@ 2:42 You can see Franklin High School I live right near there, I wasn't born yet at the time, but I heard that people would watch the games from the apartment windows, that's incredible.
Just before we moved to Bremerton in '80. Had always wondered what happened to the place. I had never met a Seattle Pilot fan while living there, at least no one mentioned them that I can recall. It’s too bad they couldn’t have upgraded the park properly before the Pilots started up. Maybe they could’ve made it work. Who knows. Love these old news stories….the old newscast videos.
It was never intended for the Pilots to play there, as the AL expansion in Seattle and Kansas City wasn't supposed to happen until '72. By then the new domed stadium would have been built. KC lost the Athletics after the '68 season. The influential Missouri Sen. Stuart Symington got the expansion moved up. The Pilots had no choice but to play at Sick's but Seattle Mayor Dorm Braman had little interest in city funds being used to upgrade the old stadium. (The dome would be owned by the county, after all.) As a practical matter, the Sick's site was too small to ever upgrade to anywhere near MLB capacity.
I got to play in a Little League state competition at Sick's Stadium when I was a kid. I got to pitch for the first time and I hit an inside-the-park home run. It's a day that I will carry forever in my memory. Good times. 👽✌️
Some people don't understand the significance of old stadiums. These are the kind of people that would cheer if the Roman Colosseum was being torn down.
@@bobbyg433 It was far below major league standards, even back in 69. Sonics probably never would have left either if not for lack of state of the art facility.
That’s part of the reason. They had a lousy organization run on a shoestring, and with no TV revenue that I’m aware of, which certainly didn’t help either.
@@lukeheaton5336 Just like the ticket prices, the Pilots asked way too much for TV rights. None of the stations were interested. KING-TV ended up carrying one road game from Detroit later in the season.
@ 2:42 You can see Franklin High School
I live right near there, I wasn't born yet at the time, but I heard that people would watch the games from the apartment windows, that's incredible.
I live in the old sick stadium apartments
And before the apartments were built, people used to sit in Farmer Vacca's garden and watch Rainiers games
There's nothing sadder than watching and old park bulldozed.
You host a lunch prior to the demolition of a ball park? That’s interesting.
Just before we moved to Bremerton in '80. Had always wondered what happened to the place. I had never met a Seattle Pilot fan while living there, at least no one mentioned them that I can recall. It’s too bad they couldn’t have upgraded the park properly before the Pilots started up. Maybe they could’ve made it work.
Who knows.
Love these old news stories….the old newscast videos.
It was never intended for the Pilots to play there, as the AL expansion in Seattle and Kansas City wasn't supposed to happen until '72. By then the new domed stadium would have been built.
KC lost the Athletics after the '68 season. The influential Missouri Sen. Stuart Symington got the expansion moved up.
The Pilots had no choice but to play at Sick's but Seattle Mayor Dorm Braman had little interest in city funds being used to upgrade the old stadium. (The dome would be owned by the county, after all.) As a practical matter, the Sick's site was too small to ever upgrade to anywhere near MLB capacity.
now its a lowes
I got to play in a Little League state competition at Sick's Stadium when I was a kid. I got to pitch for the first time and I hit an inside-the-park home run. It's a day that I will carry forever in my memory. Good times. 👽✌️
Folks cheering as they tear down a baseball stadium. That is a sick crowd.
Now a hardware store, and one block away from Mt. Baker Station.
That's just sick!
Some people don't understand the significance of old stadiums. These are the kind of people that would cheer if the Roman Colosseum was being torn down.
Because of Sicks Stadium, Milwaukee has the Brewers. Thank you Seattle.
How so?
@@bobbyg433 It was far below major league standards, even back in 69. Sonics probably never would have left either if not for lack of state of the art facility.
That’s part of the reason. They had a lousy organization run on a shoestring, and with no TV revenue that I’m aware of, which certainly didn’t help either.
@@jmad627 all true. Throw in the league’s highest ticket prices and that’s the recipe for failure.
@@lukeheaton5336 Just like the ticket prices, the Pilots asked way too much for TV rights. None of the stations were interested.
KING-TV ended up carrying one road game from Detroit later in the season.
Damn those Politicians!!!!!!! RIP Old Friend*******
It was sick in there and it was getting sicker.