Dan Wilson
Dan Wilson
Singer, guitarist, songwriter, and producer who fronted the band Semisonic, the group know for hits like "Closing Time" and "F.N.T."
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth20 May 1961
CityMinneapolis, MN
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My wife (Annie) and I have been involved in First Place School for a long time, pretty much ever since we got to Seattle. That was the first (charitable) thing we did. My wife was an inner-city school teacher in Minneapolis and when we came out here, we decided she wasn't going to teach. She wanted to get involved in the community in some way. We asked the Mariners and they pointed us in that direction. It has been a great relationship since, a great fit, and we have enjoyed it.
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It's tough for me to comprehend and take this all in.
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It is a big honor, obviously. It's not one of those things you have in mind when you're doing things off the field to help people. It's just nice to be able to go out in the community and help kids, especially.
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It's amazing what's happened the last 12 years to baseball in Seattle.
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I can't imagine what these kids have gone through. To see the courage that they have, and being positive through it, and get to the other side. First Place allows them to do that, and that's pretty powerful.
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The train wreck is coming, and they're not addressing the issue.
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It reaffirms this notion that there is mismanagement and corruption rampant - even though that's not in fact the case.
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Shoreline habitat is our biggest issue. We see very few small fish in highly developed areas.
community help nice
It's just nice to be able to go out in the community and help kids, especially.
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There has to be a combination of a education and access to activities. A successful club isn't just having a room with equipment in it, and no reason to go there except for your own motivation.
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We played in a pretty friendly ballpark. It seemed like somebody hit one or couple of them a few times a game. We were just a team that lived and died by the home run that year.