Kolek planning to go pro
I grew up with the New York guys. Ralph Kiner, Bob Murphy and Lindsay Nelson for the Mets. Frank Messer, Bill White and Phil Rizzuto for the Yanks. Marv Albert on hoops. Didn;t like any NY teams but those guys were all pretty good.Love him or hate him, Howard Cosell always made whatever event he was hosting seem big time. Al DiRogatis (don't know if I spelled that correctly) was a great, informative color man on football games in the 70s.
I grew up with the New York guys. Ralph Kiner, Bob Murphy and Lindsay Nelson for the Mets. Frank Messer, Bill White and Phil Rizzuto for the Yanks. Marv Albert on hoops. Didn;t like any NY teams but those guys were all pretty good.
I used to get a kick out of Pat Hughes balancing out Santo. Pat would be trying to paint a picture while Ron would just react. Pat - "And Pujols lines an absolute screamer over the outstretched glove of Juan Pierre, who tumbles to the turf. Two Cards will come around to score and Albert trots into 2nd with a stand up double."Ron - "Ah GEEZ. Ahhh."I used to purposely time long drives to correspond to the Cubs games to listen to them.
I'm not a Cubbie fan but I used to enjoy listening to Pat and Ron. My favorites were when Pat would try to tee one up for Ron, but Ron often took too long to respond.Example:Pat: "Ball 3 and now Alou has a 3-0 count in his favor. Does Dusty give him the green light, Ronnie?"Ron: "Well ... uh ... sure ... maybe. I mean, Alou is pretty good up there on 3-oh, won't swing too wild. But then, if he takes Ball 4 here, we have the bases loaded. It's Dusty's call ... kind of tough to say which way he'll go.Meanwhile, the pitch has been made and Alou has taken it for Ball 4 and is trotting down to first while Ronnie is still hemming and hawing. Fun stuff.
Verne Lundquist on Jack's put at 17 at 1986 Masters. "Maybe...YES SIR!"
Verne's call of tiger's chip in on 16 at the 2005 masters.
Here is Vin Scully, age 28, calling the last pitch of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADvWhMnDgEE
Actually that isn't Scully's call.This ishttp://awfulannouncing.com/2014/vin-scullys-greatest.htmlYou have to scroll down a bit.