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"Kingdome implosion, 2000" by seattlemunicipalarchives , from our Flickr pool

The Mariners and Yankees have played some outstanding games here over the years; below we present part one of our top ten. Historic, surprising, violent, record-breaking--the list has it all. We're giving you #6-10 today, with the top five coming tomorrow

Skate King was the venue of choice for this Seattlest's elementary and middle school-sponsored events, as well as for countless cruel friends' birthday parties. Over all those years of practice, did we ever really catch the knack for rollerskating? No. Did the flat stench of the soda-sticky carpets, the feel of waxy pizza cheese on our tongues, and the tinny strains of Ace of Base's "I Saw The Sign" omnipresent at this place ever truly leave our heart and memory? Of course not!

Last night the clouds parted and for a moment the sun shone down on Seattle as Ken Griffey Jr. became the sixth player in baseball history to hit home run number 600.