GAME: Mariners (15-18, 3rd AL West, – 6.5 GB) at Yankees (17-14, 4th AL East, – 2.5 GB). GAME #: 34. SERIES: 1st of 3 games. MEETING (2012): 1st. WHEN: Friday, 4:05 p.m., Yankee Stadium, Bronx. PROBABLE PITCHERS: RHP Felix Hernandez (Seattle, 3-1, 1.89) vs. RHP Hiroki Kuroda (New York, 2-4, 3.75). STREAKS: Mariners W 1; Yankees L 1. TV: ROOT
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The Sounders phenomenon has drawn national and worldwide attention, but locally, has three-plus years of success helped convert some non-believers? Vote here.
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