SEATTLE — Playoff baseball is back in Seattle this weekend, with Games 1 and 2 of the American League Division Series (ALDS) between the Mariners and the Detroit Tigers getting underway.

As the American League Divisional Series returns to Seattle, here is one fan's totally biased list of the sounds that built Seattle into a baseball city.

Celebrate with Seattle Mariners fans as they revel in the joy of the team's first playoff appearance since 2001.

The Seattle Mariners will play at least two home playoff games that will unexpectedly give a financial boost to multiple community programs at the same time.

Turn strangers into neighbors for nine beautiful innings. And now the Mariners are soon going to play October ball.

The Seahawks have been at what we now know as Lumen Field since 2002, while the Mariners left the Kingdome in the middle of the 1999 season. For over 20 seasons, the Mariners have never played a playoff game on the same day as a Seahawks game.

Seattle gears up for a bustling sports weekend as Metro, Sound Transit, and SDOT coordinate transit solutions for large crowds downtown.

No matter how far the Mariners make it in the playoffs, fans can expect ups and downs and close games. An expert offers some advice for coping with the stress.

The expansion Pilots, and their 64-98 record, had a tough time getting people to come to the ballpark. They drew about 675,000 people in their one season. In comparison, the Mariners drew about 2.5 million to 81 home games this year.

On a weekend when both Lumen Field and T-Mobile Park were packed with Seattle sports fans, the Mariners lifted a 24-year weight off their shoulders.