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Vin Scully on Ernie Harwell, "I didn't succeed him, all I did was sit in his chair."… see him for 22 games at least. During the winter I remember 19 and a wide eyed young broadcaster. In the kitchen of Russ Hodges and Ernie and we were barbershop quartet and it was just one Ochoa. Got them up a couple of side of the money went …
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Broadcaster Russ Hodges' call on Thomson's homer
Russ Hodges was announcing Game 3 of the 1951 NL pennant playoff between the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers on WMCA radio in New York …
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No shortage of magic in Milwaukee
… after this month's 1-0 loss on Jones' solo home run. -- For Giants fans raised on radio broadcasts featuring Russ Hodges or Lon Simmons or Hank Greenwald or Jon Miller , imagine growing up in New York and learning baseball from the wackiness …
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BASEBALL LOSES A GIANT LEGEND - THOMSON, WHO HIT SHOT HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD, DIES AT 86
… ball he clobbered over the left-field fence and into the history books on Oct. 3, 1951, as delirious sportscaster Russ Hodges screamed, "The Giants win the pennant," remains the game's most famous home run. "I have always felt that I …
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Giants announcer Jon Miller heads to Cooperstown to receive Ford C. Frick Award
… kid. "Absolutely," Miller said. "Because they told you about the team you love. They taught you the game." Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons did that for Miller as a kid growing up a Giants fan in Hayward. And, over the past four decades …
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Ford C. Frick Award Recipients
… 1989-Harry Caray 1988-Lindsey Nelson 1987-Jack Buck 1986-Bob Prince 1985-Buck Canel 1984-Curt Gowdy 1983-Jack Brickhouse 1982-Vin Scully 1981-Ernie Harwell 1980- Russ Hodges 1979-Bob Elson 1978-Mel Allen and Red Barber
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Famed HR hitter Bobby Thomson dies
… Game 3 of their National League playoff. The drive into the left-field stands at the Polo Grounds and broadcaster Russ Hodges ' ecstatic declaration - four times shouting ''the Giants win the pennant!'' - remain one of the signature moments …
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Hall of Fame voice of the Giants began with A's
… kid. "Absolutely," Miller said. "Because they told you about the team you love. They taught you the game." Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons did that for Miller as a kid growing up a Giants fan in Hayward. And, over the past four decades …
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Thomson's legendary HR is timeless
… more hugging, a scene that could've been time-tunneled into any new-millennium ballpark. Meanwhile, announcer Russ Hodges had stamped the "shot heard 'round the world" with this receipt: "Branca throws. There's a long drive. It's …
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Wednesday's Santa Clara Valley high school results
… 1983      Jack Brickhouse 1982      Vin Scully 1981      Ernie Harwell 1980      Russ Hodges 1979      Bob Elson 1978      Mel Allen and Red Barber NHL LEADERS Scoring Through Tuesday    …
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MLB - Great home runs in MLB history - FOX Sports Photo Gallery
… Grounds, the "Shot" might have been a line-drive out, but that's not how history was to be written. Somewhere, Russ Hodges is still bellowing, "THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT!" — Dayn Perry... The heavily overmatched Pirates were outscored …