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.
On August 1st this site posted about the threat of Ebola in West Africa. In the two months since the worst Ebola outbreak in history has only grown. The biggest concentration of those infected has been found in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea with those countries reporting over 7400 cases and about 3500 deaths.