Urban Edited by Greg Jones Running Press Book Publishers 2300 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19103-4371 Visit us on the web! Contents 10 Acknowledgements 11 Introduction 13 Stories that Shaped Seattle Sports 20 Landmark Sports Days 22 Best and Worst Sports Years 25 Teams that Sealed the Deal 27 Best Sports Party Days :: Mick McHugh 29 Parades We Could Have Had 31 Eight Things that Made the 1979 Sonics World Champions :: Fred Brown 33 What Made the 2001 Mariners So Good :: Jamie Moyer 34 What Made the 2005 Seahawks So Good :: Lofa Tatupu 35 The Dirtiest Dozen: Seattle’s Worst Teams 38 Stupendous Seasons by State Athletes 42 Worst Season-Long Swoons 44 Top Seasons by Rookies 46 Best Multi-Sport Athletes 48 Events that Brought Seattle Some Big Time 51 To-Do List :: Steve Kelley 53 Northwest Spotlight Moments 56 What I Love about Soccer :: Drew Carey 57 State’s Sporting Icons 60 Movers and Shakers 63 “To Coug It”-The Wazzu Zen :: John Blanchette 65 Better Mousetraps and the Brains Behind Them 67 The Toughest Coaches I Faced :: Don James 69 Top Seattle Coaches 71 Top State Coaches 73 The Toughest Coaches I Faced :: Marv Harshman 74 Best High School Coaches :: Craig Smith 5ħ6 Headless Coaches 78 Instant Classics 81 Horrible Gags, Chokes and Crashes 85 Biggest Upset Winners 87 Reasons Miami Would Have Beaten UW in 1991 :: Dennis Erickson 88 Reasons UW Would Have Beaten Miami in 1991 :: Bob Rondeau 90 White Knucklers: The Most Fantastic Finishes 92 Great Bullpen Entrances :: J.J. 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Digit on the right indicates the number of this printing Library of Congress Control Number: 2008926967 ISBN 978-0-7624-3522-7 Cover and Interior Designed by Matthew Goodman Cover photograph by Michael A. © 2009 by Mike Gastineau, Steve Rudman, and Art Thiel All rights reserved under the Pan-American and International Copyright Conventions Printed in the United States This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or hereafter invented, without written permission from the publisher.
RU N N I N G P R E S S P H I L A D E L P H I Aĭedicated to my friends and family, who have always encouraged me to follow my dreams. TH E G REAT BOOK OF S EATTLE S PORTS LISTSīy Mike Gastineau, Steve Rudman, and Art Thiel
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