1969 Seattle Pilots ~ Remember When?

I love this stuff. What a fun way to reminisce about baseball. I’d almost forgotten about the Pilots since in my mind I considered them more of a minor league team than the majors. I can’t help but wonder what the Seattle old-timers feel about Bud Selig and the Milwaukee Brewers now. I mean do you think they’re cheering for the Brewers this postseason? It’d be interesting to talk today with the man on the street in downtown Seattle about the subject.

I found these two great back-to-back You Tube videos from a fellow blogger at the “Pasttime Post“. So Seattle Mariner fans and anyone else from the Pacific Northwest who remembers ….. get yourself a beer, pop, whatever, and grab some garlic fries. This one’s for you! (Note: Contains “colorful language”!)

Former Mariners manager Lou Piniella retiring (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
Mariners unveil statue for Dave Niehaus (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
As player and skipper, trades impacted Lou (mlb.mlb.com)

3 responses to “1969 Seattle Pilots ~ Remember When?”

ballcaps | October 15, 2011 at 10:04 am | Reply

Thanks for sharing the video. I loved Gary Bell’s description of the
“Frankenstein’s monster” roster.

LikeLike
garlicfriesandbaseball | October 15, 2011 at 10:13 am | Reply

And listening to some of Jim Bouton’s comments made me laugh out loud. I’ll probably end up buying his book. Thanks for the comment. ~ Ronni

LikeLike
mchelen | October 16, 2011 at 2:14 pm | Reply

I’d venture to say Mariners fans feel about the Brewers similar to the way Sonics fans feel about the Thunder. No success for you!

LikeLike