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REM: When you were, about when did you get involved with the Courier League?

RTM: Well...

REM: Was it about this time or is it after --

RTM: Yeah. About when the, in high school there. The Courier League was developed by, I think, Sakamoto?

REM: Yes, Jimmy Sakamoto.

RTM: Jimmy Sakamoto, yeah. So they had teams all over the valley, White River, Auburn, Kent, and Fife. And Fife always had a very strong baseball team and basketball team, and so we all got involved in that.

REM: It was, you played teams from Seattle and...?

RTM: Yes.

REM: Did you play Portland, far away, or...

RTM: I don't (know), well, they may have. There used to be a big baseball tournament, Fourth of July here in Seattle of the Courier League. And so there were people from Portland, I think, maybe even Spokane for that matter. And they used to have a big baseball tournament during that weekend.

REM: And were there social events in conjunction with the baseball games and the...

RTM: I think there was always a big dance.

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