On a misty weekend morning, a bunch of people are getting ready for a ride, complete with boots and helmets. This isn't a two-wheeler ride though; it's a four-legged one involving walk, trot, canter and gallop ... At 67, I began taking interest in riding.
The Seattle Mariners were out of it, as always, four games away from winter in 1991. This was a Wednesday night in Arlington, Texas, three ballparks ago, 12,000 people in the stands. To the visiting broadcaster, it might as well ....
Much like his broadcasts, Rick Rizzs' retirement news conference was filled with the earnest joy, passion and humility that has endeared him to generations of Mariners fans ... .
SEATTLE — As Seattle Mariners chairman John Stanton spoke fondly of Rick Rizzs on Wednesday morning, the longtime play-by-play broadcaster pulled a box of tissues close and looked around the team’s interview room in anticipation of the inevitable.
Rick Rizzs, Seattle Mariners radio broadcaster, poses with a talking bottle opener while handing them out before a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles on June 23, 2019, in Seattle... .
SEATTLE (AP) — Longtime Mariners play-by-play broadcaster Rick Rizzs will retire at the end of the 2026 season after his 41st year in the booth in Seattle, the franchise announced Tuesday ....