1) What company is the majority owner of the Mariners?
2) What current major league team used to be the Seattle Pilots?
3) What former Mariner had the best batting average on the US team in the 2006 World Baseball Classic?
4) The Mariners’ only officially retired number is 42 — in honor of what non-Mariner player?
5) When Alex Rodriguez played against the Mariners in April 2001, fans threw what multicolored pieces of paper at him?
6) What town do the AquaSox call home?
7) What local team has been known as the Giants, the Cubs, the Twins, the Yankees, the Tugs, and the Tigers before settling on their current name in 1995?
8) Who threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Mariners’ opening game at Safeco Field?
9) The Mariners are one of four teams that’s never played in the World Series. Name one of the other three.
10) According to Ichiro Suzuki, what does Korea smell like?
Average score (20 teams): 5.05
Answers:
1) Nintendo
2) Milwaukee Brewers
3) Ken Griffey Jr.
4) Jackie Robinson
5) Monopoly money
6) Everett
7) Tacoma Rainiers
8) Dave Niehaus
9) Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, or Washington Nationals
10) garlic
Round 2 at the Old Pequliar on March 4, 2008.