yokuhlonipha umhlalaphansi wesithonjana seMariner u-Edgar Martínez. Ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa kuphela kuphele isizini, abakwaMariners baxosha umphathi uBob Melvin. Ngo-Okthoba 20, i-Mariners yamemezela ukusayinwa kukaMike Hargrove, owahola i-Cleveland Indians yadlula i-Mariners ku-ALCS ka-1995.  <response>: , njengomphathi wabo omusha. Ngesikhathi sokuphela kwesizini, abakwaMariners kanye nabakwaBavasi bamangaza abalandeli kanye nabezindaba bendawo ngokusayina abadlali ababili abakhululekile, isidlali sesithathu u-Adrián Beltré kanye nesidlali sokuqala uRichie Sexson, beqeda ezinye izinsolo ezivela kubalandeli zokuthi inhlangano yayizimisele ukwenza ukusayina nokuthengiselana okuncane. 