Mariners look to take advantage of slumping Yankees

The phrase "potential playoff matchup" hasn't been uttered by baseball folks in Seattle for a long time.

The Mariners haven't reached the postseason since 2001, the longest drought in North America's four major men's professional sports.

But with the Mariners in the thick of the American League's wild-card race and the AL East-leading New York Yankees coming to town for a three-game series starting Monday night, the pot