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The A's are the new Sonicsgate, NW Baseball History endorses its first book, I indulge in astrological trivia, and share thankfulness and a few invites.
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Watching the World Series Before Radio and Television
No one can say olden times baseball fans weren't dedicated.
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Earthquake! At the Kingdome
Picked a name for my emo/pop punk band, and it turns out the players can't play, play, play, play, play when the earth shake, shake, shake, shake…
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A Brief History of Baseball Games Take Too Long
Time, time, time, see what's become of me while we take a field trip away from the Northwest into baseball history at large. Plus, Alyssa Nakken makes…
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The Making of Little Big League and the Big Big League Mariners
How a movie gave us the perfect snapshot of where the Mariners were and where they were going. Plus, Brooks Robinson and Nora Ephron, and thoughts on…
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The Tacoma Amocats: The Team Too Good for Walter Johnson? It's a Good Story.
The limits of research, memory, and story telling. Plus, Galloping Gertie rides again and Joan Jett's Seattle baseball connection.
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Bill Caudill vs. the Mariners Bullpen Cart
Baby, you can(not) drive my (bullpen) car(t), the story behind a popular Mariners picture.
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Lumber, Labor, and the Aberdeen Black Cats
A baseball team with a connection to organized labor? Be still my political heart. Also, we didn't start the fire(s), and the underappreciated humor of…
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Randy Johnson Records His First Save 30 Years Ago Today
Welcome to the jungle (Kingdome), we got fun and games (Randy Johnson in relief). Plus, the cost to attend a game in 1993 and how a 1976 expansion draft…
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Mark Langston, the Pitching Star Who Wanted to be a Rock Star
Don't we all want to be a rock star?
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Cal Ripken, Internet Death Threats, and the Way We Were
When you couldn't say that on the internet
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The Foxy Grandpas and the Fun Writing They Inspired
THIS is how you commit to a bit.
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That Which We Call a Sox By Any Other Name Would Smell As Sweet
Or, how the Purple Sox became the Rainiers, and, why do people naming Seattle baseball teams disappear so often?
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Hoquiam Olympic Stadium
A unique, all-wood stadium in Grays Harbor
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NW Baseball History
NW Baseball History
Periodic postings about Pacific Northwest baseball history, Seattle Mariners history, and general musings on the past as it relates to baseball.
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