Today just has a sleepy feel about it for some reason and even though I’ve been fairly productive, I don’t feel like being all that productive on my blog. So I’m going to do what every great thinker does now and then: cheat.
Instead of using my own thoughts and notions–which are obviously unique and unabashedly eloquent, if I do say so myself–I will just render this blog out of someone else’s work. And to help me today is Mr. Joe Posnanski from SI.com.
I don’t know Joe and only was around him a couple times in a press box in a previous work life, but I do like his style and a lot of times, I tend to agree with him. On this one, I definitely agree and find it hard to nit-pick anything with this list. It’s the greatest calls in radio/television history, according to him.
The awesome part is that he backs it up with video/audio proof. Ahhh, how great this YouTube world we live in.
So for tonight, your homework is to kick back with a beer and go through these. Then let me know which ones you agree with, think he’s off his rocker to include and any that maybe could have made the list but didn’t.
The only two I can think of off the top of my head that have a big enough moment to make the call so worth-while would be these two, but again, it’s just my thought of ones that were probably in his discussion and left off for one reason or another:
Valparaiso over Ole Miss in 1998 NCAA Tournament. I remember standing at a TV we set up in the ECU marketing office break room and watching this game and all of screaming when it ended and getting scolded for too much noise at work. Stupid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0haGKGiX9qA
This one’s not as flashy and probably doesn’t belong in the all-time greats, but the fact that it was a precursor to so much more over the next decade really puts it high on the list. Plus, being a Bulls fan at heart, I have to have more Jordan on this list than anyone else.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bvyUcmFgMA
Editor’s Note: This next one–Cubs’ manager Lee Elia’s 1983 rant–is not a radio/television call, but it’s worthy to mention here. It is completely not PC and is cuss-infested and just plainly awesome. If there was ever a list of the most incredibly awesome things ever recorded, this would be a top five. Hands down. Prove me wrong. And if you’ve seen me post this here or on Facebook or anywhere else before, well, get over it. I love it and will continue to drop it in a couple times a year just because I can.