Dewey Soriano

[2] He played baseball at Franklin High School in Seattle; among his teammates on the Quakers were Fred Hutchinson and newspaper columnist Emmett Watson.

In return, Soriano sold Daley a 47 percent stake in the team, making him the largest shareholder.

Out of desperation, Soriano cut a deal to sell the franchise to a Milwaukee-based group led by Bud Selig.

After the move to Milwaukee was finalized in late March, Soriano and his brother Max were hung in effigy in Seattle.

[7] After seven summers without major league baseball in Seattle, the expansion Mariners began play in 1977.