The Seattle Baseball Team’s Disastrous Spokane Trip
After losing nearly every game on their road trip, the Seattle baseball club faces a local audience’s disgust as they head home to regroup.
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SPOKANE, June 26.—Perhaps the most ignominious defeat any club has had administered to it was suffered by Seattle today. Two pitchers, Parrott and Punning, were batted hard, the former being taken out of the box in the middle of the third. In addition to the pitchers being easy marks for the batsmen, Billy Earle gave amateur support behind the bat. After seven innings neither side tried to do anything other than to end the game as quickly as possible. Seattle's only run was made by Parrott's hit being poorly handled by Polhemus. People were disgusted with the poor playing of the visitors, and many left before the game was half finished. The Seattle team will reach home tonight after a very disastrous trip, having lost five straight at Portland and three out of four at Spokane.
“People were disgusted with the poor playing of the visitors, and many left before the game was half finished.”
In 1892, Pacific Northwest baseball was a rough-and-tumble minor league affair, but the fan frustration with 'disastrous' road trips remains a familiar feeling for Seattle sports fans today. While the specific names of the ballparks have long since vanished, the civic pride tied to professional teams has only intensified since these early, rugged league days.
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