"Becoming Big League" is the story of Seattle's relationship with
major league baseball from the 1962 World's Fair to the completion
of the Kingdome in 1976 and beyond. Bill Mullins focuses on the
acquisition and loss, after only one year, of the Seattle Pilots
and documents their on-the-field exploits in lively play-by-play
sections.
The Pilots' underfunded ownership, led by Seattle's Dewey and
Max Soriano and William Daley of Cleveland, struggled to make the
team a success. They were savvy baseball men, but they made
mistakes and wrangled with the city. By the end of the first
season, the team was in bankruptcy. The Pilots were sold to a
contingent from Milwaukee led by Bud Selig, who moved the franchise
to Wisconsin and rechristened the team the Brewers.
"Becoming Big League" describes the character of Seattle in the
1960s and 1970s, explains how the operation of a major league
baseball franchise fits into the life of a city, charts Seattle's
long history of fraught stadium politics, and examines the business
of baseball.
Bill Mullins received his Ph.D. from the University of
Washington and is professor emeritus of history at Oklahoma Baptist
University. He lives in Federal Way, Washington.
""Becoming Big League" is written with a verve and wit that
makes the most of all the engaging and/or exasperating characters
involved." -Carl Abbott, Portland State University
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