When I found this video I thought I would post it in dedication of kt1000. After all it is a profile of Jon Miller when he was broadcasting with the Baltimore Orioles. Then I decided I had to post this video for everyone can see the genius of Jon Miller.
ESPN has done a terrible job featuring Miller at what he does best. For one he is brought down by the stupidity of Joe Morgan. Second he's been further pulled down by the third man in the booth (Steve Phillips and now Orel Hershiser). The ESPN audience doesn't get to fully know Jon during the broadcasts.
That's why I love this video. You can see what Miller is really like calling a baseball game on the radio. He's funny, tells great stories and does dead on impersonations of Vin Scully, Chuck Thompson, Harry Kalas, and Al Michaels.
I've grown up listening to Miller since the 1997 season. After Baltimore owner Peter Angelos decided not to renew Miller's contract, Jon returned to his home in the Bay Area to replace the retiring Hank Greenwald. My favorite Miller call with the Giants was when that idiot Ruben Rivera completely screwed up running the bases which prompted Jon to say, "That was the worst base running in the history of the game!" It was no surprise that Miller was selected as the Ford Frick Winner taking his seat in the Hall of Fame.
So go on and enjoy this profile of Jon Miller and Joe Angel during the 1989 season with the Baltimore Orioles.
You have to love that impression of Vin Scully.
The move by Angelos to get pissed off over Miller doing too much ESPN was the bginning of the destruction of the Orioles franchise. They still haven't recovered from that decision.
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ReplyDeleteWow! Jon Miller before he turned into a Ben Franklin impersonator! Cool! ;-)
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