Table of Contents

Preface      1

1. Early Seattle Baseball      3
2. Emil Sick and the PCL      7
3. A New Beginning      14
4. Building a Team      16
5. Getting Ready      22
6. Birth of a Team      27
7. The Season’s First Half      32
8. The Season Continues      89
9. The Failure      124
10. The End      132

Appendix A: Pilots Interviews      145
Appendix B: By the Numbers      179
Notes      191
Bibliography      193
Index      195