Hello and welcome back to FanPost Friday. The Mariners remain in first place in the AL West and sit at seven games above .500.

If you’d have told me mid-March that this roster would be seven games above .500 and in first place in late May, I’d have called you a dirty liar and/or be very curious as to what happened to the rest of the AL West. And yet, here we are. While there are still three games to be played in Houston and therefore ample opportunity for things to go pear-shaped for the Mariners in that Enron/Oxycontin-funded mockery of a modern ballpark, I remain surprisingly confident that the Mariners will either win a game or two over the weekend or bounce back in the following week.

Speaking of bold confidence, let’s check in on Volume Two of the MBI (Mariners Belief Index) from last week’s post. The LL hivemind is overall delighted, but skeptical. No surprise there.

the Cher faction is growing

Well, we got one of them back already!

Matilda’s owner is rightfully running away with this one

this tracks

Okay, moving along to this week’s prompt and polls.

Poll
Is it warm enough to go to T-Mobile Park without a jacket yet?

15%

Literally never

(28 votes)

40%

Buddy, it ain’t July 5th yet

(71 votes)

177 votes total

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Poll
What record are you expecting from the Mariners during the next home stand versus the Nationals, Twins, and Orioles?

new era

Poll
This season’s Armed Forces Day Mariners hat:

27%

Respectfully, no

(53 votes)

29%

Disrespectfully, get the f*ck out of my face with that

(57 votes)

4%

I served and would wear that

(8 votes)

3%

I served and would not wear that

(6 votes)

194 votes total

Vote Now

Okay, this week’s prompt: Favorite Memorial Day weekend baseball memory or experience, Mariners-related or not.

Tell us all about it in the comments!

Have a safe and fun long weekend for those who have Monday off, and happy regular weekend to the rest of us! Go Mariners.