I was in line at Bi-Mart with a bag of birdseed in one hand and box of buckshot in the other when the voice of my childhood, Mariners play-by-play legend Dave Niehaus, pipes up behind me.

"Are you looking to shoot your dinner?"

I hesitated to explain myself, "NO, NO. These purchases are unrelated". He rolled his eyes and gave me a good ribbing about "you really should have bought a magnet to get the shot out", "you shouldn't shoot in city limits", etc. and continued to give me a hard time out to my truck. There, he signed the butt of my winchester XTR1500 "HAPPY HUNTING, DAVE NIEHAUS" with a sharpie he said "he always kept in his pocket for the fans".

Just a real gentleman, his baritone will always be remembered as the voice of the Mariners.