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Alexei Ramirez Provides Chicago With the Ultimate 'You Can Put it on the Board' Moment

The White Sox 162-game season game down to one inning last night. Down 2-1 in the 6th, the Chisox tied it when two wild pitches allowed the runner to score from second. Three walks later, the bases were loaded for rookie Alexei Ramirez to do this:

“You can put it on the boooooard ... YES!” remains the greatest home run call in television broadcasting, and this once was the most enthusiastic of the season. WGN’s Play-by-play man Darrin Jackson even showed a little range while yelling the “board” part. “Mercy!” was a nice touch, as well. I’m sure he’s been saving both for just such an occasion.

After the Sox 8-2 victory, the fun continues tonight at 7:30 on TSB as household names Nick Blackburn and John Danks take the mound for the Twins and White Sox, respectively, to decide who advances to October. I’ll be rooting for whichever team A.J. Pierzynski currently does not play for.

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If you’re going to post the clip of the call of the grand slam – at least do some home work and get the announcer’s right:  The lead announcer making the home run call is Ken "Hawk" Harrelson and Darrin Jackson can only be heard when you hear the announcers say "Yes". This is Hawk’s signature home run call not something he has been saving and he uses "Mercy" all the time during a broadcast – both in good and bad situations.

That’s the problem with blogging – people aren’t required to do any fact check when making statements and supposedly this is a Sports Magazine so you would think you might be able to check things out first.

by glbarto on Sep 30, 2008 11:09 AM EDT reply actions  

Thanks for the correction and your lesson in New Media as it relates to sports coverage. We are all wiser for having read your comment.

by cmottram on Sep 30, 2008 11:14 AM EDT reply actions  

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