Dave Sims
From BR Bullpen
- School Bethany College (WV)
- Born February 14, 1953
[edit] Biographical Information
Dave Sims has been the television play-by-play announcer for the Seattle Mariners since 2007. During his first four years, he would call the first three innings on radio with Dave Niehaus announcing on the television side, after which they would swap posts. Since Niehaus' passing, Sims now exclusively works on television.
Sims grew up in south Philadelphia. He attended Bethany College and played catcher on the baseball team while majoring in mass communications. His career started with the New York Daily News as a sportswriter.
Sims' first radio job was with WNBC in New York as the host of the radio call-in show SportsNight in the mid 1980s. He later moved to Sports Radio 66 WFAN as co-host (along with Ed Coleman) of a midday show called Coleman and the Soul Man. He also was a weekend sports anchor at WCBS TV.
Beginning in 1991, he worked as an announcer for ESPN. While he only occasionally called baseball games, he also announced college basketball and college football. He has also been a sports writer, a college basketball announcer and a college football announcer for ESPN. He still calls Sunday Night Football on Westwood One radio, which he's done since 2006. (M's radio announcer Rick Rizzs fills in when Sims is away during football season on Sundays.)
