What are your all time favorite announcers' calls? - Page 11

MicroBob · #**101** 08-01-2007, 02:21 PM

Kind of agree with Drew.

I have to think there are Yankees fans who think it just sounds ridiculous just as I believe there are plenty of White Sox fans who are REALLY annoyed with the Hawk's silly stuff.

Disturbance · #**102** 08-01-2007, 04:05 PM

"Some people are on the pitch... they think it's all over...."

<Geoff Hurst smashes in England's fourth goal>

"...it is now!!!"

Kenneth Wolstenholme commentating on England v West Germany 1966

Classic

goofball · #**103** 08-02-2007, 07:39 PM

AND THE MARINERS WILL PLAY FOR THE AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

Romo's gonna run it into the endzone! And he will be tackled by Jordan Babineaux

anatta · #**104** 08-02-2007, 08:30 PM

Grounded to short...two away.

dizong · #**105** 08-04-2007, 11:01 PM

My favorites have already been mentioned but I thought this was great because he just gets out of the way after making his call:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY-iq58_oz4

Love the Cardinals-Vikings call lolol
Also pretty much anything by Bill Walton qualifies...

Degenerasian · #**106** 08-04-2007, 11:33 PM

As a Jays fan, the call on Joe Carter's World Series walkoff HR in '93 still gives me chills.

Hollywade · #**107** 08-06-2007, 06:22 PM

I prefer Vin Scully's version of Kirk Gibson's homerun, although Jack Buck's is a favorite of mine as well.

Hollywade · #**108** 08-06-2007, 06:28 PM

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OH MY GOODNESS!!!!! HE'S DONE IT AGAIN!!!!!"

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I hate this one, as I do most of Berman's play by play calls. He's done what again? Hit a homerun?

BenJammin' · #**109** 08-09-2007, 06:21 PM

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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.

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i can't really argue this point, but you have to understand that growing up a yankees fan means loving the sound of that call forever.
plus, they're going to win the division this year!

MicroBob · #**110** 08-09-2007, 07:26 PM

"but you have to understand that growing up a yankees fan means loving the sound of that call forever."

As I previously mentioned, my theory is that there are actually Yankees fans who are NOT loving the sound of that call.
I'm not a Yankees fan myself so understand I am speculating on this stuff as an 'outsider' but whatever...I still think my opinion is valid.

You HAVE to love Bob Shephard on the P.A. to be a Yankees fan. To not love Shephard is to not love the Yankees.

But Sterling's call I think is closer to whether or not you love/hate Steinbrenner or you think Torre isn't that great. You can be anti-Steinbrenner or anti-Torre or anti-"THAAAAAAAAAAAAA YANKEES WIN" but still be a Yankees fan.