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| They make the calls |
| A look at current major-league announcers and the calls they have made famous. |
| American League |
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| Team |
Announcer |
Year |
Signature call |
| Baltimore Orioles |
Joe Angel |
2nd |
"Hasta la vista pelota!" on home runs. |
| Boston Red Sox |
Joe Castiglione |
24th |
None. |
| Chicago White Sox |
Ken Harrelson |
17th |
"You can put it on the board ... YES!" for home runs and "He gone!" for a strikeout. |
| Cleveland Indians |
Tom Hamilton |
17th |
"Ballgame!" after last out of an Indians win. |
| Detroit Tigers |
Dan Dickerson |
7th |
"Gone!" on home runs. |
| Kansas City Royals |
Denny Matthews |
38th |
None, says he doesn't believe in them. |
| Los Angeles Angels |
Rory Markas |
5th |
"Just another Halo victory!" after Angels win. |
| Minnesota Twins |
John Gordon |
20th |
"Touch 'em all!" on home runs. |
| New York Yankees |
John Sterling |
17th |
"Yankees win! Theeeeeee Yankees win!" after victories, and "It is high. It is far. It is GONE!" on home runs. |
| Oakland A's |
Ken Korach |
11th |
"Ring 'em up, strike three called." |
| Seattle Mariners |
Dave Niehaus |
30th |
"My oh my!"; "Fly, fly away!" on home runs. |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
Andy Freed |
2nd |
None. |
| Texas Rangers |
Eric Nadel |
28th |
"That ball is history," on home runs. |
| Toronto Blue Jays |
Jerry Howarth |
25th |
"There she goes!" on home runs. |
| National League |
| Atlanta Braves |
Skip Caray |
31st |
None. His dad used them all up. |
| Arizona Diamondbacks |
Gary Schulte |
9th |
"Warning track, wall, you can touch 'em all," on home runs. |
| Cincinnati Reds |
Marty Brennaman |
33rd |
"And this one belongs to the Reds," after last out of a win. |
| Chicago Cubs |
Pat Hughes |
11th |
None. |
| Colorado Rockies |
Jeff Kingery |
14th |
"That ball is out of here and it's not coming back," on home runs. |
| Florida Marlins |
Dave Van Horne |
6th |
"And that one is up, up and away!" on home runs. |
| Houston Astros |
Milo Hamilton |
22nd |
"Holy Toledo!" |
| Los Angeles Dodgers |
Vin Scully |
57th |
"Pull up a chair and stick around for a while" and "She is ... gone," on home runs. |
| Milwaukee Brewers |
Bob Uecker |
36th |
"Get up. Get up. Get out of here! Gone!" on home runs. |
| New York Mets |
Howie Rose |
3rd |
"Put that one in the books!" after Mets wins. |
| Philadelphia Phillies |
Harry Kalas |
36th |
"Outta here!" on home runs. |
| Pittsburgh Pirates |
Lanny Frattare |
31st |
"Go ball, get out of here," for home runs, and "Nooooooo doubt about it," after Pirates wins. |
| St. Louis Cardinals |
Mike Shannon |
35th |
"Get up, baby. Get up, baby. Home run." |
| San Diego Padres |
Jerry Coleman |
34th |
"Oh, Doctor!" And, after a great defensive play: "You can hang a star on that baby." |
| San Francisco Giants |
Jon Miller |
10th |
None, but does a mean Vin Scully impression. |
| Washington Nationals |
Charlie Slowes |
2nd |
"And that's a curly W!" after Nationals wins (signifying both the win and the team's curly W logo). |
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