Announcers
Joe Davis: His second full year in the hallowed Dodger booth, sanctified by Vin Scully
What would you rather do? Follow Willie Mays as the everyday centerfielder in San Francisco, […]
Denny Matthews: Hall of Fame ‘Voice of Royals’ started with expansion Kansas City franchise in 1969
Most big-league announcers will tell you that they grew up dreaming of calling games. Al […]
John Sterling: The Yankee years – A lightning rod for criticism
John Sterling’s first foray into New York radio was somewhat successful. He certainly left his […]
Often criticized Yankees play-by-player John Sterling, 80 today, was a pioneer sports talk host
Happy Birthday America, the greatest country on earth! Yes, two of our founding fathers and […]
Most cherished ‘One-Two play-by-play pairs’ across American markets
Rarely if ever has an American market been blessed with a popular one-two play-by-play combination […]
Halby’s Morsels: Scully – The early years, from Brooklyn to LA; Jack and Joe Buck
Studying and breaking down baseball’s greatest broadcaster ever, Vin Scully; a 1957 and 1967 version […]
Howard Kellman: AAA Baseball Broadcast Mainstay; 43 happy seasons and counting!
In 1974, Howard Kellman, then a budding baseball play-by-play announcer fresh out of Brooklyn College, left New […]
Cubs’ voice Pat Hughes: Scully, Costas and Bill King are my all-time Sportscasting Grand Masters
In the second part of our series profiling Pat Hughes, the popular radio voice of […]
‘Other’ Rickie Ricardo Making Own Name As Yankees And Eagles Spanish Voice
in Spanish, in rival cities, Rickie Ricardo broadcasts the games of the New York Yankees […]
Pat Hughes: From #2 in Milwaukee to #1 in Chicago; Popularity of Cubs’ radio voice is swelling
Pat Hughes’ colleagues around baseball will tell you unhesitatingly that he is friendly, likable and […]
Everett Fitzhugh: Professional Hockey’s only African-American play-by-play announcer
While the Stanley Cup will land somewhere with pomp and ceremony, Everett Fitzhugh is just […]