My Oh My

Friday night at Safeco Field, the Mariners unveiled the stadium’s first memorial statue:

You can’t see it from this angle, but there’s an empty chair next to Dave Niehaus, and you’re more than welcome to take that seat and have your photo taken.

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Here’s Niehaus’s scorebook, open to what most fans consider the greatest game in franchise history:

And finally, it’s not precisely true that nobody’s ever been memorialized in bronze at Safeco Field. Just outside the left-field entrance, you’ll find the ever-popular Russ Davis Memorial ...