Top 5 Play-by-Play Calls You Can Still Recite Word for Word
Broadcast moments so perfect that the call gets remembered right alongside the play, and sometimes beats it.
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"The Giants win the pennant!" — Russ Hodges, 1951
He says it four times because he can't help himself, and that complete loss of composure is exactly why it's still the best call ever made.
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"Do you believe in miracles? Yes!" — Al Michaels, 1980
Lots of people can quote it without having seen the hockey game, which shows how much one perfect sentence can do.
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"The impossible has happened." — Vin Scully, 1988
Scully went quiet and let the crowd roar over Kirk Gibson's home run before he spoke, and choosing silence was the boldest call in broadcasting.
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"Agüeroooooo!" — Martin Tyler, 2012
Tyler swore he'd never hear anything like it again, and he was right; that stretched-out vowel is the Premier League's unofficial anthem.
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"The band is out on the field!" — Joe Starkey, 1982
It's pure chaos called in real time, and Starkey getting angrier and happier with every lateral makes it the funniest call on the list.