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VAMike23 said:
Marv Albert

laugh if you will ...!! :p

But he's very good.
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Husky25 said:
Sterling is awful. There are few worse. Unfortunately for him, he works directly with one of them. Waldman may actually bring less to the table. I have no idea how Yankee fans listen to the radio. It's like nails on a chalkboard.
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hey b nice! Those 2 are our nails & our chalkboard! :)
 
VAUConnFan said:
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Where do u guys come up with this- I'm also a big/huge Seinfeld fan!
Hey -I have one for all u Yankee/Red Sox fans- eho is the one person most responsible for getting Phil Rizzuto into the Hall of Fame???- Baseball not Announcing Hall of Fame!
 
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dbmill said:
He's pretty poor as well. Ken Singleton is excellent, and I really miss Jim Kaat and Bobby Murcer. Those guys knew what they were talking about, and they did not grate on the nerves. Of course, Bill White, Rizzuto and Frank Messer were a classic trio.
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Loved Jim Katt! I think he's phenomenal.
 
Mel Allen.............."Thats a Ballentine Blast"

Fred Capossela...............The Flag is Up, It is now Post Time!!
 
meyers7 said:
I believe that is Chris Berman's line.
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Berman does a very poor Facenda impersonation when he says this.
 
meyers7 said:
:cool:

Point was, Facenda didn't say that, Berman did. ;)
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Ergo, The Autumn Wind is a Pirate clip above.

And it's not my opinion. Berman does a horrific impression of the Voice of God. ;)
 
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Husky25 said:
Berman does a very poor Facenda impersonation when he says this.
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meyers7 said:
I believe that is Chris Berman's line.
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When googled, most sites state (and I paraphrase) "no one knows who first coined the expression, but it is believed to be Facenda". I have an alternative theory, that it more than likely was one of the Sabols (Ed and/or Steve) from NFL Films that may have been the originators!
 
Replicant said:
When googled, most sites state (and I paraphrase) "no one knows who first coined the expression, but it is believed to be Facenda". I have an alternative theory, that it more than likely was one of the Sabols (Ed and/or Steve) from NFL Films that may have been the originators!
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That's not wholly true either:

Steve Sabol wrote those very words while working on the Packers’ highlight film for that season. Vince Lombardi, an English major, wanted to review the script before it went to production. Lombardi first informed Sabol that “frozen tundra” is redundant (Wester’s defines it as a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil). Secondly, Lombardi told Sabol that because they had installed a heating element under the field, the field was actually never frozen, and he would not allow those words to be used!

"The Voice of God". His rich, dramatic voice was a perfect complement to the long passes, thrilling runs and violent tackling of pro football. All football fans know his word delivery and can visualize the scene, "the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field", which he never actually said, as it was a Chris Berman (ESPN) tribute to his style.

Frozen Tundra is used in the Cowboys' video that Facenda did not narrate.
 
Ha! So I threw a red herring into the bowl--but didn't know it. My apologies for being a wascally wabbit.
 
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slug25 said:
Ray Hudson doing the Barcelona games is "magisterial"
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"Don’t look for him in Xs and Os, he doesn’t live there. He doesn’t live in the tactical world, or the technical world, he lives in the magnetic spectrum of genius."
 
.Gary Cohen, Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez on SNY are wonderful on Mets games. The Mets stink but the games are worth watching just to listen, learn and laugh with those three.[/quote]

Love these guys they are the best...I pay extra to get them on MLB.com.
You have to love all the "Keith-isms" :rolleyes:
I'm a huge Mets fan, I remember also when McCarver used to be good calling Mets games (stunk on Fox) and always loved Ralph Kiners Stories.

For Uconn I do really like Kara but I prefer her and Rebecca behind the desk together.
 
Interesting thread.

I wasn't thinking women when I posted earlier - amazingly - but Beth Mowins does a nice job across multiple sports.

And there was a woman with the old CSTV network that was very entertaining, she used to do the BET at times. They were doing the WNIT final one year when Nevada? was in it and describing the fan who attended sports events wearing a barrel. Funniest commentary ever.
 
TRuconnfan said:
.Gary Cohen, Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez on SNY are wonderful on Mets games. The Mets stink but the games are worth watching just to listen, learn and laugh with those three.
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Love these guys they are the best...I pay extra to get them on MLB.com.
You have to love all the "Keith-isms" :rolleyes:
I'm a huge Mets fan, I remember also when McCarver used to be good calling Mets games (stunk on Fox) and always loved Ralph Kiners Stories.

For Uconn I do really like Kara but I prefer her and Rebecca behind the desk together.[/quote]
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Kiner!!! Forgot his own name once...

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/ralph-kiner-dies-at-91-1.2526161
 
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