Refuse To Lose
 

My favorite sports moment actually took 3 days. October 6,7,8, 1995.

The Seattle Mariners were playing the NY Yankees in the American League Division Series. The first two games were played at Yankee Stadium and were won by the Yankees. Since this was the first time the Mariners had ever appeared in the playoffs, and they were facing the Yankees, no one gave them a snowflakes chance in hell.

The series shifted to the since demolished Kingdome, and the Mariners lived up to their season motto of, "Refuse to Lose."

Game 3 was won on the bat of Tino Martinez who went 3 for 4 with a homer and 3 RBI's.

Game 4 was won in typical "Homerdome" fashion: Edgar Martinez went 3 for 4, homered twice including a Grand Slam and a total of 7 RBI's; homers were also hit by Ken Griffey Jr and Jay Buhner. John Wetteland, then the most feared closer in the AL was the losing pitcher.

Game 5 saw homers by Griffey and little Joey Cora. Randy Johnson came in as a relief pitcher on 1 day of rest after starting Game 3. In the bottom of the 11th inning, with Cora on 3rd and Griffey on 1st, Edgar Martinez hit "The Double" a shot down the left field line. Griffey got on his horse and beat the throw to the plate, scoring the winning run and was promptly mobbed by his teammates.

Don Mattingly retired after the 1995 season.

The network sports broadcasters actually whined on the air about having to go shopping in Seattle to buy clothes because they only packed for one day.

In the middle of the season, Griffey suffered a broken hammate bone in his hand, and the owners were talking about moving the team to Florida. As a result of the DS win, all talk of moving the franchise was stifled, Safeco Field was conceived, and baseball was saved for Seattle.