Seattle sports radio just reported that Dave Niehaus died.

[LisaM]

Can't find a story online yet. It's very shocking.

[Upton]

1. Here's something from KOMO

http://www.komonews.com/sports/107096913.html

[bigwillq]

2. ....

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/mariners/2013399999_niehaus11.html?syndication=rss

[LisaM]

3. Ernie Harwell, Sparky Anderson, Dave Niehaus

Three icons in my baseball world.

[Upton]

4. Niehaus is a Seattle legend

Did you notice over the last 2-3 years the way Dave's play by play began slipping rather alarmingly? I mean, he would almost routinely forget how many outs there were, ball and strike counts, and sometimes during a play he would appear to have trouble following the action and in turn expressing what was going on to the listener.

I guess that kind of stuff comes with age, but I thought he should have hung it up a few years ago. Perhaps he was hanging on hoping to see his beloved Mariners in the WS at least once. It's just too bad that never came to pass..

[travelingtypist]

5. His co-hosts, though, covered for him pretty well I thought.

And he did come up with "Death to Flying Things" for Gutierrez, which even though it's not original I just loved.

[LisaM]

6. Yes, we did notice that

But even though all the co-hosts are perfectly adequate, none of them had the right voice.

[Twillig]

7. "Swung on and Belted!"

always an exciting call.