First Mariner’s Game of the Season!
Last weekend Gus and I headed to Safeco Field for the first of many (hopefully) Mariner’s games this year. While we did opt to not renew or 16-game packs in order to save some money, we still plan on catching more than one game.
Since I was a little heart-broken by our saving money tactic, we decided to get Opening Day tickets! This was a perfect trade-off. We got to take part in all of the opening day festivities, which included “King” Felix Hernandez receiving his Cy Young Award, Ichiro receiving his Golden Glove award, and a touching tribute to our late, beloved announcer Dave Niehaus.
The tribute to Dave was the best part. There wasn’t a dry eye in the place. Dave was the first and only announcer for the Mariner’s since their inception, and his sudden passing last November hit the city pretty hard. We do have some very high quality announcers who are filling in, but it’s hard to imagine they’ll come up with as brilliant slogans as “My OH My!” and “The Grand Salami!” Sigh. We miss you Dave.
If you’d like to see video of the tribute song that was performed for Dave, pop on over to Belles of the Sound to check it out.
Happy Wednesday!
