The decision to pitch a game-weary Bazardo preceded Springer's home run that changed the outcome of the series and prompted some tough questions for Wilson.

This award has been given out by The Sporting News every year since 1936 to the best player in MLB that season. With the honor this year, Raleigh becomes the third Mariners player to win it after Alex Rodriguez won in 1996 and Ken Griffey Jr. won the year after.

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TORONTO — Dan Wilson was between the white lines the last two times the Seattle Mariners came this close to the World Series, a catcher on the teams that lost to the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series. He swung a bat and handled a pitching staff and ostensibly had a chance to affect the outcome.

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