Something Stirring Beneath the Surface

September 1, 2011 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment

The younger set cannot remember one of the iconic pictures of my youth: Nikita Kruschev, Russian Premier and head of the original Axis of Evil in Moscow, angrily banging his shoe on the desk at the United Nations, screaming to the US envoy to the UN, “We Will Bury You!” It was the headline in […]

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Remember the Northwest League Seattle Rainiers, 1972-1976?

August 31, 2010 by Arne Christensen · Leave a Comment

A couple months ago I saw a comment on a post I’d done about the infamousÂ Portland Mavericks. I came to learn that the commenter, Bruce Baskin, remembered the Mavs because he’d grown up cheering on the Seattle Rainiers, the Mavs’ counterpart in the Northwest League, playing from 1972 through 1976. Bruce acknowledged that “people didn’t […]

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