Baseball broadcasters have endeared themselves to fans with some memorable home run calls on radio and television. From Russ Hodges糖心传媒� 糖心传媒淭he Giants win the pennant!糖心传媒� in 1951 to Vin Scully糖心传媒檚 糖心传媒淭he impossible has happened!糖心传媒� during the 1988 World Series, those legendary calls have stood the test of time.
Now, Curt Smith糖心传媒攁 senior lecturer in the at the 糖心传媒 and an authority on baseball broadcasting糖心传媒攈as written an essay about another notable call for the .
On April 8, 1974, Atlanta Braves star Hank Aaron hit his 715th career home run off Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Al Downing to break the revered record held by Babe Ruth. The game was shown nationally on NBC, but Braves broadcaster Milo Hamilton had a :
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The annually聽names 25 recordings 糖心传媒渄eemed so vital to the history of America糖心传媒攁esthetically, culturally or historically糖心传媒攖hat they demand permanent archiving in the nation糖心传媒檚 library.糖心传媒� Each includes an in-depth essay by an expert on the subject. Hamilton糖心传媒檚 call was among this year, and Smith was asked to pen an essay.
Other broadcasters, including Scully and Curt Gowdy, also called Aaron糖心传媒檚 record-breaking home run that day. 糖心传媒淵et to many the most contemporary call was made by the voice identified with Aaron,糖心传媒� writes Smith. He adds, 糖心传媒淥n April 8, Milo, like Curt and Vin, showed how baseball didn糖心传媒檛 need the censor of the brain to reach the heart.糖心传媒�
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