[nfbwatlk] maybe of more interest to CFB members: rare 1958 Vancouver baseball broadcast

[Mary ellen]

I remember Toledo Mudhens games broadcast with info from the wires.  The
announcer told a story of a pitcher who was working on a no hitter.  Because
he got the wire info a bit ahead of the broadcast, he built up the no hitter
to the max, knowing that it was about to end.  Apparently he got a letter a
few days later from a man who had had little luck in getting his son
interested in baseball.  Finally, with a potential no hitter looming, the
boy was spellbound.  The hit ended his enthusiasm, and his father wrote to
complain bitterly to the announcer.

You could always tell when the game wasn't really live.  It was still
baseball, and still fun to hear. 

Now we can use our IPhones to listen to Game Day Audio while following every
pitch using Game Day.  Since the audio is about two pitches behind, it's
easy to get ahead of the announcers.  Tonight I was really happy to end the
suspense in the bottom of the twelfth.  Some days it would be better not to
know early.

I just discovered a few weeks ago that you can close Game Day Audio and the
sound keeps playing.  By opening Game Day, you get both.  SinceWiFi around
here doesn't always seem to have enough band width to keep the audio coming,
the Game Day helps.


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Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] maybe of more interest to CFB members: rare 1958
Vancouver baseball broadcast

In 1958, all Portland Beaver (pacific coast league games) were broadcast by
Bob Blackburn and Raleigh Truit. The home games were broadcast live, and the
away games were "wire recreated." In those games, as many of you know, the
broadcasters would make their own sound effects, and the broadcast engineer
was responsible for playing the long play records with crowd noise. Mr.
Blackburn once told me that they just got the box scores, and info on who
got a hit in an inning, and they'd make up the rest, i.e. each strike, ball,
fowl, etc.

One quick story, Bob Blackburn told me on an ERRS interview, that he was
broadcasting a wire recreated game one time, and a home run had been hit at
the ball park where the game was being played. He signaled the engineer to
play crowd cheering noises for the home run as he announced it. Instead it
came out as the football broadcast noise for "we want a touch down, we want
a touch down." 

Fun times. Thanks, Dean for the excellent recording of the Vancouver
Mounties broadcast.

/s/


Bennett Prows 

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike
Freeman via nfbwatlk
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 8:05 AM
To: 'Dean Martineau'; 'NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] maybe of more interest to CFB members: rare 1958
Vancouver baseball broadcast

Hey thanks, Dean.

Yup; I remember the Vancouver Mounties well.

Incidentally, mary Ellen is right. My own opinion is that the strike zone
should be computerized. Oh well.

Mike


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Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 10:35 PM
To: 'NFB Of Washington'
Subject: [nfbwatlk] maybe of more interest to CFB members: rare 1958
Vancouver baseball broadcast

Long-time Toronto sportscaster Bill Stephenson died not long ago.  He
started out in Vancouver in the 50's.  I used to love to listen to him when
I could on CKWX.  Here is a priceless 1958 broadcast between the Pacific
Coast League Vancouver Mounties and the Sacramento Solons from Capilano
Stadium, with Stevenson broadcasting and the very young Jim Robson reading
commercials for the team's one sponsor.  The only sad thing about this is
that there isn't more of it, but it's a delight as is.  You pick up fun
tidbits of the difference in life and baseball between then and now.

http://redrobinson.com/blog/?p=4318

Dean


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