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What are your favorite TV/Radio broadcast calls in sports history?
I loved Jack Buck, oddly my favorite call of his may be after after gimpy Dodger Kirk Gibson hit an 88 WS game winning homerun:
"I don't believe what I just saw"
After Ozzie Smith hit his 1st lefthanded homerun to win the 85 NLCS (vs them Dodgers)
"Go crazy, folks! Go crazy"
Harry Caray, anything that started with "Here's a guy..."
"I don't believe what I just saw"
After Ozzie Smith hit his 1st lefthanded homerun to win the 85 NLCS (vs them Dodgers)
"Go crazy, folks! Go crazy"
Harry Caray, anything that started with "Here's a guy..."
I always felt Jack Fleming's call of the Immaculate Reception was football's all-time radio call.
He's there with the time and down and distance to begin with- PBP 101 but something so many announcers would fail to set up.
Even the way he set it up- "Hold on to your hats, the Steelers come out of the huddle" seemed to indicate something big was going to happen.
He stays with Terry Bradshaw throughout the call- "scrambling, looking for someone to throw to."
And then- he still is professional when he calls "There's a collision"
Alas. All hope is lost. An incomplete pass. The Steelers, after 40 years, are still losers who have never won a playoff game and
"IT'S CAUGHT OUT OF THE AIR!"
Wha?
"THE BALL . . . IS PULLED IN . . . BY FRANCO HARRIS!"
The excitement is there in the voice- the disbelief- we're sharing it all.
"HARRIS IS GOING FOR A TOUCHDOWN FOR PITTSBURGH!"
Shock, excitement and disbelief all in one- and not going overboard!
"HARRIS IS RUNNING!"
"I don't even know where he came from!"
The biggest play in football history- the biggest play there has ever been- has just occurred.
The surprise- the shock- the excitement- it's all there in the call- but he's still professonal!
He doesn't go hoarse with "The band is out on the field!"
He doesn't give you a bunch of trademark expressions- "Holy Toledo!"
He doesn't even need Myron Cope in the booth with him.
It is, bar none, the greatest call in football history.
Honorable mention- You have to love Bill King's call of the fumble for a touchdown against the Chargers Dave Casper fell on.
"Madden is out on the field! He wants to know if it's real! They say yes, get your big butt out of here! He does . . . There's nothing real in the world anymore!"
Funniest call, but just a bit much.
Honorable mention again (and I really need to get my head out of the '70s)- "I don't believe it!" by Merrill Reese when Herman Edwards has his only fumble recovery of a 10-year career in "The Miracle in the Meadowlands."
The best radio call in football history- bar none.
He's there with the time and down and distance to begin with- PBP 101 but something so many announcers would fail to set up.
Even the way he set it up- "Hold on to your hats, the Steelers come out of the huddle" seemed to indicate something big was going to happen.
He stays with Terry Bradshaw throughout the call- "scrambling, looking for someone to throw to."
And then- he still is professional when he calls "There's a collision"
Alas. All hope is lost. An incomplete pass. The Steelers, after 40 years, are still losers who have never won a playoff game and
"IT'S CAUGHT OUT OF THE AIR!"
Wha?
"THE BALL . . . IS PULLED IN . . . BY FRANCO HARRIS!"
The excitement is there in the voice- the disbelief- we're sharing it all.
"HARRIS IS GOING FOR A TOUCHDOWN FOR PITTSBURGH!"
Shock, excitement and disbelief all in one- and not going overboard!
"HARRIS IS RUNNING!"
"I don't even know where he came from!"
The biggest play in football history- the biggest play there has ever been- has just occurred.
The surprise- the shock- the excitement- it's all there in the call- but he's still professonal!
He doesn't go hoarse with "The band is out on the field!"
He doesn't give you a bunch of trademark expressions- "Holy Toledo!"
He doesn't even need Myron Cope in the booth with him.
It is, bar none, the greatest call in football history.
Honorable mention- You have to love Bill King's call of the fumble for a touchdown against the Chargers Dave Casper fell on.
"Madden is out on the field! He wants to know if it's real! They say yes, get your big butt out of here! He does . . . There's nothing real in the world anymore!"
Funniest call, but just a bit much.
Honorable mention again (and I really need to get my head out of the '70s)- "I don't believe it!" by Merrill Reese when Herman Edwards has his only fumble recovery of a 10-year career in "The Miracle in the Meadowlands."
The best radio call in football history- bar none.
I'm prejudice, because I do his stats, but Joe Starkey's 1982 Big Game (Stanford vs. California) call is the all time best. The Band is on the Field call tops most lists as the best moment in sports history. I'm sure you've all heard it but here's a link to refersh your memories:
http://gummiwisdom.com/cal/the_play.html
http://gummiwisdom.com/cal/the_play.html
NY baseball Giants announcer Russ Hodges in the Polo Grounds, October of 1951:
"There's a long fly ball to deep left field I believe.....THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! I DON'T BELIEVE IT! I DON'T BELIEVE IT! BOBBY THOMPSON HITS IT TO LEFT FIELD! THEY'RE GOING CRAZY! I'M GOING CRAZY! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! AND THEY'RE GOING CRAZY! WAAAAAY-HHHHHO!"
Still timeless after all these years.
"There's a long fly ball to deep left field I believe.....THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! I DON'T BELIEVE IT! I DON'T BELIEVE IT! BOBBY THOMPSON HITS IT TO LEFT FIELD! THEY'RE GOING CRAZY! I'M GOING CRAZY! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! AND THEY'RE GOING CRAZY! WAAAAAY-HHHHHO!"
Still timeless after all these years.
I'm from Canada, but I loved Blue Jays announcer Tom Cheek.
http://www.mikeboon.com/2007/08/tom_cheeks_greatest_hits.html
"Touch 'em all Joe!" The last one on the page especially, gives me goose bumps.
http://www.mikeboon.com/2007/08/tom_cheeks_greatest_hits.html
"Touch 'em all Joe!" The last one on the page especially, gives me goose bumps.
lenhockey said:I'm prejudice, because I do his stats, but Joe Starkey's 1982 Big Game (Stanford vs. California) call is the all time best. The Band is on the Field call tops most lists as the best moment in sports history. I'm sure you've all heard it but here's a link to refersh your memories:
http://gummiwisdom.com/cal/the_play.html
+1. My favorite part of that call is at the very end when Joe says "There will be no extra point attempt!"
Skip Caray's call of Frankie Cabrera knocking in Sid Bream in Game 7 of the '92 NLCS comes immediately to my mind: "They might have to hospitalize Sid Bream! He's at the bottom of a huge pile...the Atlanta Braves are National League Champions again!"
Another one that comes to mind is Dave Wills call as the Rays won the pennant earlier this year: "This impossible season has another chapter to it!"
I wonder if anyone would start a least favorite broadcast calls in sports history? Anything by Dave Mishkin of the Lightning's run to the Stanley Cup would be my submission...
Another one that comes to mind is Dave Wills call as the Rays won the pennant earlier this year: "This impossible season has another chapter to it!"
I wonder if anyone would start a least favorite broadcast calls in sports history? Anything by Dave Mishkin of the Lightning's run to the Stanley Cup would be my submission...
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kjl
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Gary Thorne 96' Stanley Cup finals, I miss him on NHL games.
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gcotton
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"Slow roller up along first, behind the bag, it get's through Buckner and the Mets will win!" I'm not a fan of either team, but for someone in middle school, trying to figure out what job to have in the future, this call, made me want to do sports broadcasting. And to this day, it is my favorite call of any sports event I have ever heard.
If you ever get to hear Lloyd Petit's call of the Stanley Cup-winning goal for the Montreal Canadiens versus his beloved Chicago Blackhawks in the 1971 Finals on WMAQ, you'll hear absolute pain and shock in his voice as Yvan Cournoyer's clearing pass goes on goal and skips past Tony Esposito. Even if you're a Habs fan, you'll be struck by the emotion in Petit's voice.
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larnov
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How about Appalachian state radio Call of there win over Michigan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5JPeJnRi6s
Classic Hockey Call by the Buffalo Sabres Play by Play guy. (May Day)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMgM8BAJarQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5JPeJnRi6s
Classic Hockey Call by the Buffalo Sabres Play by Play guy. (May Day)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMgM8BAJarQ&feature=related
"Do you believe in miracles...yes!"
and two days later, "The impossible dream...comes true!"
How about the TV side of Gibson in '88 by Vin Scully,
"She iiiiss gone! The impossible has happened!"
Flashback to '92 and Marv Albert:
"Oh! A spectacular move, by Michael Jordan!"
And anything by Jim Nantz... okay, just kidding on that! He doesn't do it for me.
and two days later, "The impossible dream...comes true!"
How about the TV side of Gibson in '88 by Vin Scully,
"She iiiiss gone! The impossible has happened!"
Flashback to '92 and Marv Albert:
"Oh! A spectacular move, by Michael Jordan!"
And anything by Jim Nantz... okay, just kidding on that! He doesn't do it for me.
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