Dave Niehaus, the iconic voice of the Mariners since their expansion season in 1977, will accept today baseball broadcasting's highest honor at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
By Larry Stone
gtime broadcast partner Rick Rizzs call the action during a spring-training game in Tempe, Ariz., in 1986.

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By Kirby Arnold Mariners Hall of Fame announcer Dave Niehaus holds up the ball before tossing out the first pitch during the opening day festivities earlier

By Tom Singer / MLB.com COOPERSTOWN, NY - The red carpet got soaked. But not even a frightening warning from two sources could dampen the enthusiasm of more than a thousand fans who gathered Saturday night for the annual arrival of Hall of Fame partygoers to baseball's shrine.
The fans' dogged patience was rewarded near the end of the 45-minute program when Cal Ripken Jr., in a spontaneous re-enactment of his legendary tour of Camden Yards on the night he broke Lou Gehrig's consecutive games record, made his way around fans ringing the entrance to the Hall of Fame.
with fans of America's Pastime.

By DAVID ANDRIESEN AND JOHN HICKEY COOPERSTOWN, NY – The streets of this tiny, idyllic village are teeming as baseball fans descend upon it for baseball's

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By Tim Booth AP SEATTLE - Before Junior, A-Rod, The Big Unit and Ichiro, the Seattle Mariners’ lone icon was Dave Niehaus and his golden Midwestern voice.
For 32 years, from Diego Segui’s first pitch in the concrete dungeon that was the Kingdome, through yet another loss Wednesday at palatial Safeco Field, Niehaus has been the narrator for plenty of losing seasons and a few memorable moments that defined Mariners history.
ners’ inception in 1977, Niehaus has served as instructor for baseball fans in the Pacific Northwest, a region void of the major league game sans the Seattle Pilots one-year experiment in 1969. Adults and kids regularly tuned in on summer evenings to