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Seattle Mariners broadcaster Rick Rizzs reflects on his career as he heads into retirement

As Seattle Mariners chairman John Stanton spoke fondly of Rick Rizzs, 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

The Independent UK

Mariners Announcer’s Call of George Springer’s Home Run in Game 7 Was Incredibly Sad

Springer's go-ahead homer in the seventh inning had the Mariners' radio announcers going through it.

Sports Illustrated

MLB Broadcaster O.K. After Suffering Scary Foul Ball Injury in Booth During Game

Mics caught the audio of the scary moment Mariners broadcaster Rick Rizzs got hit in the head by a foul ball.

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With the future of AM unclear, a look back at the powerful role radio plays in baseball history

Many baseball fans, especially older ones, originally fell in love with America’s pastime by listening to ballgames on AM radio

The Independent UK

Larry Stone: Rough stretch for Rick Rizzs, but longtime Mariners broadcaster 'very, very, very lucky'

Rick Rizzs has forged his nearly five-decade, Hall of Fame-caliber broadcasting career on positivity and enthusiasm. So it's no surprise that Rizzs' reaction to his gruesome all-terrain-vehicle accident last week is one of gratitude, not self-pity.

Tribune News Service

Matt Calkins: End of Mariners' playoff drought never in doubt for always-positive Rick Rizzs

SEATTLE — On a scale of 1 to Rick Rizzs, how much joy did you feel Friday when Cal Raleigh clinched a playoff berth for the Mariners?

Tribune News Service

Mariners Announcer Barely Avoids Foul Ball in Viral Clip (Video)

Longtime Seattle radio voice Rick Rizzs was merely a few inches away from being hit in the announcers’ booth.

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