CONTENTS

Chapter 1: BASEBALL IN SEATTLE

Chapter 2: A ROCKY BEGINNING

Chapter 3: LOWLIGHTS, HIGHLIGHTS, AND A CAST OF CHARACTERS

Chapter 4: TRAVEL TRAVAILS

Chapter 5: WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, GIVE SOMETHING AWAY

Chapter 6: DAVE NIEHAUS

Chapter 7: YOUNG STARS EMERGE; VICTORIES DON’T

Chapter 8: BIZARRE MOMENTS ON AND OFF THE FIELD

Chapter 9: HOW THE MARINERS ALMOST PASSED ON KEN GRIFFEY JR.

Chapter 10: TURNING LOSERS INTO WINNERS

Chapter 11: LOU PINIELLA

Chapter 12: POISED FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP

Chapter 13: THE RISE TO A CHAMPIONSHIP

Chapter 14: BUILDING A WINNER WITHOUT JOHNSON, JUNIOR, A-ROD

Chapter 15: THE JAPANESE CONNECTION

Chapter 16: THE RECORD 2001 SEASON

Chapter 17: FADE FROM CONTENTION

Epilogue

Index