261/365...Dave....

Dave's unveiling

Last November we lost our voice.

Dave Niehaus was the radio voice for the Seattle Mariners.
My baseball team.
He was with the M's since the very first pitch and the way he called the games was just about as close to perfect as anyone can get. He threw out the first pitch when Safeco Field was opened, an honor he cherished and the fans went wild when he was given the ball. He was inducted into the broadcasters wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame as a Ford C. Frick award winner and was given nearly a hero's welcome when he returned to Safeco. 

The team commissioned a statue of him it was unveiled Friday the 16th.
It's Dave.
Right down to the baseball tie.

We all loved him and his voice.
That wonderful, wonderful, voice that was suddenly silenced last November.

RIP, Dave.



A closer look.

In case you're wondering....
The game in his scorebook before him is the game against the Yankees 10/8/95.
The game that is forever known in Mariner Lore as... The Double.


Taken off Calma's tv in Port Orchard, WA

filling in for Vana today. she'll post on Wednesday.