The 1996 Seattle Mariners: Part 4
The Mariners limp into June and find more injuries. Amidst All-Star voting and trade rumors, the team fights to stay the course.
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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
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.
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.