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Parting Shot — 9.16.11

Longtime broadcast partner Rick Rizzs steps away after sitting down with a statue of the late Seattle Mariners play-by-play announcer Dave Niehaus, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, in Seattle. The slightly larger-than-life statue of Niehaus was unveiled in a ceremony that included his widow Marilyn and other family members, team president Chuck Armstrong and former Mariners Jay Buhner and Dan Wilson. The bronze statue is located in the Main Concourse of the Mariners' ballpark, near Section 105 in right-center field. (Elaine Thompson / Associated Press)
Longtime broadcast partner Rick Rizzs steps away after sitting down with a statue of the late Seattle Mariners play-by-play announcer Dave Niehaus, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, in Seattle. The slightly larger-than-life statue of Niehaus was unveiled in a ceremony that included his widow Marilyn and other family members, team president Chuck Armstrong and former Mariners Jay Buhner and Dan Wilson. The bronze statue is located in the Main Concourse of the Mariners' ballpark, near Section 105 in right-center field. (Elaine Thompson / Associated Press)

Longtime broadcast partner Rick Rizzs steps away after sitting down with a statue of the late Seattle Mariners play-by-play announcer Dave Niehaus this afternoon in Seattle. The slightly larger-than-life statue of Niehaus was unveiled in a ceremony that included his widow Marilyn and other family members, team president Chuck Armstrong and former Mariners Jay Buhner and Dan Wilson. The bronze statue is located in the Main Concourse of the Mariners' ballpark, near Section 105 in right-center field. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Question: Have Seattle Mariner broadcaster filled in capably for the late Dave Niehaus this year?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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