No i would guess that many people think Hawk can get old. I know a lot of White Sox fans love him because of his passion for the team, but I could see a lot of people disliking him. But he does add a lot of catch phrases to baseball and is a die hard White Sox fan. And I couldn't ask for more from my announcer. Not only that but he tried to fight Jay Mariotti and anyone who tries to fight that prick is A OK in my book haha...
But I can see where you are coming from, you need to like his style otherwise you will absolutely hate him. But he knows a lot about the game and has some damn good stories as well.
hawk is brutal . you are right.
i have never heard someone who enjoys the sound of their own voice more than that idiot.
i also have never heard someone who talks like their the coolest guy to ever come down the pike.
in fact , if i ever go to chicago and see him on the streets i will tell him he is worst. maybe he'll challenge me to a fight and " he gone " will have a whole new meaning..
Better than Scully and a hero of 2 Wars to boot...
Jerry Coleman aka The Colonel
Playing career
Born in San Jose, California, Coleman graduated from Lowell High School, then spent his entire playing career with the New York Yankees. He played 6 years in their minor league system before reaching the big club in 1949. Coleman hit .275 in his first year and led all second basemen in fielding percentage en route to finishing 3rd in rookie of the year balloting.
Coleman avoided a sophomore jinx by earning a selection to the All-Star team in 1950. He then shined in the World Series with brilliant defense, earning him the BBWAA's Babe Ruth Award as the series' most valuable player.
Nicknamed "The Colonel", due to being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, Coleman was also a Marine aviator and left baseball to serve in the Korean War, and postponing his entry into professional baseball in World War II. While a Marine Corps aviator he flew 120 combat missions, receiving numerous honors and medals including two Distinguished Flying Crosses, and has been honored in recent years, including being inducted into the USMC Sports Hall of Fame, for his call to duty—even more so following the events of September 11, 2001. He is the only Major League Baseball player to have seen combat in two wars, though not the only player to serve as Marine aviator in two wars, a distinction he shares with Ted Williams. Williams, however, served in combat only in the Korean War, having served as a flight instructor during World War II.
Coleman's career declined after injuring himself the following season, relegating him to a bench role. He was forced to retire after the 1957 season, but he left on a good note; hitting .364 in a World Series loss against the Milwaukee Braves.
Broadcasting career
In 1960, Coleman became a broadcaster for the CBS Radio Network and in 1963 began a seven-year run calling New York Yankees' games on WCBS Radio and WPIX-TV. Coleman's WPIX call of ex-teammate Mickey Mantle's 500th career home run in 1967 was brief and from the heart:
Here's the payoff pitch... This is IT! There it goes! It's out of here!
After broadcasting for the California Angels for two years, in 1972 Coleman became lead radio announcer for the San Diego Padres, a position he has held every year since but 1980, when the Padres hired him to manage (predating a trend of broadcasters-turned-managers that started in the late 1990s). He also called national regular-season and postseason broadcasts for CBS Radio from the mid-1970s to the 1990s.
Coleman is also famous for his pet phrases "Oh Doctor!", "You can hang a star on that baby!", "And the beat goes on", and "The natives are getting restless".
During an interview in the height of the steroids scandal in 2005, Coleman stated "if I'm emperor, the first time 50 games, the second time 100 games and the third strike you're out", referring to how baseball should suspend players for being caught taking steroids. After the 2005 World Series, Major League Baseball put a similar policy in effect.
He is known as the "Master of the Malaprop" for making sometimes embarrassing mistakes on the microphone , but he is nonetheless popular. In 2005, he was given the Ford C. Frick Award of the National Baseball Hall of Fame for broadcasting excellence, and is one of four Frick award winners that also played in the Major Leagues (along with Joe Garagiola, Tony Kubek and Bob Uecker).
Coleman is believed to be the oldest active play-by-play announcer in the Major Leagues. In February 2007, he signed a contract extension through the 2009 season. Coleman would be 85 at the end of that contract. In the fall of 2007 Jerry was inducted to the Radio Hall of Fame as a Sports Broadcaster for his years as the play by play voice of the San Diego Padres.
Coleman no longer handles play-by-play duties, leaving Ted Leitner and Andy Masur to cover most of the radio broadcasting efforts for each Padres game. He does, however, still work middle innings as a color analyst. In the 2010 season he is expected to cut his broadcast schedule down to 20-30 home day games.
Coleman collaborated on his autobiography with longtime Village Voice writer Richard Goldstein; their book American Journey: My Life on the Field, in the Air, and on the Air was published in 2008.
From Wikipedia
Jerry Coleman aka The Colonel
Playing career
Born in San Jose, California, Coleman graduated from Lowell High School, then spent his entire playing career with the New York Yankees. He played 6 years in their minor league system before reaching the big club in 1949. Coleman hit .275 in his first year and led all second basemen in fielding percentage en route to finishing 3rd in rookie of the year balloting.
Coleman avoided a sophomore jinx by earning a selection to the All-Star team in 1950. He then shined in the World Series with brilliant defense, earning him the BBWAA's Babe Ruth Award as the series' most valuable player.
Nicknamed "The Colonel", due to being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, Coleman was also a Marine aviator and left baseball to serve in the Korean War, and postponing his entry into professional baseball in World War II. While a Marine Corps aviator he flew 120 combat missions, receiving numerous honors and medals including two Distinguished Flying Crosses, and has been honored in recent years, including being inducted into the USMC Sports Hall of Fame, for his call to duty—even more so following the events of September 11, 2001. He is the only Major League Baseball player to have seen combat in two wars, though not the only player to serve as Marine aviator in two wars, a distinction he shares with Ted Williams. Williams, however, served in combat only in the Korean War, having served as a flight instructor during World War II.
Coleman's career declined after injuring himself the following season, relegating him to a bench role. He was forced to retire after the 1957 season, but he left on a good note; hitting .364 in a World Series loss against the Milwaukee Braves.
Broadcasting career
In 1960, Coleman became a broadcaster for the CBS Radio Network and in 1963 began a seven-year run calling New York Yankees' games on WCBS Radio and WPIX-TV. Coleman's WPIX call of ex-teammate Mickey Mantle's 500th career home run in 1967 was brief and from the heart:
Here's the payoff pitch... This is IT! There it goes! It's out of here!
After broadcasting for the California Angels for two years, in 1972 Coleman became lead radio announcer for the San Diego Padres, a position he has held every year since but 1980, when the Padres hired him to manage (predating a trend of broadcasters-turned-managers that started in the late 1990s). He also called national regular-season and postseason broadcasts for CBS Radio from the mid-1970s to the 1990s.
Coleman is also famous for his pet phrases "Oh Doctor!", "You can hang a star on that baby!", "And the beat goes on", and "The natives are getting restless".
During an interview in the height of the steroids scandal in 2005, Coleman stated "if I'm emperor, the first time 50 games, the second time 100 games and the third strike you're out", referring to how baseball should suspend players for being caught taking steroids. After the 2005 World Series, Major League Baseball put a similar policy in effect.
He is known as the "Master of the Malaprop" for making sometimes embarrassing mistakes on the microphone , but he is nonetheless popular. In 2005, he was given the Ford C. Frick Award of the National Baseball Hall of Fame for broadcasting excellence, and is one of four Frick award winners that also played in the Major Leagues (along with Joe Garagiola, Tony Kubek and Bob Uecker).
Coleman is believed to be the oldest active play-by-play announcer in the Major Leagues. In February 2007, he signed a contract extension through the 2009 season. Coleman would be 85 at the end of that contract. In the fall of 2007 Jerry was inducted to the Radio Hall of Fame as a Sports Broadcaster for his years as the play by play voice of the San Diego Padres.
Coleman no longer handles play-by-play duties, leaving Ted Leitner and Andy Masur to cover most of the radio broadcasting efforts for each Padres game. He does, however, still work middle innings as a color analyst. In the 2010 season he is expected to cut his broadcast schedule down to 20-30 home day games.
Coleman collaborated on his autobiography with longtime Village Voice writer Richard Goldstein; their book American Journey: My Life on the Field, in the Air, and on the Air was published in 2008.
From Wikipedia
Classic Colmanisms
Master of Human Anatomy
"Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres."
"They've taken the foot off Johnny Grubb. Uhh, they've taken the shoe off Johnny Grubb."
"From the way Denny's shaking his head, he's either got an injured shoulder or a gnat in his eye."
"That noise in my earphones knocked my nose off and I had to pick it up and find it."
"Edwards missed getting Stearns at third base by an eyeball."
"Rich Folkers is throwing up in the bullpen."
"Mike Caldwell, the Padres' right-handed southpaw, will pitch tonight."
"I sure hope you're staying alive for the upcoming Dodgers series."
"The ex-left-hander Dave Roberts will be going for Houston."
"It's off the leg and into the left field of Doug Rader."
"Tony Gwynn, the fat batter behind Finley, is waiting.
Lover of Nature
"Sometimes, big trees grow out of acorns. I think I heard that from a squirrel."
"Gonzo leaps like a giraffe and grabs it."
"Ron Guidry is not very big, maybe 140 pounds, but he has an arm like a lion."
"Shirley and Griffey get along like a rattler and a parrot."
"Turner pulls into second with a sun-blown double."
World Traveler
(At Kansas City Royals Stadium) "The sky is so clear today you can see all the way to Missouri."
"Hector Torrez, how can you communicate with Enzo Hernandez when he speaks Spanish and you speak Mexican?"
"Tony Taylor was one of the first acquisitions that the Phillies made when they reconstructed their team. They got him from Philadelphia."
"And Kansas City is at Chicago tonight, or is that Chicago at Kansas City? Well, no matter, Kansas City leads in the eighth, 4 to 4."
Abstract Mathematics
"The new Haitian baseball can't weigh more than four ounces or less than five."
"Montreal leads Atlanta by three, 5-1."
"That's Hendrick's 19th home run. One more and he reaches double figures."
"Last night's homer was Willie Stargell's 399th career home run, leaving him one shy of 500."
"Houston has its largest crowd of the night here this evening."
"That's the fourth extra base hit for the Padres -- two doubles and a triple."
"The way he's swinging the bat, he won't get a hit until the 20th century."
"The Padres, after winning the first game of the doubleheader, are ahead here in the top of the fifth and hoping for a split."
"There's two heads to every coin."
"Those numbers with Tony (Gywnn) are so often and so interesting."
(Wrapping up Game One) "So, two more games to go for San Diego, and three more for Houston, if they're gonna win."
"Larry Moffett is 6-3, 190. Last year he was 6-6."
"The Rockies have seven runs on seven hits. And none of the hits was gigantic. Just sort of in between."
"Remember, Sunday is a 10:35 start. So have a late brunch."
"The Dodgers and the Marlins, that game will get under way at 8:05 here in California, 5:05 in San Diego."
"If they were using 17-inch mounds, you'd be hitting uphill."
"Chicago leads Cleveland in the third, 3-0. If that score holds up, Chicago will lead Cleveland by two."
"Man, this is a long game... we're two hours into the sixth inning."
"Mark McGwire hit two home runs, numbers 18, 19 and 20."
The Scores and More
"At the end of six innings of play, it's Montreal 5, Expos 3."
"The Phillies beat the Cubs today in a doubleheader. That puts another keg in the Cubs' coffin."
"Reggie Smith of the Dodgers and Gary Matthews of the homers hit Braves in that game."
"Well, it looks like the all-star balloting is about over, especially in the National and American Leagues."
"The game in St. Louis has been halted in the fourth inning because of rain. I'll bet they have the jacuzzis going there."
"So the Cardinals take a 2-0 lead on balls that were not hit at all, but fair."
"The Padres are leading 7-1, and the Dodgers are making the Padres look terrible."
"What we have here is a blowout, or a possible great comeback."
"The A's have one out, and are trying for more."
"Atlanta will be in first if that part-time score holds up."
"The Houstons and the Cardinals are only separated by a half-game in the NL Central."
Around the Ol' Ballpark
"Jesus Alou is in the on-deck circus."
"There is someone warming up in the Giants' bullpen, but he's obscured by his number."
"Grubb goes back, back... he's under the warning track and makes the play."
"National League umpires wear inside chest protesters."
"Billy Almon has all of his inlaws and outlaws here this afternoon."
"If ever an error had 'F' written on it, that grounder did."
"Over the course of a season, a miscue will cost you more than a good play."
"Gaylord Perry and Willie McCovey should know each other like a book. They've been ex-teammates for years now."
"Sanguillen is totally unpredictable to pitch to because he's so unpredicatable."
"Vaughn's in a -- I don't want to call it a slump -- it's more a semi-active role."
"Right now Andy Larkin is pitching just like young Andy Larkin."
"Kent Abbott is in the on-deck circuit."
"Finley is going over to get a new piece of bat."
"At the end, excitement maintained its hysteria."
"I don't mean he missed him, but he just didn't get him when he put the tag on him."
"The ballgame is over... in this inning."
"Hi folks, I'm Gerry Gross!"
"Gwynn is going to second... he's in there for a double! He legged the second half of that base hit all by himself!"
"We had a pitcher a couple of years ago who worked fast. If you missed a blink, you missed a pitch."
"He sends a fly ball to center field. With his legs, Devon White ought to catch it."
"It's not impossible you'd put Lenny Dykstra on. He's not the winning run; he's just an excess run."
"It's a beautiful warm day here in Pittsburgh. It's a great day for baseball. The only problem is, they don't play on grass, they play on tarpaulin."
(As Matt Williams took a curtain call after hitting a home run) "Barry Bonds gets a standing ovation as he digs in."
"Here's Kerry Taylor, who's always looking for his first major-league win."
"He's gone from 33 saves to 24 to eight to one... I guess the Braves figured he was through."
Were We Watching the Same Game?
"Johnny Grubb slides into second with a standup double."
"They throw Winfield out at second, but he's safe."
"Ozzie makes a leaping, diving stop, shovels to Fernando and everybody drops everything."
"All the Padres need is a fly ball in the air."
"Davis fouls out to third in fair territory."
"There's a shot up the alley. Oh, it's just foul."
"The first pitch to Tucker Ashford is grounded into left field. No, wait a minute. It's ball one. Low and outside."
"It's a base hit on the error by Roberts."
"Thomas is racing for it, but McCovey is there and can't get his glove to it. That play shows the inexperience, not on Thomas' part, but on the part of Willie McC... well, not on McCovey's part either."
"McCovey swings and misses, and it's fouled back."
"You didn't have to say it was gone. It was gone before it got outta here. It was gonna that fast."
"There's a long fly left centerfield, he got all of that one, it's to the wall, at the wall, and that ball is caught, no I mean he dropped it, wait a minute he caught it! That was the best play Greg Vaughn made of his life!"
(Following the second out) ".. and the Padres win the National League Wes... oh, just got a little exicted."
"Many people think the Cards at the end of the wire will cross the finish line first."
"Even though the ball was doubled, they got it anyway."
"Kevin Brown fires, and the bunt is taken by the pitcher for a strike."
"A bouncer out toward the mound, drifting foul."
"The batter is Gary DiSarcina, Jim Edmonds on deck, Andy Ashby on the mound, and his first pitch is swung on and missed by Edmonds."
"Ed Giovanola drops one into center field for a fair ball. Base hit."
"There's a one-hopper gloved by the third baseman. (pause) Pardon me... that was a liner."
"I don't know, uh, what happened. But it was the play of the year by Sheffield! He moved a step to his left and, uh, ahem.... well, it's an error on Gary."
"Ground ball to third... great stop by Caminiti! On his back... he threw the ball out at first base!"
"There's a throw over to first... uh-oh, almost a wild pitch."
Social Consciousness
"I've made a couple of mistakes I'd like to do over."
"A day without newspapers is like walking around without your pants on."
"On the mound is Randy Jones, the left-hander with the Karl Marx hairdo."
"If Rose's streak was still intact, with that single to left, the fans would be throwing babies out of the upper deck."
"He can be lethal death."
"Hats off to drug abusers everywhere."
"The Spanish language broadcasts are proving to be an excellent outlet for people who speak only Spanish."
(Upon hearing of Glenn Beckert's planned retirement) "Well, I hope before Glenn goes, he'll come up here so we can give him a big hug and a kiss, because that's the kind of guy he is."
"Players don't lose jobs. Managers pretty much lose them to themselves."
"If Pete Rose brings the Reds in first, they ought to bronze him and put him in cement."
(Repeating an anecdote from a player) "... who shall be renamed nameless."
"Take a lick, uh, a look at the Kragen Auto scoreboard..."
"The fags are blowing out in San Francisco."
(Discovering the given name of pitcher Hilly Hathaway is Hillary) "What an unfortunate name to have. Especially when the President of the United States has the same name."
"Sept. 5, 1993 might be a watershed day for the Braves. Had it been the other way around, it would have been a death throttle."
"Stillwell's grounder goes through Wallach's legs and into left field, and Stillwell is into second with a double. The throw rolls past Reed and Stillwell's into second. Wait a second, I was talking to Drysdale. Let me start over."
"John Kruk throws down his helmet in disgrace."
"Braulio Castillo, Vinny Castillas, Pedro Castellano. What happened to Brown, Jones and Smith... names we can understand?"
"He was with Triple-A San Jose. (pause) Mr. Know-It-All, Dave Marcus, informs me San Jose is Double-A. (pause) Did I say Double-A? I meant Single-A."
"If I knew how to spell it I'd say 'deja vu.'"
"Edgar Martinez of Seattle says he is impressed by National League pitching." (Then, following eight seconds of technical-difficulty dead air) "Well, he did say it. I don't care what anybody says."
Master of Human Anatomy
"Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres."
"They've taken the foot off Johnny Grubb. Uhh, they've taken the shoe off Johnny Grubb."
"From the way Denny's shaking his head, he's either got an injured shoulder or a gnat in his eye."
"That noise in my earphones knocked my nose off and I had to pick it up and find it."
"Edwards missed getting Stearns at third base by an eyeball."
"Rich Folkers is throwing up in the bullpen."
"Mike Caldwell, the Padres' right-handed southpaw, will pitch tonight."
"I sure hope you're staying alive for the upcoming Dodgers series."
"The ex-left-hander Dave Roberts will be going for Houston."
"It's off the leg and into the left field of Doug Rader."
"Tony Gwynn, the fat batter behind Finley, is waiting.
Lover of Nature
"Sometimes, big trees grow out of acorns. I think I heard that from a squirrel."
"Gonzo leaps like a giraffe and grabs it."
"Ron Guidry is not very big, maybe 140 pounds, but he has an arm like a lion."
"Shirley and Griffey get along like a rattler and a parrot."
"Turner pulls into second with a sun-blown double."
World Traveler
(At Kansas City Royals Stadium) "The sky is so clear today you can see all the way to Missouri."
"Hector Torrez, how can you communicate with Enzo Hernandez when he speaks Spanish and you speak Mexican?"
"Tony Taylor was one of the first acquisitions that the Phillies made when they reconstructed their team. They got him from Philadelphia."
"And Kansas City is at Chicago tonight, or is that Chicago at Kansas City? Well, no matter, Kansas City leads in the eighth, 4 to 4."
Abstract Mathematics
"The new Haitian baseball can't weigh more than four ounces or less than five."
"Montreal leads Atlanta by three, 5-1."
"That's Hendrick's 19th home run. One more and he reaches double figures."
"Last night's homer was Willie Stargell's 399th career home run, leaving him one shy of 500."
"Houston has its largest crowd of the night here this evening."
"That's the fourth extra base hit for the Padres -- two doubles and a triple."
"The way he's swinging the bat, he won't get a hit until the 20th century."
"The Padres, after winning the first game of the doubleheader, are ahead here in the top of the fifth and hoping for a split."
"There's two heads to every coin."
"Those numbers with Tony (Gywnn) are so often and so interesting."
(Wrapping up Game One) "So, two more games to go for San Diego, and three more for Houston, if they're gonna win."
"Larry Moffett is 6-3, 190. Last year he was 6-6."
"The Rockies have seven runs on seven hits. And none of the hits was gigantic. Just sort of in between."
"Remember, Sunday is a 10:35 start. So have a late brunch."
"The Dodgers and the Marlins, that game will get under way at 8:05 here in California, 5:05 in San Diego."
"If they were using 17-inch mounds, you'd be hitting uphill."
"Chicago leads Cleveland in the third, 3-0. If that score holds up, Chicago will lead Cleveland by two."
"Man, this is a long game... we're two hours into the sixth inning."
"Mark McGwire hit two home runs, numbers 18, 19 and 20."
The Scores and More
"At the end of six innings of play, it's Montreal 5, Expos 3."
"The Phillies beat the Cubs today in a doubleheader. That puts another keg in the Cubs' coffin."
"Reggie Smith of the Dodgers and Gary Matthews of the homers hit Braves in that game."
"Well, it looks like the all-star balloting is about over, especially in the National and American Leagues."
"The game in St. Louis has been halted in the fourth inning because of rain. I'll bet they have the jacuzzis going there."
"So the Cardinals take a 2-0 lead on balls that were not hit at all, but fair."
"The Padres are leading 7-1, and the Dodgers are making the Padres look terrible."
"What we have here is a blowout, or a possible great comeback."
"The A's have one out, and are trying for more."
"Atlanta will be in first if that part-time score holds up."
"The Houstons and the Cardinals are only separated by a half-game in the NL Central."
Around the Ol' Ballpark
"Jesus Alou is in the on-deck circus."
"There is someone warming up in the Giants' bullpen, but he's obscured by his number."
"Grubb goes back, back... he's under the warning track and makes the play."
"National League umpires wear inside chest protesters."
"Billy Almon has all of his inlaws and outlaws here this afternoon."
"If ever an error had 'F' written on it, that grounder did."
"Over the course of a season, a miscue will cost you more than a good play."
"Gaylord Perry and Willie McCovey should know each other like a book. They've been ex-teammates for years now."
"Sanguillen is totally unpredictable to pitch to because he's so unpredicatable."
"Vaughn's in a -- I don't want to call it a slump -- it's more a semi-active role."
"Right now Andy Larkin is pitching just like young Andy Larkin."
"Kent Abbott is in the on-deck circuit."
"Finley is going over to get a new piece of bat."
"At the end, excitement maintained its hysteria."
"I don't mean he missed him, but he just didn't get him when he put the tag on him."
"The ballgame is over... in this inning."
"Hi folks, I'm Gerry Gross!"
"Gwynn is going to second... he's in there for a double! He legged the second half of that base hit all by himself!"
"We had a pitcher a couple of years ago who worked fast. If you missed a blink, you missed a pitch."
"He sends a fly ball to center field. With his legs, Devon White ought to catch it."
"It's not impossible you'd put Lenny Dykstra on. He's not the winning run; he's just an excess run."
"It's a beautiful warm day here in Pittsburgh. It's a great day for baseball. The only problem is, they don't play on grass, they play on tarpaulin."
(As Matt Williams took a curtain call after hitting a home run) "Barry Bonds gets a standing ovation as he digs in."
"Here's Kerry Taylor, who's always looking for his first major-league win."
"He's gone from 33 saves to 24 to eight to one... I guess the Braves figured he was through."
Were We Watching the Same Game?
"Johnny Grubb slides into second with a standup double."
"They throw Winfield out at second, but he's safe."
"Ozzie makes a leaping, diving stop, shovels to Fernando and everybody drops everything."
"All the Padres need is a fly ball in the air."
"Davis fouls out to third in fair territory."
"There's a shot up the alley. Oh, it's just foul."
"The first pitch to Tucker Ashford is grounded into left field. No, wait a minute. It's ball one. Low and outside."
"It's a base hit on the error by Roberts."
"Thomas is racing for it, but McCovey is there and can't get his glove to it. That play shows the inexperience, not on Thomas' part, but on the part of Willie McC... well, not on McCovey's part either."
"McCovey swings and misses, and it's fouled back."
"You didn't have to say it was gone. It was gone before it got outta here. It was gonna that fast."
"There's a long fly left centerfield, he got all of that one, it's to the wall, at the wall, and that ball is caught, no I mean he dropped it, wait a minute he caught it! That was the best play Greg Vaughn made of his life!"
(Following the second out) ".. and the Padres win the National League Wes... oh, just got a little exicted."
"Many people think the Cards at the end of the wire will cross the finish line first."
"Even though the ball was doubled, they got it anyway."
"Kevin Brown fires, and the bunt is taken by the pitcher for a strike."
"A bouncer out toward the mound, drifting foul."
"The batter is Gary DiSarcina, Jim Edmonds on deck, Andy Ashby on the mound, and his first pitch is swung on and missed by Edmonds."
"Ed Giovanola drops one into center field for a fair ball. Base hit."
"There's a one-hopper gloved by the third baseman. (pause) Pardon me... that was a liner."
"I don't know, uh, what happened. But it was the play of the year by Sheffield! He moved a step to his left and, uh, ahem.... well, it's an error on Gary."
"Ground ball to third... great stop by Caminiti! On his back... he threw the ball out at first base!"
"There's a throw over to first... uh-oh, almost a wild pitch."
Social Consciousness
"I've made a couple of mistakes I'd like to do over."
"A day without newspapers is like walking around without your pants on."
"On the mound is Randy Jones, the left-hander with the Karl Marx hairdo."
"If Rose's streak was still intact, with that single to left, the fans would be throwing babies out of the upper deck."
"He can be lethal death."
"Hats off to drug abusers everywhere."
"The Spanish language broadcasts are proving to be an excellent outlet for people who speak only Spanish."
(Upon hearing of Glenn Beckert's planned retirement) "Well, I hope before Glenn goes, he'll come up here so we can give him a big hug and a kiss, because that's the kind of guy he is."
"Players don't lose jobs. Managers pretty much lose them to themselves."
"If Pete Rose brings the Reds in first, they ought to bronze him and put him in cement."
(Repeating an anecdote from a player) "... who shall be renamed nameless."
"Take a lick, uh, a look at the Kragen Auto scoreboard..."
"The fags are blowing out in San Francisco."
(Discovering the given name of pitcher Hilly Hathaway is Hillary) "What an unfortunate name to have. Especially when the President of the United States has the same name."
"Sept. 5, 1993 might be a watershed day for the Braves. Had it been the other way around, it would have been a death throttle."
"Stillwell's grounder goes through Wallach's legs and into left field, and Stillwell is into second with a double. The throw rolls past Reed and Stillwell's into second. Wait a second, I was talking to Drysdale. Let me start over."
"John Kruk throws down his helmet in disgrace."
"Braulio Castillo, Vinny Castillas, Pedro Castellano. What happened to Brown, Jones and Smith... names we can understand?"
"He was with Triple-A San Jose. (pause) Mr. Know-It-All, Dave Marcus, informs me San Jose is Double-A. (pause) Did I say Double-A? I meant Single-A."
"If I knew how to spell it I'd say 'deja vu.'"
"Edgar Martinez of Seattle says he is impressed by National League pitching." (Then, following eight seconds of technical-difficulty dead air) "Well, he did say it. I don't care what anybody says."
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8/26/12
Vin Scully to return to Dodgers booth in 2013
The Associated Press – 5 hours ago
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Vin Scully, one of baseball's most beloved broadcasters, is sticking around for another year with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The 84-year-old Hall of Famer will return for a record 64th season in 2013. He began his professional baseball broadcasting career in 1950 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and has called three perfect games, 25 no-hitters, 25 World Series and 12 All-Star games.
Scully said he is feeling energized after the Guggenheim Baseball Management group bought the team from Frank McCourt this spring for $2 billion.
''I was so impressed by the new ownership,'' Scully said Sunday morning in the Dodger Stadium press box. ''I was here for the press conference, and I heard some big talk. I wondered whether they would actually do what they said they would do. How fast will they move? How high will they try to take the team? Well, they have done it 10 times over. And what they've done is revitalized the city, revitalized the team, the fans - and myself.''
General manager Ned Colletti has acquired nine new players since the week before the July 31 trading deadline. The biggest trade was completed on Saturday, with Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford and Nick Punto coming over from the Boston Red Sox in a nine-player megadeal in which the club inherited $275 million in contracts.
''They want to win, and they want to win now. So I'd like to hold on with both hands and see just how far they'll take this ballclub - because I really think they're going to take it as high as it can possible go,'' Scully said. ''And with all the optimism, it would be pretty hard to walk away from that.''
The Dodgers haven't won a World Series title since 1988, but that isn't the primary reason Scully's coming back.
''I don't really measure how long I want to stay by the success of the team. I really think it's inside,'' Scully said. ''It has nothing to do with the team. It's the love affair. That's part of the way I feel about baseball.''
It might be hard to imagine, considering how long Scully has been the voice of the Dodgers' franchise, but there was a time when he nearly left the team's broadcast booth.
''Personally, there were a couple of times that I really don't care to think about,'' he said. ''But one time, we had been out here only about four years, and I got a call from a friend of mine in the advertising business who said: 'Did you ever think about coming back and doing the Yankee games?'
''The great Mel Allen was having some troubles, and they were wondering what would happen if Mel couldn't continue, and they thought about bringing 'the kid' back to New York. I thought about it for maybe 72 hours, but I realized that I was so in love with the O'Malley family that there was no way I was going to walk away. That was probably the closest I came to even giving it a thought.''
Scully will continue to call all Dodgers home and road games in California and Arizona. But there is one other scheduled road series next season that he doesn't want to miss.
''There is a temptation - and if my wife Sandy promises to go with me - I really would like to see Yankee Stadium and the Dodgers play the Yankees,'' Scully said. ''That's scheduled for two games next year, so that really gets my imagination stirring. First of all, I've never seen the new Yankee Stadium. I can remember my first World Series there in 1953, so a lot of things will come back when and if I go to New York.''
The Dodgers say Scully's tenure is the longest of any broadcaster with any team. He calls all nine innings of the team's TV broadcasts, while the first three innings of each of his games are simulcast on radio. Dodgers chairman and owner Mark Walter says Scully's return for another season ''means a great deal to all of us.''
8/26/12
Vin Scully to return to Dodgers booth in 2013
The Associated Press – 5 hours ago
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Vin Scully, one of baseball's most beloved broadcasters, is sticking around for another year with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The 84-year-old Hall of Famer will return for a record 64th season in 2013. He began his professional baseball broadcasting career in 1950 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and has called three perfect games, 25 no-hitters, 25 World Series and 12 All-Star games.
Scully said he is feeling energized after the Guggenheim Baseball Management group bought the team from Frank McCourt this spring for $2 billion.
''I was so impressed by the new ownership,'' Scully said Sunday morning in the Dodger Stadium press box. ''I was here for the press conference, and I heard some big talk. I wondered whether they would actually do what they said they would do. How fast will they move? How high will they try to take the team? Well, they have done it 10 times over. And what they've done is revitalized the city, revitalized the team, the fans - and myself.''
General manager Ned Colletti has acquired nine new players since the week before the July 31 trading deadline. The biggest trade was completed on Saturday, with Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford and Nick Punto coming over from the Boston Red Sox in a nine-player megadeal in which the club inherited $275 million in contracts.
''They want to win, and they want to win now. So I'd like to hold on with both hands and see just how far they'll take this ballclub - because I really think they're going to take it as high as it can possible go,'' Scully said. ''And with all the optimism, it would be pretty hard to walk away from that.''
The Dodgers haven't won a World Series title since 1988, but that isn't the primary reason Scully's coming back.
''I don't really measure how long I want to stay by the success of the team. I really think it's inside,'' Scully said. ''It has nothing to do with the team. It's the love affair. That's part of the way I feel about baseball.''
It might be hard to imagine, considering how long Scully has been the voice of the Dodgers' franchise, but there was a time when he nearly left the team's broadcast booth.
''Personally, there were a couple of times that I really don't care to think about,'' he said. ''But one time, we had been out here only about four years, and I got a call from a friend of mine in the advertising business who said: 'Did you ever think about coming back and doing the Yankee games?'
''The great Mel Allen was having some troubles, and they were wondering what would happen if Mel couldn't continue, and they thought about bringing 'the kid' back to New York. I thought about it for maybe 72 hours, but I realized that I was so in love with the O'Malley family that there was no way I was going to walk away. That was probably the closest I came to even giving it a thought.''
Scully will continue to call all Dodgers home and road games in California and Arizona. But there is one other scheduled road series next season that he doesn't want to miss.
''There is a temptation - and if my wife Sandy promises to go with me - I really would like to see Yankee Stadium and the Dodgers play the Yankees,'' Scully said. ''That's scheduled for two games next year, so that really gets my imagination stirring. First of all, I've never seen the new Yankee Stadium. I can remember my first World Series there in 1953, so a lot of things will come back when and if I go to New York.''
The Dodgers say Scully's tenure is the longest of any broadcaster with any team. He calls all nine innings of the team's TV broadcasts, while the first three innings of each of his games are simulcast on radio. Dodgers chairman and owner Mark Walter says Scully's return for another season ''means a great deal to all of us.''
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...odgers-honor-vin-scully-67-years-storytelling
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| Doug Padilla, ESPN Staff Writer | 9/24/2016 |
| [h=1]Dodgers honor Vin Scully with pregame ceremony[/h] | |
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| LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers wrapped 67 years of Vin Scully's career into an hourlong on-field ceremony Friday night, and nobody seemed to mind one bit that first pitch was pushed back some 37 minutes. Scully, the legendary broadcaster who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982, will retire following next Sunday's game at San Francisco. At 88, he has just six games remaining behind the microphone, counting Friday night's 5-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Going back to his first Dodgers broadcast in 1950 in Brooklyn, New York, Scully has called thousands of Dodgers games and also branched out into network golf and as an NFL announcer for a time. Among his most famous calls, he was on hand for three perfect games, including one by the Yankees' Don Larsen in the 1956 World Series. 
The first 50,000 fans in attendance Friday received a typed letter signed by Scully containing recollections from his career. "You were simply always there for me," Scully wrote. "I have always felt that I needed you more than you needed me and that holds true to this very day. I have been privileged to share in your passion and love for this great game." <inline1></inline1> During the ceremony, the results of a fan poll revealed Scully's top call to be Kirk Gibson's dramatic home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series against the Athletics. Gibson was on the video board reciting lines from Scully's call and told the story of how he was inspired to come to the plate in that game despite two leg injuries because Scully had said on the broadcast that Gibson wouldn't play. On-field speakers Friday included Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti, Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax, current staff ace Clayton Kershaw, Spanish-language broadcaster Jaime Jarrin and MLB commissioner Rob Manfred. But it was actor Kevin Costner who brought down the house with a dramatic speech set to music. "We will miss you, my friend," Costner said. "We will miss you on our radio, in our cars and in our backyards. You have been a gift to Los Angeles and to baseball itself. How lucky we were that day in Brooklyn when the microphone was passed into your hands. You were the chosen one." Costner has been a part of three iconic baseball movies, "Bull Durham," "Field of Dreams" and "For Love of the Game," a film that included Scully as a broadcaster who calls a perfect game thrown by Costner's character, Billy Chapel. Despite taking the microphone in front of nearly 50,000 in attendance, Scully did as he always does, by seeming to talk to each person individually. But not before starting his speech with one of his more famous lines. "Hi, everybody, and a very pleasant good evening to all of you," he said as the crowd roared upon hearing his familiar sign-on to games. Scully thanked the players, he thanked the media, he thanked those who work in the commissioner's office, but most of all he thanked the fans. "When I was 8 years old, I fell in love with the roar of a football crowd coming out of a speaker on an old four-legged radio," Scully said. "When you roar, when you cheer, when you are thrilled, for a brief moment, I am 8 years old again." So now what for Scully? He was quick with a response. "You know, if you're 65 and you retire, you might have 20 years of life left or more, and you better have some plans," Scully said. "When you're 89 (he turns it in November), and they ask you what your plans are -- I'm going to try to live." A quick wit was always a part of Scully's arsenal, as was his incomparable and informative storytelling. As for the immediate future, he joked, "Now I am looking for a much smaller house, and a much larger medicine cabinet." But his time at the microphone did not end until he delivered another of his signature lines. "It's time for Dodger baseball," he said in the deliberate cadence that has helped make Scully the most beloved broadcaster of all time. |
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