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The Seattle Turks were a minor league
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team based in Seattle, WA who played a single season (1909) in the
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. In their only year of existence, the team won a Northwestern League pennant with a record of 109-58. On June 29, 2013, the
Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West division. The team joined the American League ...
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team played as the Seattle Turks in one-off throwback uniforms against the
Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as part of the National League (NL) Central division. The club plays its home games at Wrigley Field, which is located ...
.
Safeco Field T-Mobile Park is a retractable roof stadium in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the home ballpark of Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners and has a seating capacity of 47,929. It is in Seattle's SoDo neighborhood, near the western t ...
was renamed Yesler Way Park for the game."Mariners and Cubs turn back the clock to early 1900s"
via MLB.com


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