“It takes me back to when I played here, but also I’m really proud to be somebody who grew up in the Northwest and this is our team. “I went to Oregon first and then drove up here,” Reynolds said of his trip to the West Coast. In 2001, Reynolds was working with ESPN as a baseball analyst and covered the aforesaid All-Star Game, and he now returns with MLB Network. As a college baseball player at the University of San Diego, he took heed of the 1979 MLB All-Star Game from the Kingdome and aspired to be there himself one day and he did – twice.
When he was growing up five hours south in Eugene, Oregon, Reynolds became captivated with the sport and began playing himself. The former Mariners second baseman had been retired from the game for seven years at that point, but understood what the occasion meant to the area. Seattle featured eight all-stars in that summer.
The city last hosted All-Star Week in 2001, the year in which the ballpark opened and when the M’s set the all-time record with 116 regular season wins. Major League Baseball fans will turn their attention in that direction this week as the 2023 All-Star Game illuminates the “Emerald City” of Seattle.īringing the heart of the baseball universe to T-Mobile Park, the home of the Mariners, has been a process over two decades in the making. The Pacific Northwest provides local sports teams with an advantage in its location, necessitating lengthy air travel from most other locales.
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