In Radio, They Say, Nothing Happens Until

So Much Happened (in 1968) It Was Hard To Keep Up With Everything. We Had Denny Mclain's Thirty-one Victories, Gates Brown's Great Pinch-hitting In The Clutch, Tom Matchick's Home Run To Beat Baltimore In The Ninth Inning, Then Daryl Patterson Striking Out The Side To Beat Them In The Ninth. Excitement Every Day In The Ballpark.

I Think Once You Start As An Announcer, You Have To Decide What Kind Of Approach You're Going To Have. I Decided Very Early That I Was Going To Be A Reporter, That I Would Not Cheer For The Team. I Don't Denigrate People Who Do It. It's Fine. I Think You Just Have To Fit Whatever Kind Of Personality You Have, And I Think My Nature Was To Be More Down The Middle And That's The Way I Conducted The Broadcasts.

Everybody In The Minor Leagues - If You're A Player, An Announcer, Whatever - Wants To Be In The Big Leagues.

I Think If You Checked The Attendance Records Of All The Announcers, You'd Find A Lot Better Record Than You Would Of Anybody Else In Any Other Business Because We Love The Game And Have A Passion For It.

I Love What I Do. If I Had My Time Over Again, I'd Probably Do It For Nothing.