Your Last Day

by Jimmy on Apr 14, 2009 10:19 AM CDT in Reader Surveys

I am totally swaggerjacking the Wake Up Zone on 104.5 here, but this topic could prove to provide some interesting discussion. The passing of Harry Kalas yesterday prompted them to pose these two questions; Which announcer would you want to call the last game you ever listened to, and if you could pick a sporting event and venue to be at when you pass, which one would it be?

I will start. I didn't listen to that many game growing up, so I don't have some announcer that I remember from my childhood. My announcer would be Mike Keith calling a Titans game. His call of the Music City Miracle still gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.

My sporting event and venue would be Wrigley Field watching a Cubs game. There is no great sporting venue in the world.

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Craig Way

Most versatile announcer I’ve ever listened to. He’s on 1300 the zone in Austin.

Cotton Bowl, Texas-OU game, 50 yard line on the Texas side.

by SuperHorn on Apr 14, 2009 10:30 AM CDT reply actions

john ward @ neyland

calling tennessee’s victory in the championship game of the first ever 16 team NCAA football tournament over alabama.

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by hal41605 on Apr 14, 2009 10:32 AM CDT reply actions

with earlier round victories

over Notre Dame, Michigan, and Florida.

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by hal41605 on Apr 14, 2009 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions

Now that is a dream

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by Jimmy on Apr 14, 2009 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions

yeah

much more likely that it’s bama in the opening rounds and florida in the championship. duly noted.

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by hal41605 on Apr 14, 2009 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions

"My sporting event and venue would be Wrigley Field watching a Cubs game."

Are we to assume this is a mid-September or earlier Cubs game? I mean I’m guessing you want to see them win…

/goes back to watching the Astros get almost no-hit by the Pirates

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by August West on Apr 14, 2009 11:07 AM CDT reply actions

Not cool man

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by Jimmy on Apr 14, 2009 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions

It would be either:

a) Super Bowl played (and won) by the Titans
or
b) The world cup Final with the brazilian team winning once again!!!

(for those of you who dont know:
- Brazil is 5 time world champion
- the world cup is played only once every 4 years
- no other countries have won it this many times (second is Italy with four)
- best USA result: 3rd place if Im not mistaken
- soccer is the most popular sport in the world, and Brazil is the greatest country playing it!)

Sorry guys, I love football, but when it comes to World Cup Soccer, there is nothing compared to it!!!!!
(ok, regular soccer i kinda boring)

Titans number 1 fan in Brazil

by brazilian #1fan on Apr 14, 2009 11:20 AM CDT reply actions

I'll agree

that Brazil is the best when you look at the big picture in World Cup Soccer… but I cheer for Germany every year. My wife is German and her family introduced me to soccer so every time the World Cup rolls around I will don my Germany jersey and cheer every round until they are put out.

Other than that yeah, a Super Bowl with the Titans leading (and going on to win) but since we are dreaming… I would check out during the half time show while on stage with somebody like Seether or Three Days Grace.

by Titan in WV on Apr 14, 2009 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions

My sporting event

would be going to the preds game on April 3, 2008 again. That was the best atmosphere ever. Here’s a video of it. Good times. Good times.

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by Aditya T (smashville) on Apr 14, 2009 12:12 PM CDT reply actions

vin scully announcing

titans winning the superbowl or vandy winning bball or football.
i don’t really have a football or basketball venue i love so i’ll go super fantasyland and pick wrigley, petco, or pacbell.

by rolypoly32 on Apr 14, 2009 1:34 PM CDT reply actions

right now...

NBA Finals… Game 7… Staples Center… Courtside seat… Lakers win

Go Titans!

by Pinoy Titan on Apr 14, 2009 1:56 PM CDT reply actions

Mike Keith announces a Super Bowl win for the Titans (obviously)

or Tim McCarver having a painful but non-lethal heart attack as Lance Berkman hits a walk-off homerun that wins the WS for the Astros.

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by August West on Apr 14, 2009 2:08 PM CDT reply actions

As long as we are dreaming

i would have to go back to one of the saddest days of my life as a sports fan. The 2001 Daytona 500, only this time Darrell Waltrip calls a Dale Sr. win. As far as the venue, I would love to go back to Chicago during the days of #23.

by bull4real on Apr 15, 2009 5:07 AM CDT reply actions