EPIC comeback clinches Mariners’ ALDS berth

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Why Mariners fans were putting shoes on their heads

Good-luck charms in baseball come in many forms: We’ve seen a Rally Monkey and Rally Squirrel, a Rally Cat and rally hats. Just this season, the Padres found a spark with a black panther statue (60 percent of the time, it works all the time).

On Saturday, one Mariners fan got creative. Call it a re-shoe-venation in Seattle.

The Mariners’ epic comeback in a 10-9 win over the Blue Jays in Toronto — a game they trailed by seven runs at one point — to claim an AL Wild Card Series victory came with some help back home.

Padres-Mets Game 3 FAQ, lineups (Tonight, 7 ET, ESPN)

It’s no longer a best-of-three series. It’s now one game. The winner heads to Los Angeles to face the Dodgers in the NLDS. The loser looks ahead to Spring Training.

It was a wild Wild Card Saturday

From one of the largest comebacks in postseason history to a feat that had only been accomplished by three other players, it was a day to remember across baseball.

Biggest comebacks in postseason history

Seattle became just the sixth team to climb back from at least six runs down to win a playoff game. Here is a look at those breathtaking comebacks, the biggest in postseason history.

Guardians of the diamond make ‘unbelievable play’ in 12th

Before there could be a 15th-inning walk-off home run in Cleveland on Saturday, there had to be a game-preserving defensive gem in the 12th. Without this play, the Guardians might not have pulled out the win.

The 13 walk-off HRs to clinch a postseason series

From Bill Mazeroski to Oscar Gonzalez, let’s revisit the walk-off home runs that popped the corks.

Double the fun: Mariners mark anniversary with more late heroics

On the 27th anniversary of the Edgar Martinez moment known in Seattle simply as “The Double,” the Mariners again keyed a late rally in October with two-base hits.

Unfazed by the big stage

The postseason is where heroes are made, and while it’s rare, there are times when the hero is a rookie who shines on the big October stagewith a walk-off home run.

Today’s Trivia Question

Who’s the only player older than Albert Pujols (42 years, 265 days) to have a multi-hit game in the postseason?

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