Rick Rizzs
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It really is a special relationship you have with fans ... They get to know you. (The late) Dave Niehaus and I used to tell stories about our families, and it’s like we became part of their families, too.
In baseball, you're with someone every day for seven months ... So, you need to have that respect for one another, be part of each other's lives and that's what Dave and I had for a quarter of a century together, and that's what made our jobs so much easier. When that happens, it's a beautiful thing in this business and that's what I want to have happen for Aaron and I.
I can still hear David standing behind me and telling me that 30 years agoMore quotes »
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MLB broadcasters share unique bond with fans
to Berthiaume-Brenly. Whew! Compare that with Vin Scully, who has been with the Dodgers organization since 1950, or Rick Rizzs, who is beginning his 28th year with the Seattle Mariners. “It really is a special relationship you have with fans,” Rizzs said. from AZ Central.com Read more »
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Maurer to make Cactus League debut on Monday
miss the first pitch.' That's when the nerves really hit. Once that was done and I could say, 'And here with the play-by-play is Rick Rizzs,' that's when it was alright. It's like the football player taking his first hit." Goldsmith called the third, sixth from MLB.com Read more »
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Mariners' new voice settles in
innings earmarked for Goldsmith to take the lead role in his major-league broadcasting debut on Friday. It wasn't even when Rick Rizzs threw it to him with the simple, yet profoundly overwhelming words, "Now for the play by play, here's Aaron Goldsmith." Those from The Seattle Times Read more »
