12-07-2008, 11:19 PM
<!--quoteo(post=2094:date=Dec 7 2008, 08:54 PM:name=Lance)-->QUOTE (Lance @ Dec 7 2008, 08:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=2091:date=Dec 7 2008, 09:40 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Dec 7 2008, 09:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=2082:date=Dec 7 2008, 08:01 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Dec 7 2008, 08:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=2009:date=Dec 7 2008, 03:40 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Dec 7 2008, 03:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->harry was a sideshow? yep, best sideshow ever. when the cubs were losing 90 games every year it was fucking great having harry there. he was the best. no doubt about it. i cried when he died. i won't cry when brenley dies.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Every single second I can remember of Harry, he sucked, he sucked hard. I understand that wasn't always the case, but for the last decade or so that he was with the Cubs, he was fucking awful. I don't see how anyone could say otherwise.
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i think harry came to the cubs in '81 which would have made me 11 years old. i followed him until he died before the '98 season. it's very very easy for me to say otherwise. harry was entertaining, outspoken, drunk, and funny as hell. he was also very knowledgeable. he was awesome. him and steve will never be topped in chicago. that can't be argued.
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It should also be said that Harry, along with the other greats of our time, started out in radio. Broadcasting baseball games in radio, absent any tv, was an art. It's a lost art today because the radio guys have tv replays to fall back upon. The good ones created a picture of the game--one that the listener could visualize, hear, and even smell.
Vin Scully and Harry Callas are two who come to mind as the last of the late, great radio announcers who have transitioned well to television. There were a few others, but most have died.
Ruby, if you have any question about Harry, and care at all, listen to some of his old radio stuff. He was very good on TV throughout the 80s. Read Steve Stone's book. Part of Harry's schtick was playing against Steve--he wasn't as dumb as he might have sounded to you. He was playing a role--sort of like you do here.
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I'm well aware that in his prime, Harry was good. However, his prime was long gone by the time I really started watching baseball.
Also, anyone who says that Harry was anything but bad during his last decade as a Cub announcer is not being truthful with themselves.
Every single second I can remember of Harry, he sucked, he sucked hard. I understand that wasn't always the case, but for the last decade or so that he was with the Cubs, he was fucking awful. I don't see how anyone could say otherwise.
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i think harry came to the cubs in '81 which would have made me 11 years old. i followed him until he died before the '98 season. it's very very easy for me to say otherwise. harry was entertaining, outspoken, drunk, and funny as hell. he was also very knowledgeable. he was awesome. him and steve will never be topped in chicago. that can't be argued.
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It should also be said that Harry, along with the other greats of our time, started out in radio. Broadcasting baseball games in radio, absent any tv, was an art. It's a lost art today because the radio guys have tv replays to fall back upon. The good ones created a picture of the game--one that the listener could visualize, hear, and even smell.
Vin Scully and Harry Callas are two who come to mind as the last of the late, great radio announcers who have transitioned well to television. There were a few others, but most have died.
Ruby, if you have any question about Harry, and care at all, listen to some of his old radio stuff. He was very good on TV throughout the 80s. Read Steve Stone's book. Part of Harry's schtick was playing against Steve--he wasn't as dumb as he might have sounded to you. He was playing a role--sort of like you do here.
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I'm well aware that in his prime, Harry was good. However, his prime was long gone by the time I really started watching baseball.
Also, anyone who says that Harry was anything but bad during his last decade as a Cub announcer is not being truthful with themselves.