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RIP. Hiroshi Yamauchi was also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners baseball club, and is responsible for keeping the team in Seattle in the late 90s when
by kyllo 13y ago
RIP. Hiroshi Yamauchi was also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners baseball club, and is responsible for keeping the team in Seattle in the late 90s when there was a very high chance of it being sold off to another city. He never attended a Mariners game, and didn't even like baseball, but purchased it as a way of saying "thank you" to Seattle for its support of Nintendo (Nintendo of America is headquartered in Redmond, just a few miles from Microsoft).
- the_watcher 13y agoWithout him, the Mariners would be in Tampa, and we may have never gotten to enjoy the wonders of Ichiro, or the incredible 2001 season (not to mention that he was the first owner willing to take the plunge on Japanese position players). Seattle fans who forget this, imagine if someone like him had been around to save the Sonics. RIP.
- dubfan 13y agoNintendo of America isn't even "just a few miles" from Microsoft. It's almost completely surrounded by the Microsoft campus.