It’s only proper to pay tribute to Ron Fairly with a story (or eight), because Fairly above all else was a raconteur, a weaver of tales, a fount of baseball history and lore.
For 14 years, Fairly filled his Mariners broadcasts with hilarious and apt anecdotes that would elevate the game in progress – and usually tickle the funny bone in the process.
Even better, for those of us lucky enough to get to know “Red,” were the stories off the air, always a little more ribald and risqué. And therefore that much funnier.
Fairly died at about 2:15 a.