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Sunday, June 04, 2006

Your favorite radio guys & their calls

A look at current major-league announcers and the calls they have made famous.
American League
Team Announcer Year Signature call
Baltimore Orioles Joe Angel 2nd "Hasta la vista pelota!" on home runs.
Boston Red Sox Joe Castiglione 24th None.
Chicago White Sox Ken Harrelson 17th "You can put it on the board ... YES!" for home runs and "He gone!" for a strikeout.
Cleveland Indians Tom Hamilton 17th "Ballgame!" after last out of an Indians win.
Detroit Tigers Dan Dickerson 7th "Gone!" on home runs.
Kansas City Royals Denny Matthews 38th None, says he doesn't believe in them.
Los Angeles Angels Rory Markas 5th "Just another Halo victory!" after Angels win.
Minnesota Twins John Gordon 20th "Touch 'em all!" on home runs.
New York Yankees John Sterling 17th "Yankees win! Theeeeeee Yankees win!" after victories, and "It is high. It is far. It is GONE!" on home runs.
Oakland A's Ken Korach 11th "Ring 'em up, strike three called."
Seattle Mariners Dave Niehaus 30th "My oh my!"; "Fly, fly away!" on home runs.
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Andy Freed 2nd None.
Texas Rangers Eric Nadel 28th "That ball is history," on home runs.
Toronto Blue Jays Jerry Howarth 25th "There she goes!" on home runs.
National League
Atlanta Braves Skip Caray 31st None. His dad used them all up.
Arizona Diamondbacks Gary Schulte 9th "Warning track, wall, you can touch 'em all," on home runs.
Cincinnati Reds Marty Brennaman 33rd "And this one belongs to the Reds," after last out of a win.
Chicago Cubs Pat Hughes 11th None.
Colorado Rockies Jeff Kingery 14th "That ball is out of here and it's not coming back," on home runs.
Florida Marlins Dave Van Horne 6th "And that one is up, up and away!" on home runs.
Houston Astros Milo Hamilton 22nd "Holy Toledo!"
Los Angeles Dodgers Vin Scully 57th "Pull up a chair and stick around for a while" and "She is ... gone," on home runs.
Milwaukee Brewers Bob Uecker 36th "Get up. Get up. Get out of here! Gone!" on home runs.
New York Mets Howie Rose 3rd "Put that one in the books!" after Mets wins.
Philadelphia Phillies Harry Kalas 36th "Outta here!" on home runs.
Pittsburgh Pirates Lanny Frattare 31st "Go ball, get out of here," for home runs, and "Nooooooo doubt about it," after Pirates wins.
St. Louis Cardinals Mike Shannon 35th "Get up, baby. Get up, baby. Home run."
San Diego Padres Jerry Coleman 34th "Oh, Doctor!" And, after a great defensive play: "You can hang a star on that baby."
San Francisco Giants Jon Miller 10th None, but does a mean Vin Scully impression.
Washington Nationals Charlie Slowes 2nd "And that's a curly W!" after Nationals wins (signifying both the win and the team's curly W logo). from the Seattle Times

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