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This Week In Baseball HistoryAuthor: Mike Bates and Bill Parker
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Episode 383 - Edgar Doubles Into Our Hearts
Episode 29
Thursday, 9 October, 2025
There are so many ways in which Edgar Martinez's career might not have happened. He could have missed the open tryout where he was discovered. He might have become disheartened by his extended minor league apprenticeship. The Mariners might have been dissuaded by the potentially debilitating vision problems he fought hard to overcome. But it did, fortunately for Seattle, because 30 years ago this week, the first truly great designated hitter in baseball history lined The Double down the left field line in the ALDS against the Yankees, sending Seattle to the ALCS for the first time. In celebration, Mike and Bill look back at Edgar's Hall of Fame career and find maybe the most unlikely franchise icon of all time. Plus, happy birthday to Oil Can Boyd and Jim Bagby Sr! And farewell to Lee Elia and Joe Coleman.
