Favorite Broadcasters when you were young?

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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!!!!!

[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.

[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.