MLB 2022: The Long and Winding Thread

A full count: Men's fastpitch softball on decline

 

Given the frequency of them - who has the best home run call among announcers today? All time? Give me something basic, and consistent so when it starts I know I should lean in a bit, before the payoff. Don't be too cute.

A lot of variations of "It's a shot deep to (Center, Left or right)' Still going and it's gone." Sterling's are so bad, Did Vin Scully have a consistent HR call?

 

This will be in my brain forever. Tried to find his actual voice, but a quick Google search only came up with his best, most iconic calls. This was his normal call:

It's a high drive to deep right field ... back goes Aaron ... to the wall ... she is gooooone.

 

Duane Kuiper’s “there’s a high drive to (field) it … is … outta here!” Is pretty good. When Bonds would crush one and everyone knew it, he would lean into it with a “he hits it high! Hits it deep! It … is … outta here!”

 

Guardians pbp man Tom Hamilton has a great home run call.

Hasn't had many to call lately since the Guardians stopped hitting them and can't win anymore.

 

This is what I was lamenting, the death of the Ace and Ace v. Ace matchups:

'It's a dying breed. And it sucks': The decline of the starting pitcher -- and what it means for baseball's future

 

"That one is gonzo!" was my PXP homer call. Got called too rarely to become tired.

 

I figure this thread is the best place for this. For the 30th anniversary of a League of Their Own, they found the African-American lady who did the scene where she threw the ball over Geena Davis’s head. She had some good memories of her filming.

https://consequence.net/2022/07/delisa-chinn-tyler-a-league-of-their-own-interview/amp/

 

We have a an annoucer at Oregon State - Mike Parker, does it all - football, hoops and baseball - great at all of them. He's said in the past, when you are doing radio, it helps to be a second or two "behind" the action so you can accurately reflect the impact of a certain play. The folks listening don't know. Nothing more embarrasing than someone going into their HR call and then midway through saying on air. "Why is he stopping at second?"

 

It'll be interesting to see how the upcoming reboot series handles that.

The AAGPBL did not have a good record on integration; of course, they couldn't have in 1943 when the league was launched, since it was still two years away from Jackie Robinson's signing in Organized Baseball. But they kept foot-dragging and being flatly dismissive of black players into the 1950s. No black player ever played in an official AAGPBL game.

 

Well, here's the sane, level-headed Chris Sale after his rehab start in Worcester tonight:



I hope someone reminds the psycho that Triple A teams don't have quite the budget to repair clubhouse damages that their Major League parents do, and that he should probably get out his own checkbook.