Sunday, June 13, 2004
DUSTING OFF
Some may remember this photo from 11 years ago; yes, it's the front picture I had on the front of my 1993 Mariner schedule. Lou Piniella is on the front looking quite dapper, though his cap has a more curved brim than the flat brims we were used to seeing from him. We accuse the Mariners of being overly corporate and of having three-hour-long advertisements disguised as broadcasts of games. But if you look closely (and if the scan came out clearly enough), you can see that the name tag of "Sweet Lou" has the logo of an entity that is sure to have merged countless times, Seafirst Bank (long name: Seattle-First National Bank). Corporate back then, more corporate now.
The quirk about this schedule? The season started on April 6 that year in the Kingdome on a Tuesday night against the Blue Jays. As you may have noticed about the Mariners over the years, they usually have a couple of warmup games in bigger-than-spring-training stadiums between breaking camp in Peoria (might have still been Tempe for this particular year) and playing the first regular season game. In 1993, the last exhibition game was on Sunday, April 4th, against the Detroit Tigers at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver. Yes, this game was the one that changed the career of Edgar Martinez forever. He would go on to play only 40 games that year after tearing his hamstring. I seem to remember Edgar lying on the turf in pain, though the images are vague. I also seem to remember some kind of really weird rundown play in the same game, though I'm not sure if it involved Edgar. Can anyone help me piece together my memories of this game?
The quirk about this schedule? The season started on April 6 that year in the Kingdome on a Tuesday night against the Blue Jays. As you may have noticed about the Mariners over the years, they usually have a couple of warmup games in bigger-than-spring-training stadiums between breaking camp in Peoria (might have still been Tempe for this particular year) and playing the first regular season game. In 1993, the last exhibition game was on Sunday, April 4th, against the Detroit Tigers at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver. Yes, this game was the one that changed the career of Edgar Martinez forever. He would go on to play only 40 games that year after tearing his hamstring. I seem to remember Edgar lying on the turf in pain, though the images are vague. I also seem to remember some kind of really weird rundown play in the same game, though I'm not sure if it involved Edgar. Can anyone help me piece together my memories of this game?
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