Archive - NW Baseball History

NW Baseball History is Moving!

I am leaving Substack and moving to Ghost, but you likely will not notice a thing.

Feb 4 •

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January 2025

The Pioneer Base Ball Club and the Beginning of Northwest Baseball in the 1860s

The origins of baseball in the Northwest took root in Oregon in the years immediately following the Civil War with a team whose legacy still echoes…

Jan 17 •

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December 2024

My Kingdome for a Roof!

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a team playing in a indoor stadium, must be in want of a roof. The 2025 Tampa Bay Rays, meet the 1994…

Dec 12, 2024 •

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November 2024

Babe Ruth Barnstorms Through the Northwest in 1924, Part 4: Portland

Babe Ruth concludes his tour of the Northwest with a stop in Portland, where he discovers it's hard out there for a lefty.

Nov 11, 2024 •

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October 2024

Babe Ruth Barnstorms Through the Northwest in 1924, Part 3: Seattle

The Bambino puts on a show for Seattle on and off the field on October 19, 1924.

Oct 24, 2024 •

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Babe Ruth Barnstorms Through the Northwest in 1924, Part 2: Tacoma

100 years ago today Babe Ruth visits Tacoma! And finds a pitcher who is eager to challenge him.

Oct 18, 2024 •

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Babe Ruth Barnstorms Through the Northwest in 1924, Part 1: Spokane

The Swatting Bambino was famous for hitting home runs and offseason barnstorming tours. 100 years ago today he hit the Northwest for the first time…

Oct 17, 2024 •

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The Mariners and That Winning Feeling

The Mariners enjoyed their first winning season in 1991 and they did it in the most Mariners way possible.

Oct 5, 2024 •

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September 2024

The Rise and Sink of the USS Mariner

Before it was a blog, it was a ballpark attraction that distracted fans from the terrible baseball they were watching by going * boom *

Sep 25, 2024 •

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When the Mariners Owned the Padres... *Almost* Literally

Today we explore an incident in the Mariners-Padres rivalry that's really something. Maybe the real Vedder Cup was the teams we tried to buy along the…

Sep 11, 2024 •

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August 2024

Detroit's Old Tiger Stadium and Honoring History

Today we leave the Northwest and do some baseball tourism!

Aug 16, 2024 •

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July 2024

Lies! Damned Lies! And the Things They Told Us About Safeco Field

You know the urban legend about how a library was built and they forgot to factor in the weight of the books? It's like that, except they forgot to…

Jul 16, 2024 •

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