The Mariners won the division title again in 1997, but were defeated in the ALDS 3 games to 1 by the Baltimore Orioles. They were again hurt by a lack of pitching depth to complement the outstanding offense, which was, as usual, led by Griffey, who won the MVP award, a first for both him and the Mariners.
Here are the latest WHO numbers, as of September 21: In Guinea, where the outbreak began late last year, Ebola had as of September 21 infected 1,022 people, killing 635 of them. Nearly a third of those cases surfaced in the three weeks leading up to September 21.
There have been 33 Ebola outbreaks since 1976, but the 2014 outbreak in West Africa is by far the largest. The virus has infected thousands of people and killed more than half of them. It started in Guinea and spread to Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Nigeria.