Under a blue sky peppered with fireworks, a packed house enjoys the Seattle Mariners opening home game against the Houston Astros Monday, April 8, 2013, at Safeco Field in Seattle. (Jordan Stead, seattlepi.com)
Fans sitting in the outfield enjoy the last rays of sunlight during player warm up time during the Seattle Mariners opening home game against the Houston Astros Monday, April 8, 2013, at Safeco Field in Seattle. (Jordan Stead, seattlepi.com)
RuthAnn Shimoi sports a 1980s-era Mariners jacket of a man she used to caretake and escort to Mariners games for the opening home game against the Houston Astros Monday, April 8, 2013, at Safeco Field in Seattle. (Jordan Stead, seattlepi.com)
Michael Saunders, of the Seattle Mariners, safely slides into second base during the first inning of the Seattle Mariners opening home game against the Houston Astros Monday, April 8, 2013, at Safeco Field in Seattle. (Jordan Stead, seattlepi.com)
Sporting a jersey, Joel Firman, 20, center, enters Safeco Field via the home plate corner for the Seattle Mariners opening home game against the Houston Astros Monday, April 8, 2013, at Safeco Field in Seattle. (Jordan Stead, seattlepi.com)
Fans sitting in the outfield enjoy the last rays of sunlight during Houston Astros warm up time during the Seattle Mariners opening home game Monday, April 8, 2013, at Safeco Field in Seattle. (Jordan Stead, seattlepi.com)
Mariners fans wait in the outfield to catch stray balls during warm up before the Seattle Mariners opening home game against the Houston Astros Monday, April 8, 2013, at Safeco Field in Seattle. (Jordan Stead, seattlepi.com)
Houston Astros outfielder Rick Ankiel warms up during the Seattle Mariners opening home game Monday, April 8, 2013, at Safeco Field in Seattle. (Jordan Stead, seattlepi.com)
