Greatest Single Baseball Call

"Smith, corks one into right down the line! It may go ... Go crazy, folks! Go crazy! It's a home run! And the Cardinals have won the game, by the score of 3-2, on a home run by The Wizard! Go crazy!"

 

Rick Rizzs, one of the blandest announcers in the game, had a terrific call in '95. The extended version:

"Here's the pitch. Swing, and it's a ground ball, and it gets on by Snow! Down the right field line into the bullpen! Here comes Blowers! Here comes Tino! Here comes Joey! The throw to the plate is cut off. The relay by Langston gets by Allanson! Cora scores! Here comes Sojo...he scores! Everybody scores!"

 

"And for those of you scoring at home......get a life".

Bob Costas (I believe)

 

"He's sittin' on 714... Here's the pitch by Downing... swinging... there's a drive into left-center field... . that ball is gonna beeee... Outta here!! It's gone! It's 715!"

 

I'm pretty sure that was Milo Hamilton.

 

Wasn't that Tom Cheek on Joe Carter's homer in the '93 WS?

 

Vin Scully had a nice moment on another Kirk Gibson homer in the World Series. Fifth game in 1984, with the Tigers already leading, Gibson hits a three-run shot into the upper deck at Tiger Stadium off Rich Gossage. Detroit was up 3 games to 1 and this homer put the clinching game out of reach. First base was open and it looked like they were going to walk him. Dick Williams came out to talk to Gossage about it and they decided to pitch to him. As the meeting is taking place, Scully talks about how Sparky Anderson told him Gibson's first at bat in the big leagues was a three-pitch strikeout against Gossage. Meeting ends, and Gibson hits a rocket. There was no doubt from the crack of the bat and all Scully said was: "And there it goes."

And then nothing. Just pictures and crowd noise. The next hitter was Chet Lemon, who struck out. The entire way through Lemon's at bat, Scully still said nothing, letting the pictures tell the story. It was brilliant. At one point, the camera catches Gibson in the dugout face to face with Anderson and you can see Anderson talking to Gibson about how the Padres were going to walk him and changed their minds.

 

"We'll see you tomorrow night." - Jack Buck as Kirby Puckett's home run in the 11th inning forces a seventh game of 1991 series.

 

Fernando Valenzuela's no-hitter

 

"Koufax is in big fucking trouble! Big trouble, baby! All right. Tresh is the next batter. Tresh looks in. Koufax... Koufax gets a sign from Roseboro. He kicks once. He pumps. He fires. It's a strike! Koufax's curve ball is snapping off like a fucking firecracker! All right, here he comes with the next pitch. Tresh swings. It's a long fly ball to deep left center! It's going! It's gone! Let's hear it!"

--Randall McMurphy, 1963 World Series