1996 Seattle Mariners Interstitial: Baseball Cards Photographed by Randy Johnson
Photography was always a hobby of Randy Johnson’s. He used his time nursing a back injury in 1996 to photograph a set of incredible baseball cards
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The 1996 Seattle Mariners, Part 3
In May, the walls start shaking, the earth was quaking, the Mariners were aching, and the duality of the pitching and offense was at its mid-90s Mariners best.
The 1996 Seattle Mariners, Part 2
The Mariners begin the season with a month of home run records, influenza, pitching changes, broken hotel windows, and the best April in franchise history.
The 1996 Seattle Mariners: Navigating a New Identity, Part 1
The magic of 1995 had come to an end. This is the story of what happened next, from the curtain call to Opening Day 1996.
Seattle, We Have a Base Ball Team! The Seattle Alkis and the Arrival of Competitive Base Ball in 1877
100 years before the Mariners played their first season, the Alkis gave Seattle fans their first taste of the base ball epidemic.
The Impossible is Possible Tonight, Tonight
I hope you'll forgive a little navel gazing, cringe, and a splash of nostalgia. Because tonight, win or lose, I'm gonna party like it's October 1995
A Tale of Two October 2nds: The Pilots, the Mariners, and the Fate of Seattle Baseball
October 2, 1969 and October 2, 1995 were symbolic days for major league baseball in Seattle. A win, a loss, an end, a beginning, but only one answer for the question of whether Seattle was a major league city.
A Brief History of How the West Was Won
From 19 long years of frustration to a 24-year drought, a celebration of Seattle Mariners division championships.
Aaron Sele and the 2001 Playoffs, Cal Raleigh Passes Ken Griffey Jr., and the 1989 Mariners Parody That Echoes in 2025
A mish mash of things!
The Mariners and the 1995 Trade Deadline: The Anatomy of Going For It
Once upon a time, the Mariners saw a chance to grab a playoff appearance and actually went for it. Let’s relive that magical moment in Mariners history. And maybe, just maybe, history is repeating.
54-40 or Play Ball!: The International Match Games that Fueled Base Ball’s Grown in 1870s Cascadia
Happy Canada Day! Let’s celebrate with the first prominent base ball club in British Columbia! And learn how early baseball in the Northwest built community at home and across the border.
That Time Joey Cora Got Stabbed
Mariners-Padres history takes a shocking turn. Plus, a fun Joey Cora story as a palate cleanser.
He Ain't Heavy (Hittin'), He's My Brother: A Look at Mariners Siblings
It's Sibling Day! And while it is, actually, fair that older siblings get all the attention (we are better; it's science), we're going to give the younger siblings a little attention today, as a treat.
The Expansion of the Cactus League, the Pilots, the Mariners, and the First Man To Lose His Mind Over Seattle Baseball
What’s more American than apple pie and baseball? A lot of unsavory things, but for our purposes today, lawsuits!