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Originally posted by basketballen
I remember Curt Gowdy more from the American Sportsman series and the Wide World of Sports than anything else.
As for annoying announcers I can't stand Dicky Vitale. I witnessed his coaching in 1974 at the Milwaukee Bradly Center. Detroit Mercy vs Marquette with Bo Ellis and Earl Tatum. Marquette won by 20 while a bunch of Detroit starters fouled out. I can't prove this but I think the game set an NCAA record for fouls called. Dicky got tossed and had to be restrained and escorted off the court by sheriff deputies. What a fool.
As for baseball color I like Joe Morgan. His insight and communication are far superior to any other, IMHO. But then ...I'm a Reds fan.
I remember listening to Al Michaels as the Reds play by play guy with Joe Nuxhall. I was annoyed when Michaels left and the Reds hired Marty Brennaman. Little did I know Brennaman would last 30 years and be elected to the broadcasters hall of fame.
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As long as we are digressing and talking about the Reds, I will fill you in on a true story at a game at Olympic Stadium in 1978. My buddy and I got tickets for about the 5th row up down the left field line just barely in fair territory. I was keeping score and the guy in front of us went to get rid of some liquid. The Expos were ahead 2-1. A guy walked and Johnny Bench came to the plate and hit a rope. I said to my buddy "You better catch it because my hands are full and it is coming right at us." So he reaches out over the empty seat, the ball bounces [if you can call a screaming liner off someone's hands a bounce] off his hands and into the aisle where one of the leaker's buddies pounces and recovers the HR ball.
The guy comes back after the Reds go down and he asked his friends if he missed anything. His friends say "Yes. The Reds scored." "Oh, dang*. How did they score?" "Johnny Bench hit a home run." "NOOOOO*." "Yes, see? They have 2 more runs and only one more hit." "Did he hit it to LF or RF?" "LF." "Oh, dang*." "In fact, if you hadn't gone to the can it would've come right to you." "NOOOO*." "Here it is!"
Of course, I found this whole exchange to be a lot funnier than my buddy did for some reason.
*--denotes not his actual words