Public Address announcer/ Play by play
 

Can the announcer at a high school game do this-

"And the ball goes into the corner to blank, he shots a 3, rebound by Johnson"

I am not certain, never had it happen before.

No. I would consider this sound effects.

1-18

So he was doing play-by-play over the sound system?

I don't think that is correct. many gyms do commentary like, "Johnson at the line for 2"

Yes.

Most do it during dead ball periods. There's no way I'm allowing play-by-play during live ball action over the PA.

Combination of 1-18 and 2-3.

Talk about distractions.

commentary < > play-by-play.

I agree with Tjones. If they just announce who scored and who fouled, it's okay. Beyond that, it isn't.

He shots a 3? This guy is a pretty bad announcer. Was his name Billy Packer? :p

And away we go........:D

Anyone in Chicago area remember the P.A. guy who did many big games in Public league, shootout double headers, etc?

Most annoying guy you've ever heard. Similar to the And One announcer. LOUD volume, all about him.

HE"S ONLY A SOPH AAAAA MOOORRRE!!!




DARTANAIN JOHNSON TO THE LINE FOR THE THREEEE POINT PLAY!!!!!



:(

We've got one in my area that just looks for things to say.

When there's a dead ball period, you can just see the wheels turning....
"Want to remind you, we'll be here until there's a winner... also, there's hot dogs and soda for sell." "Hey, if you've got a birthday, come on down and we'll announce it for you."

<s>Sometimes</s> It's always brutal.

And boom goes the dynamite

False Double flagrant on announcer. Play resumes with the two smallest players Rho-Sham-BOing at mid court for ball out of bounds at half court. New announcer call the play by play. I can't find the book reference.

It was in an interp a few years ago. ;)

I kinda remember, but was it the two smallest players or captains of the opposing cheer squads???

I do a lot of ball in NYC and this is a common occurrence at all age groups for NON-academic league ball. I actually enjoy it :)

so, there's no REAL rule against it.

Thanks. That's what I thought.

I disagree. I provided 1-18.. if that's not good enough for you then 2-3.

Ro-sham-bo - A game (usually to solve a dispute) where two men kick each other in the balls as hard as they can. The first person to give up loses.

"That's my duck." "No, I'ts mine" "Fine, let's play ro-sham-bo"

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=roshambo

Cobra;641841 :ro-sham-bo - A game (usually to solve a dispute) where two men kick each other in the balls as hard as they can. The first person to give up loses.



I've never heard of that game before. If I had to play, I would want to go first..:eek:

If I knew ahead of time of that possibility, I would probably have on my catcher's gear.

Idiot at my game this evening used that one a couple of times. :(

"The Foul Is On ..."
 

We have a guy here in my little part of Connecticut who announces the foul immediately after the preliminary signal. As I'm heading to the reporting area I hear, "Big Walnut Tech foul on number eleven, Bobby Smith, his third, team's sixth". It can be very distracting. I only work there once every few years, and I have to ask him to be more patient every time. I guess other officials are not as distracted as me. Of course, I have problems remembering the fouler, and the foulee, under the best of circumstances. Double fouls are a nightmare for me.

Shouldn't there be a forum for the officials? :D

The Urban Dictionary has the following account of the etymology of this word:

Turns out that there really was a comte de Rochambeau who helped the Americans during the Revolution, and his name has gone to everything from USN ships to playgrounds!

I'm not sure I believe this as an etymology, but somebody in Urban Dictionary-land is thinkin'!

There was a guy who did that in college games around here. The only problem is sometimes he'd have the right number and sometimes he wouldn't. Obviously, when he didn't, the coach would go nuts saying "you just called it on someone else. blah blah blah" Those college officials didn't like it too well and lets just say they found a new announcer.

General Rochambeau ...
 

When he passed through Connecticut, in June, 1781, on his way from Newport, Rhode Island, to Yorktown, Virginia, he set up his camp right down the street from me. He entertained his officers at one of our local taverns. Every once in a while, somebody digs up some Revolutionary War artifact at the encampment site.

Once somebody found an old metal whistle with "Mark T. DeNucci, Sr." engraved on the whistle. Really.

Did you ever meet him?

Sorry, No 18th Century Experience ...
 

Hey. I've only lived in two centuries, 20th, and 21st. In the 18th century, I was just a twinkle in my great, great, great, great, great grandfather's eye.

Wow, he must've been some kind of grandfather, eh? :)

Pay attention. He was a great, great, great, great, great grandfather.
:D

Oh those announcers......
 

Last yr I finished my FB/JVB set and stayed to watch the V game.

I went into the locker at half time with the officials and among my questions and comments I asked about a particular backcourt call the "PA announcer announced." I said it didn't look that close to me. He looked at me and smiled and said - "That's because I signaled a carry!" :rolleyes: Hmmm.....

More common in football probably than basketball is to have the PA guy act like he is on the radio. The problem comes when he announces on the personal foul for face mask that it's an automatic first down. Then when the five guys in the stripes on the field don't give a first down, they must be the ones who are wrong.

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