Out of Left Field: How the Mariners Made Baseball Fly in Seattle

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Year: 2003
Pages: 289
Binding Hardcover
ISBN 1570613907

Product Code: 756797470

Description

Art Thiel (au). How the Mariners went from the bottom to the top of MLB, & how Seattle became a city with a passion for the game. From their litigious birth in 1977, the Mariners were greeted with an epic yawn by the region. But by the early 1990s the Mariners had a winning season while Seattle became an epicenter of high-tech entrepreneurs. With the help of a Japanese billionaire, McCaw Cellular moxie, Microsoft-made money, the Mariners acquired a wealthy new ownership & a new manager, Lou Piniella, that gave the franchise credibility. Nat. baseball icons: Ken Griffey, Jr., Randy Johnson, Alex Rodriguez, & Ichiro Suzuki helped take the team on a ride to the baseball heights. “A colorful & entertaining story of the confluence of sports, money, & civic passion.” Illus.

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