Mike Block and wife, Becky, started up Block's Furniture  in the late 1940's and it remained a Tacoma institution until its closing in 1990. A major shareholder in the Bank of Tacoma, Mike's love of sports and strong values toward his community made it an easy decision to help keep baseball in Tacoma as one of the original investors of Baseball Tacoma Inc.  His son David succeeded him on the board of Baseball Tacoma and is a community advocate for several organizations.