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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).
Seattle finished in last place that year, but jumped to second in 1920. During this transitional time, the team had different nicknames, including the Rainiers and Purple Sox before becoming the Indians in 1922. [3] [6] [7] [8] In 1924, the Indians won their first PCL pennant, clinching the title on the last day of the 202-game season. [9]
Event Date Venue Location 78 PFL Champions Series 1: January 25, 2025: Coca-Cola Arena: Dubai, United Arab Emirates 77 PFL Europe 4: December 14, 2024: LDLC Arena: Lyon, France 76 PFL 10: November 29, 2024: King Saud University Stadium: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 75 PFL Super Fights: Battle of the Giants: October 19, 2024: The Mayadeen Riyadh, Saudi ...
In 1994, the Mariners played the Oakland Athletics in a promotion titled "Salute to the [Seattle] Rainiers" where the two teams donned 1955 Pacific Coast League uniforms. [1] In 1995 and 2015 the Mariners wore uniforms from the Seattle Steelheads , a short-lived Negro league baseball team based in Seattle, Washington . [ 2 ]
The first nine-inning perfect game occurred on July 7, 2001, when John Halama of the Tacoma Rainiers accomplished the feat against the Calgary Cannons at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, Washington. Nine league pitchers have thrown multiple no-hitters.
The Tacoma Rainiers won its second PCL championship in 2010. The Rainiers are broadcast on KHHO 850 AM by play-by-play announcer Mike Curto, who has been with the club since 1999. [7] [8] In conjunction with Major League Baseball's restructuring of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Rainiers were organized into the Triple-A West. [9]
Prior to the 1963 season, Major League Baseball (MLB) initiated a reorganization of Minor League Baseball that resulted in a reduction from six classes to four (Triple-A, Double-A, Class A, and Rookie) in response to the general decline of the minors throughout the 1950s and early-1960s when leagues and teams folded due to shrinking attendance caused by baseball fans' preference for staying at ...
The most obvious problem was Sick's Stadium. The longtime home of the Rainiers, it had once been considered one of the best ballparks in minor league baseball. [18] However, in 1964, the Rainiers sold the stadium to the city, which was more interested in building a freeway on the stadium site than maintaining it.