| Seattle Pilots vs. Oakland Athletics, baseball ticket, May 20, 1970. Sick’s Stadium, Seattle. |
| Seattle Pilots vs. Oakland Athletics, baseball ticket, May 20, 1970. Sick’s Stadium, Seattle. |
Archive for the ‘Old Sport’ Category
Seattle Vs. Oakland 1970
October 19th, 2009 by Cliffe | Sorted Old Sport |
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I dug this artifact up a week too late for Shipley’s piece on Sick’s Stadium. Searching around my archives for past Ebay purchases, I found this 1970 baseball ticket for the Pilots vs. A’s game. And you thought modern day ticket prices were outrageous! So who won the game, you’re wondering. Well, no one — it was never played. By the time May of 1970 came around, the Pilots were already gone. Click for higher res.
Player O The Week: Shane Rawley 1979
October 2nd, 2009 by Cliffe | Sorted Old Sport |
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Bringing back Old Sport category for some Mariners memories. Player O The Week awards go to pitcher Shane Rawley. He rocked the M’s powder blues from 1978 through 1981 and went to the all-star game in 1986 as a Phillie. Wikipedia tells us that Rawley now operates a sports bar in Florida. Click for high res on Shane.
| Shane Rawley, Seattle Mariners, Pitcher, Topps, 1979. |
Player O The Week: Craig Reynolds 1978
June 30th, 2009 by Cliffe | Sorted Old Sport |
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Vintage Seattle Player O The Week is back and honors are going to former Mariners shortstop Craig Reynolds. He was selected to the MLB All-Star Game in ’78 and ’79 and these days can be found as an associate pastor of a megachurch in Houston. Click for higher-res.
| Craig Reynolds, Seattle Mariners, Shortstop, Topps, 1978. |
Next Up, David Segui
March 12th, 2009 by Cliffe | Sorted Old Sport |
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Ok Seattle sports nerds, it’s time that the Old Sport category got in on the action around here. I received this autographed 8×10 as a Christm as present this year. It shows 1969 Seattle Pilot Diego Segui at what looks to be a “take your children to work day.” Diego’s son, David Segui also played in the major leagues — so i wondered if that was his John Hancock over on the right. He was born in 1966 so this picture would put him at three years old. He did wear the number 21 and this autograph looks to be similar. I think the mystery is solved. Any sports nuts that can confirm this? Diego Segui played his last season in Seattle with the Mariners and son David also spent a year in Seattle.
| Seattle Pilots Cuban born pitcher Diego Segui and children, 1969. |
Player O The Week: Akin 1910
November 26th, 2008 by Cliffe | Sorted Old Sport |
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Vintage Seattle Player O The Week award goes to Akin from this 1910 “mouthpiece cigarette” baseball card. All we can piece together from Akin’s card is that he was a mean, if not sullen, bunter. You couldn’t let ol’ Baby Face Akin’s baby face fool you — he meant business and he meant to bunt. All the time.
Player O The Week: Herman Weaver 1978
October 12th, 2008 by Cliffe | Sorted Old Sport |
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After getting romped 44-6 last week by the Giants, the Hawks are looking to regroup today against the Packers. Perhaps they need only look back for inspiration — namely to punter Herman Weaver. Or you may remember him by his nickname… “Thunderfoot.” So how did he get this wickedly awesome nickname ? I’ll let his website thunderfoot18.com explain:
On one overcast day, as the Detroit Lions were preparing for their showdown on ABC’s Monday Night Football, Herman Weaver stepped back to punt as the special teams took the field. The punt was typical of #18 – a high, spiraling arc setting the blockers off on another 50-yard sprint. Two things were different about this punt, however. One, Howard Cosell was watching practice and two, at the highest point of the ball flight, a blast of thunder let out of the sky. The next night on Monday Night Football, with millions of fans viewing in, Howard Cosell referred to Herman Weaver as “Thunderfoot”. And a legend w as born.
| Herman “Thunderfoot” Weaver, Seattle Seahawks, Punter, Topps, 1978. |
Player O The Week: Skip Jutze 1978
September 21st, 2008 by Cliffe | Sorted Old Sport |
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I know this isn’t directly Mariner related, but they are playing the last game today at Yankee Stadium before it is torn down. I grew up on the east coast going to games at the 85-year old “House That Ruth Built” and wondered why in the world this wasn’t a protected historic landmark. Turns out, the 1970′s got it (alternate article here). The Stadium’s 74-75 renovation has been called “unsympathetic.” The Yankees themselves have never asked for a landmark designation because to people like George Steinbrenner, profit will always trump history. Now with that bit of negativity out of the way, let’s check out our Vintage Seattle Player O The Week: Skip Jutze. He was part of the first Mariners season of baseball in 1977 and is known for having hit the first grand slam in M’s history. (Hard) Hats off to you, Skip.
| Skip Jutze, Seattle Mariners, Catcher, Topps, 1978. |
Player O The Week: Glenn Abbott 1979
August 10th, 2008 by Cliffe | Sorted Old Sport |
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Old Sport is back, old sport. In this week with Player O The Week honors is pitcher Glenn Abbott. The M’s drafted him in 1976 during expansion and he stuck around longer than any other player from that first season (77-81). After all these years, he has landed back in the Pacific Northwest as pitching coach for the Portland Beavers (see modern day photo here). Click on the thumbnail for a full-res look at Glenn’ s 1979 Topp s card.
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| Glenn Abbott, Seattle Mariners, Pitcher, Topps, 1979. |
Player O The Week: Miller 1910
July 13th, 2008 by Cliffe | Sorted Old Sport |
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Like his Northwestern League brethren before him, Miller is our honorary Vintage Seattle Player O The Week. He was a crafty ballplayer — during windup you never knew if he actually had a ball in his mitt or not. The card comes from the 1910 OBAK mouthpiece cigarette collection. Click on the image for a larger version.
The Sonics Are History
July 3rd, 2008 by Cliffe | Sorted Old Sport |
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This just in… the Sonics are history. They are moving to Oklahoma City. That one Championship year in 1979 will not be forgotten, nor will the fact that the Supersonics were the city’s first professional sports team. As much as I’m trying to be positive about the team’s legacy, this latest lawsuit and settlement is a sad and pathetic whimper of a closing chapter. In fact, it’s not a far cry from the Seattle Totems last days. With that said, can another NBA team in Seattle really work ? Let’s have a look at the home of the Sonics, Key Arena (formerly Coliseum 21, built for the 1962 World’s Fair). Click on the thumbnails and pour out a “foty ounce” for our Sonics.
Player O The Week: Bill Stein 1981
June 22nd, 2008 by Cliffe | Sorted Old Sport |
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Vintage Seattle Player O The Week goes to Bill Stein of the 1981 Mariners. He played major league ball from 1972 until 1985 with the Cardinals, White Sox, Mariners, and Rangers. According to his Baseball-Reference.com entry, Stein played every position except except pitcher, catcher, and center field. The utility man retired from baseball in 1994 and currently lives in Texas. Click!
| Bill Stein, Seattle Mariners, 3rd Base, Topps, 1981. |
Player O The Week: Jim Beattie 1981
June 1st, 2008 by Cliffe | Sorted Old Sport |
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To break this season’s curse I think the Mariners need to bring back the 1980′ s button-up shiny jacket. Once you check out this 1981 Jim Beattie card from Topps, you’ll see what I mean. With that said, Jim Beattie is our Vintage Seattle Player O The Week. In ’82 he pitched 19 consecutive scoreless innings and threw the first M’s one hitter in ’83. After hanging up the shiny jacket, Beattie went on to serve as Director of Player Development for the Mariners (1990-1995), was GM of the Expos (1995-2001), and acted as Executive VP of the Baltimore Orioles (2003-2005). Not bad for an ex-jock with a University of Washington M.B.A.
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| Jim Beattie, Seattle Mariners, Pitcher, Topps, 1981. |
Player O The Week: Pennington 1910
May 18th, 2008 by Cliffe | Sorted Old Sport |
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We’re going way back, back, back for this week’s Vintage Seattle Player O The Week — all the way back to 1910. Straight from the Northwestern League comes Pennington of the Seattle ballclub. The card is not in the best shape, but we can still make out the words “marvelous blend” (it is lacking the verbiage of Spencer’s card). Give it a click. Until the Mariners start producing this year, we’re going to have to keep going back nearly a century.
Player O The Week: Enrique Romo 1978
May 10th, 2008 by Cliffe | Sorted Old Sport |
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Vintage Seattle Player O The Week goes to Enrique Romo. He was a Mariner from 1977-1978 before being traded for none other than Mario Mendoza. So, you could call Romo an “enabler.” He pitched just six years in the majors before failing to show up for spring training with the Pirates in 1983. After failed attempts to locate him, he was released. As the Romo Phone Home Blog (Pirate fan site) asks… where are you Enrique Romo ?
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| Enrique Romo, Seattle Mariners, Pitcher, Topps, 1978. |
Player O The Week: Jerry Don Gleaton 1982
April 20th, 2008 by Cliffe | Sorted Old Sport |
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Vintage Seattle Player O The Week Jerry Don Gleaton is back from the 1982 season showing us that it’s ok for major league ballplayers to go ahead and use that middle name. Jerry Don was only with the M’s from 1981-1982 and after retir ing from play ing in 1992 he went on to scout for the Detroit Tigers. He is currently coaching at Howard Payne University and still has the ‘stache.
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| Jerry Don Gleaton, Seattle Mariners, Pitcher, Topps, 1982. |
