Favorite Broadcasters when you were young?

[Phil68]

Broadcasters were like family for me from age 7 through my early 20's.
I loved Jack Brickhouse, Jim Piersall and Harry Caray in Chicago. They were like immediate family. Then, for the holidays my uncles would show up...Tony Kubek, Joe Garagiola, Vin Scully. I loved them. Then there was "uncle Keith Jackson and Howard Cosell"...they only visited when it was a big event so it was exciting. They all sounded different, delivered different and it was great. Broadcasters all sound alike the last 20 years. Rarely enlightening and never interesting. Steve Stone is an amazing color guy and I always liked Tim McCarver as a class-act.
Who did you guys like?

[jayshum]

For me, there was nothing better than listening to Richie Ashburn and Harry Kalas when watching the Phillies.

[gonefishin]

I guess it depends on your age, but Dizzy Dean is at the top of my list with Jerry Coleman coming in 2d.

[gonefishin]

I guess it depends on your age, but Dizzy Dean is at the top of my list with Jerry Coleman coming in 2d.

[Beercan collector]

Jack Buck , Mike Shannon , Jay Randolph

[DHogan]

Johnny Most for the Boston Celtics. He would get so excited about a game, that you couldn't understand what he was saying.

[nolemmings]

Halsey Hall.
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/halsey-hall/

[Phil68]

Originally Posted by gonefishin

I guess it depends on your age, but Dizzy Dean is at the top of my list with Jerry Coleman coming in 2d.

Wish I could've listened to Dizzy Dean.

Johnny Most was SO exciting! That dude was incredible energy. Neil Funk had that same vibe. He was the best basketball announcer I ever heard. It helped that I listened to those guys when the Celtics were...the Celtics and Jordan was leading the Bulls through their run.

[Phil68]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

Jack Buck , Mike Shannon , Jay Randolph

Cardinal fans have been telling me how great those guys were for years!

[Beercan collector]

I miss Mike calling every flying out as though it was a home run .
And by the sixth or seventh inning he’s talking about a cold Budweiser and then his voice starts to slur ,
And I’m not being mean I actually enjoyed it

[Casey2296]

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Hank Greenwald SF Giants.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbTrbc53O1w

[BobbyStrawberry]

Ralph Kiner was the voice I grew up listening to. he was just the voice of baseball to me. Later Vin Scully became my favorite - there probably won't be another like him ever again!

[Scott6043]

Marty Brennaman and Joe Nuxhall - Big Red Machine

[Phil68]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

I miss Mike calling every flying out as though it was a home run .
And by the sixth or seventh inning he’s talking about a cold Budweiser and then his voice starts to slur ,
And I’m not being mean I actually enjoyed it

Harry Cary was the same way! Of, course, he's legendary for it.
My favorite Harry Caray moments were small.
Pronouncing Galarraga backwards was fun.
He offered an insight into the Marlins bullpen stating boldly "We'd better get some runs because Rob Nen will be coming in soon." Steve Stone said "Rob Nen is a magnificent pitcher, thankfully for the Cubs, he's in San Francisco right now. Rob, of course a longtime closer for these Marlins."
Caray retorted "Nen. Spelled backwards is...Nen."

And of course, "Pittsburgh over the Pirates 3-1 at the end of four."

[philliesfan]

For me, there was nothing better than listening to Richie Ashburn and Harry Kalas when watching the Phillies.

Yes....Ashburn and Kalas for me!

[NiceDocter]

This guy was kind of under the radar as far as all time greats..... but to me and many other locals..... he was right up at the top..... Chuck Thompson and the 1960s Baltimore Orioles broadcasts..... OKAY sing along with me folks.... National Beer, National Beer, you'll like the taste of National Beer... and while we're about it we're proud to say.... it's brewed on the shores (beat beat) of the Chesapeake Bay!!!!!!

[SAllen2556]

On a warm, clear summer night around 1975 after the sun set, you could take your little am/fm radio that you got for Christmas and go around the AM dial looking for baseball broadcasts. Here in Detroit, we had the great Ernie Harwell.

But if you were lucky you could get the Cubs, Reds, Indians, Phillies, Cardinals, Yankmees, and, on occasion, even the Red Sox.

I remember hearing Harry Kalas the first time and realizing he was also the guy who did the NFL films. Jack Buck for the Cardinals was great too. And there was Marty Brennaman and the Big Red Machine on AM 700 WLW !

I blame Joe Buck and Tim Mccarver for ruining national baseball broadcasts. I could not stand either one of them. These days, the Mets guys on TV are really good.

[BCauley]

Jerry Remy and Don Orsillo

[frankbmd]

Pee Wee and Dizzy on the game of the week in the 50s.

Dizzy could always work "The Wabash Cannonball" into the broadcast in the late innings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvj5uOqnHu8

[uniship]

Skip Carey on Tbs

Harry Carey on wgn

Johnny Most for Celtics games

I also loved bill Walton broadcasts

Charley Steiner and John miller both amazing

Finally vin scully of course

[Cliff Bowman]

When I got into baseball as a ten year old in 1977 I took to the Cubs immediately over the White Sox (exactly why I don't remember) but the Cubs announcers, Jack Brickhouse, Lou Boudreau, Vince Lloyd, were all pretty much vanilla compared to the more colorful Harry Caray and Jimmy Piersall of the White Sox.

[commishbob]

Originally Posted by NiceDocter

This guy was kind of under the radar as far as all time greats..... but to me and many other locals..... he was right up at the top..... Chuck Thompson and the 1960s Baltimore Orioles broadcasts..... OKAY sing along with me folks.... National Beer, National Beer, you'll like the taste of National Beer... and while we're about it we're proud to say.... it's brewed on the shores (beat beat) of the Chesapeake Bay!!!!!!

Chuck Thompson will forever be my favorite..."Stepping in Boog Powell, a mountain of a man" I lived down the Shore in Jersey and could catch my Orioles if I used the radio in the kitchen.

I grew up watching Yankee and Mets games on NY television. I never rooted for either but their broadcasters became very familiar to me. Phil Rizzuto, Mel Allen, Red Barber, Joe Garagiola for the Yankees, Bob Murphy, Lindsey Nelson and Ralph Kiner for the Mets. All their voices were part of my childhood and I can hear them still.

[philliesfan]

Don't forget Harry Doyle!

[Exhibitman]

Vin Scully. I've never heard better.

[D. Bergin]

I grew up with Phil Rizzuto on color for the Yankees. Like Harry Carey, he was not an objectively good announcer, but he was certainly entertaining.

Bill White was a great announcer, as were Jim Kaat and Ken Singleton. Bobby Murcer was fun and used to raz Rizzuto all the time.

Tom Seaver was really, really good, but I think got canned after 1 season for being too critical of the home team.

I think Chuck Katon is the finest announcer I’ve ever heard on the Radio. He worked Whalers games, and we used to turn down the volume on the TV and play the radio feed instead, when we watched Whalers games.

You could literally see the passes in your head, and visualize the Hockey fights, whenever you listened to Katon working a game on the radio. It was amazing.

[stlcardsfan]

Jack Buck and Mike Shannon locally on KMOX on the radio.

Bob Costas was the 1st play by play radio guy on KMOX for the ABA Spirits of St. Louis.

Nationally I always liked Dick Enberg for football.

And Costas and Kubek for baseball.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Pee Wee and Dizzy on the game of the week in the 50s.

Dizzy could always work "The Wabash Cannonball" into the broadcast in the late innings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvj5uOqnHu8

+1 my all-time favorites. I think they were on CBS but I don't know for sure. And Falstaff Beer was a sponsor.

[jingram058]

"Jack Buck and Mike Shannon locally on KMOX on the radio."

These two are my 2nd all-time favorites. They were both just a pleasure to listen to.

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Ralph Kiner was the voice I grew up listening to. he was just the voice of baseball to me. Later Vin Scully became my favorite - there probably won't be another like him ever again!

Ditto on Kiner.

[Steve D]

I grew up listening to Jerry Coleman, Vin Scully and Dick Enberg in the 1970s.

Steve

[clydepepper]

Larry Munson with UGA Football

[MarcosCards]

As a mid-Michigan kid in the 1960s and 70s, I certainly enjoyed Ernie Harwell’s play-by-play for the Tigers — and Van Patrick’s broadcast of Detroit Lions games!

[uniship]

Gene Dekerhoff deserves to be mentioned. An absolute legend.

[nolemmings]

I forgot to mention the late (just a few months ago) great Al Shaver, voice of the Minnesota North Stars. Made hockey come alive on the radio.

[philliesfan]

For hockey...........nobody better than Gene Hart of the Flyers. He never missed a beat in the fast paced game. And the Russian game in the mid seventies, he was fantastic. Probably my all time favorite announcer.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Vin Scully. I've never heard better.

For baseball, definitely Vin Scully. For any sport Chick Hearn.

[JollyElm]

Bob Murphy, Lindsey Nelson and Ralph Kiner, of course.

Step right up and greet the Mets!!!!!

[gonzo]

A lot of great memories here!
I miss Mel Allen narrating This Week in Baseball.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odd0fIFvjSE

[bobbvc]

Jerry Coleman and Bob Chandler were great with the Padres in the 70's. And on into the 90's for that matter. Very nice approachable people as well.

[Touch'EmAll]

Dick Enberg and Don Drysdale doing Angels games. Ahh, the good 'ol days.

[luckcrosson]

Jerry Coleman,Don Drysdale very nice and approaching people tho I only meet Don Drysdale then it was nice meeting him ...

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by luckcrosson

Jerry Coleman,Don Drysdale very nice and approaching people tho I only meet Don Drysdale when I was small then it was nice meeting him ...

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[luckcrosson]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

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[mortimer brewster]

Hockey broadcasters from the 1970's are a special breed. Most of them have a place in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

In Buffalo we were fortunate to have two Hall-of-Famers, Ted Darling and Rick Jeanneret.

My favorite though was Dan Kelly. Not only the voice of the Blues, but the voice of the Game of the Week on CBS in the late 1960's through the early 1970's. He also was the voice of the NHL game of the week in the late 1970's on the Hughes Sports network.

Kelly was so dedicated that he would broadcast the afternoon nationally televised game of the week, hop on a plane and arrive in St. Louis mid game to relieve a young Bob Costas in the KMOX booth.

Kelly and Gus Kyle were great.

Kelly was also an outstanding baseball and football announcer on KMOX.

If you listen to a NHL broadcast today, the broadcasters have a conversational type of PBP. The action is very hard to follow, espscially if the games are simulcast.

[Beercan collector]

Originally Posted by luckcrosson

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[bradmar48]

I grew up with Dizzy Dean and Pee Wee Reese and the game of the week brought to you by Falstaff beer. Red Barber was another favorite

[Kevin]

Jiggs McDonald and Eddie Westfall were magic.

[Deertick]

Originally Posted by philliesfan

For me, there was nothing better than listening to Richie Ashburn and Harry Kalas when watching the Phillies.

Yes....Ashburn and Kalas for me!

"That ball is OUTTA HERE, Michael Jack Schmidt!"
"Get the married men off the field, Harry."

And I swear that Gene Hart lived 6 seconds ahead of the rest of the world. The best hockey play by play ever.

[mortimer brewster]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Jiggs McDonald and Eddie Westfall were magic.

Not only was Jiggs outstanding for the Islanders, he was the original PBP voice of both the Los Angeles Kings and the Atlanta Flames.

In Atlanta,Jiggs with Boom Boom Geoffrion on color!

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by rats60

For baseball, definitely Vin Scully. For any sport Chick Hearn.

Chick was amazing; I instantly think of Jello jiggling and eggs cooling, and also "Johnson to Worthy, slam dunk". Ditto Bob Miller, who did the Kings games. We had some of the best in the business in Los Angeles. Another whose calls I genuinely enjoyed was Jim Lampley on HBO boxing.