Jerry Coleman: Broadcast Bloopers
San Diego Padres radio announcer Jerry Coleman was famed for his verbal bloopers. "There is someone warming up in the Giants' bullpen," he declared during a game one day, "but he's obscured by his number."
Among Coleman's other bloopers: "Jesus Alou is in the on-deck circus"
... "Johnny Grubb slides into second with a standup double"
... "Gonzo leaps like a giraffe and grabs it"
... "Mike Caldwell, the Padres' right-handed southpaw, will pitch tonight"
... "Ron Guidry is not very big, maybe 140 pounds, but he has an arm like a lion"
... "Rich Folkers is throwing up in the bullpen"
. .. "Billy Almon has all of his inlaw and outlaws here this afternoon"
... "Sometimes big trees grow out of acorns; I think I heard that from a squirrel"
... "I sure hope you're staying alive for the upcoming Dodgers series"
... "That's the fourth extra base hit for the Padres -- two doubles and a triple"
... "Sanguillen is totally unpredictable to pitch to because he's so unpredicatable"
... "At the end excitement maintained its hysteria"
... "The new Haitian baseball can't weigh more than four ounces or less than five"
... "The way he's swinging the bat, he won't get a hit until the 20th century"
... "That noise in my earphones knocked my nose off and I had to pick it up and find it"
... "I've made a couple of mistakes I'd like to do over"
"Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres!"
... and our favorite: "Hi folks, I'm Gerry Gross... Coleman!"
San Diego Padres radio announcer Jerry Coleman was famed for his verbal bloopers. "There is someone warming up in the Giants' bullpen," he declared during a game one day, "but he's obscured by his number."
Among Coleman's other bloopers: "Jesus Alou is in the on-deck circus"
... "Johnny Grubb slides into second with a standup double"
... "Gonzo leaps like a giraffe and grabs it"
... "Mike Caldwell, the Padres' right-handed southpaw, will pitch tonight"
... "Ron Guidry is not very big, maybe 140 pounds, but he has an arm like a lion"
... "Rich Folkers is throwing up in the bullpen"
. .. "Billy Almon has all of his inlaw and outlaws here this afternoon"
... "Sometimes big trees grow out of acorns; I think I heard that from a squirrel"
... "I sure hope you're staying alive for the upcoming Dodgers series"
... "That's the fourth extra base hit for the Padres -- two doubles and a triple"
... "Sanguillen is totally unpredictable to pitch to because he's so unpredicatable"
... "At the end excitement maintained its hysteria"
... "The new Haitian baseball can't weigh more than four ounces or less than five"
... "The way he's swinging the bat, he won't get a hit until the 20th century"
... "That noise in my earphones knocked my nose off and I had to pick it up and find it"
... "I've made a couple of mistakes I'd like to do over"
"Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres!"
... and our favorite: "Hi folks, I'm Gerry Gross... Coleman!"
