The Mariners (almost) totally redeem themselves

The Mariners rack up the hits, Joc Pederson takes a Will Smith-style slap delivered by a Reds outfielder and we experiment with a new format here at The Dang Apostrophe.

Just a heads-up that I’m going to be trying a little bit of a different format this week with a Seattle-oriented sports item up top of each newsletter with a longer entry following.

We start with the Mariners, who stopped making sense this weekend in a most enjoyable fashion by touching up a previously untouchable pitcher and taking two out of three games from an Astros team that has had Seattle’s number for more than three years now.

Then we’re going to show how fantasy football and one humorous Gif (with a hard ‘g’) led to an open-handed slap and a three-game suspension for the Reds’ Tommy Pham. As always, I’m open to feedback so feel free to chime in about how you’re feeling about the content: