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257 stories matching pitch
- Baseball Heartbreak at Robbins' Park
A stellar pitching performance by Walton is undone by a disastrous seventh inning of errors in a local baseball clash.
- Camp Kelpie: A Seattle Hunting Party in the Last Great Bear Country
In 1895, Seattle sportsmen pitched camp on Hood Canal between the Duckabush and Hamma Hamma rivers and found a wilderness thick with black bear, salmon, and one very unlucky tenderfoot.
- The Siege of Commercial Street
A routine arrest of a sailor in a Seattle lodging house escalates into a pitched battle between police and the neighborhood’s residents.
- A Deadly Souvenir of the Battle of Seattle
Twenty-one years after the 1856 Battle of Seattle, a local man struck a hidden relic in a fir tree that could have turned lethal.
- A Sailor's $27,000 Lawsuit Against a Brutal Captain
Emil Grundstrom says he was beaten, starved, and crippled aboard the ship Willie Rosenfeld—now he's taking the captain and owners to court.
- Tragedy at Gilman Mine
A miner is killed by a runaway pipe, just days before he was to retire to his ranch.
- A Nail-Biter at Madison Street Park
Seattle edges out Spokane in a tense, hard-fought baseball match decided by late-game heroics.
- The Squatter in the Two-Story House
A landowner is fighting a legal battle to evict a tenant who allegedly obtained permission to pitch a tent on the property only to move into the main house.
- Walla Walla’s 1884 Sales Pitch: From a Tent Store to a ‘Metropolitan’ City
A reprinted commercial sketch boasts of wheat, railroads, gasworks and thousands of souls — and lets slip the town’s whole origin story, from a tent on Mill Creek to the great fire of 1866.
- A Christmas on the Ice King: The Climb That Saw Rainier Smoking
In 1894, Major Ingraham led six men, seven homing pigeons, and a camera onto Mount Rainier’s glaciers. They came back with frostbite, a story of steam and smoke rising from the crater—and one pigeon missing.
- Blood Over Hay in the Big Bend
A violent dispute over the ownership of a hay stack leads to a pitched battle with multiple casualties.
- Trapped by the Tide on the Road to Queets
In 1892, poet Herbert Bashford joined a camping party for a walk up Washington’s wild Olympic coast—and found the rising tide more dangerous than any highwayman.
- A Double-Header at Madison Park
Seattle's local baseball team endures a grueling day of two back-to-back games, marked by high-energy fielding and unruly fans.
- Seattle's Nonpareils Outplay Tacoma in a Thrilling Baseball Match
The junior champions of the Northwest dominated Tacoma with professional teamwork and acrobatic fielding, thrilling a crowd at Madison Street ball park.
- Seattle Ends First Baseball Season with a Win
After weeks of slump and a string of losses, the Seattle team snaps their losing streak to defeat the league-leading Portland squad.
- The Case of the Misunderstood Brawler
A sensational report of a violent street fight in Seattle turns out to be a classic case of mistaken identity, where a frightened man accidentally assaulted the wrong person.
- The Logging Revolution on Skookum Chuck
Innovation in Snohomish: How timber barons traded oxen for steam-era ingenuity to keep the mills running.
- The Unintended Consequence of Baseball's New Rules
A historical look at how league magnates failed to kill the dominance of pitchers, accidentally making them more expensive and rare than ever.
- Jess Baker’s Shutout Victory at the Athletic Grounds
A dominant pitching performance led the Tacoma Tigers to a 2-0 victory over Vancouver, silencing doubters and marking a triumphant start to the season.
- Seattle's 'Kid' Camp Falls in Pitcher's Duel
Despite a brilliant return to the mound by 'Kid' Camp, Seattle falls to Portland at the Madison Street Grounds in a hard-fought contest.
- Teamsters Take the Sound Amateur Baseball Championship
In a decisive 20-9 victory over the Fort Blakeleys, the Teamsters secure their title with a dominant pitching performance.
- The Olympics Outlast Seattle in a One-Run Amateur Thriller
Seattle's amateur nine fought to the last man against the Olympic Athletic Club in a game full of spectacular catches and disputed calls.
- A Tense Sunday Afternoon on the Diamond
Amateur baseball in Walla Walla reaches a fever pitch as local teams face off near the fort.
- The 'Freezing Out' Campaign of 1885
As anti-Chinese sentiment reaches a fever pitch in Seattle, the local press advocates for a 'peaceful' campaign of economic exclusion to force the Chinese community out of the city.
- The Railway Gold Rush: When Every Line Wanted a Piece of Seattle
In 1890, Seattle was the ultimate prize for three competing transcontinental railroads, leading to a tangled mess of franchise wars, tide flat terminal deals, and high-stakes corporate maneuvering.
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- The Clerk’s Odd Sales Pitch
A farmer learns a strange and aggressive new way to test if his wife is 'sound' while shopping in 1877 Seattle.
- The Populist Pitch on University Grounds
Ralph Beaumont draws a crowd of 1,500 to the university campus to preach radical land reform and rail against the ‘unearned increment.’
- The Last Swing at Madison Street Park
A hard-fought benefit game for the local professional baseball team draws a crowd to say goodbye to the season.
- Baseball on a Waxed Floor
A drizzling rain turned Seattle's Madison Street Park into a mud pit, forcing players to do more 'ground and lofty tumbling' than actual base running.
- A Painful Pitcher's Dilemma
A boil on the arm of the star pitcher forces a last-minute scramble to find a replacement for a local amateur baseball game.
- A Saturday Afternoon on the Ball Grounds
A friendly but rough match of baseball between C.P. Stone's nine and the Seattle Reds draws a crowd to the South Seattle grounds.
- The 'Shut Up or Shut Up' Baseball Challenge of 1885
After a hard-fought draw on the diamond, the Newcastle Baseball Club issues a pugnacious challenge to the Seattle team for a rematch on the race track.
- The Breakfast Table Umpire
A fed-up boarder decides he's had enough of the baseball-obsessed chatter at his table.