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Radio Baseball

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tugalooriver®

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Radio Baseball

Apr 1, 2025, 8:15 PM

By luck or the grace of GOD discovered the perfect career for me.
It did not pay enough to support a family, so took on countless part time jobs.

One was at a family owned drug store.
Not much traffic there after dark. The old guy was a Braves fan as was the old druggist.
The radio with baseball turned dull evenings into excitement.

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Re: Radio Baseball

Apr 1, 2025, 8:20 PM

I miss my Braves on TBS. My first mlb game was in Fulton county stadium. Ken Gorner on third and Chief Nockahoma. Good times.

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With the right announcers, baseball is by far the best

Apr 2, 2025, 7:34 AM

radio sport. It's time between action (pitches) allows for story telling, conversations, antics, and then "the pitch." Spent many a summer night on Hartwell fishing with dad listening to the great Joe Tait and Herb Score call Indians games. The great, sports voices almost all came from baseball: Harwell, Scully, Barber, Buck, Carey, Prince, Kallas, Allen.

Few guys pay their dues on radio anymore and it shows

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Re: Radio Baseball

Apr 2, 2025, 7:58 AM

my first game was a double header in 1969 vs. San Francisco at Fulton County stadium. I saw Hank hit one out that day. And also, Bobby Bonds put one in the upperdeck. Braves split that day, it was my 12th birthday. Great memories!

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Re: Radio Baseball

Apr 2, 2025, 8:37 AM

Ernie Harwell and his longtime play-by-play boothmate Paul Carey were the best. To this day when a hitter strikes out looking the echo of Harwell’s voice saying “like a house by the side of the road” immediately comes to mind.

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