I enjoy listening to Howie Rose and Wayne Hagin on the radio during Mets games occasionally. I think they both do a good job, and occasionally you get some amusing sound bytes. This one’s a little bit of an “inside joke” that you’ll probably only get If you’ve lived in Long Island, but it does speak to Howie’s roots and got a laugh out of me at least.
“Popped high in the air, foul, over by the first base railing. Long run for Uggla. He changes at Jamaica, gets to the railing, and the ball falls beyond his reach. He covered a whole lot of territory. “
I don’t live in LI but I take the LIRR back and forth from my sister’s house enough to appreciate that. Hah! Great.
that was great. Leave it to Howie to roll something like that into a call.
I’ve tried to make it a point to listen to Howie and Wayne on the radio at least once or twice a week.