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 history in multiple ways.
Amanda Lane Cumming
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 life and death and joy.
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.
Bill Caudill vs. the Mariners Bullpen Cart
Baby, you can(not) drive my (bullpen) car(t), the story behind a popular Mariners picture.
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 Randy Johnson.
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 pick led Félix Hernández to the Mariners.
Mark Langston, the Pitching Star Who Wanted to be a Rock Star
Don't we all want to be a rock star?