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Tacoma Rainiers - Definition |
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The Tacoma Rainiers are a Pacific Coast League minor league baseball team and the AAA affiliate of the Seattle Mariners.
Founded in 1960 as the Tacoma Giants, the team has also been known through the years as the Tacoma Cubs (1966-1971), Tacoma Twins (1972-1977), Tacoma Yankees (1978), Tacoma Tugs (1979-1980), and Tacoma Tigers (1980-1994). The team adopted the Rainiers name in 1995, partially as an homage to the Seattle Rainiers minor league teams that played in Seattle from 1938 to 1964 and again from 1972 to 1976
Since 1960, a team in Tacoma, Washington has been in the PCL, the longest active streak of membership in the league. A team in Tacoma was in the league in 1904 and 1905 as well.
Tacoma plays their home games at Cheney Stadium, which hosted the baseball portion of the 1990 Goodwill Games.
As the Tacoma Tigers, the team was an affiliate of the Oakland Athletics between 1981 and 1994, and both Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire went through Tacoma on their way to baseball stardom. Alex Rodriguez also played for the team before becoming a superstar.
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Example Usage of Rainiers |
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RainiersLand: Tacoma Rainiers' parent club, the Seattle Mariners just made it official that they've acquired Cy Young Award Winner Cliff Lee in a trade. |
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Section331: @Mark_Logan @PositivePauly I dig Rainiers games, but man it's a bit of a haul during rush hour for me. :/ More affordable than the Ms, tho'. |
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Mark_Logan: @Section331 Rainiers! 2005 w/ Felix was the best year ever. I try to hit 20-25 per season if I can keep @PositivePauly's beer tab down! ;) |
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