double double double hit game major_league_baseball october trailing run half 11th inning base hit drove giving victory new_york_yankees clinch series play held biggest hit franchise history amid rumors team sold relocated winning seasons beginning play mounted late season comeback clinch postseason appearance franchise history mounted series overcoming game series deficit force deciding game tying game 8th inning force extra innings finally run 11th inning deficit overcome double hit regarded defining moment year major_league_baseball career broadcaster play equally memorable seattle fans play regarded highlight career play credited keeping major_league_baseball team city seattle helped garner support new funded stadium stadium known today opened double depicted mural stadium art collection background relocation rumors years rumors team ownership group led considering selling relocating team different city primarily low attendance revenue team losing ways prior seasons winning percentage baseball environment ownership group sold consortium led later nintendo america owners immediately new ownership group began campaigning local state governments gain public funding new stadium election held september residents voted percentage point sales tax increase fund building replacement stadium result ownership group set october deadline local leadership come plan finance new stadium team sale postseason games place beginning august mounted late season comeback coupled late season collapse forced teams won winning division title postseason trip franchise history quickly fell deficit yankees best series won games forced winner takes game play yankees took lead don rbi double 6th inning came tie score 8th inning eventually forced extra innings 11th inning yankees scored run rbi single outs reaching half inning yankees ace entered game 9th inning rare relief appearance faced second fourth batters order respectively second baseman dragged base line reached base safely infield hit yankees manager argued believing called running ruling stood center fielder singled short right center field allowing reach base designated hitter doubled left field line scoring tying run winning run emptied field celebration franchise playoff series victory radio double memorable seattle fans play ford award winning career broadcast double television color commentator field reporter called game dramatic incorrectly implied fielded double left playing center field time left field playing ball making late throw infield field significance legacy keeping seattle late season comeback division title franchise history ultimately double brought seattle fan base life sparked desire team town manager called hit postseason hit run game series season saved baseball seattle soon events october held special session approved alternative funding package enable building new culminated construction legacy double regarded seattle fans defining moment year major_league_baseball career played exclusively highlights franchise history played major role city seattle renamed street near drive honor contributions including double saved baseball seattle inducted hall fame image scoring winning run memorable images career returned seattle time trade cincinnati_reds image included photo highlights career presented teammates retired image sliding home plate mural called defining moment slide home plate inspiration title video game winning run
The Double (Seattle Mariners)