Radio advertisements are annoying, an unfortunate side-effect of the fact that they are engineered to stick in your head. Advertisements on 710 AM during Mariners games are one step beyond; they are maddening. And yet whenever Jay Buhner’s voice appears to shill “Trucks, trucks, and more trucks”—well, it’s an oddly calming force. Buhner is like that. The former Mariners right fielder is a shill, yes, but he also radiates warmth and humanity, even when he’s doing some bad acting—a bit like the game itself. Nothing lifts a dreary evening at Safeco Field more than looking up at the big screen and seeing Buhner in the stands, suffering through the 1-0 affair along with you, smiling and sporting an unnatural April tan. Everyone cheers, everyone loves The Bone, and so often he is there to receive your love and to share baseball with you. His number 19 will never be retired, but you get the sense that the man will be a fixture at Safeco forever.

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