| A look at current major-league announcers and the calls they have made famous. |
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| 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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