Article: SAFECO Field to be Home of Wireless Baseball; Seattle Mariners, AT&T Wireless and Verrus Launch New Interactive Games Via AT&T Digital PocketNet(R) Service.

SEATTLE, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire/ --

Tuesday, August 21, 2001 is the Opening Day of Wireless Baseball at SAFECO Field as the Seattle Mariners, AT&T Wireless, and Verrus launch a new suite of interactive games that can be played by fans using an Internet-ready phone. This marks another technology first for the Mariners, a team that is among the leaders in professional sports when it comes to applying technology to all aspects of franchise and ballpark operations.

Two interactive games, BatterUP and ChangeUp, are available to fans at SAFECO Field. BatterUP allows fans with Internet-ready phones to pick their favorite players and predict how they will perform ...

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