What are your all time favorite announcers' calls?

[BenJammin']

"It is high. It is long. It is gone! THE YANKEES WIN! THHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA YAKNEES WIN!"

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The one I'm surprised didn't get any mention is Rick Jeanneret. That guy's awesome. "TOP SHELF WHERE MAMA HIDES THE COOKIES!"

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Reminds me of Mike Laing of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

"Well scratch my back with a chain-saw!!!!!" and other great goal calls.

[evank15]

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Not enough Harry Caray love in this thread.

-Some random hispanic shortstop losses the ball in the sun. Harry would say "You know, I don't understand how you can lose a ball in the sun after growing up in a place were the sun shines all day long"

-"Ball 2 to Hector Villaneueva. You know Villanueva spelled backwards is Ahv-ewe-nah-lan-nav." Always pronounced in old man mumbled gibberish and throwing extra syllables in the mix.

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"Here's Andres Gal-ga-ragla to the plate..."

"Here's Ken Camineetee.... and Camineetee hits a drive..."

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"Batting sixth for the Braves this afternoon is left fielder Ryan Kelso".

My personal (biased) call is (Calgary Flames) Hall of Famer Peter Maher's "YEAAAAAAAAAH BABY!!!".

[DrewDevil]

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"It is high. It is long. It is gone! THE YANKEES WIN! THHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA YAKNEES WIN!"

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The thread for worst announcer calls is right down the hall, sir.

[Toro]

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"It is high. It is long. It is gone! THE YANKEES WIN! THHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA YAKNEES WIN!"

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The thread for worst announcer calls is right down the hall, sir.

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This is only the second worst call. "IT'S AN AAAAAAAABOMB FROM AAAAAAAAAAROD". Made me want to puke when I heard it.

Wasn't fond of "Burn Bernie Burn" either. Not really fond of anything he says.

[fanmail]

"Oh baby, what a play, touch-down kan-sas ci-ty."

Kevin Harlan

[dnh83]

I like Kevin Harlan also. The one that comes to mind for me is when T-Mac dunked on Shawn Bradley. "Ooooohhh McGrady just sucked the gravity right out of the building!"

Maybe not a great all time call but I always laugh when I hear it.

[Alamo]

Rik de Saedeleer, legendary announcer from Belgium, in the opening match of the World Cup 82.
Minnows Belgium play reigning world champion Argentina, with a young Diego Maradona playing hist first world cup match.

Belgium has to withstand heavy pressure, until they counterattack and all of a sudden Erwin Vandebergh is one on one with goalie Ubaldo Fillol....

"There it is, there it is!!!! GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL LLLLLL GOAL GOAL GOAL GOAL GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alrighty.... that was Argentinian style..."

[shemp]

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"It is high. It is long. It is gone! THE YANKEES WIN! THHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA YAKNEES WIN!"

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My theory: The beauty of this is that if you hate the Yankees, you hate this call-- But if you like the Yankees, you've grown to like this call after realizing how much it annoys the haters.

Listening to a lot of baseball on the radio, I think Sterling, et al are second rate, and maybe even bottom tier. I often go with the opponent's crew when listening to Yankee games.

[DrewDevil]

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"It is high. It is long. It is gone! THE YANKEES WIN! THHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA YAKNEES WIN!"

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My theory: The beauty of this is that if you hate the Yankees, you hate this call-- But if you like the Yankees, you've grown to like this call because you have no soul.

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