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Thursday, July 27, 2023 — Shelton-Mason County Journal — Page 17
Golfing for charity
A man hits a bunker shot on Hole 16 at Alderbrook Golf & Yacht Club in
Union during the Love INC charity golf tournament and golf ball drop
Monday.
See more photos on page 18. Journal photo Matt Baide
Hawks embrace nostalgia with throwback-uniforms
lot of people look back
fondly on their youth
and remember the
“good ol’ days” when they had
no responsibilities, likely in
school, and for me, what their
sports teams were doing when
they had the ability to sit
down and watch most games.
The Seattle Seahawks, af-
ter years of promises, finally
delivered by dropping the
gray uniforms and for at least
one home game, will adopt
the retro throwback uniforms
from the ‘90s.
I was born in 1989, and
while my memories of the ‘90s
are generally of the late ‘90s,
I do remember some things. I
remember when gas in Rich-
land was less than a dollar,
I remember the Nintendo 64
and playing countless hours of
Goldeneye, Perfect Dark and
NFL Blitz, and I remember
the Seahawks’ old uniforms.
The light blue, forest—green
trimmed uniforms with the
old mean—mugging Seahawks
logo on the side of the silver
helmets are a classic. The
Seahawks will wear those
uniforms in the Oct. home
game against the Cleveland
Browns.
The last year the Seahawks
MATT’S
MUSINGS
were these as their primary
uniforms was in 2001, which
was the year the Seahawks
played all their home games
at Husky Stadium while Lu-
men Field (Seahawks Stadi—
um when it debuted in 2002).
was being built. I remember
the first season for running
back Shaun Alexander was
the final year of the throw-
back uniforms.
The way the throwback
uniforms were unveiled to the
world was through a video on
social media. It had several
references to ‘90s culture that
will bring back nostalgia to
anyone who remembers the
Kingdomc, Nirvana or the Se—
attle Supersonics (bring them
back, please).
DK Metcalf wearing the
Seahawks’ throwback uni-
forms. Courtesy photo from
Seattle Seahawks
In the Video, Jaxon Smith-
Njigba, 21, wakes up and
looks down at the throwback
uniform he has on and gets
out of bed and heads over to a
dresser and puts on Walkman
headphones. For those who
don’t know, Smith-Njigba was
the Seahawks first-round pick
this year, born in 2002, had
never seen a Walkman before
shooting the video. Do you
feel old yet?
Smith-Njigba then walks
into a clearly ‘90s kitchen dé~
co ' and grabs what appears
to be an Eggo waffle, which I
still like to eat today with a
light layer of peanut butter,
before walking into the next
room where there is a grunge
band practicing before put—
ting on the silver helmet and
walking out into What looks
like the Kingdome.
In today’s world, it feels
like a lot of us are searching
for some nostalgia, some re-
minder of a time that seems
simpler. My life is great right
now, in this time, at this mo-
ment, but even I enjoy having
something remind me of grow-
ing up in Eastern Washington
and sharing a bunk bed with
my brother or going to the
Columbia River in the sum—
mer and hanging out at Leslie
Groves Park.
I moved recently and have
been going through some of
my old stuff, including a Mar-
iners—themed locker I used
when I was in middle school
and many photos from when I
was younger.
Before the Kingdome was
blown up, they gave away
seats from inside, and my par-
ents got two Kingdome seats
that have been sitting in their
garage for as long as I can re—
member. I often wonder who
sat in these seats for differ-
ent events, who were in these
seats when Ken Griffey Jr.
slid across home plate in 1995
or in 1987 when Bo Jackson
ran all over the Seahawks
with the Oakland Raiders.
I hope those people with
those memories are still
around and still look back
and remember that day. Re-
gardless of how old you are,
I hope that you have years of
memories that you are able to
look back on and just reflect
and smile. I’m in my 303 and
I know I’m still considered
young, but there are times
where I feel like I haven’t
grown up, but I’m OK with
it, because those who forget r
about who they were 10, 20,
30 years ago, have lost a part
of them at some point, and I
don’t ever intend on letting '
those things go. So, thank you
Seahawks for a little remind-
er of what once was.
I Matt Baidc is a. reporter
for the Shelton—Mason County
Journal. He can. be reached at
360-426-4412 or mattfil‘nmson-
countyx'om