In August 2002, MLB.com streamed the first-ever live, full length MLB game when the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees faced off at Yankee Stadium. He took 150 swings and never stepped out of the batters box, never said I need to get a blow, I need to get my breath, Im tired, Gillick says. Its incredible that this throw is that famous since its from a regular season game in April. One by one, Ichiro shared a . I realized that this video didn't have the Niehaus call which was a lot better honestly. She talks . Mike Trout and the 0-1 pitch on the way to Edgar Martnez swung on and LINED DOWN THE LEFT FIELD LINE FOR A BASE HIT! If there's another challenge that's put in front of him, it would not surprise me if he was able to conquer that challenge.". As the teams time in Peoria, Arizona, wound down, Piniella wanted proof that his potential leadoff hitter could pull the baseball. Remember, we won 116 games that year. That doesn't happen in Japan. By November, the Mariners had won the rights with a $13 million offer, and they quickly signed Ichiro to a three-year contract. SEATTLE (AP) Ichiro Suzuki's otherworldly talents made an early impression on Dave Niehaus, the Hall of Fame voice of the Seattle Mariners. The tourist industry experienced this huge boom because people would fly there and stay in a hotel and take in two or three Mariners games and then come back. Honestly, I was scared. Do you know who had the second highest? Over the past 20 years, MLB has struggled to market and amplify its best players, until this latest wave of international stars: Ohtani, Fernando Tatis Jr., Ronald Acua, and more. "The Throw" was electric, and one of Ichiro's first introductions to baseball in the United States. I think he liked that challenge and he was uniquely equipped to handle it, Stone says. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Probably heat of moment combining of phrases. Mariano Rivera is widely considered the greatest closer of all-time. With 'beautiful peg' meaning great throw and he got him meaning well, he got him. He also addressed Piniella. Mariners superstar Julio Rodrguez is in the spotlight as one of MLB's top players. That is when fans started to pay attention to Ichiro., Pretty soon, everyone was paying attention to Ichiro. I could never imagine my career in America would last 19 seasons and that I would still be in Seattle today.. After smacking two doubles to left field, he stepped to the plate in the seventh inning, surveyed the diamond with his right arm perpendicular to the ground, and whipped his hands through a low fastball to lift a home run into the bullpen beyond the right-field wall. The call by Dave Niehaus may be as good as . And so that's why I feel good about not playing.. Follow AzQuotes on Facebook, Twitter and Google+. Ichiro, charging, fields a single cleanly, takes an abbreviated crow-hop and launches an absolute laser that never gets more than 10 feet off the ground, never takes a bounce and never forces third baseman David Bell to move his glove, other than to apply the tag to a stunned Long. There was a sellout crowd on a summer Saturday night, and the introduction had all the parallels when the center of attention was finally introduced. And Ichiro catapulted a team that was projected to finish third in its division to 116 wins and an unlikely place in MLB history. He also addressed Piniella.\n\nLou kissed me right here on the cheek, Ichiro said. ?Chuck Armstrong, Seattle Mariners president and COO, added, "Speaking for ourselves, our . But hes never wanted to be an imposing figure. He stops the ball with the greatest of ease. He hit in the batting cage underneath and he ran around the concourse in the upper deck for his running, Colborn recalls, laughing. Ichiro will first be eligible for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in . In 2008, the National Baseball Hall of Fame awarded Niehaus the Ford C. Frick Award, the highest honor for American baseball broadcasters. I was treated like some kind of guest royalty. The death of Dave Niehaus, 75, will be devastating for fans in the Northwest. With MLBs newly established posting system (which negated much of Colborns and the Mariners groundwork), Gillick leaned on ownershipparticularly principal owner Hiroshi Yamauchi, a Nintendo chairman who loved watching Ichiro play in Japanto make a competitive offer. Fann: 6 most important Mariners highlights from spring training so far, Servais: How Mariners are helping Julio handle superstar spotlight, Mariners Notebook: The plan to get even more out of Luis Castillo. By that time, it didnt look like this was this giant gamble., Over the next decade, as Ichiro extended his career in New York and Miami, the level of Japanese baseball continued to rise. SEATTLE (AP) Ichiro Suzuki's otherworldly talents made an early impression on Dave Niehaus, the Hall of Fame voice of the Seattle Mariners. Paraphrasing the writer in his 2021 book Tokyo Junkie, Whiting explains this stemmed from an inability to prevail in international sports events, save for the odd marathon or judo triumph. He then addressed the current team, which eagerly watched the ceremony from the home dugout rail. SEATTLE - Ichiro Suzuki's otherworldly talents made an early impression on Dave Niehaus, the Hall of Fame voice of the Seattle Mariners.During Suzuki's first month in Naturally, in a matchup between Seattles current star and its former one, Ichiro singled off Randy Johnson in the bottom of the first. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, The subreddit for the bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players. It's all about being prepared to play a major league baseball game. It took 125 years for Major League Baseball to get its . Thus, over the next few years, Colborn found it easy to court Ichiro, bringing him jerseys of Griffey Jr., his favorite player. Follow Unfollow. Seahawks running back Chris Carson is struggling with fumbles, and it's imperative he corrects the issue, says Jake Heaps. It prompted a memorable call by Mariners Hall of Fame announcer Dave Niehaus and was just one of several great moments in a season in which Ichiro was an All-Star and took home both the American League Rookie of the Year and MVP awards. In 2008, the National Baseball Hall of Fame awarded Niehaus the Ford C. Frick Award, the highest honor for American baseball broadcasters. That brought up pinch hitter Ramon Hernandez, who delivered a ground ball base hit to right. Much like David Bells reaction when he caught Ichiros original Star Wars throw, the look on current Mariners third baseman Ryon Healys face tells the story. The 2008 Ford C. Frick Award winner had been the voice of the Mariners since the team's inception in 1977. "And I've been doing this my entire adult life, been in the game close to 30 years and met and played with and against every great in my lifetime really and never met one quite like Ichiro.". \n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"rich","width":550},"type":"oembed"},{"__typename":"Markdown","content":"Ichiro is the first member added since 2015, and he joined an exclusive group that includes nine other members (in order of induction): Alvin Davis, Dave Niehaus, Jay Buhner, Edgar Martinez, Randy Johnson, Dan Wilson, Ken Griffey Jr., Lou Piniella and Jamie Moyer, with all in attendance except Johnson and Piniella. Looking back at Ichiros 2001, Colborn says one other memory stands out. Watch: Ichiro finds old-time religion with HR-robbing catch. [became] Whos next?, According to Tokyo-based journalist Midori Masujima, Japan long held an inferiority complex when it came to sports. just drops and shakes his head, Ichiro was the only one in the video not surprised by that throw, It was going to take a perfect throw to get me. The . Im anonymous here.. Niehaus honored with 2008 Frick, Seattle's soothing baseball voice headed to Cooperstown, Audio: Niehaus announcing during 1996 earthquake. Ichiro Suzuki Baseball player. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! MLB.com also offers extensive historical information and footage, online ticket sales, official baseball merchandise, authenticated memorabilia and collectibles and fantasy games. So that was a challenge. Ichiro charged the ball, fielded it, and transferred it to his throwing hand as Long rounded second and ran toward third. Julio Rodrguez had a brief moment that caused concern when he crashed into the wall in center field on Monday's Mariners spring trainng game. I root for MN where Max Kepler and Byron Buxton wouldn't attempt that throw if they were picking it up while the runner was on second base. This was most apparent during the 2001 All-Star Game in Seattle, when he told National League manager Bobby Valentine, Were going to kick your ass shortly after being introduced as the ALs leadoff hitter. We used to kick their butts. I saw this angle 20 years ago and have been looking for it ever since. He had a more avant-garde sense of fashion.. In 2004, he did just that, passing Sisler on Oct. 1. Suzuki carried the burden of an entire country in coming to America, and his success created opportunity for the countless others who have followed. Speaking of Ichiros speed and All-Star Games, his first trip to the midsummer classic had another memorable moment created by his feet. Id never faced a guy who was a better bad ball hitter., The torrid start only made Ichiros spotlight brighter, especially in Japan. I wasn't ready for 116 kisses from the manager.\n\nHe also thanked Mariners ownership for the opportunity to contribute as a special advisor in his post-playing days.\n\nMost days, I still wear the Mariners uniform, and I do so proudly, Ichiro said. Niehaus was the fans' choice to throw out the first pitch in Safeco Field history. He opened the eyes of America to Japanese baseball, Small says. There are a lot of things to like with the new MLB rules for 2023, but Seattle Sports' Mike Salk can't get his mind off the pitch clock. [But Ichiro] wasnt just going to sit back and cry because they lost. Ichiro would come up to bat and Mr. Niehaus could tell you the funniest story about him. He is Ichiro Suzuki, and after playing two games with the Seattle Mariners to start his 29th pro baseball season, he has hung up his cleats for good. He was just this unique individual, the result of a very unusual set of circumstances.. Period, man, you are out. And was he ever out., Bell: I knew he had a great arm, but I was a little surprised. His name and likeness were everywhere. He was a catalyst for a team that won a record-tying 116 games, and he brought a new style to the majors while laying the foundation for others to follow. The Japanese sensation would go on to win the Rookie of the Year and the MVP that same season . Ichiro Suzuki had a .244 BA after an 0-2 count, 20 points higher than any other player in our database (min. They show that replay of it all the time because it was such a great tag, Bell says jokingly. Bell says the roster was full of professional, consistent players, but adds, I wouldnt say there were guys that were superstar players or elite, unbelievable athletes. Ichiro was the exception. His first All-Star Game was one of those, coming in an at-bat against Randy Johnson. From Diego Segui's first pitch on April 6, 1977, through the end of the 2010 season, Niehaus called 5,284 of the Mariners' 5,385 games. [Nobuyuki] wrote in one of his books that [Ichiro] had six hours a year to play with his friends and the rest was practicing baseball, Whiting says. I mean, they had the left fielder on the left-field line, they had the third baseman almost shaking hands with him, they had the infield halfway in, had the second baseman pulled sometimesyou saw every defense that you could see, he says. Saturday, March 10, 2018 10:25pm. He used to tell me, Boone, you do not respect your equipment.. After superstar CF Julio Rodrguez, who is the Mariners' most important player heading into 2023? **For the best user experience, we recommend disabling the Reddit redesign. Ichiro announced his retirement Thursday in Tokyo after a 5-4 Mariners win over the As (the same result as his first game as a member of the Mariners), not far removed from a rousing ovation as manager Scott Servais took him out of his final game for a defensive replacement. It was awesome., A few years before shifting became more commonand later, embedded into the fabric of the leagueIchiro forced managers to get creative and devise new defensive tactics to keep him from reaching base. Ichiro was a big part of that.. He found similar and prolonged success, racking up 16 home runs and 106 RBIs in his 2003 rookie season and then taking home World Series MVP honors in 2009. Id meet with him somewhere, usually at UCLA, one time we went to Cal State Fullerton, another time to Pepperdine, Colborn says. Nicknamed Godzilla, the Yomiuri Giants outfielder had been Japans most prolific power hitter, superseding Ichiro in popularity thanks to his teams mainstream appeal. Salk: New MLB rules a plus, but theres a better way with pitch clock, Mariners Notebook: Julio Rodrguez fine, undeterred after wall crash. SEATTLE On Saturday night, the Mariners will honor one of their own when they induct outfielder Ichiro Suzuki into the team's Hall of Fame before a scheduled game against . From 2001-2010, Ichiro set a Major League record with 10 consecutive seasons of 200 or more hits. I'm not sure he threw that ball at an upward angle. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Bump & Stacy make their picks. **, Press J to jump to the feed. 51 rose to the occasion in the 2007 All-Star Game in San Francisco. Ichiro was showing signs of what he can do at the plate, hitting .371 at the time, but this was a sign of what the Mariners truly had. And the qualities that endear those players to fans resemble what resonated about Ichiro in 2001. Yet after narrowly escaping Cleveland in the ALDS, their season ended in the Bronx for the second straight year, with a loss to the Yankees in five games. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. This might actually be the greatest catch of all-time. The AL went on to win 4-1. "The Throw," one of Ichiro's signature moments in his Major League . HERE COMES JOEY, HERE IS JUNIOR TO THIRD BASE, THEY'RE GOING TO WAVE HIM IN! All of them got their chance after Suzuki smashed the stereotypes that surrounded Japanese hitters. His first signature highlight came on April 11 in Oakland. Check out video, photos and more from his big night here. "I want to be like a researcher or a student of the game. Mr. Niehaus was more than just an announcer, he was family to the Mariners players and management. Enfranchised in 1977, the Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League.Safeco Field, now T-Mobile Park has been the Mariners' home ballpark since July 1999.From their 1977 inception until June 1999, the club's home park was the Kingdome. He also thanked Mariners ownership for the opportunity to contribute as a special advisor in his post-playing days. He was a legend before Id even seen him, Colborn says. Niehaus died at his home in suburban Bellevue, according to his family. Mines just as gold as yours, Boone says. Most ballplayers, theyd wear polo shirts and golf pants, but hed have baggy jeans and a cap on backwards. His defensive acumen and acrobaticshis speed, arm strength, and daring pursuit angles on fly ballsearned him a Gold Glove award in right field. The American League, originally founded in 1901, consists of the following teams: Baltimore Orioles; Boston Red Sox; Chicago White Sox; Cleveland Indians; Detroit Tigers; Houston Astros; Kansas City Royals; Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim; Minnesota Twins; New York Yankees; Oakland Athletics; Seattle Mariners; Tampa Bay Rays; Texas Rangers; and Toronto Blue Jays. By the All-Star break, it held a 19-game lead over the second-place As. It blows my mind how lucky Seattle sports fans have been with our broadcasters, No pressure to the new Kraken announcer crew, As a Blazers fan so happy Calabro is coming back. Physics says he had to have put a little arc on it but I'm not sure. Carrying all of the responsibilities that came with being the first Japanese-born MLB position player, he never wavered. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. pic.twitter.com/2FgBfpmIV2. "To come over here and pave the way for a lot of Japanese players, what he and (Hideo) Nomo did, that's not an easy thing to do," said Oakland manager Bob Melvin, who managed Suzuki for two seasons in Seattle. Put them together and it makes him the all-time pro baseball hit king, a title he passed Pete Rose for in 2016. The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. Niehaus was the voice of the Mariners from their first game on April 6, 1977, through the end of the 2010 season with his golden Midwestern voice punctuated by his trademark "My oh My!" and "It will fly away!" calls. I could never imagine my career in America would last 19 seasons and that I would still be in Seattle today.","type":"markdown"},{"__typename":"ExternalEmbed","data":{"__typename":"ExternalEmbedContent","html":", What is your favorite Ichiro moment? Dave "The Groz" Grosby was honored by the Mariners on Tuesday night by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. Dave Niehaus, the voice of the Seattle Mariners since the team's inception in 1977, passed away on November 10th at his home in Bellevue, WA. The Double: The most popular . All these moments combined are only some of the reasons he is being inducted into the Mariners Hall of Fame this weekend. Former Mariners Alvin Davis, Jay Buhner, and team announcer Dave Niehaus of the Seattle Mariners throw out the ceremonial first pitch of the game on. Ichiro received the most votes for the 2001 All-Star Game, the first rookie ever to do so. Ichiro came up throwing, and no one who saw it or heard Dave Niehaus' memorable call will ever forget it. Or maybe at this age what I can do is prepare myself, train and see what I can do and the work I put in, see what happens to my body and performance," Suzuki said. His last was Ichiro Suzuki's fly out to end the Mariners' final game this year on Oct. 3. 0 Followers. A year later, Colborns extensive scouting reports and personal relationship with Ichiro convinced Pat Gillick, the Mariners new GM, to make a strong play for him after the 2000 season. That was pretty crazy., Throughout the summer, the Mariners also took advantage of their geographic location, catering to Japanese fans with weekend ticket packages and accommodations. Suzuki preceded Hideki Matsui, who had a stellar career with the New York Yankees, by two years. Ichiro took this to a whole new level with this quote when asked what he will do once he is done playing baseball: There were a few moments where a rookie Ichiro's growing stardom expanded past the reaches of the Pacific Northwest. Holy crap, I don't think I've seen this online before. Related:Groz Remembers: Ichiros Star Wars throw in 2001. Shannon Drayer hosts the Mariners pregame and postgame show for 710 ESPN Seattle and has been a Mariners beat reporter since 2003. Retirement wasn't the 'R' word used Thursday for the how and why of Suzuki moving off the field. I think Ichiro and Matsui broke the ice, and from the Japanese players point of view, they wanted to come over here too, and prove they could play in the highest league in the world, Hendry says. And when he steals second, he don't say please. Mariners outfielder Kyle Lewis hit his fifth home run in eight games in the big leagues on Wednesday. Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) was formed and charged with developing, building and managing the most comprehensive baseball experience available on the internet. Hes baseballs all-time hit king, was named to 10 straight American League All-Star teams, and is one of only two players ever to win MVP and Rookie of the Year in the same season. 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. Niehaus died at his . The single-season hit record. David Arnold Niehaus (February 19, 1935 - November 10, 2010) was an American sportscaster. They didnt care [about the team]. Throughout Tokyo, screens outside subway stations lit up with MLB highlights and live coverage of Mariners games sometimes starting at 4 a.m. in Japan, with people camped outside to watch. Check out http://m.mlb.com/video for our full archive of v. Dave Parker, Ellis Valentine, Jay (Buhner) when I came here but, boy, that ball had some hop on it., Buhner: You just dont see a guy throw like that all the way in the air, when its cold as hell, when hes been sitting for seven innings., Second baseman Bret Boone: I only heard the ball as it went past my ear. Hed come in the clubhouse [and] he did the same thing right in a row, McLaren says. That was the difference. With one out and Oaklands Terrence Long at first base, catcher Ramn Hernndez grounded a single to right field. He was the instructor for a region void of the major league . If I started a game against him, the day before they want to talk to you, after the game they want to talk to you, the next day they want to talk to you, Mulder says. The Japanese sensation would go on to win the Rookie of the Year and the MVP that same season, but all of that came after this laser beam. But everybody knew it could only be Dave Niehaus. A laser beam, barely 10 feet off the ground, reached third baseman David Bell on the fly . What started as, What the heck is this guy? Well, he fielded it differently when Ichiro hit it. Walk-off homers were a rarity off the Yankees legend. Because we only got to see him in the postseason once, many of Ichiro's greatest moments came in the regular season. [People] would pick up the newspaper and see Ichiro got two hits, and then several paragraphs down youd find out Seattle lost the game, he says. At the age of 42, he tripled off the wall in right field at Colorados Coors Field for his 3,000th hit. I remember it being almost in slow motion. Major League Baseball consists of 30 teams split between the American and National Leagues. buhners is great too. You need somebody over there that knows the ins and outs of not only how the games played over there, but the culture, former Cubs general manager Jim Hendry says. talent - Ken Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson, Edgar Martinez, Alex Rodriguez, Ichiro Suzuki - with no World Series to show for it. Ichiro is the first member added since 2015, and he joined an exclusive group that includes nine other members (in order of induction): Alvin Davis, Dave Niehaus, Jay Buhner, Edgar Martinez, Randy Johnson, Dan Wilson, Ken Griffey Jr., Lou Piniella and Jamie Moyer, with all in attendance except Johnson and Piniella. It was so true and so strong. Next door in the press box, Mariners broadcaster Dave Niehaus described the throw as being like something out of Star Wars, a call that was soon attached to the clip on every sports report that night. But when he met Ichiro in 2009, it was the Mariners legend who provided the classic moment. He was the lead play-by-play announcer for the American League's Seattle Mariners from their inaugural season in 1977 until his death after the 2010 season. Niehaus was a constant. I was looking to take it on the hop and it never hopped.. Ichiro, you ever turn on the ball?, Later that day, in a 7-4 loss to the Athletics, Ichiro took his managers hint. Flix Hernndez will be inducted into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame in August, the club announced Wednesday. "You just look at the talent and say it's easy to come over and play like that, but it's not. He also played for the Yankees and Marlins, albeit less prominently, and nine years in Japan before his MLB debut in 2001. "I recorded [the 2001 All-Star Game] on VHS and watched it at least six or seven times as a kid, so Ichiro leading off by beating Randy to the bag stands out to me a lot," Ty said. He's shifting to a new role as special assistant to the chairman. I feel like ending is so important, Ichiro said. In the years since, players like Nori Aoki, Kosuke Fukudome and Kaz Matsui followed. I was shocked. 4/11/01: Ichiro Suzuki nails Terrence Long trying to go first-to-third on a single to right field. Dusty Groove is Chicago's Online Record Store -- Jazz, Soul, Funk, Hip Hop, R&B, Latin, Brazil, African, World Music, Avant, Rock, Blues & more LPs, CDs, vinyl . I was 27 years old when I came to Seattle. This is the one that really shows what a laser it was. What anyone who saw that throw that night or the next morning . Even after Hideo Nomo broke international barriers and found success with the Dodgers in 1995, only a few MLB teams had scouts on the ground in Japan. [Ichiro] held that bat up like a magic wand, like, What do we got here? Even years later, during pitcher Ervin Santanas debut season with the Angels, Ichiro always found an opening. Then Ichiro unleashed what would be dubbed The Throw, a laser beam that met David Bells glove knee-high and allowed the third baseman to gently apply a tag for the out. So I've often said that he was the easiest guy I've ever had to manage because all you had to do was tell him what time the game was and you knew he'd be ready and committed to go.". Its just an absurdly impressive throw. Even though the couple ultimately split as her relationship with heroin and alcohol grew, he still . Tom Tango comes up with the idea of fun points based on fan polls to determine which players generate the most fun. "April 11, 2001: Ichiro throws an absolute rope from right field to gun down the A's' Terrence Long at third base. But he comes to play every day and hes got a looseness to him, and you dont see any argumentative confrontations on the field that you want to cast him as the bad guy, Colborn says. I remember seeing his face, and this sounds strange, but he didnt seem dejected, he seemed pissed, Small says. Did Buhner throw that ball?. SEATTLE (AP) Ichiro Suzuki's otherworldly talents made an early impression on Dave Niehaus, the Hall of Fame voice of the Seattle Mariners. Go go go go Ichiro. By the time Melvin arrived in Seattle in 2003, Suzuki was already established as a star. There were a whole slew of guys that were maybe All-Stars in Japan but just not as outstanding a player [as Ichiro], but they found that there could be a role in MLB for those types of players., In 2008, Hendry engaged in a bidding war for star outfielder Kosuke Fukudome, a member of the Chunichi Dragons who had seen Ichiros success and was inspired to play abroad. In this outtake clip from Janis Joplin: Little Girl Blue . In April and May, he was named American League Rookie of the Month, thanks to a 15-game hit streak that ended on April 21 and a 23-game hit streak that started a day later. ! Ichiro shouted, after which he allowed the eager audience to roar back and take in the moment. In Japan, practice is more important than necessarily the game, and if you dont get the desired goal, its kind of OK to cry. They tied MLBs regular-season record with 116 wins and had the third-highest bWAR in baseball history (67.1). As part of these punishing workouts, Ichiro honed his distinctive swing. He was 75. By the time Colborn returned to Japan in 1997 as the Mariners new scouting coordinator for the Pacific Rim, Ichiro had become a national icon. Of course, when I still run and do things, I feel like I can still play. Shift him all you want, Boone says. During the previous three years, he broke the countrys single-season hit record (he had 210 hits in 130 games), won the first of seven straight batting titles, and transcended the limits of the Pacific League. The first Japanese-born position player to make the majors also filled the Mariners celebrity void left by Alex Rodriguez, Ken Griffey Jr., and Randy Johnson, all of whom had recently departed Seattle. The Japanese approach to hitting is such a cookie-cutter approachthey all hit the same, Whiting says. It's grand sa-lami time! He made The Throw, "something out of Star Wars," as Mariners announcer Dave Niehaus exclaimed. Apr 21, 2017. ", More AP baseball: www.apnews.com/tags/MLBbaseball. Likewise, the fans invited Dave into their homes as he brought to life on the radio the heroics of such Mariners legends as Alvin Davis, Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez, Jay Buhner, Randy Johnson, Ichiro, Felix Hernandez and the list goes on and on.. Dave was the voice of spring and summer in the Northwest . "His whole day, his whole night, everything he thought about, was about the next day's game and being prepared for it, from the way he works out to the routine that he's on. 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