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Scully - Harwell - Kalas - Buck - Caray (1 Viewer)
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Limp Ditka
Footballguy
Voted Scully and they are in the right order on your poll
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Pure booming PIPES... you gotta give it to Kalas, no? Though Harwell wasn't far behind in his day.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
I respect his contribution to the game, and I know I'll get killed for this, but he bores the pants off of me. One of the great things about having the MLB Extra Innings package is that I can put the Dodgers game on in the background so Scully can put me to sleep.He's calming. He's gentlemanly. But I don't think he ranks above Kalas, Harwell or Buck purely in terms of calling the game.
Michael Brown
Footballguy
Harwell is the best I've heard, though it was just a few innings here or there when he was in the booth for a Yankee game or something. MAN he was good!
Mike Shanahan Fan
Footballguy
I can't stand Scully.
Sonny Lubick Blowup Doll
Footballguy
eagles2007
Footballguy
Scully is the only one who can handle the booth by himself. Everyone else needs a wingman. if I had to vote for a 2nd, it would be Kalas.
Mookie Blaylock
Footballguy
Baseball is boring enough to watch without Scully, Harwell or Kalas (GRHS) lulling me to sleep. Give me Harry any day of the week over these other stiffs.
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
I'd consier putting him ahead of Jack Buck, but that's because that ******* is the reason Joe Buck is in a broadcast booth.And as for Cubs announcers Brickhouse >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Carey.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
I want to put in a good word for Jack Buck though, excellent at both baseball & football.As far as his son goes, I'm blaming that on the mailman.
Man In The Box
Footballguy
Tough call for me between Scully and Buck. Went Scully. To be fair, other than Carey, I just didn't hear enough of the others to consider them. I mean, I obviously know who they are, and know their signature calls and moments, but I grew up with Scully and Buck doing the big games on TV. I'm more familiar with Kalas' work with NFL Films to be honest, so take my vote with a grain of salt, I guess.
PIK95
Footballguy
I loved Skip Carey and Pete Van Wieren too.
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SofaKings
Footballguy
Have to go with the homer pick for Harwell but have heard them all and I think all of them are fantastic except for Caray. Caray was avg. Never really learned anything listening to him. I am glad I was able to hear all of them because I think the golden age of announcers has passed.
Oof!
Footballguy
Only correct answer is Scully in this poal.
SofaKings
Footballguy
You probably need to get out more.
NY/NJMFDIVER
Footballguy
I know you seem to be going more PBP than analyst here, but only Phil Rizzuto actually had his own book of poetry published though.
He was tremendously underrated and was legitmately funny to listen to, and boy did we need him in those stinkeroo yank years of the late 80's/early 90's.
The only other guy I've ever felt that way about was Bobby The Brain Heenan calling wrestling.
He was tremendously underrated and was legitmately funny to listen to, and boy did we need him in those stinkeroo yank years of the late 80's/early 90's.
The only other guy I've ever felt that way about was Bobby The Brain Heenan calling wrestling.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Dale Berra, Mel Hall, Danny Tartabull, Ed Whitson, Alvaro Espinoza, Pags..... oof
PIK95
Footballguy
I used to watch all those Mel Hall WPIX years and he was no Scully. I actually met scooter and he was a great guy and he took a pic with my yank fan bro in law. As a Sox fan I refused to join in.
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The Kansas Comet
Footballguy
Spent too much time listening to Scully to choose anyone else, though I did enjoy when I would hear Kalas or Buck call a game (except when Buck would call a Cards win over the Dodgers).
Bottomfeeder Sports
Footballguy
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
No Mel Allen? Really? Red Barber?
Here are the top five all-time:
Red Barber
Mel Allen
Ernie Harwell
Vin Scully
Jack Buck
Harwell is my favorite and since he had a resume including being th announcer for the Dodgers, Giants, Tigers, and Orioles and called the World Series games in the 90s as well as the first ever TV game, I think he is arguably the best ever by resume. Plus he's the only announcer to ever be traded for an actual player in 1948 when the Dodgers needed him when Red got sick.
I think you can make an argument for any of those five though and if you ever get a chance look for their old clips and take a listen. personally I like Jack Buck second best but I always really liked Scully also. Never heard Allen or Barber do an actual game, but their voices are very recognizable to me.
I love Kalas but think he's in the next tier below the five I listed although his voice and his impact beyond baseball eclipses probably anyone on that list and then some in the modern day.
Carey? He was entertaining....
Here are the top five all-time:
Red Barber
Mel Allen
Ernie Harwell
Vin Scully
Jack Buck
Harwell is my favorite and since he had a resume including being th announcer for the Dodgers, Giants, Tigers, and Orioles and called the World Series games in the 90s as well as the first ever TV game, I think he is arguably the best ever by resume. Plus he's the only announcer to ever be traded for an actual player in 1948 when the Dodgers needed him when Red got sick.
I think you can make an argument for any of those five though and if you ever get a chance look for their old clips and take a listen. personally I like Jack Buck second best but I always really liked Scully also. Never heard Allen or Barber do an actual game, but their voices are very recognizable to me.
I love Kalas but think he's in the next tier below the five I listed although his voice and his impact beyond baseball eclipses probably anyone on that list and then some in the modern day.
Carey? He was entertaining....
I definitely like Kalas more than Buck. As far as I'm aware, I'm not familiar with Allen, or Barber. I grew up with Kalas, though. Scully is terrific and worth listening to at any time, no matter what I think of the Dodgers. If I'm stuck in LA traffic and Scully is on, there's no rush.I do know that the Padres guys are completely unbearable. I was disappointed in how terrible they were when I realized I could get Padres games on the radio in LA.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Really.I'm assuming most posters here are under the age of 97.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
That's brilliant. When you come up with a poll for greatest Firstbaseman ever please exclude Lou Gehrig, Jimmy Foxx, and Hank Greenberg because most posters here are under the age of 97. oof
Doctor Detroit
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Greatest Baseball Announcers
You can link to some of the more famous calls. For all of you who are under 97, you can finally enjoy a Red Barber and Mel Allen call (unless of course you watched This Week in Baseball in the 80s and 90s).
You can link to some of the more famous calls. For all of you who are under 97, you can finally enjoy a Red Barber and Mel Allen call (unless of course you watched This Week in Baseball in the 80s and 90s).
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Thanks for the link. I do recognize Barber, but he had such a distinctive voice. The link made me think of the old Home Run Derby tv series. I remember liking the way that Mark Scott hosted it. I had to look him up and I don't know what made me think of him.
Tom Servo
Nittany Beavers
Voted Harwell here. After that, I'd go Buck, Kalas, Scully. Harwell had a great voice and was able to talk baseball and paint good visual pictures. I loved Jack Buck - I loved his calls on two HRs: The "Go crazy - go crazy!" call of the Ozzie Smith HR and the "...and we'll see you tomorrow night!" call of Kirby Puckett's HR in game 6 of the 91 WS.
BTW, I had a chance to watch the Dodger broadcast of a game against the Tribe. Scully was able to handle it all; I was impressed.
BTW, I had a chance to watch the Dodger broadcast of a game against the Tribe. Scully was able to handle it all; I was impressed.
Tom Servo
Nittany Beavers
Agreed...this is a little different. Just a little.Raider Nation said:
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Of course it is. We can look up stats and compare era to era.If someone can find me full game calls by Barber and Allen, I'll listen and add them to the pole.Agreed...this is a little different. Just a little.Raider Nation said:
Doctor Detroit
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Who was better? Mantle or Mays? Koufax or Pedro? Big Train or Big Unit? At some point these become subjective just like the broadcasting argument. Barber is probably the standard which all other baseball broadcasters are judged because he essentially blazed the trail. He was doing it in Cincinnati when people were first using radio to listen to games, and then he spent the next 30 years calling games for the two most popular franchises in the Dodgers and Yankees. Dismiss this all you like but Barber, not any of those you listed is the true pioneer in play-by-play baseball broadcasting and he was exceptional. He was a big part of the racial integration of baseball, he helped move baseball to TV broadcasts, and he recruited, employed, and mentored Vin Scully.Raider Nation said:Of course it is. We can look up stats and compare era to era.Tom Servo said:Agreed...this is a little different. Just a little.Raider Nation said:
I was just dropping his name at first but as someone who always wanted to be a sports broadcaster, has done sports broadcasting at several levels, and someone who still loves baseball on the radio I just found it odd he wasn't mentioned up to the point I posted. Barber is a guy who gets tremendous respect from former and current broadcasters (would love to hear Scully talk about him), from former players, from historians, and from fans regardless of age. I'll try to find longer clips later but here is some good stuff courtesy on NPR. Red Barber quotes, calls, and interviews w/npr
Sorry, I just can't have this conversation without Red Barber.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
I can't believe I'm about to say this, but after listening to Scully several times this year (including tonight), it seems he's lost NOTHING off his fastball. Which, at age 83 is absolutely remarkable. He has no long pauses caused by confusion, he rarely misidentifies a player and the stories still roll off his tongue beautifully.
badmojo1006
Footballguy
Jon Miller
Sonny Lubick Blowup Doll
Footballguy
I can't believe I'm about to say this, but after listening to Scully several times this year (including tonight), it seems he's lost NOTHING off his fastball. Which, at age 83 is absolutely remarkable. He has no long pauses caused by confusion, he rarely misidentifies a player and the stories still roll off his tongue beautifully.
Brady Marino
Footballguy
I'm extremely biased, having grown up in STL, but Jack Buck WAS baseball to me growing up.
That said, if Buck were not in this poll, I'd have voted Scully.
That said, if Buck were not in this poll, I'd have voted Scully.
PIK95
Footballguy
Im a sox fan who never misses a Scull game all year. I'm really hoping it's him tonight!I can't believe I'm about to say this, but after listening to Scully several times this year (including tonight), it seems he's lost NOTHING off his fastball. Which, at age 83 is absolutely remarkable. He has no long pauses caused by confusion, he rarely misidentifies a player and the stories still roll off his tongue beautifully.
Notorious T.R.E.
Showdown!™ Administrator
I guess he didn't "bore the pants off of you" that night?I can't believe I'm about to say this, but after listening to Scully several times this year (including tonight), it seems he's lost NOTHING off his fastball. Which, at age 83 is absolutely remarkable. He has no long pauses caused by confusion, he rarely misidentifies a player and the stories still roll off his tongue beautifully.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
MEOW!I guess he didn't "bore the pants off of you" that night?I can't believe I'm about to say this, but after listening to Scully several times this year (including tonight), it seems he's lost NOTHING off his fastball. Which, at age 83 is absolutely remarkable. He has no long pauses caused by confusion, he rarely misidentifies a player and the stories still roll off his tongue beautifully.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
This article mentions four: Scully, Harwell, Allen and Barber
No offense Calas (although his voice is the most well-known because of NFL films) or anyone else but those four are the top tier (and I'd add Buck as either the last in the tier or the beginning of the next). And you certainly don't have to be 97 to know who Allen and Barber were, you just have to know a little bit about the history of the game. Those four were the most influential and important broadcasters in sports history, not just baseball history.
No offense Calas (although his voice is the most well-known because of NFL films) or anyone else but those four are the top tier (and I'd add Buck as either the last in the tier or the beginning of the next). And you certainly don't have to be 97 to know who Allen and Barber were, you just have to know a little bit about the history of the game. Those four were the most influential and important broadcasters in sports history, not just baseball history.
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pollardsvision
Footballguy
If we're talking pure entertainment value and not historical significance, I'll take the D-Backs' team of Daron Sutton and Mark Grace.
rodg12
Footballguy
I've heard Scully the most of all those choices. Went with him. Always love turning on the Dodgers broadcast on a late summer evening just to listen to Scully call the game. There's not much better than that.
I do love Jack Buck's two famous HR calls and the Cardinals fans I know that listened to him on the radio absolutely adore him. Same thing for Ernie. I'm just not old enough to have heard as much from those two as I have from Scully.
Also, DD is right that Barber and Allen should be in this discussion. I'm 27 and fully aware of who they are and their huge impact on broadcasting.
I do love Jack Buck's two famous HR calls and the Cardinals fans I know that listened to him on the radio absolutely adore him. Same thing for Ernie. I'm just not old enough to have heard as much from those two as I have from Scully.
Also, DD is right that Barber and Allen should be in this discussion. I'm 27 and fully aware of who they are and their huge impact on broadcasting.
dparker713
Footballguy
Uecker really should get mentioned in these sorts of things too. Wouldn't vote him over Scully, but he's in the conversation
Eephus
Footballguy
He's an institution and a great storyteller but I wouldn't list him among the all-time greats. I have family in Milwaukee and always catch a few innings of Uecker when I visit in the summertime. Maybe it's his age but he seems disinterested at times and does a poor job on some of the PBP basics. He does signify the city as much as any sports figure since Al McGuire though.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Incredible how lucid he is. He's way sharper than I am most days, I can tell you that. To deliver consistency in broadcasting is very difficult day to day, doing radio for example is hell if you're a moody ####er. Vin sounds the same every night and these stories about the opposing team are something I have simply overlooked before now. I mean I know he tells them, but until you hear him call your team you don't fully appreciate it.I can't believe I'm about to say this, but after listening to Scully several times this year (including tonight), it seems he's lost NOTHING off his fastball. Which, at age 83 is absolutely remarkable. He has no long pauses caused by confusion, he rarely misidentifies a player and the stories still roll off his tongue beautifully.
Just wonderful, wonderful broadcasting.
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rodg12
Footballguy
When the Yankees were in LA last year, Vin Scully called Rivera closing out a game. It being Mo's last year and Vin Scully being Vin Scully, I set up the DVR so I could record just that half inning to keep it. Thanks for this thread bump and the reminder that I have that saved. It's going to be a great way for me to end my night.Incredible how lucid he is. He's way sharper than I am most days, I can tell you that. To deliver consistency in broadcasting is very difficult day to day, doing radio for example is hell if you're a moody ####er. Vin sounds the same every night and these stories about the opposing team are something I have simply overlooked before now. I mean I know he tells them, but until you hear him call your team you don't fully appreciate it.I can't believe I'm about to say this, but after listening to Scully several times this year (including tonight), it seems he's lost NOTHING off his fastball. Which, at age 83 is absolutely remarkable. He has no long pauses caused by confusion, he rarely misidentifies a player and the stories still roll off his tongue beautifully.
Just wonderful, wonderful broadcasting.
Money quote from Vin...he's describing WHIP and what it means and how Mo's WHIP is historically low. Then he says 'WHIP is more like flog when it comes to Rivera.'
