Cowboy Down
(Kudos to long-time observer Jon)
Or
The Cowboy rides off into the sunset
(Props to Craig)
Curt Gowdy, the only Boston Red Sox announcer to be immortalized as a punchline on Mystery Science Theater 3000, has died of leukemia at the age of 86. Gowdy also provided the only 30 seconds worth watching in Summer Catch as he broadcast that schmuck Freddie Prinze Jr. giving up a home run to Ken Griffey Jr., not that I’m still bitter that tool did so in a Phillies uniform. Starting out broadcasting football games in Wyoming from atop an orange crate in subzero temperatures, within 5 years Gowdy was a part of the world champion New York Yankees’ broadcast team. Two years later he brought his mountain twang to the home of incomprehensible accents as he started his 15-year run as the voice of the Boston Red Sox. Gowdy played off his background, dubbing himself the “Cowboy” and his outdoorsiness made him one of the few men in the media to befriend Ted Williams, who disclosed to Gowdy that he was retiring with 3 games left in the 1961 season. Gowdy said that being able to tell his listeners that Williams had homered in his last major league at-bat was the highlight of his career. He later spent 10 years as the voice of the NBC game of the week, and all told called 13 World Series and 16 All-Star Games. Although best remembered for his time in the catbird seat, for decades “big game” meant Gowdy – he broadcast 12 Rose Bowls, 7 Olympics, 8 Super Bowls, 24 NCAA Final Fours, the NIT when it still mattered and 10 years worth of AFL games, including the Heidi Game. He also put his wilderness skills to use, managing to keep such luminaries as Shelley Hack and Richard Crenna from getting eaten by bears or falling into ravines as the host of ABC’s American Sportsman Season. In 1971, Curt Gowdy State Park was established near Gowdy’s hometown of Cheyenne. Gowdy was one of the most honored broadcasters ever, receiving the Ford C. Frick Award as a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame broadcasters wing, the Pete Rozelle Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame, 13 Emmys and a Lifetime Achievement Emmy. He was inducted into the Boston Red Sox, Rose Bowl, American Sportscasters, Sports Writers and Broadcasters and International Fishing Halls of Fame and was the first sportscaster to receive the George Foster Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting. He also served as president of the Basketball Hall of Fame, and that institution named its annual award for basketball writers and broadcasters in his honor.
Two Pooligans had a Fricking clue that Gowdy was headed for the ultimate press box. Paul's Pushing Daisies takes over the lead with his second hit of the year, good for 30 points, while rookie Jeannie notches her first hit to pull into the three-way tie at 6th.
The leaderboard
1st Paul - Pushing Daisies 2 hits, 30 points
2nd Monty - Comedy of Terrors 2 hits, 22.85714286 points
3rd Matt 1 hit, 20 points
(tie) Dawn - Ashes to Ashes 1 hit, 20 points
(tie) Shawn – Team One – Oldest 1 hit, 20 points
Or
The Cowboy rides off into the sunset
(Props to Craig)
Curt Gowdy, the only Boston Red Sox announcer to be immortalized as a punchline on Mystery Science Theater 3000, has died of leukemia at the age of 86. Gowdy also provided the only 30 seconds worth watching in Summer Catch as he broadcast that schmuck Freddie Prinze Jr. giving up a home run to Ken Griffey Jr., not that I’m still bitter that tool did so in a Phillies uniform. Starting out broadcasting football games in Wyoming from atop an orange crate in subzero temperatures, within 5 years Gowdy was a part of the world champion New York Yankees’ broadcast team. Two years later he brought his mountain twang to the home of incomprehensible accents as he started his 15-year run as the voice of the Boston Red Sox. Gowdy played off his background, dubbing himself the “Cowboy” and his outdoorsiness made him one of the few men in the media to befriend Ted Williams, who disclosed to Gowdy that he was retiring with 3 games left in the 1961 season. Gowdy said that being able to tell his listeners that Williams had homered in his last major league at-bat was the highlight of his career. He later spent 10 years as the voice of the NBC game of the week, and all told called 13 World Series and 16 All-Star Games. Although best remembered for his time in the catbird seat, for decades “big game” meant Gowdy – he broadcast 12 Rose Bowls, 7 Olympics, 8 Super Bowls, 24 NCAA Final Fours, the NIT when it still mattered and 10 years worth of AFL games, including the Heidi Game. He also put his wilderness skills to use, managing to keep such luminaries as Shelley Hack and Richard Crenna from getting eaten by bears or falling into ravines as the host of ABC’s American Sportsman Season. In 1971, Curt Gowdy State Park was established near Gowdy’s hometown of Cheyenne. Gowdy was one of the most honored broadcasters ever, receiving the Ford C. Frick Award as a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame broadcasters wing, the Pete Rozelle Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame, 13 Emmys and a Lifetime Achievement Emmy. He was inducted into the Boston Red Sox, Rose Bowl, American Sportscasters, Sports Writers and Broadcasters and International Fishing Halls of Fame and was the first sportscaster to receive the George Foster Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting. He also served as president of the Basketball Hall of Fame, and that institution named its annual award for basketball writers and broadcasters in his honor.
Two Pooligans had a Fricking clue that Gowdy was headed for the ultimate press box. Paul's Pushing Daisies takes over the lead with his second hit of the year, good for 30 points, while rookie Jeannie notches her first hit to pull into the three-way tie at 6th.
The leaderboard
1st Paul - Pushing Daisies 2 hits, 30 points
2nd Monty - Comedy of Terrors 2 hits, 22.85714286 points
3rd Matt 1 hit, 20 points
(tie) Dawn - Ashes to Ashes 1 hit, 20 points
(tie) Shawn – Team One – Oldest 1 hit, 20 points
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