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Elston wins!!
« on: February 21, 2006, 03:06:41 pm »
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Re: Elston wins!!
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2006, 03:08:32 pm »
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Great news.  Good for him and his career in Houston and nationally.  He will always be my favorite baseball radio announcer, but then again, I'm bias.

Congrats to Gene Elston and all his faithful fans out there.
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Re: Elston wins!!
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2006, 03:31:53 pm »
very well deserved
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a shot in the dark
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2006, 04:29:20 pm »
Anyone, by chance, have an audio link to some of his famous calls?  I'd be interested in hearing some.
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« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2006, 04:31:59 pm »
there are links on the mlb site.
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Re: a shot in the dark
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2006, 04:32:01 pm »
The link above has Nolan's 5th No-No, Don Wilson's No-No, and the 7 DP game
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Re: Elston wins!!
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2006, 04:44:51 pm »
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Tremendous news.  This has been a long time coming.
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« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2006, 04:45:35 pm »
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The link above has Nolan's 5th No-No, Don Wilson's No-No, and the 7 DP game



I'm an idiot...
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Re: Elston wins!!
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2006, 04:56:21 pm »
It's about time!  I got chills listening to the play by plays they had linked there.  That voice IS baseball to me, just as Scully/Garagiola and Gowdy were game of the week and Allen/Fussell were TWIB.  Every special play I ever made was to the TWIB music, just as the ESPN jingle does for my kids.  I kid you not, when I hear "Gathering Crowds" the closing music for TWIB, I am instantly 8 years old making wall crashing catches again.

Congratulations Gene!
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Re: Elston wins!!
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2006, 05:03:47 pm »
Excellent!!! I'm glad he finally gets this long deserved recognition. I remember listening to the 7 DP game. Dierker's no-hitter, Wilson's 2nd, Forsch's. Gene, and for a while Harry Kalas, were were everything to me as a kid, that Red Barber and Mel Allen were to a New Yorker.
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Re: Elston wins!!
« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2006, 06:03:06 pm »
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Tremendous news.  This has been a long time coming.



I once bought Gene a beer at a bar that his son owned. No big deal, he thanked me and continued his conversation with his son.

I sure would like to buy him another one right now.

About freaking time.
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Re: Elston wins!!
« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2006, 06:47:58 pm »
Congratulations to a true gentleman, a professional and Hall of Famer.
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« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2006, 06:50:11 pm »
Thank the deity that he had that petition going for him.

Good on ya, Gene!
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« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2006, 07:28:43 pm »
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Congratulations to a true gentleman, a professional and Hall of Famer.



Well, technically not a "Hall of Famer", despite what Milo thinks of himself.  I only pick this nit because the HOF itself insists on it.
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Re: Elston wins!!
« Reply #14 on: February 21, 2006, 08:21:53 pm »
Absolutely fantastic news! Congrats to Gene...
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Re: Elston wins!!
« Reply #15 on: February 22, 2006, 03:46:54 pm »
Best play by play announcer the Astros (or anyone else for that matter) has ever had.  He was so so accurate, I truly never remember him making a mistake, whereas Milo you count the number of mistakes per game. He also was said to keep his own books, keeping score for every game with very detailed notes on every at bat. If memory serves he even notated what the count was on all the at bats. He had an eggtimer that flipped every 3 minutes to remind him to give the score..

Thats its we need to send Milo and eggtimer.!!!

Long overdue and fully deserved..

Now you chuckin in there Gene-o!!!
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Re: Elston wins!!
« Reply #16 on: February 22, 2006, 06:31:38 pm »
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He was so so accurate, I truly never remember him making a mistake, whereas Milo you count the number of mistakes per game.



You obviously never heard Milo when he was in his prime.  I'm all for Elston winning the award and all, but it IS possible to congratulate Elston without bashing Milo for his misfortune of growing old.
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Re: Elston wins!!
« Reply #17 on: February 22, 2006, 07:11:10 pm »
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He was so so accurate, I truly never remember him making a mistake, whereas Milo you count the number of mistakes per game.



You obviously never heard Milo when he was in his prime.  I'm all for Elston winning the award and all, but it IS possible to congratulate Elston without bashing Milo for his misfortune of growing old.




Milo's misfortune is not that he is growing old.  

But your point is still valid.
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