The billowing smoke from an aflame automobile crept its way into T-Mobile Park in Seattle late Saturday night as the Mariners hosted the Cubs. Kind of an eerie scene to take in, as can be seen in the videos below.
It got smoky in T-Mobile Park during tonight's Cubs-Mariners game.
The Cubs broadcast on Marquee showed why- a car on fire on the interstate in Seattle. pic.twitter.com/l5QKq5pvnf
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) April 14, 2024
A car was on fire outside T-Mobile Park during the 5th inning of Mariners v Cubs. pic.twitter.com/8s805y8IEm
— Shawn Garrett (@ShawnGarrett) April 14, 2024
For the sake of factual precision, local KIRO 7 Seattle reporter Shawn Garrett reveals that the fire actually came from State Route 90. You just hope everyone on the highway is OK, first of all, especially whoever was in that flaming car. Thoughts and best wishes to all the folks involved in that seemingly severe situation.
Have to agree with Katie Nolan’s take here, absent any other deft transition that comes to mind.
smoke from a car on fire on the highway is making this mariners game hazy. always a little jarring when the real world breaks the 4th wall of a sporting event like that
— Katie Nolan (probably) (@katienolan) April 14, 2024
The recent earthquake that hit the greater New York City area was another sort of surreal example of the real world crossing over with sports, as Yankees star Gleyber Torres didn’t break stride in batting practice when the Earth shook.
In terms of personal experience with this sort of thing, the only instance that springs to mind is when I went to see the excellent indie movie Past Lives in NYC on a seemingly normal day, came out of the theater some two hours later, and the sky was straight-up orange. This was last June, and it was when the smoke from the Canadian wildfires spilled into the Big Apple. Legit Blade Runner 2049 vibes.
This is absolutely insane.
Right now the air quality in NYC is the worst since the 1960’s.
Visibility is getting worse and the entire city smells like a camp fire. pic.twitter.com/YnqsMJx8OD
— Ryan Field (@RyanFieldABC) June 7, 2023
Alrighty then. As for the game, the Cubbies-Ms game, it thankfully wasn’t that extreme. The players wound up getting through it. Wasn’t much of a positive or eventful outing for the home team. Chicago jacked three homers and went on to win 4-1 as the Mariners’ struggles at home continue amidst the very, very young 2024 MLB campaign.
In nine games at T-Mobile Park this year, the Mariners have a .271 slugging percentage.
They have four homers, 10 doubles and 42 singles in 317 plate appearances in Seattle.
— Daniel Kramer (@DKramer_) April 14, 2024
Seattle just made the playoffs for the first time since 2001, so these fans aren’t going to waver from some early adversity. Their bats are bound to heat up at some point, or so you’d think. The Mariners still have a shot to win their three-game interleague series against Chicago on Sunday, too.
