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Your favorite play by play guy 4 major sports, TV/Radio

Big Blue '56 : 5/27/2016 3:10 pm
All-time..Can be local or national guys


NFL: Summerall

NHL: Marv Albert

NBA: Marv Albert

MLB: Vin Skully
NHL Gary Thorne  
Jints in Carolina : 5/27/2016 3:15 pm : link
MLB Vin Scully
NFL Pat Summerall
NBA Marv Albert
Catch words/phrases:  
Big Blue '56 : 5/27/2016 3:16 pm : link
Marv: Yessss!

Marv again: Kick save and a beauty

Pat: Everyone's favorite: There will be no threepeat!

Vin: Nothing comes to mind
Special mention to  
Jints in Carolina : 5/27/2016 3:16 pm : link
Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow of the SF Giants.

Love their broadcasts.
RE: NHL Gary Thorne  
Big Blue '56 : 5/27/2016 3:17 pm : link
In comment 12973907 Jints in Carolina said:
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MLB Vin Scully
NFL Pat Summerall
NBA Marv Albert


Thoughts on Jim Gordon (aside from Giants) for Rangers?
RE: Catch words/phrases:  
Jints in Carolina : 5/27/2016 3:17 pm : link
In comment 12973908 Big Blue '56 said:
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Marv: Yessss!

Marv again: Kick save and a beauty

Pat: Everyone's favorite: There will be no threepeat!

Vin: Nothing comes to mind


Summerall: "nothin doin."
Vin  
Jints in Carolina : 5/27/2016 3:18 pm : link
"It's time for Dodgers baseball."
RE: RE: Catch words/phrases:  
Big Blue '56 : 5/27/2016 3:18 pm : link
In comment 12973913 Jints in Carolina said:
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In comment 12973908 Big Blue '56 said:


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Marv: Yessss!

Marv again: Kick save and a beauty

Pat: Everyone's favorite: There will be no threepeat!

Vin: Nothing comes to mind



Summerall: "nothin doin."


Good one. Also, "report from the sideline is that everything hurts."
RE: RE: NHL Gary Thorne  
Jints in Carolina : 5/27/2016 3:19 pm : link
In comment 12973912 Big Blue '56 said:
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In comment 12973907 Jints in Carolina said:


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MLB Vin Scully
NFL Pat Summerall
NBA Marv Albert



Thoughts on Jim Gordon (aside from Giants) for Rangers?


Never followed the Rangers so I don't recall. I did love his Giants radio broadcasts.
hmmm  
Greg from LI : 5/27/2016 3:24 pm : link
football - Summerall (pro)/Jackson (college)
hockey - Thorne
basketball - Albert
baseball - The old Messer-White-Rizzuto team is still my favorite ever
RE: hmmm  
Big Blue '56 : 5/27/2016 3:25 pm : link
In comment 12973926 Greg from LI said:
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football - Summerall (pro)/Jackson (college)
hockey - Thorne
basketball - Albert
baseball - The old Messer-White-Rizzuto team is still my favorite ever


I'm assuming Keith Jackson?
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pjcas18 : 5/27/2016 3:26 pm : link
NHL: Mike Emrick

NFL: Summerall

MLB: Gary Cohen

NBA: Marv Albert
RE: .Like your choices but ....  
BobA : 5/27/2016 3:40 pm : link
In comment 12973933 pjcas18 said:
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NHL: Mike Emrick

NFL: Summerall

MLB: Gary Cohen

NBA: Marv Albert


Older >40 years

NHL: Jim Gordan
NFL: Marty Glickman
MLB: Mel Allen
NBA: Marv Albet

More Recent:

NHL: "Doc" Emrick
NFL: ????
MLB: Gary Cohen
NBA: Marv again.



Keith Jackson indeed  
Greg from LI : 5/27/2016 3:41 pm : link
One of my favorite Keith Jackson moments came in his final game, that fantastic 2006 Rose Bowl with Texas and USC. There was a new show (which lasted all of one episode) ABC was promoting during the game called Emily's Reasons Why Not. Jackson is dutifully reading the promo, and just kind of gives up at the end: "Emily's Reasons..*brief silence* eh, I don't know"
NHL  
SwirlingEddie : 5/27/2016 3:51 pm : link
Danny Gallivan & Dick Irvin Jr.

I loved as a child Marv Albert's calls on the radio of Knicks and Rangers games in the early 70s, but it is this HNIC duo that to me was the pinnacle of not only their sport but all sports broadcasting throughout my years of fandom.
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Vin R : 5/27/2016 4:06 pm : link
NFL: Joe Buck

MLB: Michael Kay

NBA: Gus Johnson
I have to agree with Kuiper and Krukow  
12aob : 5/27/2016 4:14 pm : link
and the entire SF Giants announcing crew. I'm a Dodger fan but the Giants announcers are fair, reasonably even handed in their analysis and always on top of the game. They are a joy to listen to - even if I hate the team.
RE: I have to agree with Kuiper and Krukow  
Big Blue '56 : 5/27/2016 4:19 pm : link
In comment 12974012 12aob said:
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and the entire SF Giants announcing crew. I'm a Dodger fan but the Giants announcers are fair, reasonably even handed in their analysis and always on top of the game. They are a joy to listen to - even if I hate the team.


What's kind of eerie to me is that Vin Scully was the Dodgers guy when I first started completely following baseball in 1955 and the coot is STILL the announcer, though is he retired this year?
Btw from the OP,  
Big Blue '56 : 5/27/2016 4:20 pm : link
it's Scully, not Skully. Just noticed
RE: .  
Mason : 5/27/2016 4:28 pm : link
In comment 12974001 Vin R said:
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NFL: Joe Buck

MLB: Michael Kay

NBA: Gus Johnson


Glad I'm not the only one.

NBA: Ian Eagle
NFL: Al Michaels
MLB: Vin Scully

RE: RE: .  
Vin R : 5/27/2016 4:30 pm : link
In comment 12974031 Mason said:
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In comment 12974001 Vin R said:


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NFL: Joe Buck

MLB: Michael Kay

NBA: Gus Johnson



Glad I'm not the only one.

NBA: Ian Eagle
NFL: Al Michaels
MLB: Vin Scully


Sarcasm! lol
For me  
The_Boss : 5/27/2016 4:39 pm : link
Nance
Emerick
Buck (yes Joe) for baseball
Marv is still the best for the NBA
1. Mell Allen  
Ira : 5/27/2016 4:57 pm : link
2. Red Barber
3. Marv Albert
4. Gary Cohen
Russ Hodges  
Big Blue '56 : 5/27/2016 5:13 pm : link
was a big favorite as well for the BB Giants
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bluepepper : 5/27/2016 5:13 pm : link
NBA - Marv Albert
NHL - Marv Albert
NFL - Marty Glickman
MLB - Ernie Harwell

Fond memories growing up listening to Marv call Knicks and Rangers. No TV of home games in those days so you listened and I swear I preferred radio broadcasts to TV. Wasn't even much of a hockey fan but I remember going to bed on Sunday nights and having my beloved clock radio tuned in just to hear Marv. Very calming as I faced the dreaded back to school Monday morning.

Barely remember Glickman but he had a great voice and no Giants broadcaster since has come close.

Harwell I didn't grow up with but what I did hear was damned good. He was better IMO than the much more hyped Scully.
And before Summerall came on the scene,  
Big Blue '56 : 5/27/2016 5:15 pm : link
The Packers' Ray Scott was the best in the business,mimo..

I started with Chris Schenkel for the football Giants in '56, but that love affair was/is more about nostalgia than anything
I hated everything Dodgers,  
Big Blue '56 : 5/27/2016 5:17 pm : link
but Vin Scully was anything BUT hyped..
I like Marv a lot  
Overseer : 5/27/2016 5:22 pm : link
Not necessarily because he's a good play by play guy (although he is) but because he likes dressing up in white panties. So here he's got this high profile, prestigious job, but the whole time you know that he's into dressing up in women's panties.

And for all we know....he's watching these large sweaty men hurtle around a court, and maybe he's wondering what kinds of underpants they have on.

"Irving takes the inbound, takes it toward mid-court, 105-104, 15 seconds to go, shot clock is off!...What's he wearing? Odds are they're probably basic white, cotton underpants. But I sort of think, well, maybe they're silk panties, maybe it's a thong. Maybe it's something really cool that I don't even know about. ..."James heads toward the paint, takes the feed from Irving..."

Big fan of Marv.
NFL: Al Michaels  
Ben in Tampa : 5/27/2016 5:23 pm : link
NHL: Doc Emmerick
NBA: Marv Albert

Not much of an NBA or NHL fan ...  
Manny in CA : 5/27/2016 6:47 pm : link
But my favorites are:

Pro Football - Paul Christiansen (AFL on TV); Jack [Mr. Golden Voice] Buck, NFL football (on the radio); Myron Cope (radio)

MLB - Dizzy Dean/ Harry Caray

I think Nantz  
dep026 : 5/27/2016 6:56 pm : link
Is the best guy in the business. I love him for college basketball. I think he's very good with the NFL. He also does well with the Masters.

Gus johnson for college basketball is awesome too.
Ah, memories  
snumber6 : 5/27/2016 7:19 pm : link
NFL - Marty Glickman
NHL - Win Eliot
NBA - Marv Albert
MLB - Russ Hodges

Marty, Win and Marv all had the ability to report everything that was happening during a play ... whether all they reported was happening or not was questionable ... but they made the listener feel like it was ...

Russ Hodges for the most memorable reporting ever that made Ralph Branca a household name for generations ... despite a slightly above average rather non-descript career ...
you know what?  
santacruzom : 5/27/2016 7:37 pm : link
I actually kinda like Mike Breen!

But I'm not a Knicks fan.
no Howard  
xman : 5/27/2016 7:42 pm : link
cosell
NFL- Summerall  
dune69 : 5/27/2016 7:43 pm : link
MLB- Gowdy
NHL- Emrick
NBA- Gorman
Baseketball  
Anonymous Stranger Online : 5/27/2016 7:59 pm : link
- Bob Costas
RE: Not much of an NBA or NHL fan ...  
Big Blue '56 : 5/27/2016 8:24 pm : link
In comment 12974159 Manny in CA said:
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But my favorites are:

Pro Football - Paul Christiansen (AFL on TV); Jack [Mr. Golden Voice] Buck, NFL football (on the radio); Myron Cope (radio)

MLB - Dizzy Dean/ Harry Caray



Manny, Paul Christman was a color commentator to Curt Gowdy. He wasn't an announcer which is the thread topic..:)
first 2 are slam dunks  
Spider56 : 5/27/2016 8:35 pm : link
BB ... Marv Albert: "Frazier feeds cross court to Barnett, side jump ... Yes !

Hockey ... Al Michaels: "Do you believe in Miracles ???"

FB ... Keith Jackson: "Whoa Nellie !!!"

MLB ... The Scooter: "Holy Cow, I think he's gonna make it"
Best Play by Play  
John K : 5/27/2016 8:46 pm : link
NHL: Bob Cole (CBC)
NBA: Johnny Most (Celtics)
NFL: Pat Summerall
MLB: Who Cares?
These are probably mine if I had to choose one for each  
steve in ky : 5/27/2016 8:47 pm : link
NFL- Pat Summerall

MLB- Ralph Kiner

NBA- Marv Albert

NHL- Sam Rosen
A few names that haven't been mentioned yet  
Tom in NY : 5/27/2016 9:29 pm : link
NHL - Tim Ryan - 70's NHL lead and Islanders TV voice

NCAA BB - Gary Bender

NBA - Marv Albert

MLB - Frank Messer

NFL - Summerall - with Don Criqui a close second.

I hate the Rangers with the core of my being  
timintey : 5/27/2016 9:42 pm : link
But the Jim Gordon/Bill "Big Whistle" Chadwick tandem was awesome.

Loved Bob Murphy on Met games
I was wondering if anyone would mention Win Elliot  
Ivan15 : 5/27/2016 11:04 pm : link
In the old Garden, we used to stand behind him in the cheap seats and throw peanuts at him.

In those days, there were a lot of matinee games so we would go to the game, scream our lungs out, and then go home to see if we could hear ourselves on TV.
I loved the pairs growing up...  
Neckbone1333 : 5/27/2016 11:31 pm : link
I am 39 years old:

NFL - loved Jim Gordon's voice on radio "Muster... STOPPED"

NBA - loved Marv and John Andreise and loved Marv and Jim Karvellas on the radio. Can remember laying in bed at ages 6-8 with my yellow Sony Walkman on listening to Karvellas yell "Bullseye"

MLB - special place in my heart for Rizzuto and Bill White - brings back great memories of staying up late in the summer watching the games

NHL - loved JD and Sam Rosen - "It's a Power Play Goal!"

God, I love sports!!
Krukow and Kuiper are the best.  
PeterinAtlanta : 5/27/2016 11:38 pm : link
They have great stories. They talk about the fans in the stadium but don't let that get in the way of giving you good analysis of what is happening. They root for the Giants but always give an honest opinion of a call whether it is for the Giants or not.

I'm watching the Giants vs Rockies and am stuck with the Rockies announcers. They blow.

I don't care about basketball but I'll give it to Marv.

Summerall and Brookshire

Jiggs and Westfall, Gordon and the Big Whistle were great teams. Honorable mention to Tom Mees
MLB -- Bob Murphy  
jpkmets : 5/28/2016 12:44 am : link
NFL -- Al Michaels
NBA -- Marv Albert
NHL -- Rick Jeanneret -- not a Sabers fan but he's amazing -- "Top shelf! Where Mama hides the cookies!"
No mention of Bob Papa???  
Spider 67 : 5/28/2016 8:53 am : link
Pleasant voice, doesn't talk BS. Loved him with Dave Jennings, another one without the BS. He knew all the rules. And Dick Lynch, the Giants answer to Phil Rizutto.

Yankees Rizutto, Messer & White were very very good. I hated White, the guy from the National league, for a long time. He was worse than Bob Murphy his first year or so. But by the time the Yankees started getting good, so did White. He was a great partner to Rizzuto, as was Fran Healey.

I like Sam Rosen, but I can understand why some don't. Another one without the BS. He worked well with Phil Esposito, JD & now with Joe Micheletti. I always understand what Rosen is talking about. Emerick uses his same tired phrases every game, sometimes several times. How many time does he say "ricochet " every game?
Some fabulous names brought up here.  
Big Blue '56 : 5/28/2016 9:20 am : link
And yes, Love Papa
I eat pieces of 💩 For breakfast  
Phatballllz : 5/28/2016 9:58 am : link
NFL: Burkhardt and Lynch

MLB: Darling

NBA: Clyde

NHL: Who cares. Does Messier still play?
My internal monologue  
David B. : 5/28/2016 1:40 pm : link
I started watching sports with the sound off when there were TOO MANY guys I couldn't stand doing games I watched. It's way less annoying and frustrating muted. I only un-mute to hear an explanation of a questionable call or an injury update or something.

Try it. Once you get used to it, you'll never want to go back. Then you won't have to pick 4 that suck a little less than the rest.
RE: My internal monologue  
Spider 67 : 5/28/2016 2:01 pm : link
In comment 12974672 David B. said:
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I started watching sports with the sound off when there were TOO MANY guys I couldn't stand doing games I watched. It's way less annoying and frustrating muted. I only un-mute to hear an explanation of a questionable call or an injury update or something.

Try it. Once you get used to it, you'll never want to go back. Then you won't have to pick 4 that suck a little less than the rest.

I listen to the games similar to you, but I mute just the color commentators, it makes the play by play guys not seem as bad. But when Al Michaels does the game, the sound is completely off. Thank god for the mute button, I'd hate to have to take the speakers out of my TV just to watch a game.
Great name missing  
Stan in LA : 5/28/2016 7:16 pm : link
NBA: Chick Hearn.

Yes, was local here, but some think he was better at Basketball than Scully was at baseball.
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Bluesbreaker : 5/28/2016 8:38 pm : link
Gifford Sumerall
Vin Scully
Don't much feel the love for Brown Ball go with
Gus Johnson ..
Bill White Messer and The Scooter ...
Rizzuto came into Olivers Rest in Binghamton where
I was the Night Chef he is damn sure no Huckleberry
was interested in a Local Hooker Smoking "More" ciggs
and Sambucco

Big Blue 56 blast from the past
I started with Chris Schenkel for the football Giants in '56, but that love affair was/is more about nostalgia than anything
Forgot all about Chris Schenkel
RE: My internal monologue  
steve in ky : 5/28/2016 9:28 pm : link
In comment 12974672 David B. said:
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I started watching sports with the sound off when there were TOO MANY guys I couldn't stand doing games I watched. It's way less annoying and frustrating muted. I only un-mute to hear an explanation of a questionable call or an injury update or something.

Try it. Once you get used to it, you'll never want to go back. Then you won't have to pick 4 that suck a little less than the rest.


The NFL experimented (I think it was NBC) with that for a Jets game once. No announcers but they did air the stadium announcer. I liked it but they never did it again so I guess not too many people did.
my list  
Steve in South Jersey : 5/28/2016 10:10 pm : link
NFL: Al DeRogatis
MLB: Curt Gowdy
NBA: Marv Albert
NHL: Foster Hewitt
It's who you get to actually listen to.................  
Phil in Joisey : 5/29/2016 1:35 am : link
I'm sure that Vin Scully deserves every kudo he receives. But it's been so long since I've heard him call a game that I'm probably selecting him on reputation and longevity.
My announcing GOATs........
Baseball: Vin Scully
Football: Pat Summerall
Basketball: a) Marty Glickman b) Marv Albert c)Chick Hearn
Hockey: Mike Emrick
Boxing: a) Howard Cosell b) Don Dunphy
Tennis: a) Bud Collins b) Mary Carillo c) Pat Summerall
Golf: Johnny Miller
Horse Racing: Fred Cappossela
Always great to see you Phil..  
Big Blue '56 : 5/31/2016 2:13 pm : link
Great list, btw
Ray Scott  
arniefez : 5/31/2016 2:50 pm : link
Was fantastic.

Marty G NFL
Marv NBA & NHL
Bob Murphy Baseball
I like Sam Rosen  
Greg from LI : 5/31/2016 2:55 pm : link
But I'd rather hear him calling a national game than the Rangers because he's such an MSG mouthpiece. Hearing him spouting the company line is irritating.
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