An East Coast transplant, Jamieson has called Seattle home for nine years. At the P-I, he has chronicled the world of a homeless man stabbed 18 times and given voice to people in Vietnam just before President Clinton's historic visit. Every story has a life, and Jamieson promises to tell them. His column runs on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Baseball is, of course, just a game.
But for the Itos, who came from Hokkaido on business, scoring tickets to the anticipated matchup between Mariner Ichiro Suzuki and Boston's Hideo Nomo was a dream come true. Or, the apocalypse is upon us. Seldom will the fate of a troubled park coincide with the misfortunes of a Reign Man. But such is the case with Regrade Park in Belltown and Shawn Kemp, the former Seattle SuperSonics star who often found sanctuary amid the park's syringes, crushed beer cans and concrete basketball court. Janice Leaf and Ingrid Cushing, two women in their golden years, stitch together hope from discarded pieces of fabric.