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[Ball Four] (https://www.amazon.com/Ball-Four-Anniversary-Jim-Bouton/dp/0020306652/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525455284&sr=8-1&keywords=ball+four) is probably the best baseball book ever, and as a bonus it's mostly about the Pilots only season in Seattle. [The Cheater's Guide to Baseball] (https://www.amazon.com/Cheaters-Guide-Baseball-Derek-Zumsteg/dp/0618551131/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1525455314&sr=1-1&keywords=cheaters+guide+to+baseball&dpID=51%252BzPBmMilL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch) is also excellent, and has a ton of fun stories about teams going to great lengths to cheat. And for a fictional baseball book, [Shoeless Joe] (https://www.amazon.com/Shoeless-Joe-W-P-Kinsella/dp/0395957737/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1525455369&sr=1-1&keywords=shoeless+joe&dpID=5176oWc2vXL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch) (the book Field of Dreams is based on) is outstanding.

Is it ok to post links like that in this sub? If not, I'll remove them.

It's worth doing some research on the high up guys Howard Lincoln and Chuck Armstrong and their lack of knowing anything about what it takes to run a successful baseball team. They're business men with no knowledge of the game.

A good summary of the history of the team and all of the highs and lows from players, wins, bad moves, good moves, good leadership and everything is the book Shipwrecked. The author, Jon Wells, is a longtime M's fan and writer for the magazine "Grand Salami" (the famous grand slam call from Dave Niehaus.

You can get it for pretty cheap online http://www.amazon.com/Shipwrecked-Peoples-History-Seattle-Mariners/dp/1935347187/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374088787&sr=1-3&keywords=shipwrecked and I'm sure you can find it at Barnes and Noble for about the same.

I have been a big fan since 95, got a little fed up around 05 or so and took a break... but I'd consider myself a die hard since the 2009 season (had a bit to do with Griffey returning :P).

Also, welcome to the area! It's beautiful here and you'll never want to leave.

Need a new gaming mouse.

I absolutely love my Logitech G300 and on sale for $20 right now is hard to beat, so I'm probably going to get two of them anyway (one for traveling, because they have a habit of breaking in my backpack - right-click button is borked on the current one; left-click died on my last one after having to rebuild it twice) and they last me 2-3 years. On the other hand, I wouldn't mind trying out some others, especially cheap Asian knockoffs so I can see if I like a different style or button arrangement better before I splurge on a new $100 mouse.

Here's my problem: I have giant hands, and very few mice nowadays have any buttons on the right side for my pinky/ring fingers. It's part of why I love the G300, those two extra buttons for my ring finger are pretty damn handy for MMOs and programmable macros. I wouldn't mind having 2-4 thumb buttons, like the Steelseries Rival 500 or G.Skill Ripjaws. But a minimum 7-8 buttons is my main requirement.

Any recommendations?

> sorry but best hitter in the #4 slot is a filthy lie fed to us by cotchety old baseball managers who talk about grit and sac bunt way too often

The Book says your best hitter goes in #2 or #4 spot:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Book-Playing-Percentages-Baseball/dp/1597971294

Hell ya! Deadlifts and Squats are the ticket. Great compound lifts. Those will carry you a long way, Keep at em, really fun lifts. Invest in a Strech Strap and Foam Roller if you dont already have them.

Also a good routine to check out is the Starting Strength Program

Once you get in a routine it's really fun to push yourself. Keep at it!

Not really for newborns, but something you can have on hand for when the little one is a bit older. My kid still enjoys this book.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/097233145X

If you want to make any kind of fermented vegetables I highly recommend the [Picklemeister 3000.] (https://www.amazon.com/Picklemeister-Glass-Fermentation-Jar-Gallon/dp/B00H8GYP1Y) I've used mine for making sauerkraut and it's simple and easy and produces fantastic results.

If you want to experience Sick's Stadium, drive north 3 hours into Vancouver BC.

Fun Baseball fact:

Nat Bailey Stadium (home of the NWL Class-A Short Season Vancouver Canadians) was built using the same blueprints used to construct Sick's Seattle Stadium. What's more, the scoreboard (and I read somewhere the lights too) was salvaged and trucked up north where they were installed at Nat Bailey.

Unfortunately, Nat Bailey Stadium underwent a major interior renovation a few years ago, which modernized the concourses. I know they replaced one of the two scoreboards, so I'm not too sure if the old scoreboard from Sick's is still there.

Have a look

The Nat back in the day, a little easier to see the resemblance

Center field Scoreboard at Nat Bailey note that balls, strikes, and outs are a mono-color dot-matrix display

Sick's Scoreboard


edit: If you're interested in the history of professional baseball in the Seattle area (pre MLB) then you should read Pitchers of Beer which is a great history of the Seattle Rainiers. It also has lots of info on Sick's Stadium in it.

Thanks for the reply! I think I found what you were talking about, but the reviews on amazon here, say that the radio broadcast isn't of Dave or Rick, it's some CBS broadcast. Were you able to get the Dave audio? Is it maybe another audio track that this person didn't see?

Either way, thank you for weighing in here!

If you're looking for a deal that still sounds decent

Slightly nicer set

Really nice set

I absolutely LOVED Takes from the Seattle Mariners Dugout.

How about this? It's even on sale, down from $100.00 to $99.99 for a whopping savings of $0.01! Wow!

Here's a good start: https://www.amazon.com/Plate-Ken-Griffey-Athlete-Biographies/dp/0316142336

https://www.amazon.com/Shipwrecked-Peoples-History-Seattle-Mariners/dp/1935347187

Anybody read this? It's a pretty good read. Explains why the mariners have been mostly terrible for 40 years.