What are your all time favorite announcers' calls?

[tereg]

Yeah I was just thinking about this last night.

Buster Douglas's knockout.

I'll pose the question: Jim Lampley's call or Bob Sheridan's call?

For me, I remember Lampley's call (Mike Tyson has been knocked out... Let's go ahead and call this the biggest upset in the history of championship boxing...) more than Sheridan's, although Sheridan expresses more of the disbelief of the situation.

Still memorable either way, and both fine boxing commentators imo.

[Your Mom]

Thom Brennaman sucks balls. See the Official Cubs thread for more info.

[MicroBob]

dnh - Some people seem to really like Gus Johnson but I just think he sounds kind of ridiculous.
Dating back to some of the Gonzaga games and also Princeton beating UCLA. It just seems really manufactured and fake-ish to me. And just sitting there and screaming and screaming and screaming seems so unprofessional the way he does it no matter how exciting the game might be.

I've grown to get used to him a little bit in that now I just don't like his style very much but I no longer feel the need to break things when he goes into his screaming routine. But I still think it's inappropriate.

Yet he seems to be the one that gets the most play on their highlight reels and montage-stuff when they recap great moments, etc. And it isn't just because he was the only one there for the great moments. It's because obviously CBS thinks his screaming captures something that is worth repeating over and over and over.


legend - I'm a reasonably decent Costas fan.
I usually like his PBP and definitely liked his Later show on NBC and his interview stuff on the radio and on HBO (when I catch it).
Usually I'm okay with him.

But he really was ridiculous in game 7 of 97 and I was thinking "WTF is he doing?!?!"
His choosing inopportune times in the middle of his play-by-play to go into yet another baseball-economics-small-market rant would get annoying too. It was overkill. Whether you agreed with him or not sometimes you just want to watch CLE or SD or whoever playing hard in the playoffs and maybe hear about how unexpected it was for them to be there...you don't need to hear AGAIN in the 7th inning of a tie-game or something how they are doing great this year but it's just an aberration because the small-market teams simply cannot compete long-term with the big-money....and this kind of excitement is the reason why baseball needs to fix this situation... blah blah blah.

[PokerKing213]

Definitely Joe Buck's call of Leyritz hitting the game tying HR against the Braves in Game 4 of the '96 Series. He hit it off Wohlers on a 2-2 fastball i believe. Incredibly emotional moment.

[mblax10]

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.

[tereg]

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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..."

[youtalkfunny]

"15...10...5...Touchdown Titans! There are no...flags...on the football field...it's a miracle! Tennessee...has pulled a miracle..."

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At Suffolk Downs one afternoon sometime in the 80's...track announcer Jim Hannon says:

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Nice to see Jimbo Hannon get a 2+2 shout-out.

[legend42]

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

[Uncle Wimp]

Steve Stone, can you tell me how Jose Vizcaino, a guy from Mexico, can lose a ball in the sun?

[Uncle Wimp]

May Day! May Day!