RPM is the acronym used for revolutions per minute. It measures the number of revolutions completed in one minute around a fixed axis, giving the speed of a mechanical component. It is commonly used to describe the performance of automobile engines.
Like most ballparks built from the 1990s onward, Safeco Field is a 'retro-modern' style ballpark that incorporates many of the features of ballparks built in the 1950s and earlier with modern amenities.
Fred Gildersleeve, Waco photographer, captures the Amicable building's original street level facade before the renovations in the Urban Renewal project, c.1926. The ALICO building was constructed in 1910 for the Amicable Life Insurance Company and designed by architects Roy E. Lane and Sanguinet & Staats.