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	Podcast:		Other News
	Episode:		The Mariner who blew the ball foul also made a funk hit about the Kingdome
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:09:44
	Publish Date:		2020-01-17 07:00:00
	Description:		Former Mariners infielder Lenny Randle is best remembered in Seattle for a single play. On May 27, 1981, he got on his hands and knees and blew a slow rolling ground ball out of bounds. It was one of the few notable things that happened to the Mariners in their early years. That year was a mediocre season, in a series of other mediocre seasons by a mediocre baseball team, but Randle was involved in another notable off-field incident in 1981 — the recording of a funk song about the Kingdome. Randle had always been interested in performing, starting during his childhood. He thought his family was like The Four Tops or The Temptations. “We thought we were musicians and artists and singers,” Randle says. He assumed he would be a musician when he grew up, but was pretty good at baseball and was instead drafted by the Washington Senators. His song about the Kingdome started as a joke between players during batting practice, but during the 1981 players strike, Randle organized shows with
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