[0] EARTHQUAKE STOPS GAME IN SEATTLE.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. A small-to-moderate earthquake rattled the Kingdome during Thursday night's game between the Cleveland Indians  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. and Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. The Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Mariners have played in Safeco Field. , causing umpires to suspend the game in the seventh inning. The geophysics center at the University of Washington reported the preliminary magnitude of the earthquake was 4.8. There were no immediate reports of major damage. There were reports that the quake was felt as far away as 250 miles from Seattle. The Indians and the Mariners left the field after the 30 seconds of shaking at 9:04 p.m. Eight minutes later, it was announced that the game had been suspended until 5:35 p.m. today. ``In my mind there was no doubt. I really didn't feel we should play because I don't think baseball is as important as as many lives as we had in here,'' home plate umpire Jim McKean James Gilbert McKean (born May 26 1945 in Montreal, Quebec) is a former umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1974 to 1999, and in both major leagues in 2000. He umpired in the World Series in 1979, 1985 and 1995. said. The Kingdome press box began swaying back and forth with the Indians in the field and Cleveland leading 6-3. ``Let's play ball, let's play ball,'' the Kingdome crowd of 21,711 began shouting three minutes "Three Minutes" is the 46th episode of Lost. It is the twenty-second episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It first aired on May 17, 2006 on ABC. after the earthquake. Players looked warily up into the stands. Overhanging speakers in the 20-year-old Kingdome began swaying. |
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