100 Things Mariners Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (100 Things Sports Fans Should Know...) - Softcover

Emmerich, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1629370703 ISBN 13: 9781629370705

Verlag: Triumph Books, 2015

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This fan book to the Mariners covers the team's history in Seattle since its enfranchisement in 1977, including the Ichiro Suzuki years, memories from the Kingdome, and the brief existence of the Seattle Pilots. Author Mike Emmerich has collected every essential piece of Mariners knowledge and trivia, including King's Court, Felix Hernandez's perfect game, the 116-win 2001 team, Randy Johnson, and having two Griffeys in the outfield, as well as must-do activities, and ranks them all from 1 to 100, providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist for fans, from the young to the young at heart. 

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Michael Emmerich has worked in book publishing for many years and is the author of 100 Things Michigan State Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die. He lives in Seattle.

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100 Things Mariners Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

By Michael Emmerich

Triumph Books

Copyright © 2015 Michael Emmerich
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-62937-070-5

Contents

Introduction, 
1. 1995 Regular Season, 
2. Ken Griffey Jr.: The Beginning, 
3. Junior: His Career and Legacy, 
4. 1995 Postseason, 
5. The Birth of the Mariners, 
6. Edgar Martinez, 
7. 2001: Chasing History, 
8. Tiebreaker Playoff, 
9. Randy Johnson, 
10. Safeco Field, 
11. Ichiro, 
12. Dave Niehaus, 
13. 2000 Regular Season, 
14. Felix Hernandez, 
15. 2001 Postseason, 
16. Mariners Artifacts in Baseball's Hall of Fame, 
17. 2000 Postseason, 
18. Lou Piniella, 
19. Perfect Game, 
20. Jay Buhner, 
21. Origin of Mariners Nickname, 
22. Mr. Mariner, 
23. The Kingdome, 
24. 1995 Supporting Cast, 
25. Randy Johnson's No-Hitter, 
26. 1977: The First Season, 
27. Ichiro's Hit Record, 
28. A-Rod, 
29. The Peanut Man, 
30. Jim Lefebvre and the First Winning Season, 
31. Dan Wilson, 
32. 1993: The Culture Changes, 
33. Mariner Weird, 
34. Jamie Moyer, 
35. Rick Rizzs, 
36. 1997: A Winning Tradition, 
37. Mike Blowers, 
38. Ownership Carousel, 
39. Chris Bosio's No-Hitter, 
40. Sensational Mariners Commercials, 
41. Bret Boone, 
42. 1987: Small Steps Forward, 
43. Gaylord Perry and 300 Wins, 
44. Lou Piniella's Famous Ejections, 
45. 2002–2003: Good, But No Cigar, 
46. The 1979 All-Star Game, 
47. Dave Henderson and the Year of Regrettable Trades, 
48. Julio Cruz, 
49. Best Trades, 
50. 1982: A Mound Rising, 
51. The Inspector, 
52. Mariners Misplays and Bloopers, 
53. A Mighty Wind, 
54. 2007 and 2009: Hopes Renew, 
55. Best and Funkiest Promotions, 
56. 2001 All-Star Game, 
57. Father-Son Connections, 
58. 1994: Longest Road Trip, 
59. Unselfish Gil Meche's Very Bad Day, 
60. Ruppert Jones, 
61. Cano and the Return of Winning Baseball, 
62. Five Managers from the Early Days, 
63. The Ultimate Grand Slam, 
64. 2001 Supporting Cast, 
65. Combined No-Hitter, 
66. The Mendoza Line, 
67. Other Mariners Characters, Oddballs, and Pranks, 
68. John Olerud, 
69. Young Guns, 
70. Mike Cameron and Four Homers, 
71. Harold Reynolds, 
72. Seven Sensational Firemen, 
73. Amateur Draft: The Good, Bad, and Ugly (1977–2006), 
74. Freddy Garcia, 
75. Seattle Pilots, 
76. Expansion Draft, 
77. 1986: The Sublime and the Ridiculous, 
78. Maury Wills, 
79. 1998–1999: Transition Years, 
80. Mark Langston, 
81. 1984: A Rookie Rush, 
82. Bruce Bochte, 
83. Mariners Uniforms Through the Years, 
84. Tom Paciorek, 
85. General Managers, 
86. Notable Major Leaguers Buried in Washington, 
87. Willie Horton and 300, 
88. Mariners Fan Fest, 
89. Visit the Ichiro Museum, 
90. Spring Training, 
91. Diego Segui, 
92. Seattle's Baseball Heritage, 
93. Ken Griffey Jr. Plaque in Baltimore, 
94. The Mariner Moose, 
95. Minor League Affiliates, 
96. Ken Griffey Jr. Plaque at Everett Stadium, 
97. Become an RBI Club Member, 
98. Worst Trades, 
99. Jesus and the Ice Cream Sandwich Debacle, 
100. Bill the Beerman, 
Acknowledgments, 
Sources, 

CHAPTER 1

1995 Regular Season

The Mariners were reborn in 1995 as a source of civic pride, an institution of public good, and a guidepost in the lives of its citizens. Stadium politics, strike fallout, and fan apathy all crumbled as the Mariners bulldozed over past demons.

The baseball strike of 1994 dragged into '95. Major league owners threatened to begin the year with replacement players. Fans' disgust with baseball peaked as a result. Finally, the two sides settled and camps opened weeks late. In Peoria, Arizona, site of Mariners spring training, John Ellis, the mouthpiece of Mariners ownership, told the entire team the M's, losing money by the fistful, needed a new stadium and that winning the division would help the cause immeasurably. Without a publically financed new park, he warned, the owners would sell, likely spelling the end of baseball in Seattle. A ballot initiative for a new stadium was introduced the same month. Polls showed it losing by 30 points. "Do you know what kind of pressure that is," Jay Buhner said in 1996, "that the future of the franchise is on your shoulders? Man, that's pressure."

At first, ownership cut the M's budget. Other teams quickly inquired about the Mariners stars. Manager Lou Piniella and general manager Woody Woodward pleaded for an expanded budget, arguing now was not the time to pinch pennies. Ellis and the board eventually agreed. Then a slow start to the season became a crisis on May 26 when superstar Ken Griffey Jr., while making a highlight reel catch against the center-field wall of the Kingdome, broke his left wrist. "Just a disaster," said team president Chuck Armstrong. A few weeks later, Chicago White Sox pitcher Wilson Alvarez sized up the Mariners sans Griffey and sneered: "Who do they have in the lineup? Edgar Martinez is the only guy who does any real damage."

Martinez, for sure, but then later Mike Blowers kept the Mariners afloat during Griffey's absence. Randy Johnson also rolled. Yet, on August 2 Seattle trailed the California Angels by 13 games. Only two teams in history had ever rallied from a greater deficit. The M's familiar fate prompted Piniella to joke that managing the Mariners was like going to the dentist.

The playoffs, however, actually remained a possibility because of the wild-card, just added, auspiciously, in 1995. The Mariners trailed the Texas Rangers by just two games. That emboldened Woodward to add instead of dump in July and August. Leadoff man Vince Coleman; reliever Norm Charlton, a former Mariner; and starting pitcher Andy Benes arrived via waivers or trade, the first time in history the Mariners made midsummer moves designed to upgrade the current roster. "There's no doubt about it," Woodward said a year later. "If there is no wild-card ... [we] move some salaries and get young."

Griffey returned on August 15 to find the Mariners 111/2 game behind California but within sight of Texas. A deflating loss that night to the Minnesota Twins, who scored five unearned runs in the ninth inning to win 7–6, pierced hopes that Junior would spark an immediate surge. The Mariners won the next night in Coleman's debut with the speedster collecting two hits and stealing a base to ignite a 6–4 comeback win. The Mariners failed to build on the victory, though, and by August 24 they'd lost four of five games and trailed the Angels by 11 and Texas by four.

Same old Mariners.

After a players-only meeting, the M's fell behind the New York Yankees and trailed 7–6 heading into the bottom of the ninth inning at home. Not once in 1995 had the M's triumphed when losing after eight innings. On John Wetteland's first pitch, Griffey, still with a four-inch metal plate and seven screws in his wrist, turned on a 96 mph fastball and punished it. The upper-deck shot sent a charge throughout the Kingdome. "We looked around," recalled Blowers in 2005. "If this guy is healthy and ready to go, we had a chance ... We all smiled and said, 'Here we go.'"

Boosted by the return of vintage Griffey, the Mariners won six of eight games. On August 31, Johnson...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Triumph Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1629370703
• ISBN 13: 9781629370705
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320
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