Comments on: Observations From Cooperstown: Dom Valentino and a Look Back at 1987 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/04/23/observations-from-cooperstown-dom-valentino-and-a-look-back-at-1987/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Tue, 21 May 2013 20:31:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Bruce Markusen http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/04/23/observations-from-cooperstown-dom-valentino-and-a-look-back-at-1987/#comment-275199 Bruce Markusen Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:27:34 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=83547#comment-275199 I never had the pleasure of hearing Gamere. What made him such a bad broadcaster? I never had the pleasure of hearing Gamere. What made him such a bad broadcaster?

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/04/23/observations-from-cooperstown-dom-valentino-and-a-look-back-at-1987/#comment-275195 Alex Belth Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:05:15 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=83547#comment-275195 Murph's brother, Jack was a longtime writer in San Diego. Even named the Stadium after him. Also, Jack once wrote a great, long profile of Archie Moore for The New Yorker called "The Mongoose." Murph’s brother, Jack was a longtime writer in San Diego. Even named the Stadium after him. Also, Jack once wrote a great, long profile of Archie Moore for The New Yorker called “The Mongoose.”

]]> By: OldYanksFan http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/04/23/observations-from-cooperstown-dom-valentino-and-a-look-back-at-1987/#comment-275193 OldYanksFan Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:38:10 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=83547#comment-275193 Cool article Bruce. I don't remember Dom, but I do remember Bob Gamere, a truly terrible announcer. Fortunately, he only lasted a year, replaced by Bill White. My best friend in 1970 was a diehard Mets fan, so we had a running dialog on who had the worst announcers. At the time, the Mets had a guy named Bob Murphy, who made our bad announcers HOF when he called a fly ball as such: It deep... down the line... will he stay fair... will it stay fair... AND... THE POLE HITS THE BALL! Gamere was bad, but couldn't top that. A truly great Yankees broadcast team I hear little about: Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman and Joe Garagiola. A more entertaining crew may not ever exist. Cool article Bruce. I don’t remember Dom, but I do remember Bob Gamere, a truly terrible announcer. Fortunately, he only lasted a year, replaced by Bill White.

My best friend in 1970 was a diehard Mets fan, so we had a running dialog on who had the worst announcers. At the time, the Mets had a guy named Bob Murphy, who made our bad announcers HOF when he called a fly ball as such:

It deep… down the line… will he stay fair… will it stay fair…
AND… THE POLE HITS THE BALL!

Gamere was bad, but couldn’t top that.

A truly great Yankees broadcast team I hear little about:
Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman and Joe Garagiola.
A more entertaining crew may not ever exist.

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