You Gotta Love These Guys
Fifty Years of Seattle Mariners Baseball
$76.50
- Paperback
440 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2026
Summary
Since the team’s founding in 1976, the Seattle Mariners have become one of the most important social institutions in Seattle. Beginning with the brief tenure of the Seattle Pilots and the legal battle with MLB to bring baseball back to the city, the early years were a struggle, as were the 1980s. In 1989 Ken Griffey Jr. made his debut and established himself as one of the most talented players of his era. The Mariners had their first season above .500 in 1991 and then moved into their most su…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781496240576 |
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| ISBN-10: | 149624057X |
| Author: | David F. Schmitz |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press |
| Imprint: | University of Nebraska Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 440 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 254mm |
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Critics Review
“As the voice of the Seattle Mariners since 1983, I had a front row seat for most of the greatest moments in the history of the Mariners. Reading David Schmitz’s book You Gotta Love These Guys made me relive those great memories and all the chills and thrills and goosebumps came back! It was 1995 all over again, the season that saved baseball in Seattle! So, if you want to know all about the history of the Mariners franchise from Bochte and Bannister to Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar, to Ichiro and Felix, to Julio and Cal, you’re gonna love this book! Schmitz takes us on this incredible journey from Opening Day at the Kingdome in 1977 until the present day at T-Mobile Park. You’re gonna love all the stories from the players and so many others who wrote the history of the Mariners. Enjoy the ride!“—Rick Rizzs, Voice of the Seattle Mariners
“David Schmitz’s exhaustive research has produced an insightful and essential book on the Seattle Mariners’ first fifty years. Aided by interviews with generational greats like Ken Griffey Jr. and Ichiro Suzuki, along with key franchise personnel from inception to present, the uniquely Northwest tale of Major League Baseball in Seattle is well told here.“—David Eskenazi, Northwest baseball historian and collector
“In this fascinating book, David Schmitz brings to life the ups and downs—and there were many—of the Seattle Mariners. This is one of the best researched and most readable books on baseball that I have yet encountered. Fans of America’s pastime will enjoy it, even if they don’t root for the Mariners.“—Steven J. Brady, associate professor of history and international affairs at George Washington University
David F. Schmitz
David F. Schmitz is Robert Allen Skotheim Chair of History, emeritus, at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. He is the author of several books including The Sailor: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Transformation of American Foreign Policy, 1933–1945 and Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War.
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