Pitchers of Beer: The Story of the Seattle Rainiers

by Dan Raley

Book Overview

In 1937, when local beer baron Emil Sick stepped in, the Seattle Indians were a struggling minor-league baseball team teetering on collapse. Moved to mix baseball and beer by his good friend and fellow brewer, New York Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert, Sick built a new stadium and turned the team into a civic treasure. The Rainiers (newly named after the beer) set attendance records and won Pacific Coast League titles in 1939, '40, '41, '51, and '55. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803228473
• ISBN13: 9780803228474
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 9.1"