Fans petition to rotate Niehaus statue to 鈥榳atch鈥� playoff games
Oct 11, 2022, 11:40 AM | Updated: 12:02 pm
The Bronze statue dedicated to Dave Niehaus is seen during the game between the Seattle Mariners and the St. Louis Cardinals at T-Mobile Park on July 03, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steven Ryan/Getty Images)
(Photo by Steven Ryan/Getty Images)
Fans are launching a campaign to get T-Mobile Park to turn around the Dave Niehaus monument so the iconic broadcaster鈥檚 likeness can 鈥渨atch鈥� the Mariners鈥� first home playoff game in a generation.
The is gaining social media attention and signatures fast; it has grown to more than 2,300 signers in the two days since its inception. Its creator, Shay Weintraub, is a lifelong fan and author at the Mariners fan site .
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She said she got the idea from a comment on one of the site鈥檚 articles and it seemed like a fun way to celebrate the Mariners’ first playoff since 2001.
鈥淭his team is the textbook definition of fun, so the fans should definitely be having some fun, too,鈥� she told 成人X站 Newsradio.
Weintraub said she knows the metallic statue outside center field is probably very difficult to move. Even so, she says the petition is a symbolic gesture of her and many others鈥� excitement.
鈥淚f it doesn鈥檛 happen, it doesn鈥檛 happen, but it鈥檚 the playoffs,鈥� she said. 鈥淟et鈥檚 have some fun, let鈥檚 do things to celebrate.鈥�
