all it takes for a team to get to the WS is to take a trade from the Mariners....thats three we traded away that went to the world series the next year: the first two won....Freddie Garcia and Jamie Moyer...and this year the Phillies have Raul Ibanez......
didn’t the mariners win 116 the first year after the third of the big three, (griffey, johnson, Alex) A-Rod, had left the team? something like that. I think your on to something....