The Mariners were not Seattle's first major league baseball team. In 1937, Seattle businessman Emil Sick bought the city's failing Pacific Coast League team, the Indians, renamed them the Rainiers and constructed a new, state-of-the-art stadium.
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Ball Four: Twentieth Anniversary Edition by Jim Bouton
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The Mariners were not Seattle's first major league baseball team. In 1937, Seattle businessman Emil Sick bought the city's failing Pacific Coast League team, the Indians, renamed them the Rainiers and constructed a new, state-of-the-art stadium.
The 1969 Seattle Pilots: Major League Baseball's One-Year Team [Book]
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Jim Bouton, Ball Four author and former MLB pitcher, passes away at 80