What are your best sports announcer memories?

[4everwarriors]

Ray Scott, hey?

"Starr, Dowler, touchdown," ai na?

[Warrior Code]

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.

Phil Rirruto?

[MU82]

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.

They were all hacks except Marv, who was (and still is) the best. IMHO, obviously.

[MU82]

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.

[Warrior Code]

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.

Haha, this is so accurate.

[MU82]

Oh ... and that reminds me of a great sports announcer memory.

When Brant Brown dropped that ball against the Brewers, and Ronnie's wails of "No! Oh no!" drowned out Pat's call. Hilarious. If that was written in a movie script, you'd say no way it would really go like that.

Another favorite "sports" announcer memory: Pretty much everything Fred Willard (as "Buck Laughlin") said in Best In Show!

[Skitch]

Al Michaels on MNF.  Packers/Vikings.  "He did what?"

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

[mu-rara]

We used to imitate the Bears announcer booth by having 3 guys yelling over each other during an exciting play.

[marquette09]

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.   

[ChicosBailBonds]

Verne's call of tiger's chip in on 16 at the 2005 masters.  

One of the top 5 shots I think I have ever seen....still amazing that in 2005 HD wasn't standard here until a large satellite company made it so in 2007.   

https://www.youtube.com/v/vRCjJi_uDp8

[muwarrior69]

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

[Sheriff]

Verne's call of tiger's chip in on 16 at the 2005 masters.   

OH WOW!!!

[ChicosBailBonds]

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 is

http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/vin-scullys-greatest.html

You have to scroll down a bit.

[muwarrior69]

Actually that isn't Scully's call.


This is

http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/vin-scullys-greatest.html

You have to scroll down a bit.

Thanks for the correction. I was 9 years old when he called that game. As a life long Yankee fan I always liked Vin Scully. Always enjoyed his play by play, even in '63 when the Dodgers swept the Yanks in 4 with their great pitching.