What are your best sports announcer memories?

[GooooMarquette]

No love for Bob Uecker?

Juuuussst a bit outside!

[LloydsLegs]

Dick Button and Peggy Fleming.

Sorry, Scott Hamilton and Elfi Schlegel just don't cut it.  However, Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski are showing some promise.

better is the SNL version with the skater falling over and over ... "ohhhh.."

[rocket surgeon]

I remember being stoned watching a show entirely about Earl Gillespie fishing for muskie around Hayward.

Bizarre

i think you meant john gillespie(earl's son)  yeah he's gotta be doin something-must have been the most surreal buzz you ever experienced though-holy cow MAN

all of eddie doucette is etched in my brain

[muwarrior69]

Dick Enberg and Al, the best tandem in college basketball.

New York baseball had some greats: Mel Allen and Red Barber, but IMHO none better than Vin Scully of the Dodgers.

Chris Schenkle could make professional Bowling interesting to watch on TV, really got to be good to do that.

Lindsey Nelson calling the Army-Navy game in 1963 using for the very first time the "instant replay".

None better that Jim Mckay On ABCs Wide World of Sports; "the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat."

[warriorchick]

Dick Enberg and Al, the best tandem in college basketball.
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None better that Jim Mckay On ABCs Wide World of Sports; "the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat."

I miss Wide World of Sports.  Obviously, it's obsolete now that we have The Ocho.

On a related note, whatever happened to the sport of barrel jumping?  They used to show that on WWOS all the time.

[rocket surgeon]

Juuuussst a bit outside!

down in front-

aww, these fans, i love 'em

nice seats huh pal?

you're in the wrong seat buddy, come with me

i must be in the front rowwwww


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOnHi7KOxCA

[4everwarriors]

Juuuussst a bit outside!

"get up, get up, get outta here, gone," hey?

[real chili 83]

Gotta love the Arnie Harris hat shot.

[mikekinsellaMVP]

Bill Schonely is the voice of my childhood.  "Drexler, to Porter, for three...  RRRRRRRIP CITY!"

[rocket surgeon]

the one that drove me nuts was a recent past bucks radio guy-"3-ball side pocket"-if i hear that one more time...is it still ted davis?  haven't listened in a while.  hopefully they sent him to radio CE to learn some new chit

[HouWarrior]

I have a hard time listening to Doris Burke.

Seems like she could note that sometimes good color work is: "Less is More, Doris"

[warrior_rugby15]

The White Sox radio team from the 90's - 2005 with John Rooney and Ed Farmer. Rooney's last call with the Sox was the final out of the 05 World Series

[rocket surgeon]

maybe i missed it, but HARRY caray-he was a one of a kind, getting sloshed behind the mic making harry doyle proud.  but then again, coming out admitting you were a cubs fan-yup-everyone has a bad century or so-heyna

[Sheriff]

Verne Lundquist on Jack's put at 17 at 1986 Masters.  "Maybe...YES SIR!"

[Sheriff]

There is something about baseball announcers on AM radio.

Used to love Milo Hamilton, Vince Lloyd, and Lou Boudreau on WGN.

One of my favorite radio calls was by Harry Caray.  August of 1990 night game.  Harry was doing radio, middle innings, against the Cardinals.  Whitey Herzog had been bitching about the umps not calling balks all season.  Cubs loaded the bases.  Cardinal pitcher was called for a balk.  Run scores.  Harry simply says, "Whitey, he who lives by the sword, dies by the sword".

A few more favorites from Harry:

-That wouldn't be a home run in a phone booth.
-The big possum walks late.
-One more biscuit for breakfast and that one's outta here.

[real chili 83]

A few more favorites from Harry:

-One more biscuit for breakfast and that one's outta here.

A classic.

[Eldon]

https://www.youtube.com/v/3TLG_LtWhj4

Also a classic

[keefe]

Ernie Harwell.   

Second. He was a national treasure.

I will never forget his calling Kirk Gibson's first game as a Tiger. On Gibson's first chance in the field, a can of corn, he muffed it badly. Harwell's commentary was simply, "A fan from East Lansing won't be taking that one home today..."

[ChicosBailBonds]

I routinely fall asleep to Scully doing Dodgers games on Extra Innings.  I'm not familiar with why locals are not getting Dodger games, but that sounds like an absolute crime.

Simple, Time Warner paid way too much for the rights and demanded every pay distributor pay about $4.50 per subscriber for the channel. That's the crime.  Dodgers could solve this in a heartbeat by not taking the $9billion they are getting from Time Warner, and taking a little less, but they refuse.  It's on them.  Every distributor has said no.

[ChicosBailBonds]

I have been lucky to grow up in an area where the greatest of the greats called their stuff.

Vin for the Dodgers
Bob Miller for the Kings
Chick Hearn for the Lakers
Dick Enberg for UCLA and the Angels

It was pretty ridiculous that every Hall of Famer happened to be out here and all at the same time.

[mu-rara]

I have very fond memories of living in Boston and listening to Johnny Most, the Voice of the Celtics, on the radio.  We used to listen to him while tuning in on TV and wonder if he was watching the same game.

Great whiskey-and-cigarette voice.  Unapologetic homer.  One time he thought the refs were in the tank for Milwaukee and ignoring the obvious manner in which they were running over his beloved Boston team.  Towards the end, he was referring to the "Milwaukee Trucks".

Twenty-eight years later, whenever we believe a foul is unfairly called on Marquette and the other team's player misses the free throw, jsglow and I say in unison in the most gravelly voices we can muster, "And justice is served!"

One of my best friends at MU grew up a Celtic fan in Meriden CT.  Not sure if this was real, but he did a Johnny Most imitation that went something like this:
In your best Johnny Most voice

"I can't believe it.  Chamberlain just stuck his eye in Russell's elbow."

[warriorchick]

One of my best friends at MU grew up a Celtic fan in Meriden CT.  Not sure if this was real, but he did a Johnny Most imitation that went something like this:
In your best Johnny Most voice

"I can't believe it.  Chamberlain just stuck his eye in Russell's elbow."

That's pretty much the way he was.

[classof2k]

...this is not Detroit man, this is the Super Bowl!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2TZQlVPvjk

[CTWarrior]

Dick Enberg and Al, the best tandem in college basketball.

Don't forget Dick Enberg on the Talking Football game.  "A leaping interception... He's going to go all the way... TOUCHDOWN!"

[CTWarrior]

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.