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An Abbreviated History of the Sonics
The Seattle Super Sonics (also called the Seattle Sonics) were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington that played in the Pacific and Northwest Divisions of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1967 until its final season in 2007–2008.
Following this season, the team relocated to Oklahoma City under a different nickname that has not yet been selected. The Super Sonics nickname, logo and color scheme will be made available to any future NBA team in Seattle. According to the team’s new owners, the Sonics’ franchise history will be “shared” between the Oklahoma City team and any future Seattle team.
The Super Sonics won the NBA Championship in 1979 and were one of two teams of the four major men’s professional sports teams in Seattle — the Seattle Mariners, the Seattle Metropolitans, the Seattle Seahawks, and the Super Sonics — to have won a championship.
Sam Schulman owned the team from its 1967 inception until 1983. It was also owned by Barry Ackerley (1983–2001) and the Basketball Club of Seattle, headed by Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz (2001–2006). In 2006, the Super Sonics were purchased by Oklahoma City businessman Clay Bennett. After failing to reach agreement on a new arena in the Seattle area, the Super Sonics moved to Oklahoma City before the 2008–2009 season when they reached a $45 million settlement with the city of Seattle to pay off the team’s lease with Key Arena early.
The team’s official NBA jerseys (particularly that of the Gary Payton-era) are considered collector’s items now.
Hall of Famers Make Appearance at Final Yankee Stadium Game
NEW YORK – Forty-nine Hall of Famers, the largest collection of Major League Baseball greats assembled at a game, helped kick off the 79th All-Star Game on Tuesday — the last to be held at famed Yankee Stadium.
After a parade up Sixth Ave. in midtown Manhattan, the Hall of Fame members gathered on the field at their various positions in the park that opened in 1923 with slugger Babe Ruth as the centerpiece attraction.
Next year, the Yankees will move across the street from the ‘House that Ruth Built’ to a new stadium.
Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and Cal Ripken Jr. won some of the loudest cheers, though the most deafening roars were reserved for former Yankees including Whitey Ford, Reggie Jackson, Goose Gossage and loudest of all for Yogi Berra.
The 83-year-old Berra won 10 World Series as a catcher with the Yankees from 1946-63.
As the starting lineups for the game were announced the players, sporting MLB jerseys, took their places alongside the Hall of Fame players standing at their positions.
The four Yankee Hall of Fame players each threw out ceremonial first balls of the game delivered by Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, who was driven onto the middle of the diamond in a golf cart.
MLB Team Nicknames – Anaheim Angels
Anaheim Angels Nickname
Once called the California Angels between September 1965 and November 19th, 1996, the Los Angeles Angels were named after the Los Angeles city, which translates into the City of Angels, they called home after the came into the American League.
Join the 600 Club
It has been some time since this story first ran but we wanted to make sure and recognize the former Seattle Mariner as Ken Griffey JR joined the exclusive 600 home run club. It seemingly has been a long time coming for the once powerhouse hitter but we always like to give respect where it is due as his 60oth homer soared 413 feet into the right field seats.. A seasoned 38 year old player that surely has a love for the game of baseball Griffey is just the sixth player to reach 600 homers and even though it took longer then expected it surely is a feat for any MLB player.
Griffey will now be remember with the limited number of players to reach this mark including Mark Henderson, Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Sammy Sosa. Griffey even reported receiving recent phone calls of encouragment for Willie Mays and Hank Aaron. It had been somewhat of a struggle after injuries began taking their toll on the once prolific slugger but through his battle to hit number 600. And although not necessarily defined by his homers altogether he has been recognized for many aspects in his baseball career. This defining moment even brought talk of ending his career back where most had begun for the super star back in Seattle.
MLB Uniform History – Retiring Numbers
Retiring jerseys now seems like a fully integrated aspect of every sport. For MLB the origination of the idea started in 1939, when the Yankees became the first MLB team to ever retire a player’s number, proceeding Lou Gehrig’s famous number 4 home run. Since the first retired MLB jersey over 200 players have had their numbers retired.
But not until 1997, when Jackie Robinson’s number 42 was retired had the Major Leagues ever retired a player’s number throughout all Major League Teams.
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