But I also wanted to ask him about one of his first mentors, Dave Niehaus, the revered Mariners broadcaster, who died 10 years ago on Tuesday. Advertisement.

As a teenager I lived in Yuma, Arizona, then the home of the San Diego Padres training camp. I had a little brother who liked baseball: 1+1 = a couple of $5 tickets and afternoons watching the ...

Still, Hill risked it. He didn’t want to miss anything Dave Niehaus had to say. It has been nearly a decade since Niehaus, who died in November 2010 at 75, called his last game.

When Dave Niehaus and Ken Wilson embarked as the inaugural Mariners announcers in 1977, they heard a common complaint. “A significant number of people indicated we were nothing, that we would ...

Dave Niehaus enjoyed life and made everyone else’s life more enjoyable. But Dave, your calculations were a little off. According to me, your record as a Mariners broadcaster was 5,284–0.

Dave Niehaus’ statue unveiled Friday at Safeco . Originally published September 16, 2011 at 9:58 pm Updated September 17, 2011 at 7:10 pm . Statue captures the 'likeness and spirit' of former M ...

I can’t say I knew Dave Niehaus well. But in the years I spent covering television and sports in Seattle, I came to appreciate him not as legendary broadcaster or gifted storyteller – certainly he was ...

Thus, Ken Wilson, Niehaus' original partner in 1977, will work games, as will Levine, Ron Fairly, Dave Henderson, Dan Wilson and Dave Valle. Dave Sims and Mike Blowers will return to work the TV side.

Niehaus try to put his best spin on what were among the worst teams in baseball during much of the club's history. "Nobody had a better relationship with the fans than Dave," ...

Dave Niehaus, the velvety voice of the M's, received the Ford C. Frick Award for major contributions to baseball broadcasting during the Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cooperstown, N.Y., on ...