On October 10, 2025, the Seattle Mariners defeated the Detroit Tigers in Game 5 of the American League Divisional Series (ALDS), in part because the Tigers committed two critical “little-league” mistakes that should never happen at the Major-League level. Both occurred on the base paths, with due credit given to Mariners’ first-baseman John Naylor’s fearlessness and with substantial scorn directed at Tigers’ third-baseman Zach McKinstry’s foolishness.

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