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A look at current MLB announcers and their famous calls
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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). |
Copyright © 2006 The Seattle Times Company
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TV/Radio listings
Tuesday, November 24
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| College football | TV | Radio | |
| 4 p.m. | Ball St. at Western Michigan | ESPN2 | | |
| College basketball | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Men, Chaminade vs. Vanderbilt | ESPN2 | | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Men, Colorado vs. Arizona/Wisconsin | ESPN2 | | |
| 4 p.m. | Men, Maryland vs. Cincinnati | ESPN | | |
| 6 p.m. | Men, Gonzaga vs. Arizona/Wisconsin | ESPN | | |
| 6 p.m. | Men, Seattle U. at Utah | | 710 | |
| 7 p.m. | Men, Pittsburgh vs. Texas | ESPN2 | | |
| 7 p.m. | Men, Evergreen St. at PLU | | 1180 | |
| UEFA soccer | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Barcelona vs. Inter Milan | FSN | | |
| 11 p.m.* | Fiorentina vs. Olympique Lyonnais | FSN | | |
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- Mariners reporter Geoff Baker appears at 8:30 a.m. every Wednesday with Mitch Levy.
- Columnist Jerry Brewer appears at 6:20 p.m. Tuesdays with Mike Gastineau.
- UW reporter Bob Condotta appears at 6:35 pm. Thursdays with Mike Gastineau.
- Columnist Steve Kelley appears at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays with Elise Woodward.
- NFL reporter Danny O'Neil appears at 4 p.m. Wednesdays on the Groz with Gas show and Thursday morning at 8:20 a.m. with Mitch Levy as part of the Seahawks Roundtable during the NFL season.
- Sounders FC reporter Jose Romero appears at 12:20 p.m Wednesdays with Dave "Softy" Mahler during the MLS season.
- Baseball reporter Larry Stone appears at 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays on the Groz with Gas show.
Complete TV/Radio listings
| AL West |
W |
L |
Pct. |
GB |
Div. |
Streak |
| y-LA Angels |
100 |
62 |
.617 |
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36-21 |
Won 1 |
| Texas |
79 |
83 |
.488 |
21 |
30-27 |
Lost 1 |
| Oakland |
75 |
86 |
.466 |
24.5 |
26-31 |
Lost 5 |
| Seattle |
61 |
101 |
.377 |
39 |
22-35 |
Won 3 |
y - clinched division, x - clinched playoff berth
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