This date in Slice history (1997)

Nobody ever said Mariners fans had to be good spellers: Substitute teacher Norma Egger was used to kids asking if she is related to the Egger Meats family. (She is.) But she wasn’t really ready for it when a little boy, excitedly bouncing in his seat and holding his hand up, said, “Mrs. Egger, Mrs. Egger, are you related to Egger Martinez?”