Radio mike goes dead for Bonds' 715th

[Oeditpus Rex]

Poor David B. Flemming. Only his third year in the bigs, and he gets smacked with one of the worst things that could happen to an announcer.

It was not the moment for posterity KNBR had in mind, but it was unforgettable nonetheless.

KNBR broadcaster Dave Fleming was making the call on Barry Bonds' historic 715th home run Sunday when his microphone went dead, leaving the radio audience with crowd noise for more than 10 seconds until fellow broadcaster Greg Papa rushed on the air to pick up the proceedings and describe the achievement.

"If you'd only heard the rest of it, it was an unbelievable call,'' said Fleming, who was initially unaware that he wasn't being heard over the air. "It's too bad we don't have proof. I have to joke about it because it's too painful to think about."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/28/SPGAOJ413I5.DTL

[reyd reid reed]

1. Might only be his third year,

but he just got the initiation of a lifetime. He gets through this (and he will, sounds like), and the rest is gonna be a walk in the park.

This is gonna be the one call that haunts him, though.

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Yeah, because

Krukow and Miller aren't gonna let him forget it. :rofl:

[reyd reid reed]

3. Nor should they...

no broadcasting team worth their mousse would let something like that slide.

Ever.

It's...it's....

Heh...it's gonna be on his tombstone...

"The call Not heard around the world..."

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. I was just thinking...

The two "calls of record" for Aaron's 715th were both pretty lame. On NBC, Curt Gowdy said, "He did it! Henry Aaron is the all-time... home run leader now!" And on the Braves' radio network, Milo Hamilton's call was "There's a new home run king — and it's Henry Aaron!"

:eyes:

I could never figure out Gowdy's brief pause after "all-time." :shrug:

[reyd reid reed]

5. I missed both of 'em...

Heard about it the next day at school, I think. And lately it's all be video footage of it. I don't think I've Ever heard the radio broadcast.

But there are a lot of things I've missed in my lifetime...

Do you realize, I'm 45 years old and I've never seen a shooting star?

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. Here's a whole mess of 'em

I was working the night Aaron hit 715. He hit 714 on my 18th birthday.

[reyd reid reed]

7. LOL!

I oughta thwap you, y'know...

Sheeeeeesh.


And, at the time you prolly didn't realize just how cool a birthday present that was, didja?

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. What, 714?

I appreciated it. Didn't exactly go nuts, but...

Oh — y'wanna read a really good book about 714 and 715, pick up George Plimpton's "One for the Record." Tons o' trivia in there, including a funny conversation between Aaron and Joe Garagiola on a "Game of the Week" pre-game show.

[reyd reid reed]

9. Who does go nuts at 18?

Well, except Bonehead. He'd have gone nuts. But most kids, at 18 are too 'cool' for that....

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Cool... about baseball

Uh, yeah.

When the Dodgers won the pennant that year, I watched the final outs of the clincher on a teevee at Harry Wardwell's Magnavox at Northridge Mall. My girlfriend, who was from LA, was shopping at the other end of the mall, and after the final out I went to find her. When I did, I ran up to her yelling, "The Dodgers won the pennant!" and carried her piggyback down the mall in celebration.

Cool. Yeah.

[reyd reid reed]

11. Apparently you and Bonehead are a lot alike...

:hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. Maybe

My mom never called me "Bonehead," though. :rofl:




Called me a lotta other stuff, but never that.

[reyd reid reed]

13. Well, that's 'cause you didn't have a Cool mom like me...

Fortunately, when I was born, the stork dropped the mold and busted the hell out of it. I guess I scared the bejeebers outta that stork.

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

But really...what kid in his right mind Doesn't want to be known forever as Bonehead?








is your e-mail broke?

[Oeditpus Rex]

14. Not that I know of

Why? :shrug:

[Mutley]

15. Hello.

:hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. Whadya doin' awake?

It's the middle of the afternoon. :shrug:




Somewhere.

[Mutley]

17. I don't know.

:shrug:

Where?:D