NationStates Jolt Archive


Best CALL in sports history

IDF
12-01-2006, 01:05
What is the best call every by an announcer?

My list:
Al Michaels "Do you believe in miracles!!!"

Game 6 1975 WS, Fisk shot over Monster "There it goes!!! A long drive!!! If it stays fair!! GONE!!! We will have a 7th game in this 1975 World Series"

John Rooney, game 4 2005 WS "A 1-2 pitch to Palmeiro. There's a ground ball past Jenks up the middle of the infield. Uribe has it he throws! OUT!!! OUT!!! A White Sox winner and a world championship!!! The White Sox have won the World Series and are mobbing eachother in the middle of the infield."

not sports, but during MNF broadcast, Howard CosellThis, we have to say it, remember this is just a football game, no matter who wins or loses. An unspeakable tragedy confirmed to us by ABC News in New York City. John Lennon, outside of his apartment building on the West Side of New York City, the most famous perhaps of all the Beatles, shot 5 times in the back, rushed to Roosevelt Hospital, dead…on…arrival.

Cosell and Dandy Don arguing over how to pronounce WON'T Don Meredith: I always say want.

Howard Cosell: Won't, w-o-n-t, the education of Dandy Don continues.

Joe McConnel October 1984, Bears vs. Saints game Here we go McMahon asks for quiet, 2nd play of the 2nd half fromt he 21 yardline. Walter needs 2 to break the record. McKinnon is split right Gault out left. I-formation, quick pitch to Walter. Looking for the record, touchback. HE'S GOT IT!!! He passes the 23, 24, to the 26 yardline. Walter Payton has become the National Football League's all time leading rusher after passing Jim Brown!!!!!"
Penetrobe
12-01-2006, 01:22
Al Michaels a few years ago from MNF. I can't remember the game, just that a receiver made a brilliant catch: He did what?!?!

Marv Albert after the Rangers broke the curse.

I forget the announcer SuperBowl XXV after Norwood misses his kick: NO GOOD! NO GOOD!
Unogal
12-01-2006, 01:26
I dunno about the best but the definite worst is when john madden says stuff in the real games that he says on the madden computer games. I hate that.

The other day I was thinking about how they need to get some more socolorful announcers doing games. People in professional sports do sweet stuff and it wouldn't hurt to have announcers who are just like "snap no way that happened"
ATheronJay
12-01-2006, 01:37
I liked the call a couple years ago after the Saints scored a touchdown on the last play of a game by throwing multiple laterals and then their kicker missed the extra point thereby losing the game. I think it went something like:

He missed it! Wide right! How could he do that?