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The team's fortunes improved in 1938 when Emil Sick, owner of Seattle's Rainier Brewing Company, bought the Indians from owner Bill Klepper for $100,000 and renamed them the Seattle Rainiers. He began construction of Sick's Stadium, a 15,000-seat facility on the site of old Dugdale Field. [10] Sick invested in the team, and it bore results.
Sick's Stadium, also known as Sick's Seattle Stadium and later as Sicks' Stadium, was a baseball park in the northwest United States in Seattle, Washington. It was located in Rainier Valley , on the NE corner of S. McClellan Street and Rainier Avenue S (currently the site of a Lowe's hardware store).
Dugdale Field was a baseball stadium in the Rainier Valley of Seattle, Washington, United States. It was the home of Seattle Indians and Seattle Giants and had a capacity of 15,000 people. It opened in 1913 and was destroyed by fire in July 1932. [ 1 ]
Tacoma's first team in the PCL was the Tacoma Tigers, who joined the league in 1904, having moved from Sacramento after the 1903 season. The 1904 Tigers won Tacoma's first PCL pennant, finishing first in both halves of the split season schedule, seven games (annualized) over the runner-up Los Angeles Angels.
The stadium hosted the Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament from 1995 to 1999 [8] and the Conference USA baseball tournament in 2002. [9] Two devoted fans who met at a Kinston Indians game decided to get married at the ballpark. [10] On September 30, 2006, Grainger Stadium was the site of the Whole Hog Blues Festival. [11]
Cleveland Indians: Safeco Field 6–9 Mariners: 1989 season; Indians: 1989 season [19] May 2, 2009 Oakland Athletics Safeco Field 2–3 Mariners: 1939 Seattle Rainiers; Athletics: 1939 Oakland Oaks [20] [21] June 5, 2010 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: Safeco Field 2–11 Mariners: 1995 season; Angels: 1995 season [22] June 25, 2010 Milwaukee ...
Cheney Stadium is named for Ben Cheney, a local businessman who worked to bring minor league baseball to Tacoma and also was put in control of the project. Cheney Stadium was constructed in 42 working days after the San Francisco Giants had committed to moving their Triple-A affiliate from Phoenix if the city could open the stadium for the beginning of the 1960 season. [9]
Rochester competes in WIAA Class 1A, and is a member of the 1A Evergreen League in District Four.School sponsored sports include; Football, Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Wrestling, Tennis, Cross Country, Track and Field, Golf, Swimming, Fastpitch, Volleyball, and girls Bowling.