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Date Posted: 15:45:29 07/09/04 Fri
Author: Gowdy, Murphy & Martin - among the best
Subject: Re: Gowdy-Worst Announcer Ever
In reply to: not close...4-acre the worst 's message, "Re: Gowdy-Worst Announcer Ever" on 15:24:51 07/09/04 Fri

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Re: Gowdy-Worst Announcer Ever -- timholycross, 21:08:25 07/10/04 Sat

I'm 52. The Curt Gowdy of the 60's and early 70's was a great broadcaster. He was toast* by the time of the aforementioned game vs. Michigan.

Plus, as ABC did with Al Michaels (doing the NBA finals) this year, the guy was over-used, plugged into events that he didn't have much to do with.

*don't know why- booze, boredom, eyesight, no idea which. He wasn't that old, late 50's at most.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Re: Gowdy-Worst Announcer Ever -- hc69, 14:48:31 07/12/04 Mon

Growing up in CT, I listened to Mel Allen do the Yankees and Red Barber and Vin Scully do the Dodgers, as well as Gowdy and the Sox. When the Dodgers headed west, Barber joined Allen to make up what was probably the best team of baseball announcers ever. I don't think a lot of people know that Gowdy announced Yankee games with Allen before getting the Sox job. He was a good baseball announcer, but I don't think his knowledge of baseball was as extensive as that of Allen and Barber (who was an award-winning sports columnist as well). His knowledge of basketball was less, and listening to him announce AFL football games (with Al DeRogatis?) bordered on torture.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Re: Gowdy -- Rick, 22:52:15 07/12/04 Mon

Yea but he was great hosting 'American Sportsman' when he and Ted Williams would go deep sea fishing !

Didn't Gowdy work with Paul Christman as his color man for the AFL games ?

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