Vintage Seattle » Old Sport http://www.vintageseattle.org Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:31:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Seattle Vs. Oakland 1970 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/10/19/seattle-vs-oakland-1970/ http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/10/19/seattle-vs-oakland-1970/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:00:28 +0000 Cliffe http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2646 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.
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Seattle Pilots vs. Oakland Athletics, baseball ticket, May 20, 1970. Sick’s Stadium, Seattle.
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Seattle Pilots vs. Oakland Athletics, baseball ticket, May 20, 1970. Sick’s Stadium, Seattle.
]]> http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/10/19/seattle-vs-oakland-1970/feed/ 4 Player O The Week: Shane Rawley 1979 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/10/02/player-o-the-week-shane-rawley-1979/ http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/10/02/player-o-the-week-shane-rawley-1979/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:21:56 +0000 Cliffe http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2625 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.
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Shane Rawley, Seattle Mariners, Pitcher, Topps, 1979.
]]> http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/10/02/player-o-the-week-shane-rawley-1979/feed/ 2 Player O The Week: Craig Reynolds 1978 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/06/30/player-o-the-week-craig-reynolds-1978/ http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/06/30/player-o-the-week-craig-reynolds-1978/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:04:34 +0000 Cliffe http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2483
Craig Reynolds, Seattle Mariners, Shortstop, Topps, 1978.
]]> http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/06/30/player-o-the-week-craig-reynolds-1978/feed/ 1 Next Up, David Segui http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/03/12/next-up-david-segui/ http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/03/12/next-up-david-segui/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:45:51 +0000 Cliffe http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2242 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.
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Seattle Pilots Cuban born pitcher Diego Segui and children, 1969.
]]> http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/03/12/next-up-david-segui/feed/ 3 Player O The Week: Akin 1910 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/11/26/player-o-the-week-akin-1910/ http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/11/26/player-o-the-week-akin-1910/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:45:19 +0000 Cliffe http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2000 You couldn’t let ol’ Baby Face Akin’s baby face fool you — he meant business and he meant to bunt. All the time.
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Akin, Seattle N.W.L.
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Obak Mouthpiece Cigarettes. “Surpass Imagination.” Base Ball Series 175 Subjects Selected From Pacific Coast And Northwestern Leagues. Image courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
]]> http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/11/26/player-o-the-week-akin-1910/feed/ 2 Player O The Week: Herman Weaver 1978 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/10/12/player-o-the-week-herman-weaver-1979/ http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/10/12/player-o-the-week-herman-weaver-1979/#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:15:23 +0000 Cliffe http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=1860 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.
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Herman “Thunderfoot” Weaver, Seattle Seahawks, Punter, Topps, 1978.
]]> http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/10/12/player-o-the-week-herman-weaver-1979/feed/ 1 Player O The Week: Skip Jutze 1978 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/09/21/player-o-the-week-skip-jutze-1978/ http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/09/21/player-o-the-week-skip-jutze-1978/#comments Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:46:55 +0000 Cliffe http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=1793 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.
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Skip Jutze, Seattle Mariners, Catcher, Topps, 1978.
]]> http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/09/21/player-o-the-week-skip-jutze-1978/feed/ 2 Player O The Week: Glenn Abbott 1979 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/08/10/player-o-the-week-glenn-abbott-1979/ http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/08/10/player-o-the-week-glenn-abbott-1979/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:42:55 +0000 Cliffe http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=1665 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.
]]> http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/08/10/player-o-the-week-glenn-abbott-1979/feed/ 3 Player O The Week: Miller 1910 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/07/13/player-o-the-week-miller-1910/ http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/07/13/player-o-the-week-miller-1910/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:03:50 +0000 Cliffe http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=1571 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.
Miller, Seattle, N.W.L. Image courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
 
Obak Mouthpiece Cigarettes. “Convenient Sensible.” Base Ball Series 175 Subjects Selected From Pacific Coast And Northwestern Leagues. Image courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
]]> http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/07/13/player-o-the-week-miller-1910/feed/ 0 The Sonics Are History http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/07/03/the-sonics-are-history/ http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/07/03/the-sonics-are-history/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:37:14 +0000 Cliffe http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=1527 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.
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Coliseum 21 the fabulous theme building of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. Featured in this World of Tomorrow are fascinating predictions of how man will work, live and play in the year 2000. This unique pavilion rises as tall as an 11-story building.
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Coliseum 21 at night. Color photo by Mike Roberts.
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The Seattle Coliseum, home of the Seattle Totems ice-hockey team, was built for the Seattle World’s Fair in 1962, and after thorough remodeling, is now an impressive arena for indoor-sports like ice-hockey, basketball, boxing, and an ideal hall for national conventions. It has a flexible seating capacity of up to 18,000 and reaches a height of 110 feet in the center. Color photo by Max R Jensen.
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