# The History of the Seattle Mariners (2020)

An outstanding documentary miniseries, amazing given that it was a subject I believed I had no interest in.

Jon Bois’ style is such a fresh take on documentary storytelling. It’s both high-concept and deliberately lo-fi. The series can be reduced to 4-5 hours of zooming in and out of a single calendar, but this approach heightens the storytelling, making a documentary style unlike anything I’ve ever seen. A single still image of a player’s glove can become thrilling foreshadowing.

Bois’ storytelling is phenomenal. This series alternates between hilarious details and moving sports stories. Both gripped me, and I’m not sure whether I’ll remember Ichiro or the triple blurp more.

This kind of ruins other documentaries for me.