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Rick Rizzs has forged his nearly five-decade, Hall of Fame-caliber broadcasting career on positivity and enthusiasm. So it's no surprise that Rizzs' reaction to his gruesome all-terrain-vehicle accident last week is one of gratitude, not self-pity.

SEATTLE — The ball really flies at T-Mobile Park, Max Kepler said approvingly after hitting a home run on Monday. He repeated the feat on Wednesday, but when it really mattered, Kepler practically flew, too.

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SEATTLE — The first three batters Bailey Ober faced on Tuesday all scored. But Ober had a good excuse: Pitching with a two-run lead was entirely new to him.

Seattle is taking advantage of its proximity to Canada.

SEATTLE — For the first four innings, the Mariners seemed destined to take a step back in their never-ending dance between a winning record and a losing record — call it the mambo of mediocrity.

Atlanta will enter the playoffs on top of the baseball world, but that doesn’t guarantee the team will be anything more than an aside come October.

SEATTLE — All the hope they were starting to build with their improved play, all the good feelings they had generated from a strong finish before the All-Star break, all the anticipation for a second-half push for a return to the postseason and perhaps more, well, that was met the…

SEATTLE — Just as the Seattle Mariners were finally starting to build some momentum — in the standings over the past two weeks, and at the plate late Friday — they quickly snapped back to reality at the worst possible moment.

SEATTLE — The cheers were far more plentiful than the boos during All-Star Week, but the latter may have been louder.

SEATTLE — Shiatoru ni kite kudasai.