Just spent the past couple of hours going through your Web site on the Pilots and found it to be fantastic. Enjoyed going through and reliving 1969 all over again. Was a semi-Pilots fan that year because I lived in the next town over from Newark and my father took us kids to numerous Co-Pilots games that summer at Colburn Park, usually against the Oneonta Yankees.
—mculver

I remember the Seattle Pilots, in that my first year collecting baseball cards was 1969. I was 9 1/2 at the season opening. I didn't know why at the time, but it did seem as though there was something intriguing about this team, as opposed to San Diego, Montreal or Kansas City. And, I, too, was disappointed with their move to Milwaukee, even though I lived in San Francisco and was a Giants fan and, realistically, shouldn't care. Anyway, I think you have put together a fabulous Web site on the Pilots that kept me glued to it in the wee hours of the morning. All these years I wanted to know more about the Pilots and see photographs of Sick's Stadium, and only yesterday did it dawn on me to see if I could find it in the Internet, and lo and behold, there it was! My only request at this time would be if someone can put together the Pilots' statistics on how they fared against every other team in the league. It would be too cumbersome to go through every box score and put it together myself.
—BDBrizel

NOTE FROM MIKE: This is one of the items I will include when I revise the Statistics section. In the meantime, though, here is how the Pilots did: Baltimore (3-9), Boston (6-6), California (9-9), Chicago (8-10), Cleveland (5-7), Detroit (2-10), Kansas City (8-10), Minnesota (6-12), New York (5-7), Oakland (5-13), Washington (7-5).

I had the privilege of working with Dick Simpson, even got to play some softball with him. I thought he was such a great guy and my only regrets is that I didn't keep in touch with him. The last I saw of him was when he walked out onto the parking lot of the company and I never saw him again. He was amazed that I remembered him when he played for the Cincinnati Reds and the Pilots. I even remember when he and Tommy Davis collided going for a fly ball, resulting in his breaking his leg and being out for the season. I think your Web site is wonderful and keep up the good work, you are truly a fan of baseball and the Seattle Pilots.
—bkpr03338

I was a 14-year-old kid when the Pilots were playing, and I remember sitting in my family's garage (no one else was a sports fan) and listening to an old radio. Jimmy Dudley and Bill Schonley were great in painting the picture for us while the game went on. I tape recorded the games on an old reel-to-reel tape recorder (wish I still had them) and filled up a notebook with my own box scores. I remember games against the Twins (my former favorite team) and the Red Sox, and how fun it was to beat the Yankees. I thought Joe Schultz and Sal Maglie were great! Tommy Harper stole something like 70 bases and lead the league. It was major league baseball, but not given a chance to grow, which will always be a tragedy. I'm a big Mariner fan now and its gratifying to see baseball thrive in Seattle now.
—Rixcraig

Great Web site. Brings back some good memories, and one bad one. One of the more painful moments in my life occurred when my dad inadvertently tossed a box of stuff I had in the attic before we moved to another house. In the box, among numerous NBA autographs and pro sports trading cards I had collected, I had a few of the Wheeldon portraits I got at the Pilots games as well as a give-away Pilots batting helmet. The only player portrait I specifically remember having is Tommy Harper. Do you know where the portraits can be purchased?
—WYSZJ

NOTE FROM MIKE: The Wheeldon portraits are pretty easy to find and generally sell for around $8 to $12 apiece. In Seattle, U-Trading and Gasoline Alley usually have them all in stock. Check the For Sale section for details.