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These former Mariners found themselves in the 2020 World Series. Here’s how they got there. Tampa Bay Rays catcher Mike Zunino celebrates their victory in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series on Saturday in San Diego. (Jae C. Hong / The Associated Press) As Mariners fans watch yet another MLB postseason — this one featuring an unprecedented 16 teams — without their team, do they find any solace in former Mariners getting the chance? The sight of Mike Zunino, who enticed Seattle fans with his prodigious homers and brilliant catching skills and exasperated them with his strikeouts, has done all those things for the Rays on his way to the World Series. A reminder: The Mariners are the only active MLB organization to never have appeared in a World Series. They reached that dubious distinction when the Nationals qualified for and won the World Series last season. Given personnel churn and so many transactions — including 10 trades with the Rays — since general manager Jerry Dip...