Dave Niehaus, the one-and-only voice of the Seattle Mariners -- the team's primary broadcaster since their inception in 1977, has passed away.
There were plenty of legitimate complaints to Niehaus' style -- extreme homerism, Americanization of Latino names, stuff like that. But these were minor points compared to the voice-becoming-part-of-the-family joy Niehaus brought to the entire Pacific Northwest United States.
Rest well, David.
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