Calling the Game: Baseball Broadcasting from 1920 to the

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Calling the Game: Baseball Broadcasting from 1920 to the Present (SABR Digital Library) (Volume 23)

Calling the Game: Baseball Broadcasting from 1920 to the Present is an exhaustive, meticulously researched history of bringing the national pastime out of the ballparks and into living rooms via the airwaves. Every play-by-play announcer, color commentator, and ex-ballplayer who has presented a Major League Baseball game to the public is included here. So is every broadcast deal, radio station, and TV network. In addition to chapters for each of the game's thirty franchises, a history of national broadcasting and a look at some of the game's most memorable national broadcast moments are included, as are a foreword by "Voice of the Chicago Cubs" Pat Hughes, and an afterword by Jacques Doucet, the "Voice of the Montreal Expos, 1972-2004." Each team chapter presents a chronological look from how and when the team began broadcasting (since all of the original sixteen major-league franchises predate radio) through the 2014 season. Author Stuart Shea details the history and strategies that shaped each club's broadcast crews, including the highlights and scandals, the hirings and firings, the sponsorships and corporate maneuverings. From the leap to Brooklyn from the radio booth of the Atlanta Crackers by young Ernie Harwell, to the dismissal of Mel Allen by the Yankees, from the tutelage of the now-legendary Vin Scully under the wing of the already legendary Red Barber, to the ascendance of the great Jack Buck to the number one chair in St. Louis upon the ouster of Harry Caray, the stories of the personalities who connect us to the game are all here. Calling the Game is an illuminating look at the people and the story behind the soundtrack of summer for millions of baseball fans.

Country	USA
Author	Stuart Shea
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9781933599403
ISBN	1933599405
Label	Society for American Baseball Research
Manufacturer	Society for American Baseball Research
MPN	black & white illustrations
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	412
PartNumber	black & white illustrations
PublicationDate	2015-05-18
Publisher	Society for American Baseball Research
Studio	Society for American Baseball Research
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Calling the Game: Baseball Broadcasting from 1920 to the Present (SABR Digital Library) (Volume 23)

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