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SEATTLE – The Seattle Mariners<\/a> unveiled their new Legacy Plaza at T-Mobile Park on Thursday, featuring a statue of Mike Cameron and Mark McLemore and their iconic moment from 2001 raising the American flag following the 9\/11 attacks.<\/p>\n The plaza, located in center field, includes a recreation of the moment by Cameron and McLemore, surrounded by a wall of 116 commemorative bats and 2,269 baseball medallions bought by fans to support Legacy Field projects across the state.<\/p>\n “The statue we unveiled this afternoon captures a powerful image from one of the most memorable seasons in baseball history,” Mariners chairman John Stanton said in a statement. “It depicts Mike Cameron and Mark McLemore carrying an American flag across the field when baseball restarted days following September 11. It was a simple moment. There was no speech. No ceremony. Just two teammates carrying the flag together. Yet the image spoke volumes. At a time when Americans were searching for signs of strength and unity, it became a symbol of both.”<\/p>\n The inventory of bats and medallions raised more than $300,000 in support of Legacy Field projects.\u00a0<\/p>\n The backstory:<\/p>\n After the September 11 terrorist attacks shut down the country and Major League Baseball for several days in 2001, the Mariners returned to action a week later in the midst of their MLB record-tying 116-win season. The Mariners clinched the AL West title during a game against the Los Angeles Angels on September 19, with fans erupting in celebration when the needed result between the Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics was posted on the in-stadium scoreboard.<\/p>\n After shutting out the Angels 5-0, Mariners players came onto the field to celebrate their accomplishment in a far more subdued manner than is typically seen by teams that are playoff-bound. Video coordinator Carl Hamilton, a veteran of the Marines, brought a large American flag onto the field to wave with outfielder Stan Javier.<\/p>\n McLemore took the flag to the pitcher’s mound as the team gathered around. Following a moment of silence and prayer, McLemore and Cameron raised the flag and walked around the bases.<\/p>\n “There was no \u2018hey man, let\u2019s get the flag and hold it up.’ There was none of that,” Cameron said on Thursday. “It was just a part of who we were and what we did on a daily basis. I’m grateful to be a part of it and to be able to express it with everyone here and the community and city of Seattle, and obviously the team itself.”<\/p>\n The Source: Information in this story came from the Seattle Mariners and FOX 13 Seattle reporting.<\/p>\n MORE MARINERS NEWS FROM FOX 13 SEATTLE <\/p>\n Seattle Mariners send Matt Brash for new MRI as recovery from lat strain stalls<\/a><\/p>\n Lazaro Montes has memorable debut with homer, 2 RBIs as Mariners end skid with 9-6 win over Red Sox<\/a><\/p>\n Seattle Mariners lose fifth straight as Red Sox rally for 9-8 win in 10 innings<\/a><\/p>\n Seattle Mariners Cal Raleigh named American League Player of the Week<\/a><\/p>\n Max Scherzer, Blue Jays combine to one-hit Seattle Mariners in 7-0 shutout loss<\/a><\/p>\n To get the best local news, weather and sports in Seattle for free, sign up for the daily\u00a0FOX Seattle Newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n Download the free FOX LOCAL app for mobile in the\u00a0Apple App Store<\/a> or\u00a0Google Play Store<\/a> for live Seattle news, top stories, weather updates and more local and national news.<\/p>\n Seattle Mariners<\/a>Sports<\/a>MLB<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEATTLE – The Seattle Mariners unveiled their new Legacy Plaza at T-Mobile Park on Thursday, featuring a statue…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":882620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,513,462,82],"class_list":["post-882619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mariners","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/882620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}