Longtime voice of the Mariners Rick Rizzs will continue to call the games on Seattle Sports alongside Gary Hill Jr., who is taking the full-time color commentator role in the wake of Dave Sims ...

Only because I’m hoping to get hit by a foul ball.” The foul ball reference is an ode to Seattle Mariners announcer Rick Rizzs who took a baseball to the back of his head earlier this week.

During Seattle Mariners Spring Training, broadcaster Rick Rizzs took a foul ball to the head. It's not often that a ball makes it into the booth, but it's not impossible and it happened on Monday.

“Swing and a foul,” said Rizzs before the contact caused quite a stir in the visiting radio booth at American Family Fields of Phoenix. “Did it get you?” asked his broadcast partner Gary Hill. Rizzs — ...

So it takes time. So just kind of keep chipping away.” Rizzs back in booth Longtime radio broadcaster Rick Rizzs was back on the call two days after a scary incident in which he was hit on the back of ...

On Tuesday, however, Mariners radio broadcaster Rick Rizzs got hit squarely in the head by a Rhys Hoskins foul ball in the fifth inning of a Spring Training game, and miraculously returned to play ...

They are expected to start the season with High-A Everett. General manager Justin Hollander had a little fun with announcer Rick Rizzs for Wednesday’s game. Sitting in the radio booth was a new ...

Seattle Mariners camp was in a full buzz Wednesday as Matt Brash was scheduled to throw to hitters for the first time since elbow surgery, Rick Rizzs showed up no worse for wear after getting ...

Rick Rizzs, who serves as the lead radio voice for ... before the ball smacked him on the head as he covered the game at the American Family Fields of Phoenix baseball park in Maryvale, Arizona.