Knock on wood - hope for fall ball springs up in Seattle

At the risk of invoking kibosh, I’m feeling pretty good about the Seattle Mariners right now.

Yes, it’s mid-June. By the time you read this, summer will have been at least 24 hours old. Not exactly the time to start counting my change with the hopes of purchasing Safeco Field playoff tickets in October, but at least good enough to start thinking about it.

The M’s are 46-26, 20 games over .500 — something they haven’t been this late (?!) in the season since the last time they made the playoffs in 2001. They’re two games out of first place in the American League West behind a very hot Houston te...