More than an hour after ending baseball's greatest postseason drought,

Cal Raleigh was back on the field with his teammates,

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Touring the circumference of the field to thank the tens of thousands of fans who remained.

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The jubilation seemed more suited to winning something significant in October

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than a victory on September 30th.

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However, after 21 years, the Seattle Mariners could be

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forgiven for going a bit overboard in their return to the playoffs.

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"It's better than you could possibly imagine," Seattle manager Scott Servais said.

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With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, Raleigh blasted a game-winning home run,

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and the Mariners claimed a wild-card place in the American League with a 2-1 victory

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over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.

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