[nfbwatlk] Ron Fairly

[walt cone]

Well that is okay.  He autographed my 3 59, 63 and 65 Ron Fairley
baseball cards so I am happy.


On 10/4/06, Mackenstadt, Gary <Gary.Mackenstadt at ed.gov> wrote:
> Carl, I agree with you about Rich.  Hopefully, he stays in Florida.  By the
> way, Rick Monday is a good announcer for the Dodgers.  Drysdale was good.
> Jerry Coleman with the Padres is terrible, but he is in the Hall of Fame,
> and it wasn't for his playing career.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]On
> Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 8:21 AM
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> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Ron Fairly
>
>
> with the exception that Ron loved to beat a dead horse, I agree with you
> Gary.  Especially when Ron did the play by play.
> And you're correct.  He was a standout player.  Not many ball players go
> over 20 years in the Majors.
> Al mentioned the broadcasting of Ron Santo, a Seattle boy and a top flight
> third baseman for the Cubs, but not that hot of an announcer.  I can't
> comment, since I've not listened to him, but I do think of several other
> examples.
> As much as I loved Dave Henderson as a player, he is pretty thin as a color
> commentator.  And worse than Dave was Ken Griffy Senior.  When he was doing
> the color commentary I had a picture of Bill Cosby clowning around. It was
> as if he was just in the broadcasting booth to get a good seat for the game.
> My vote for the two worst announcers go to Chip Kerry and Rich Walsh.  I'm
> not sure if I got Rich's name correct, but then he seldom got the game
> straight either.
>
> Carl Jarvis
>
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