Category: Baseball Broadcasting
Curt Smith shares his exciting series on baseball broadcasters; He profiles Harold Arlin in Pittsburgh
To celebrate the 2025 season, this week we begin a new series, Voices of Summer, […]
Doing MLB through the years, Bob Uecker had the ability to sprinkle in humor too
Ueckerisms With the death of Bob Uecker recently, the broadcasting world lost a Hall of […]
NFL Week #6; An Hispanic or French Voice might be bestowed with the coveted Ford Frick Award
A couple of weeks ago, it was announced that Fox would televise baseball’s playoff games. […]
Red Sox’ Joe Castiglione richly merits this week’s Ford Frick Award
On Saturday, July 20, the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown will present […]
Willie Mays: From New York to San Francisco; Covered by Russ Hodges and admired by Vin Scully
The loss of Willie Mays It’s not unfair to infer that among two closest broadcasters […]
Jack Buck was always loved; Son Joe will likely return to Baseball this season; Called 23 World Series
Jack Buck was loved and son Joe Buck is coming back it appears Unlike basketball, football […]
Sterling made up for his imperfect play-by-play with stories and a plethora of style
After 36 years of calling New York Yankee baseball games on radio, John Sterling hung […]
Historian Curt Smith Assesses John Sterling after 36 years on Yankees radio; He’s one of a kind!
If you were raised in Upstate New York in the 1950s and early ‘60s, […]
Curt Smith looks at the years when Jaime Jarrin and René Cárdenas, do the Dodgers in Spanish
PART III. BÉISBOL ON THE AIR—THE DODGERS’ HISPANIC RADIO/TV STORY By CURT SMITH The great […]
John Sterling is retiring from Yanks after 36 years; In his early days he screamed! Yet he told a good story
John Sterling’s early years, before joining the Yankees There’s so much to say about this […]
BÉISBOL (Baseball) On the Air; Buck Canel was a true pioneer with lots of connections and versatility
PART II: BÉISBOL ON THE AIR—BUCK CANEL Welcome to the second in a three-part […]