Seattle M's Dress up as Pilots Sun-July 9

[kwakiudl]

The Seattle Mariners have decided to have the team dress up as the Seattle Pilots after 26 years of fans asking them to do so at Safeco Field. :clapping The Pilots will play the Tigers on Sunday, July 9, 2006 and the first 20,000 fans will get a Pilot hat.

[Chisox73]

I wonder if they got permission from the Milwaukee Brewers to wear the Pilots jerseys.

The Brewers I believe still own the Pilots name.They had a game against the White Sox at Milwaukee County Stadium in 1999 where the Brewers wore the Seattle Pilots jerseys.

[Goosenoggle Slipgear]

I've been waiting 30 years for the Mariners to finally pay some tribute to the Pilots and they finally do it. The only problem for me is after spending my entire lifetime in the Northwest I'm moving to North Carolina on the 11th of June. I won't get to see it, ****.

[Rennie Stennett]

I went to a Pilots game when I was eight. I won tickets at Putt-Putt Golf. It's interesting why the M's never remembered the Pilots until now ? I guess it is a bad memory to Seattle and to Major League Baseball.

[Tailwind Tommy]

Say...

That would be exciting to win tickets to the Pilots game. Which game(s) did you attend, and who were the Pilots playing? Do you have any snapshots of the players or sick's seattle stadium? What do you remember about that wonder season?

[JohnGelnarFan]

Great photo of Tommy Harper. If you go to the Pics thread here,There's a link from Baseball Steve,that has some rare Pilots pictures. I get an e-mail alert when he posts new pictures on his ebay site and there are some of Tommy Davis,Don Mincher and Gary Bell in spring training. He has a few others like Mike Marshall and Tommy Harper. The Harper picture is in the California Angels section because he's in a rundown with Rick Reichardt. You'll never see his pictures anywhere else. He buys the negatives and owns the rights to his pictures. Check it out! :atthepc

[Rennie Stennett]

I remember I went with my Dad. We always went to a game, whether it was Babe Ruth, Little League, American Legion, Semi Pro League or Fast Pitch Softball. I remember one night we watched this guy, can't remember the name, but It was just him pitching, a catcher, a first baseman and a fielder. This guy tossed fastpitch, and if memory serves me, he also pitched blind folded.

As for Pilot Memories of that game, the only thing I can recall, is I ate everything the concession stand offered. We sat behind the plate.

[JohnGelnarFan]

Was the softball team,Eddie Feigner and his King's Court? After he retired,former Astro's and Expos catcher,John Bateman caught for Feigner's famous 4 man team.



I remember I went with my Dad. We always went to a game, whether it was Babe Ruth, Little League, American Legion, Semi Pro League or Fast Pitch Softball. I remember one night we watched this guy, can't remember the name, but It was just him pitching, a catcher, a first baseman and a fielder. This guy tossed fastpitch, and if memory serves me, he also pitched blind folded.

As for Pilot Memories of that game, the only thing I can recall, is I ate everything the concession stand offered. We sat behind the plate.

[Rennie Stennett]

Was the softball team,Eddie Feigner and his King's Court? After he retired,former Astro's and Expos catcher,John Bateman caught for Feigner's famous 4 man team.

King's Court: That's it.

[Seattle1]

I've been waiting 30 years for the Mariners to finally pay some tribute to the Pilots and they finally do it. The only problem for me is after spending my entire lifetime in the Northwest I'm moving to North Carolina on the 11th of June.

Whoa, that's a huge change! Well, how do you like North Carolina so far now that you've been there for a few weeks?

[Seattle1]

Today is the day the Mariners are going to wear Seattle Pilots uniforms at Safeco against the Tigers. Tigers are going to wear throwback uniforms too!

[JohnGelnarFan]

Thanks for the reminder,Seattle1. I wish I could see the game but will watch the highlights on Sportscenter. The only thing that won't be the same will be the length of the pants. High stirrups looked so much better. I can't stand the Pajama bottoms worn these days! :rolleyes:

[Seattle1]

I can't stand the Pajama bottoms worn these days! :rolleyes:

I agreee that looks weird, lol!

[Goosenoggle Slipgear]

Whoa, that's a huge change! Well, how do you like North Carolina so far now that you've been there for a few weeks?

Well I just got my internet working again. Having grown up and practically lived my entire life in the Seattle area living in North Carolina is certainly a lot different. I'm trying to get use to the humidity. I can't believe all the thunderstorms here. All in all I wish I was back in the beautiful northwest going to the M's games and listening to Dave Niehaus and Rick Rizz do the broadcasts. But I can't.

[Goosenoggle Slipgear]

Some real great stuff in the Seattle Times today on the Pilots. Including a where are the now section.

[JohnGelnarFan]

Welcome back Goose! You'll get used to the change in weather soon enough. The Rain we received is not the norm but the humidity is. Hope your transition goes smoothly. I always thought I'd like living in Seattle myself. Do you still subscribe to the Seattle Times or did you see the article online?

[Aa3rt]

Some real great stuff in the Seattle Times today on the Pilots. Including a where are the now section.

Goosenoggle, welcome to the mid-Atlantic-you'll start seeing some relief from the humidity sometime around September 15th-I hope!;)

Thanks for mentioning the Seattle Times. Here are the links for anyone who may be interested:

Pilots Biographies (Where are they now?)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2003114508_pilotsbios09.html

Pilots fan memories:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2003114512_pilotsmemories09.html

[Goosenoggle Slipgear]

Thanks so much JG! Been away so long I hardly knew the place. Glad to see even more interest in the Pilots.
Got the Seattle Times over the internet (still think I'm living in Seattle).

[Goosenoggle Slipgear]

Thanks Aa Art. Thank God for air conditioning!

[JohnGelnarFan]

Thanks Aa3rt. You've come through again! :waving

[Seattle1]

Well I just got my internet working again. Having grown up and practically lived my entire life in the Seattle area living in North Carolina is certainly a lot different. I'm trying to get use to the humidity. I can't believe all the thunderstorms here. All in all I wish I was back in the beautiful northwest going to the M's games and listening to Dave Niehaus and Rick Rizz do the broadcasts. But I can't.

I have lived in the Eastern U.S. and western WA both. The weather patterns are very different of course. I have to say I do like a good thunderstorm from time to time (as long as I'm not on the golf course, lol).

Did you know you can watch the games on MLB.com? It costs $15 a month, but you can watch any game at any time for that fee.

[Goosenoggle Slipgear]

Thanks for that info. Seattle 1! Actually I've got the major league baseball network (or whatever they call it) on my cable system here. Unfortunately the broadcast teams are from the home city so I don't always get to here the M's broadcast team. I'm not complaining though I've been able to see all the Mariner games of the last week and a half including todays Pilots Day game (which I vowed to die before I missed it). I don't get to see the Mariners warmup broadcast before the game. Did they have any of the Pilots on the pre-game show?

[Rennie Stennett]

Thanks for the reminder,Seattle1. I wish I could see the game but will watch the highlights on Sportscenter. The only thing that won't be the same will be the length of the pants. High stirrups looked so much better. I can't stand the Pajama bottoms worn these days! :rolleyes:

Seven of nine Mariners had their socks showing. The two holdouts were Sexton and Beltre. The Uniforms looked good. The hats they handed out, are not exactly like the ones the ball player were wearing, or like the pilots used to wear, but they are pretty cool, anyway. The sponser emblems were small and on the sides.

Have you ever noticed that when they throw it around the horn, after an out, Beltre always recieves his throw by the third base bag and he always tags the bag with his foot or has his foot touching it ? Superstitious ?

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/Doomtown7/teamphot.jpg

[Rennie Stennett]

Thanks for that info. Seattle 1! Actually I've got the major league baseball network (or whatever they call it) on my cable system here. Unfortunately the broadcast teams are from the home city so I don't always get to here the M's broadcast team. I'm not complaining though I've been able to see all the Mariner games of the last week and a half including todays Pilots Day game (which I vowed to die before I missed it). I don't get to see the Mariners warmup broadcast before the game. Did they have any of the Pilots on the pre-game show?

Check out this site.

http://www.sportsjuice.com/providers2/index.php?tname=eaquasox

They have minor league baseball on there but no big leagues.

[Goosenoggle Slipgear]

Check out this site.

http://www.sportsjuice.com/providers2/index.php?tname=eaquasox

They have minor league baseball on there but no big leagues.

Now that is cool. I never knew it even existed. I checked out the Everett/Eugene game.

[JohnGelnarFan]

I saw the highlights on Sportcenter but unfortunately they only lasted less than a minute. It was great seeing those uniforms and I had flashbacks of Harper,Mincher and,of course,John Gelnar racing through my head!

[Goosenoggle Slipgear]

Goosenoggle, welcome to the mid-Atlantic-you'll start seeing some relief from the humidity sometime around September 15th-I hope!;)

Thanks for mentioning the Seattle Times. Here are the links for anyone who may be interested:

Pilots Biographies (Where are they now?)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2003114508_pilotsbios09.html

Pilots fan memories:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2003114512_pilotsmemories09.html

There are also a couple good articles in the Seattle Post Intelligencer about the Pilots.

I hope these are correct:

URL:http://seattlepi.com/thiel/276993_thiel10.html

(Corrected link-Aa3rt)

URL:http://seattlepi.com/sports2day/276316_look04.html

URL:http://seattlepi.com/baseball/276165_pilots01.html

[JohnGelnarFan]

I wish I could have been at the panel discussion.I wish Bouton would update his website.It's been ages. I'm glad that people like all of us haven't let the Pilots die. It's tough leaving home,isn't it?

[Goosenoggle Slipgear]

Bouton is a great speaker. About ten years ago I was driving home from the Olympic peninsula back to Seattle in the wee morning hours listening to the local all-sports station when they played an interview that Bouton had done telling about his life in baseball from childhood to his comeback with the Braves in the 70's in which he basically just gave a lifelong narration. It went on for at least two hours and he had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. He's articulate and funny and definitely one of the best storytellers that I've had the pleasure to listen to.

Yeah it is hard to leave home and say goodbye to all the friendships you've built over a lifetime. I have friendships that have lasted from grade school to this day but I'll still be able to keep them and move forward. But I do miss the mountains and the water too (I need to find some water if only to look at).

[Rennie Stennett]

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/Doomtown7/tHyXDQMH-2.jpg

[JohnGelnarFan]

You make me want to move to Seattle Goose! I've always heard that it was beautiful,clean and rainy. I am one of those that likes rain! I think I read that there was a neighborhood bar near Sick's Stadium that was a hangout before games. I think it's still there and has Pilot's pictures.That would be one of my first stops! :coffee




Bouton is a great speaker. About ten years ago I was driving home from the Olympic peninsula back to Seattle in the wee morning hours listening to the local all-sports station when they played an interview that Bouton had done telling about his life in baseball from childhood to his comeback with the Braves in the 70's in which he basically just gave a lifelong narration. It went on for at least two hours and he had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. He's articulate and funny and definitely one of the best storytellers that I've had the pleasure to listen to.

Yeah it is hard to leave home and say goodbye to all the friendships you've built over a lifetime. I have friendships that have lasted from grade school to this day but I'll still be able to keep them and move forward. But I do miss the mountains and the water too (I need to find some water if only to look at).

[JohnGelnarFan]

Great picture RS. there are the old style socks!


http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/Doomtown7/tHyXDQMH.jpg

[Rennie Stennett]

slim pickens...those Pilot Pics...a bar near Sick's Stadium ?.....I'm racking my brain and can't think of one...hitching Post ?

[Goosenoggle Slipgear]

You make me want to move to Seattle Goose! I've always heard that it was beautiful,clean and rainy. I am one of those that likes rain! I think I read that there was a neighborhood bar near Sick's Stadium that was a hangout before games. I think it's still there and has Pilot's pictures.That would be one of my first stops! :coffee

I haven't met many people who don't like the city. I think you'd like it there if only just for a vacation.
I never heard of any bar with any Pilot memorabilia in it but that doesn't mean that there isn't one. If there is I want to go in it when I next visit. The Pilots have never been a big topic for Seattleites so word may not have gotten around.

[JohnGelnarFan]

I don't remember where I read about the corner bar. I looked in "The Seattle Pilots Story" but didn't see it. It may have been in the fan memories section of the team website.

[Rennie Stennett]

Julio Mateo's used Pilot Uniform from July 9th has a current bid of $600.00 dollars.

Richie Sexton's batting helmet has a current bid of $390.00.

Jose Lopez's Uniform from that day has a current bid of $1680.00 !

Take a look: http://mariners.auction.mlb.com/

[Rennie Stennett]

The current bid on the above is $625.00. I think I could fit into the Mike hargorve UNI...LOL

[tigers527]

Well I just got my internet working again. Having grown up and practically lived my entire life in the Seattle area living in North Carolina is certainly a lot different. I'm trying to get use to the humidity. I can't believe all the thunderstorms here. All in all I wish I was back in the beautiful northwest going to the M's games and listening to Dave Niehaus and Rick Rizz do the broadcasts. But I can't.

WOW, first off I really liked the old Tigers uniforms, the Seattle uniforms though? I think a few of the players bauked at that one, seeing the handful of folks not wearing the old stirups for the Pilots.

Now, to the reason I responded to you......RICK RIZZ? It has been awhile since I heard that name. I did know that's where he landed, but he's still going there eh? I know he had and maybe has venom toward the way he was treated in Detroit. He could of been Mel Allen incarnate, and Detroit would not of liked it, as he (not him management) forced out Ernie Harwell (HOF). His campy, "goodbye baseball" call still sends chills up my spine thinking about it. Although, we (Tiger fans) still aren't entirely happy with "Ernies" replacement. Although, the somber folks they have now are getting a slowly warming response.

WOW again.

[Goosenoggle Slipgear]

Impossible to replace a legend like Ernie Harwell. In the early days of Rick Rizzs tenure in Seattle I wasn't a very big fan of his. Though in his second tenure with the Mariners I have become a very big fan of his. He is always positive and always has nice things to say about everybody and he's become a much better announcer. His trademark "Goodbye baseball," homerun call is boring though and his toupee gets fuller and fuller with each coming season.

[Rennie Stennett]

Didn't the Tigers hire Bo Shembechler, former Football coach @ the University of Michigan, and he was the guy who removed Ernie Harwell ? What a bone-head thing to do. They hire a Football guy to run a Baseball Club. Ernie called Tiger games for like 40 years, I believe. If memory serves me correctly, on Bobby Thompson's shot heard round the world, Ernie was doing the call on Radio.

Rick Rizz is corn dipp as it gets. Total bubble gum announcer. Not only is his homerun call stupid, but he constantly repeats what the color guy says. Rizz says the following about every guy who has ever played: "This guy is a hard worker, great guy, comes to the ballpark early."

[tigers527]

Didn't the Tigers hire Bo Shembechler, former Football coach @ the University of Michigan, and he was the guy who removed Ernie Harwell ? What a bone-head thing to do. They hire a Football guy to run a Baseball Club. Ernie called Tiger games for like 40 years, I believe. If memory serves me correctly, on Bobby Thompson's shot heard round the world, Ernie was doing the call on Radio.

Yup, it was Bo that was in charge (president) when they got rid of Ernie. He made the Baseball decision to draft athletes, which is how Tony Clark came to be, I guess not a horrid choice. I am not sure about the Thompson shot though?

[Rennie Stennett]

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[Rennie Stennett]

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[Rennie Stennett]

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[Rennie Stennett]

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[Rennie Stennett]

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[Rennie Stennett]

now $ 1125.00

http://mariners.auction.mlb.com/

[Erik Bedard]

Yup, it was Bo that was in charge (president) when they got rid of Ernie. He made the Baseball decision to draft athletes, which is how Tony Clark came to be, I guess not a horrid choice. I am not sure about the Thompson shot though?

It was Russ Hodges with the call, not Harwell.

Great pics, RS!

[Rennie Stennett]

It was Russ Hodges with the call, not Harwell.

Great pics, RS!

harwell did it on the radio.

[Rennie Stennett]

has a current bid of $ 11025.00. http://mariners.auction.mlb.com/

[Tailwind Tommy]

Here are some photos I took before the pre-game festivities:


It would've been nice to see the Pilot players in complete uniform instead of just shirt and hat. I would've liked to see participation by all of the remaining Pilot players...and maybe a short Old Timers inning or two as part of the pre-game festivities. Wouldn't that have been something!

[Tailwind Tommy]

Candid photos of Bob Locker and Tommy Davis!