Embrace the feeling, Seattle sports fans.
On Monday night, the Mariners will face the Blue Jays in the deciding Game 7 in Toronto at 8:10 p.m.
At 10 p.m., the Seahawks will host the Houston Texans at Lumen Field.
The most attention should surely be paid to the Mariners, who have a chance to punch their ticket to the World Series for the first time in franchise history.
A National League championship is far more important than a regular season football game against an AFC opponent, but that night in Seattle is why we love sports.
Seattle sports fans are still mourning the loss of the Supersonics, their NBA franchise that was moved and renamed the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008. The Sonics were NBA champions in 1979 and the city of Seattle was left with the snake-bitten Seahawks and Mariners.
While many fans still believe Seattle deserves another basketball franchise, these fans have remained dedicated to the teams they have in town.
It’s a given that everyone attending tonight’s Seahawks game will be gambling at local bars while watching the Mariners, transferring the game to their phone screen as soon as they enter the stadium. Conversely, fans who made the trip to Canada to watch Game 7 in person will be keeping an eye on how the Seahawks plan to start the game.
The Mariners entered this season with real expectations – and they lived up to them. The acquisitions of Eugenio Suárez and Josh Naylor at the trade deadline proved to die-hard fans that this was a team trying to win it all.
They took advantage of a disappointing American League and have an opportunity to right the wrongs of the 1995, 2000 and 2001 teams. The Mariners have been around for 48 years. They’ve never had a better opportunity to make the World Series.
On the football side, the Seahawks have life for the first time in a long time. Even though they sit in third place in the NFC West, new Seattle head coach Mike Macdonald is building a new culture around Seahawks football.
Sam Darnold, who revitalized his career with the Minnesota Vikings, has become one of the most promising players at the quarterback position. While the Seahawks may not be contending for the Super Bowl this year, they are certainly building toward something. Defeating the Texans on Monday Night Football would be further proof of that.
Regardless of what happens Monday night in Seattle, their fans should take a moment to appreciate these moments. They don’t come very often.
