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Seattle Mariners
Wikipedia
The Seattle Mariners are a Major League Baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. They are in the West Division of the American League. They entered the league along with the Toronto Blue Jays for the 1977 season. The Mariners are majority owned by Nintendo, the video game company based in Japan.
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baseball
World Encyclopedia
baseball National summer sport of the USA and Canada, also popular in the Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Latin America, Australia, and Europe. A baseball field comprises an inner diamond 27m (90ft) on each side, and an outfield. The diamond has a central pitcher's mound with bases at three corners. ...
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Seattle
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Seattle , city (1990 pop. 516,259), seat of King co., W Wash., built on seven hills, between Elliott Bay of Puget Sound and Lake Washington; inc. 1869. Seattle, the largest city in the Pacific Northwest, is the region's commercial, financial, transportation, and industrial hub and a major port of ...
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