Perhaps Dave Niehaus' Most Excitable Moment?
I wasn't intending to write two posts on Dave Niehaus, but, after my blog-obit, I was reminded of the famous Mike Blowers prediction by Dave Brown at Big League Stew.
Blowers, the color man aside Niehaus, used his awesome pre-game foresight to tell the Mariner fanbase that one Matt Tuiasosopo would hit his first big league home run in that night's game... in his second at bat, on a 3-1 fastball, to the second deck.
When it happened, elation ensued, natch:
Without even thinking of Niehaus' call of Blowers' prediction blossoming into fruition, I wrote the following in the last post:
[Niehaus would] call every home run and Mariners win with the same 1995 ALDS clinching tone, even if it was a meaningless solo job in a mid-September game when the Mariners were 15 back.
Now, I know the accurate prediction was worth every bit of the uproar, but I should note that Tuiasosopo's homer was during a meaningless game in (late) September when the Mariners were about 15 games back. I'm just saying -- Niehaus and co. were still exuding some awesome excitement during an otherwise dwindling and disappointing Mariners season. My, oh, my is right.
Blowers, the color man aside Niehaus, used his awesome pre-game foresight to tell the Mariner fanbase that one Matt Tuiasosopo would hit his first big league home run in that night's game... in his second at bat, on a 3-1 fastball, to the second deck.
When it happened, elation ensued, natch:
Without even thinking of Niehaus' call of Blowers' prediction blossoming into fruition, I wrote the following in the last post:
[Niehaus would] call every home run and Mariners win with the same 1995 ALDS clinching tone, even if it was a meaningless solo job in a mid-September game when the Mariners were 15 back.
Now, I know the accurate prediction was worth every bit of the uproar, but I should note that Tuiasosopo's homer was during a meaningless game in (late) September when the Mariners were about 15 games back. I'm just saying -- Niehaus and co. were still exuding some awesome excitement during an otherwise dwindling and disappointing Mariners season. My, oh, my is right.
