Puzzle 17 - Themeless #12

I got the "close but no cigar" email on this puzzle a week or so ago, and for whatever reason I'm not feeling the cluing energy (I have a bundle of barely clued grids just sitting there), so here's this one! I really like it & hope you do too!

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One of the very few Mariners highlights

• I landed my realistic dream job the other day! I'll be an analyst for a local nonprofit healthcare group that provides services to all, regardless of insurance/ability to pay! Super stoked about it and can't wait to start in a couple of weeks!
• My unrealistic dream job is GM of the Mariners, but that ship sailed a long time ago (though it'd be hard to do worse than Jack Z)
• The last time the Mariners made the playoffs was 2001. I hadn't even hit puberty, zero Harry Potter movies were out, Destiny's Child was still together, and the US had been in Afghanistan for 15 days, not 15+ years.
• Speaking of Harry Potter, next week's will have a Harry Potter theme. I promise it's doable even if you're not a fan.
• The first iPod was released the day after the M's were eliminated from the playoffs in 2001.
• *cries*