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Misc. Baseball
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Gathering up assorted interesting items of baseball anecdotes and history, mostly from the '80s.
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The Seattle Mariners’ First Game
It came on Wednesday, April 6, 1977, with venerable Diego Segui, the Ancient Mariner, battling the Angels’ Frank Tanana. And it was not auspicious: Segui allowed six runs, four earned, in three and two-thirds innings as the Mariners lost 7-0 (t...
The Seattle Pilots’ First Game at Sicks Stadium
After a last-minute rush to install as many seats in the new right-field bleachers at Sicks Stadium as the Pilots could, opening day at the stadium happened on Friday, April 11, 1969. Lew Matlin, head of stadium operations for the Pilots: “Work...
The Official Decision on Merkle’s Boner
The National League board of directors took two days to reach a decision on what Fred Merkle of the New York Giants did at the end of the game vs. the Chicago Cubs on Sept. 22, 1908. When it came to a decision, here’s what it said: “Merkl...
10-Cent Beer Night: June 4, 1974 in Cleveland
Back in 2004, Wayne Scanlan of the Ottawa Citizen took a look at 10-cent beer night, and quickly set the scene: “The Cleveland Indians of 1974 were a desperate franchise. Consistently dwelling in the cellar of the American League East Division,...
Jack Kralick and His No-Hitter
Back in 1990, Steve Aschburner of the Minneapolis Star Tribune wrote about Dean Chance’s 5-inning perfect game and also the first no-hitter in Twins history, thrown by Jack Kralick, a 27-year-old lefthander from Detroit, against the Kansas City...
A-Rod in the Playoffs
With the soul of David Ortiz circa 2004 apparently having been transferred to Alex Rodriguez, at least for the 2009 playoffs, here are a couple pictures from his time in the playoffs as a Seattle Mariner. This was a time when there was no sense of Ro...

