From before spring training in 1977 until the end of the 2010 season, Dave Niehaus served as the Seattle Mariners baseball team's play-by-play commentator for the first 34 seasons.  

When the Mariners' new ballpark opened in 1999, he was chosen to toss the ceremonial first pitch before the first game at Safeco Field because he was so well-liked by his radio and television audiences.  The Major League Baseball community held him in such high regard that he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.  

Fans liked him so much that many flocked to the ballpark to mourn and pay tribute to him when he unexpectedly passed away at home from a heart attack five weeks after the season's final game.

Listen now to learn more about the legendary voice that defined the Seattle Mariners and our State's love affair with baseball!