It's party time on the Islets of Langerhans*

*located in a pancreas near you I'm going to keep it pretty brief tonight because 1) I've been here about 12 hours, and 2) I have an early appointment tomorrow. But what a rousing victory for the Mariners -- the best of the year, I'd have to say. The crowd was really into it (although they hit a lull when the Mariners went hitless from the second through sixth, and bumbled the ball around in the second to fall behind 5-1.) Everything changed when Ken Griffey Jr. hit that homer in the seventh, as he was almost destined to do on Griffey bobblehead night. Ichiro would add a big two-run single to tie the game, and Mark Lowe and David Aardsma pitched overpowering relief, but it all seemed for naught when Jason Bartlett hit that homer in the 11th off Shawn Kelley. But Franklin Gutierrez, who had struck out four times already in the game, avoided No. 5 by drawing a walk on a 3-2 pitch from J.P. Howell. Jack Wilson, who booted his first ball as a Mariner at Safeco but made two o...