Becoming Big League Seattle, the Pilots, and Stadium Politics

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mullins, William H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seattle Pilots (Baseball team)--History.

Seattle Pilots (Baseball team).

SPORTS & RECREATION--Baseball--History.

SPORTS & RECREATION.

History--United States--State & Local--Pacific Northwest (OR, Wash.).

History.

Seattle (Wash.)--Social life and customs.

Seattle (Wash.).

Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Seattle ; London : University of Washington Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Becoming Big League is the story of Seattle's relationship with major league baseball from the 1962 World's Fair to the completion of the Kingdome in 1976 and beyond. Bill Mullins focuses on the acquisition and loss, after only one year, of the Seattle Pilots and documents their on-the-field exploits in lively play-by-play sections.The Pilots' underfunded ownership, led by Seattle's Dewey and Max Soriano and William Daley of Cleveland, struggled to make the team a success. They were savvy baseball men, but they made mistakes and wrangled with the city. By the end of the first season, the team was in bankruptcy. The Pilots were sold to a contingent from Milwaukee led by Bud Selig, who moved the franchise to Wisconsin and rechristened the team the Brewers.Becoming Big League describes the character of Seattle in the 1960s and 1970s, explains how the operation of a major league baseball franchise fits into the life of a city, charts Seattle's long history of fraught stadium politics, and examines the business of baseball.Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hwhl5sLoQs&list=UUge4MONgLFncQ1w1C_BnHcw&index=1&feature=plcp

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION: Going Over the Ground Rules; 1 SEATTLE: CITY OF RESTRAINT; 2 THE SEATTLE SPIRIT AND A WORLD'S FAIR; 3 FOR WANT OF A STADIUM; 4 COME, AND THEY WILL BUILD IT; Play-by-Play: Spring Training 1969; Time Line of Pilots and Stadium Politics; 5 BUILD IT, AND THEY WILL COME; Play-by-Play: April and May; 6 SETTING THE COURSE; 7 NOT ENOUGH SEATS, NOT ENOUGH FANS; Play-by-Play: June and July; 8 "STORM CLOUDS GATHER OVER PILOTS' PORT"; Play-by-Play: August and September; 9 THE CIVIC LEADERS STRIKE OUT; 10 DROPPING THE PILOTS

Play-by-Play: Spring Training 197011 A STADIUM AT LAST; 12 OUT-OF-COURT SETTLEMENT: THE MARINERS; EPILOGUE: The Box Score; Appendixes; Abbreviations Used in Notes; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Book.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-327) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780295804736

0295804734

OCLC:

913561911