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Cal Raleigh’s Strange Slump Ritual Turned Into The Mariners’ Perfect Breakthrough Story
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Cal Raleigh’s Strange Slump Ritual Turned Into The Mariners’ Perfect Breakthrough Story

Seattle Mariners On SI·Tremayne Person·19 days ago
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We probably don’t need to overcomplicate what happened on May 12, in Houston. Raleigh got a two hits. The Mariners won 10-2. Everybody exhaled. Very normal. Except, of course, it wasn’t.  Because before Raleigh finally snapped the longest hitless streak by any player in the majors this season, he apparently took the kind of advice that can only come from a teammate, and a clubhouse willing to lean all the way into the absurd. Logan Gilbert told him to wash off the bad mojo. Raleigh did that by showering in full uniform after Monday’s game. Jersey, pants, the whole thing. The important part here is not pretending the shower fixed his swing. It’s that the Mariners found a way to make Raleigh’s slump feel less suffocating. When a player as important as Raleigh goes hitless in 38 straight at-bats, every plate appearance starts to feel like a public trial. So when he singled in the seventh inning off Astros reliever Jayden Murray, it looked and felt like more than one ball finding grass.…

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