November 14, 2024 • 9 mins
Dave Sims has left his announcer job with the Seattle Mariners to become the play by play radio voice of the New York Yankees and Sims joined Dave Softy Mahler and Dick Fain to talk about the decision to leave for his dream broadcast job in his current home.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, deck Fane here and yeah, I know summer's gone
and it's now getting close to cozy uptime. Well, I
got the perfect cocktails to welcome in the fall from
my friends at Cutwater, who are now introducing two varieties
for the first time in the Puget Sound region, the
Espresso Martini and the limited edition Peppermint White Russian, each
made with real Cutwater vodka and each at thirteen percent ABV.
So yeah, you'll warm up in a hurry. Available almost everywhere,
and to find their great new and classic cocktails, check
(00:21):
them out at Cutwaterspirits dot com. Open the Bar with Cutwater,
an official can cocktail partner of the Seahawks. Copyright twenty
twenty four. Cutwater Spirits, San Diego, California. Enjoy Responsibly Live
from the R and R Foundation Specialists Broadcast Studio.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Now back to Softie and Dick on your home for
the Huskies and the Kreken Sports Radio ninety three point
three kjr FM. All right, we are back on a
Thursday night for the five forty bar and grill. Right here.
On ninety three three KJARF had some big news with
the America Broadcast team. Dave Simms is leaving us, you
and me and Jackson. He's turning us back on us.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
And take it off.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
But he's only leaving to become the voice of the
New York Yankees. Here he is to say goodbye, our buddy,
our friend. Everybody's over clemped. Dave Simms is with us
on the show. David, Amen, congratulations on the new gig.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Man.
Speaker 4 (01:17):
Tell us about this. Why did this make sense for you?
Speaker 2 (01:20):
And why after eighteen years or you're saying goodbye to
your buddies here in Seattle.
Speaker 5 (01:25):
Amen, It's New York. You know, I'm always based here.
Family's here, and it's you know, maybe the best brand
sports in the world, and with the history and the legacy,
and it's it's it's listening to Frank Sinatra, you know,
New York, New York.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
You know, I think so.
Speaker 5 (01:44):
Now it's you know, I always wanted to be here
in New York. I started out of college as a
newspaper guy here, and now I'm coming back as a
radio voice of the Yankees. Was sitting now the Yankees,
and I gonna be more thou family is excited and
the phone's been blown up all day.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Well, what about that college newspaper kid. What if what
if you go back in time and tell that kid
you're gonna have Voice of the Yankees on your resume
before you're all sudden done.
Speaker 5 (02:13):
How that might be familiar with I think you're familiar
with the phrase, no effing went.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
You know.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
It's uh, you got a dream, big and just get pushing.
It's uh, it's worked out and uh, you know, I've
had a lot of great stops along the way. The
longest stop I've had, you know, in my career is
clearly Seattle. A lot of friends, a lot of tremendous memories,
a lot of great moments where we had more freaking
playoff chances and more. It's a world series spots. But
(02:45):
you know, I learned a ton Uh made, like I said,
made a lot of friends, play a lot of golf
with some good guys, and uh, it's you know, it's
just a wonderful experience. I'm glad. I'm glad it happened.
Speaker 4 (02:56):
Well.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Dave Simms, as with us, he's becoming the new radio
voice of that you Yankee is replacing John Sterling. And
you're going from a place that has never won a
pennant to a place that's got forty one of them
in New York. I mean, this is a bit of
a different job. There's a lot of eyeballs on you.
Do you think you need to change anything or go
to New York City and just be the.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Same Dave Simms that we had here in Seattle.
Speaker 5 (03:19):
Hey, it would be the same I was in Seattle
and the same I was when I did talk radio
here WNBC and at wf AN. So it's clearly a homecoming.
I mean, you know, people familiar with my work and
the way I operate in terms of and being on TV.
I mean I've done the flagship TV stations here at
NBC and CBS. You know, I mention FN and NBC Radio.
(03:42):
So it truly is a truly is a homecoming.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Man, How does something like this come together when you
find out that John Sterling is retiring? You know, is
it you reaching out? Is your agent reaching out? Do
you wait and see if the Yankees come knocking on
your door? How does that all work?
Speaker 5 (03:58):
Connections happen, man, and and you meet so many people
along the way, and one leads to another to another,
step back, step forward to forward. Connections are made and
Bengal Bengal things.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Happen you think about your eighteen years in Seattle. People
were asking on social media today for their favorite Dame
Simms moment and I mentioned it.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
Was done by the King the perfect.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
But when you think of your favorite moments as the
broadcaster of this team, what what stands out for you?
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Men?
Speaker 3 (04:28):
There's the pitch from us Aledo. Is the drive deep
to right.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
Winness ball game two to one?
Speaker 2 (04:37):
The Streamlins.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
The dround is over, They're gone in the playoffs.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Wow, the triple Hey, now love it?
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Dave?
Speaker 1 (04:50):
You're hiring you know, if you're hiring your replacement. I mean,
obviously it's going to be very, very difficult, if not impossible,
to replace Dave Simms. But if you're hiring your replacement,
what are you looking for in the Mariner's TV booth
that it needs?
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Wow?
Speaker 5 (05:03):
Somebody that loves the game, loves people, loves to communicate them,
and can bring that joy uh to the game and
be able to tell the truth when things are going
great and when things are good gone bad, and you
established a relationship with the audience, and if you do
it right, it works, then it really does.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Why did you feel comfortable doing that from the start?
Ever since we've known you. You've been comfortable telling the
truth when things are going good and when things are
going bad.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
Why was that?
Speaker 5 (05:30):
I was raised that way? And uh, and I also
had the benefit years ago when the heck was that
the mid eighties.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (05:38):
They gone into the Olympics in eighty eight and Martin Lickman,
the Great Marty Glickman was probably the first jock turn
play by play guy. You know, Syracuse got denied a
spot in the thirty six Olympics because of Hitler and
all that nonsense at anti sentiments, the seventhieres, et cetera. Anyway,
he became the you know, one of the leading races
in New York. I mean he did everything, and this
(06:00):
whole thing was described what you're seeing on radio. Get involved,
get the note of people, do your homework on the
field before the game, get to the players, coaches and
everybody connected with the team. And boy, I tell you what,
you come out with your pockets full of information to
wrap around and weave in and out on what's happening
(06:22):
in front of you.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Hey man, Congratulations Honestly, from from everybody here in Seattle,
We're proud of you.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
We're happy for you.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
We feel like kind of one of our guys just
got made here with this incredible radio job, like Joe
Peshi and good Fellows man, but they ended.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
Up shooting Joe Peshi, so don't know that. By the way,
all right.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
No, I don't want to take it that far.
Speaker 5 (06:43):
Frank Frank Vincent coming after me, you know what I mean? Yeah,
love you guys, and thanks for everything, man, I appreciate it.
Look forward to seeing we Yankees come to Seattle. And
he's already checked it, checked it out. It's the first Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday night looking for.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
I got a feeling, Dave, who's going to be throwing
out the first pitch on one of those Yeah, that's exactly.
Speaker 5 (07:02):
I'll start listening up now.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Hey go get a congratulations Palank, thank you.
Speaker 5 (07:08):
And by the way, I continue even when I'm on
the East Coast. I just say, hey, Alexi, play a
little KJR, will you?
Speaker 6 (07:13):
Huh?
Speaker 4 (07:14):
There you go? I love it? You smart guy.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
They go get him, buddy, Dave Simms with us on
the radio show, the new Voice of the New York Yankees. Uh,
we didn't get time to talk about it, but obviously
becomes the first full time African American Yankee radio man,
which is a huge, huge accomplishment for that franchise, and
in that city. He's seventy one years old, he lives there,
he's from the East Coast.
Speaker 4 (07:37):
He's going back home.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Let's face it, man, this would be like you or
I working on the East Coast and getting a job
in Seattle, and from our perspective of being a complete
no brainer, Dick.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Yeah, I think I know a lot of people don't
know that. You know, that's that's where he's done a
bulk of his work, Right, People, especially younger people, just
think of Dave Simms as being a Seattle guy, right,
I mean eighteen years so that's a good chunk of
you know, Jackson's life as he made as he mentioned before,
but yeah, he's uh, he's a New Yorker, no question
about it. And being able to go home. It's just
it's just the right move and just it's just such
(08:07):
a great guy and a fabulous play by playmate. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Well, in honor of Dave Simms, who is moving on
to go work for the New York Yankees, one more
time for Dave Simms, a little bit of an idea
of what the Mariners are missing, but Dave Simms taking
off to go to New York. Rollman, he got Jap's
gonna be flying from second.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
He got the bases loaded.
Speaker 5 (08:29):
Bower's well fouled down the third base line.
Speaker 6 (08:32):
Biggest pitch of the year here for the Mariners, three
or two bases loaded.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Say shack the pitch coars, peace stars. That's how to
go on line. I'm telling you, hey.
Speaker 6 (08:52):
Now, hey, now.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Pitch counting girl.
Speaker 6 (08:57):
Well, there's a drive Dave right, they'll say goodbye, Hey, Lloyd,
do some delivery for the truck to the airport. A
three run jack by Sieger in this second one, open
the picture, the bricks.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
In the field get a Bucketcause des ag the boom
stack seven seven and the seven what line? The anxious
folks out here at the ballpark? Three two to calendar
(09:40):
the picture of my Salvado. I drink the light fields
to the dream lads. I'm going to the playoffs, the
dreams to the model Mariners.
Speaker 5 (10:01):
Felix Hernandez The two two take thirty four years, one
hundred nineteen games.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
It's finally happened.
Speaker 6 (10:11):
A perfect game by Seattle miner at one done by
the King Felix Heernandez.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Hey deck Fane here and yeah, I know summer's gone
and it's now getting close to cozy uptime. Well, I
got the perfect cocktails to welcome in the fall from
my friends at Cutwater, who are now introducing two varieties
for the first time in the Puget Sound region, the
Espresso Martini and the limited edition Peppermint White Russian, each
made with real Cutwater vodka and each at thirteen percent ABV.
So yeah, you'll warm up in a hurry. Available almost everywhere,
and to find their great new and classic cocktails, check
(10:41):
them out at Cutwaterspirits dot com. Open the Bar with Cutwater,
an official can cocktail partner of the Seahawks. Copyright twenty
twenty four. Cutwater Spirits, San Diego, California. Enjoy Responsibly
Hey, deck Fane here and yeah, I know summer's gone
and it's now getting close to cozy uptime. Well, I
got the perfect cocktails to welcome in the fall from
my friends at Cutwater, who are now introducing two varieties
for the first time in the Puget Sound region, the
Espresso Martini and the limited edition Peppermint White Russian, each
made with real Cutwater vodka and each at thirteen percent ABV.
So yeah, you'll warm up in a hurry. Available almost everywhere,
and to find their great new and classic cocktails, check
(00:21):
them out at Cutwaterspirits dot com. Open the Bar with Cutwater,
an official can cocktail partner of the Seahawks. Copyright twenty
twenty four. Cutwater Spirits, San Diego, California. Enjoy Responsibly Live
from the R and R Foundation Specialists Broadcast Studio.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Now back to Softie and Dick on your home for
the Huskies and the Kreken Sports Radio ninety three point
three kjr FM. All right, we are back on a
Thursday night for the five forty bar and grill. Right here.
On ninety three three KJARF had some big news with
the America Broadcast team. Dave Simms is leaving us, you
and me and Jackson. He's turning us back on us.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
And take it off.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
But he's only leaving to become the voice of the
New York Yankees. Here he is to say goodbye, our buddy,
our friend. Everybody's over clemped. Dave Simms is with us
on the show. David, Amen, congratulations on the new gig.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Man.
Speaker 4 (01:17):
Tell us about this. Why did this make sense for you?
Speaker 2 (01:20):
And why after eighteen years or you're saying goodbye to
your buddies here in Seattle.
Speaker 5 (01:25):
Amen, It's New York. You know, I'm always based here.
Family's here, and it's you know, maybe the best brand
sports in the world, and with the history and the legacy,
and it's it's it's listening to Frank Sinatra, you know,
New York, New York.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
You know, I think so.
Speaker 5 (01:44):
Now it's you know, I always wanted to be here
in New York. I started out of college as a
newspaper guy here, and now I'm coming back as a
radio voice of the Yankees. Was sitting now the Yankees,
and I gonna be more thou family is excited and
the phone's been blown up all day.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Well, what about that college newspaper kid. What if what
if you go back in time and tell that kid
you're gonna have Voice of the Yankees on your resume
before you're all sudden done.
Speaker 5 (02:13):
How that might be familiar with I think you're familiar
with the phrase, no effing went.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
You know.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
It's uh, you got a dream, big and just get pushing.
It's uh, it's worked out and uh, you know, I've
had a lot of great stops along the way. The
longest stop I've had, you know, in my career is
clearly Seattle. A lot of friends, a lot of tremendous memories,
a lot of great moments where we had more freaking
playoff chances and more. It's a world series spots. But
(02:45):
you know, I learned a ton Uh made, like I said,
made a lot of friends, play a lot of golf
with some good guys, and uh, it's you know, it's
just a wonderful experience. I'm glad. I'm glad it happened.
Speaker 4 (02:56):
Well.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Dave Simms, as with us, he's becoming the new radio
voice of that you Yankee is replacing John Sterling. And
you're going from a place that has never won a
pennant to a place that's got forty one of them
in New York. I mean, this is a bit of
a different job. There's a lot of eyeballs on you.
Do you think you need to change anything or go
to New York City and just be the.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Same Dave Simms that we had here in Seattle.
Speaker 5 (03:19):
Hey, it would be the same I was in Seattle
and the same I was when I did talk radio
here WNBC and at wf AN. So it's clearly a homecoming.
I mean, you know, people familiar with my work and
the way I operate in terms of and being on TV.
I mean I've done the flagship TV stations here at
NBC and CBS. You know, I mention FN and NBC Radio.
(03:42):
So it truly is a truly is a homecoming.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Man, How does something like this come together when you
find out that John Sterling is retiring? You know, is
it you reaching out? Is your agent reaching out? Do
you wait and see if the Yankees come knocking on
your door? How does that all work?
Speaker 5 (03:58):
Connections happen, man, and and you meet so many people
along the way, and one leads to another to another,
step back, step forward to forward. Connections are made and
Bengal Bengal things.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Happen you think about your eighteen years in Seattle. People
were asking on social media today for their favorite Dame
Simms moment and I mentioned it.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
Was done by the King the perfect.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
But when you think of your favorite moments as the
broadcaster of this team, what what stands out for you?
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Men?
Speaker 3 (04:28):
There's the pitch from us Aledo. Is the drive deep
to right.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
Winness ball game two to one?
Speaker 2 (04:37):
The Streamlins.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
The dround is over, They're gone in the playoffs.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Wow, the triple Hey, now love it?
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Dave?
Speaker 1 (04:50):
You're hiring you know, if you're hiring your replacement. I mean,
obviously it's going to be very, very difficult, if not impossible,
to replace Dave Simms. But if you're hiring your replacement,
what are you looking for in the Mariner's TV booth
that it needs?
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Wow?
Speaker 5 (05:03):
Somebody that loves the game, loves people, loves to communicate them,
and can bring that joy uh to the game and
be able to tell the truth when things are going
great and when things are good gone bad, and you
established a relationship with the audience, and if you do
it right, it works, then it really does.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Why did you feel comfortable doing that from the start?
Ever since we've known you. You've been comfortable telling the
truth when things are going good and when things are
going bad.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
Why was that?
Speaker 5 (05:30):
I was raised that way? And uh, and I also
had the benefit years ago when the heck was that
the mid eighties.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (05:38):
They gone into the Olympics in eighty eight and Martin Lickman,
the Great Marty Glickman was probably the first jock turn
play by play guy. You know, Syracuse got denied a
spot in the thirty six Olympics because of Hitler and
all that nonsense at anti sentiments, the seventhieres, et cetera. Anyway,
he became the you know, one of the leading races
in New York. I mean he did everything, and this
(06:00):
whole thing was described what you're seeing on radio. Get involved,
get the note of people, do your homework on the
field before the game, get to the players, coaches and
everybody connected with the team. And boy, I tell you what,
you come out with your pockets full of information to
wrap around and weave in and out on what's happening
(06:22):
in front of you.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Hey man, Congratulations Honestly, from from everybody here in Seattle,
We're proud of you.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
We're happy for you.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
We feel like kind of one of our guys just
got made here with this incredible radio job, like Joe
Peshi and good Fellows man, but they ended.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
Up shooting Joe Peshi, so don't know that. By the way,
all right.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
No, I don't want to take it that far.
Speaker 5 (06:43):
Frank Frank Vincent coming after me, you know what I mean? Yeah,
love you guys, and thanks for everything, man, I appreciate it.
Look forward to seeing we Yankees come to Seattle. And
he's already checked it, checked it out. It's the first Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday night looking for.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
I got a feeling, Dave, who's going to be throwing
out the first pitch on one of those Yeah, that's exactly.
Speaker 5 (07:02):
I'll start listening up now.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Hey go get a congratulations Palank, thank you.
Speaker 5 (07:08):
And by the way, I continue even when I'm on
the East Coast. I just say, hey, Alexi, play a
little KJR, will you?
Speaker 6 (07:13):
Huh?
Speaker 4 (07:14):
There you go? I love it? You smart guy.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
They go get him, buddy, Dave Simms with us on
the radio show, the new Voice of the New York Yankees. Uh,
we didn't get time to talk about it, but obviously
becomes the first full time African American Yankee radio man,
which is a huge, huge accomplishment for that franchise, and
in that city. He's seventy one years old, he lives there,
he's from the East Coast.
Speaker 4 (07:37):
He's going back home.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Let's face it, man, this would be like you or
I working on the East Coast and getting a job
in Seattle, and from our perspective of being a complete
no brainer, Dick.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Yeah, I think I know a lot of people don't
know that. You know, that's that's where he's done a
bulk of his work, Right, People, especially younger people, just
think of Dave Simms as being a Seattle guy, right,
I mean eighteen years so that's a good chunk of
you know, Jackson's life as he made as he mentioned before,
but yeah, he's uh, he's a New Yorker, no question
about it. And being able to go home. It's just
it's just the right move and just it's just such
(08:07):
a great guy and a fabulous play by playmate. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Well, in honor of Dave Simms, who is moving on
to go work for the New York Yankees, one more
time for Dave Simms, a little bit of an idea
of what the Mariners are missing, but Dave Simms taking
off to go to New York. Rollman, he got Jap's
gonna be flying from second.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
He got the bases loaded.
Speaker 5 (08:29):
Bower's well fouled down the third base line.
Speaker 6 (08:32):
Biggest pitch of the year here for the Mariners, three
or two bases loaded.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Say shack the pitch coars, peace stars. That's how to
go on line. I'm telling you, hey.
Speaker 6 (08:52):
Now, hey, now.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Pitch counting girl.
Speaker 6 (08:57):
Well, there's a drive Dave right, they'll say goodbye, Hey, Lloyd,
do some delivery for the truck to the airport. A
three run jack by Sieger in this second one, open
the picture, the bricks.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
In the field get a Bucketcause des ag the boom
stack seven seven and the seven what line? The anxious
folks out here at the ballpark? Three two to calendar
(09:40):
the picture of my Salvado. I drink the light fields
to the dream lads. I'm going to the playoffs, the
dreams to the model Mariners.
Speaker 5 (10:01):
Felix Hernandez The two two take thirty four years, one
hundred nineteen games.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
It's finally happened.
Speaker 6 (10:11):
A perfect game by Seattle miner at one done by
the King Felix Heernandez.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Hey deck Fane here and yeah, I know summer's gone
and it's now getting close to cozy uptime. Well, I
got the perfect cocktails to welcome in the fall from
my friends at Cutwater, who are now introducing two varieties
for the first time in the Puget Sound region, the
Espresso Martini and the limited edition Peppermint White Russian, each
made with real Cutwater vodka and each at thirteen percent ABV.
So yeah, you'll warm up in a hurry. Available almost everywhere,
and to find their great new and classic cocktails, check
(10:41):
them out at Cutwaterspirits dot com. Open the Bar with Cutwater,
an official can cocktail partner of the Seahawks. Copyright twenty
twenty four. Cutwater Spirits, San Diego, California. Enjoy Responsibly
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