- Mike Barnicle
"JoJo wants to go left. Can't. Goes right."
"He fiddles and diddles. And now he daddles. And now he diddles again."
"And tonight, Celtic fans, we have a special treat in store for you as the Boston Celtics take on Rick Barry and the Golden State Debating Team. This 'fact' doesn't show up in the record books, but Rick Barry has never committed a personal foul in his life. Well, at least, that's what he thinks!"
John Miller, who broadcast the Red Sox for one year, had a lot of good voices... especially his Vin Scully voice.
Joe Castiglione was passed over for the number one job a couple of times because he didn't have the classic booming voice, and they gave that lead job to Bob Starr, who didn't know the difference between a ground rule double and fan interference, and who never could understand how to score force or fielder's choice plays.
Castiglione was a gentlemen, but Starr was insecure and felt that Castiglione was trying to show him up, even when he wasn't. I remember once, a player substitution had been made early in a game, yet three or four innings later, Starr hadn't noticed it and kept calling him by the wrong name. There was an awkward silence, and then Starr said, indignantly, "What are you pointing at on my scorecard?"
Dick Stockton had more voice than knowledge, too. He and Harrelson were scarcely on speaking terms the last year they were together. I remember that near the end of their last year together, there was a two or three hour rain delay, so they were stuck trying to act chummy and it was painful to listen to and even more painful to watch, because each time the director would cut to the centerfield camera pointing at the broadcast booth, you could see that they had turned their chairs directly opposite to one another.
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