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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We head out to the KWA Comma Spirit Health hoighline
and bring on Voice of the Rockies, Jack Corrigan. Jack,
thank you so much for the time today, my friend.
I can't wait to hear you back on the radio
calling Rockies games here in a matter of a month
or two. How are you, sir, I'm.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Doing great, Thanks Ron. Yeah, it's a little Oh in
about four and a half five weeks, we'll have our
first spring training games. So yep, Jerry and I are
anxious to get back at it.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Yeah, absolutely so.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Jack.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Gosh, you've been You've been broadcasting forever, and the great
Bob Yucker had just an outstanding broadcasting career. I know
your paths crossed. What two or three things do you
remember most about Bob and maybe a story or two
you could share about him with our audience.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Well, one thing that Bob probably didn't get as much
credit for Dave as he deserved was how sharp of
a baseball mind he was. You know, there there was
a guy in Cleveland who did the game for the
games on the radio. Fever herb score were the same
(01:07):
way their baseball mind. They would have been great general managers.
They just didn't want to go through the asshle. They
had more fun doing what they're doing. And I think
with Uke when you did talk baseball, his insights into
things were really something. Obviously his sense of humor was great,
(01:31):
but I mean he was just generous with his time
and a lot of things that he did behind the scenes,
unsung that he didn't want any credit for because that
was typical Bob. But I can honestly say I haven't
known him for forty years, which was a great privilege
for me. He was funnier in person than he was
(01:55):
in all the things people have heard. I'd visit him
in the booth and Ryan and Rick and I'd come
back to our booth and my stomach muscles would hurt
me because I'd been laughing so hard.
Speaker 4 (02:08):
Yeah, he could have been a stand up comedian and
we've all seen him on the Tonight Show just kill It,
you know, throughout his career. Very special guy, very lovable
and because of the self deprecating humor, everybody loves that.
And when somebody can do you can do that at
his level, man, everybody's going to love you.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Yeah. I mean his classic one, of course, when he
said he joined the Milwaukee Braves for three thousand dollars.
His dad wasn't very happy because he didn't have the money,
but he was able to scrape it up. Yeah, that
was to here's a story that not many people or
(02:51):
fewer people know about Bob. One day he had some
buddies into booth and whatever and both you get all
the guys as broadcasters know, we have that cough switch
so that you can, you know, cut off the microphone,
and so you's doing the play by play and they're
coming out of a you know, mid inning break, and
(03:12):
he goes watch this and so his buddies are there
and you know, and here comes you know, Fred Smith,
the first bitch swinging in a miss for a strike.
Then he'd hit the cough button and go This guy
couldn't hit a pitch with a piece of plywood. He
did an entire half inning doing commentary for his friends
(03:39):
between his on air descriptions of the game, and the
engineer said it was the funniest thing he's ever heard.
I mean, they were, you know, the old cliche lying
on the floor laughing, but that's what they were doing.
That's that's how fascile he was with his humor and
(04:01):
how he just made it fun wherever he went.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Jack Horgan joining us here where remembering Bob you carew
passed away today at the age of ninety. You know,
one of the things that I always liked listening to him,
And of course everybody is referencing the movie Major League
and how great he was in that, But I thought,
as as a broadcaster, he found such a unique balance
with that sense of humor and heart, and you, as
a as a playby voice of baseball, I'm sure that
(04:29):
that's something that you also strive for. You got to
keep it entertaining, but there's a certain amount of the
heart of the game that you always have to be
in touch with.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Well, you know, one of the great things people like
Bob Dave does such a great job of that with
the Broncos is remembering, as a former player at that level,
how hard it is to play the game and how
much easier it gets the further you are away from
your career and sitting up in the booth or watching
(05:01):
it home. And guys like Dave and guys like Bob
never lost that understanding of this isn't easy to do.
And while you've got to be honest with your descriptions,
You've got to be able at the same time to
appreciate how special these athletes are to play the game.
(05:24):
There have been twenty five thousand players total in the
history of Major League Baseball. Wow, that's a hard game. Yeah,
And you know when you think of the trials and
tribulations of playing in the NFL, and if you can't
appreciate that as a broadcaster, you're doing a disservice. And
(05:45):
Bob never let that happen. And Dave, I know, I
don't mean to be just heaping the praise on you,
but it's one of the things I like best about
your play by play. You understand that.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
No, I appreciate that, Jack, I really do. Let me
let me change topics a little bit here, and as
Ryan introduced you talking about spring training really not that
not that far away and without getting you know, too
deep in the woods. I think from a baseball fans perspective,
and I am. I love the game, and you know,
(06:20):
you just hope that the Rockies every single year going
to be able to stream together a little bit of
uh magic and at times they do what what what
couple of things as we sit here today, do you
find to be encouraging maybe about what the Rockies could
be this year coming off a really tough campaign last year.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Well, I think there's a couple of things, Dave. They
obviously have two foundation pieces when we you know, to
compare it to the Broncos. For example, the Broncos stepped
forward this year because o Nicks was even more than
what people hoped he would be and anticipation of what's
to come. The Rockies have their quarterback playing shortstop and
(07:05):
Ezekiel Tovar, and he's three years younger than bo Nicks,
you know, and with a chance to have an even
longer career. But you have that first true foundation piece.
And I think you could add Brenton Doyle to that
process too. So you have two guys that you going
forward feel like, Okay, these are players we're going to
(07:28):
build around. Then you get to that next level of
Michael Tolia and Nolan Jones with a bounce back year,
those kinds of pieces start to come into place. There's
no question this year they need one of the kids,
(07:49):
Chase Dolander, Sean Sullivan, Gabriel Hughes, one of these first
round picks they've taken over the last couple of years
to have a break true, time to have a rookie
pitcher have a breakthrough to enable them to build depth,
because I think we saw some of that with the
(08:10):
kids in the bullpen last year, and now you're hoping, Okay,
now we need to do that in the starting rotation.
So it's not like, well, is Marquez going to come
back from his injury? A sense of teleging to be
the same after his injury. Those things you don't know.
And if you walk into a season saying, well, we're
going to count on that, it can be difficult. And
(08:32):
I think they're going to need some young pitchers to
start to break through, like Doyle and Tovar of course,
and Totally and some of the others.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
Hey Jack, to me, baseball is a great radio sport.
I think it's much better on radio than television. It's
such great memories, I think for all of us that
are baseball fans growing up sitting there in the backyard,
your dad's grilling up some burgers the barbecue, and for
me growing up in Detroit listening to Ernie Harwell, and
(09:05):
there's been guys like Ernie and Bob Buker, Vince Scully
that have been able to do this till they're well
into their eighties. You know, there's such great storytellers. My
question for you is who was your all time favorite.
I know you're a Cleveland guy, but when you hear
those names Ernie Harwell and Vince Keully, who would you
(09:27):
say is your favorite?
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Well, certainly in the pantheon of baseball broadcasters, you put
Scully at the top, but I would put Ernie Harwell
rick almost as close to Vin as possible for a
couple of reasons. Like Vin, he was warm and generous
and just even better in person than you could hope
(09:53):
he was going to be. Just listening to him and
being in Cleveland, and we had the Hall of Fame
announ Unzer and Jimmy Dudley when I was growing up,
and he was terrific. I worked with Joe Tate, who's
in the Basketball Hall of Fame, but did baseball with Joe.
That was my first partner. But if I had somebody
I wanted to emulate, it was Ernie. And if I
(10:17):
can tell a quick story, cast was Opening Day in
eighty five, my first major league broadcast, and we opened
with the Tigers after they had won the eighty four
World Series, and you know, you had Gibson and Trammel
and Whittaker and you know, and and all of those people,
Jack Morris, But for me, I was just I'm going
(10:40):
to meet Ernie Harwell. And so Joe and I go
into the booth and we're talking with Ernie and we
get ready to leave to have lunch. Dave would know
Joe Tate's never going to miss a meal. And Ernie
reached out and grabbed me by the coach sleeve and
he said, young man, can and I give you a
(11:00):
little bit of advice. And I said, sure, mister Harwell,
and he goes, it's okay in the sixth inning for
your audience to know they're still selling hot dogs. And
you know, I go, okay, thanks. I walk away, and
I'm thinking, what the hell was that? And then it
hit me. He was saying it's okay to shut up
(11:24):
and let the crowd noise, including the vendor down below
you yelling out, get your hot dog here to help
you tell the story that was forty years ago. And
that syrupy, Southern gentleman drawl of Ernie's still rings in
my head with that advice, and he was special too
(11:46):
well that's a great story, man, that's a tremendous story.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
Jack, I will get you out of here on this.
I always appreciate it. I know next month, into the
next couple of months, we'll be having you on to
preview the season.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
But I know you're a big football fan.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
Just out of curiosity to bon Nicks, i'd love to
get your thoughts on what you saw out of the
young rookie.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
Yeah, you know, I was pleasantly surprised. You know, I wondered.
You know, he had a lot of success at Oregon,
but I mean again, it was a real short delivery game,
if you will. I mean all of his passes were
quick and short, and I wondered how he would get
away with that at the next level. I thought Sean
(12:26):
did a great job of building a game plan for him,
and then as he got his feet and I think
he throws a really good, accurate deep ball, and that's
what pleased me. Now, you just, you know, hope that
you keep developing people in the receiving corps, which is
always you know, dearest to my heart. At that position,
(12:49):
they get the right people. I think they got the
guy they want to have, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Jack, really appreciate the time. Man, thank you so much
for helping us. Remember bond up and talk a little
Rockies with us. Man, have a great afternoon and we'll
be chatting with you very soon.
Speaker 3 (13:04):
I know.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Sounds great, guys, look forward to it.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
Appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
Joe all right, the great Jack Corgan.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
The long ball, that's a great one.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Jack is the best.
We head out to the KWA Comma Spirit Health hoighline
and bring on Voice of the Rockies, Jack Corrigan. Jack,
thank you so much for the time today, my friend.
I can't wait to hear you back on the radio
calling Rockies games here in a matter of a month
or two. How are you, sir, I'm.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Doing great, Thanks Ron. Yeah, it's a little Oh in
about four and a half five weeks, we'll have our
first spring training games. So yep, Jerry and I are
anxious to get back at it.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Yeah, absolutely so.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Jack.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Gosh, you've been You've been broadcasting forever, and the great
Bob Yucker had just an outstanding broadcasting career. I know
your paths crossed. What two or three things do you
remember most about Bob and maybe a story or two
you could share about him with our audience.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Well, one thing that Bob probably didn't get as much
credit for Dave as he deserved was how sharp of
a baseball mind he was. You know, there there was
a guy in Cleveland who did the game for the
games on the radio. Fever herb score were the same
(01:07):
way their baseball mind. They would have been great general managers.
They just didn't want to go through the asshle. They
had more fun doing what they're doing. And I think
with Uke when you did talk baseball, his insights into
things were really something. Obviously his sense of humor was great,
(01:31):
but I mean he was just generous with his time
and a lot of things that he did behind the scenes,
unsung that he didn't want any credit for because that
was typical Bob. But I can honestly say I haven't
known him for forty years, which was a great privilege
for me. He was funnier in person than he was
(01:55):
in all the things people have heard. I'd visit him
in the booth and Ryan and Rick and I'd come
back to our booth and my stomach muscles would hurt
me because I'd been laughing so hard.
Speaker 4 (02:08):
Yeah, he could have been a stand up comedian and
we've all seen him on the Tonight Show just kill It,
you know, throughout his career. Very special guy, very lovable
and because of the self deprecating humor, everybody loves that.
And when somebody can do you can do that at
his level, man, everybody's going to love you.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Yeah. I mean his classic one, of course, when he
said he joined the Milwaukee Braves for three thousand dollars.
His dad wasn't very happy because he didn't have the money,
but he was able to scrape it up. Yeah, that
was to here's a story that not many people or
(02:51):
fewer people know about Bob. One day he had some
buddies into booth and whatever and both you get all
the guys as broadcasters know, we have that cough switch
so that you can, you know, cut off the microphone,
and so you's doing the play by play and they're
coming out of a you know, mid inning break, and
(03:12):
he goes watch this and so his buddies are there
and you know, and here comes you know, Fred Smith,
the first bitch swinging in a miss for a strike.
Then he'd hit the cough button and go This guy
couldn't hit a pitch with a piece of plywood. He
did an entire half inning doing commentary for his friends
(03:39):
between his on air descriptions of the game, and the
engineer said it was the funniest thing he's ever heard.
I mean, they were, you know, the old cliche lying
on the floor laughing, but that's what they were doing.
That's that's how fascile he was with his humor and
(04:01):
how he just made it fun wherever he went.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Jack Horgan joining us here where remembering Bob you carew
passed away today at the age of ninety. You know,
one of the things that I always liked listening to him,
And of course everybody is referencing the movie Major League
and how great he was in that, But I thought,
as as a broadcaster, he found such a unique balance
with that sense of humor and heart, and you, as
a as a playby voice of baseball, I'm sure that
(04:29):
that's something that you also strive for. You got to
keep it entertaining, but there's a certain amount of the
heart of the game that you always have to be
in touch with.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Well, you know, one of the great things people like
Bob Dave does such a great job of that with
the Broncos is remembering, as a former player at that level,
how hard it is to play the game and how
much easier it gets the further you are away from
your career and sitting up in the booth or watching
(05:01):
it home. And guys like Dave and guys like Bob
never lost that understanding of this isn't easy to do.
And while you've got to be honest with your descriptions,
You've got to be able at the same time to
appreciate how special these athletes are to play the game.
(05:24):
There have been twenty five thousand players total in the
history of Major League Baseball. Wow, that's a hard game. Yeah,
And you know when you think of the trials and
tribulations of playing in the NFL, and if you can't
appreciate that as a broadcaster, you're doing a disservice. And
(05:45):
Bob never let that happen. And Dave, I know, I
don't mean to be just heaping the praise on you,
but it's one of the things I like best about
your play by play. You understand that.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
No, I appreciate that, Jack, I really do. Let me
let me change topics a little bit here, and as
Ryan introduced you talking about spring training really not that
not that far away and without getting you know, too
deep in the woods. I think from a baseball fans perspective,
and I am. I love the game, and you know,
(06:20):
you just hope that the Rockies every single year going
to be able to stream together a little bit of
uh magic and at times they do what what what
couple of things as we sit here today, do you
find to be encouraging maybe about what the Rockies could
be this year coming off a really tough campaign last year.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Well, I think there's a couple of things, Dave. They
obviously have two foundation pieces when we you know, to
compare it to the Broncos. For example, the Broncos stepped
forward this year because o Nicks was even more than
what people hoped he would be and anticipation of what's
to come. The Rockies have their quarterback playing shortstop and
(07:05):
Ezekiel Tovar, and he's three years younger than bo Nicks,
you know, and with a chance to have an even
longer career. But you have that first true foundation piece.
And I think you could add Brenton Doyle to that
process too. So you have two guys that you going
forward feel like, Okay, these are players we're going to
(07:28):
build around. Then you get to that next level of
Michael Tolia and Nolan Jones with a bounce back year,
those kinds of pieces start to come into place. There's
no question this year they need one of the kids,
(07:49):
Chase Dolander, Sean Sullivan, Gabriel Hughes, one of these first
round picks they've taken over the last couple of years
to have a break true, time to have a rookie
pitcher have a breakthrough to enable them to build depth,
because I think we saw some of that with the
(08:10):
kids in the bullpen last year, and now you're hoping, Okay,
now we need to do that in the starting rotation.
So it's not like, well, is Marquez going to come
back from his injury? A sense of teleging to be
the same after his injury. Those things you don't know.
And if you walk into a season saying, well, we're
going to count on that, it can be difficult. And
(08:32):
I think they're going to need some young pitchers to
start to break through, like Doyle and Tovar of course,
and Totally and some of the others.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
Hey Jack, to me, baseball is a great radio sport.
I think it's much better on radio than television. It's
such great memories, I think for all of us that
are baseball fans growing up sitting there in the backyard,
your dad's grilling up some burgers the barbecue, and for
me growing up in Detroit listening to Ernie Harwell, and
(09:05):
there's been guys like Ernie and Bob Buker, Vince Scully
that have been able to do this till they're well
into their eighties. You know, there's such great storytellers. My
question for you is who was your all time favorite.
I know you're a Cleveland guy, but when you hear
those names Ernie Harwell and Vince Keully, who would you
(09:27):
say is your favorite?
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Well, certainly in the pantheon of baseball broadcasters, you put
Scully at the top, but I would put Ernie Harwell
rick almost as close to Vin as possible for a
couple of reasons. Like Vin, he was warm and generous
and just even better in person than you could hope
(09:53):
he was going to be. Just listening to him and
being in Cleveland, and we had the Hall of Fame
announ Unzer and Jimmy Dudley when I was growing up,
and he was terrific. I worked with Joe Tate, who's
in the Basketball Hall of Fame, but did baseball with Joe.
That was my first partner. But if I had somebody
I wanted to emulate, it was Ernie. And if I
(10:17):
can tell a quick story, cast was Opening Day in
eighty five, my first major league broadcast, and we opened
with the Tigers after they had won the eighty four
World Series, and you know, you had Gibson and Trammel
and Whittaker and you know, and and all of those people,
Jack Morris, But for me, I was just I'm going
(10:40):
to meet Ernie Harwell. And so Joe and I go
into the booth and we're talking with Ernie and we
get ready to leave to have lunch. Dave would know
Joe Tate's never going to miss a meal. And Ernie
reached out and grabbed me by the coach sleeve and
he said, young man, can and I give you a
(11:00):
little bit of advice. And I said, sure, mister Harwell,
and he goes, it's okay in the sixth inning for
your audience to know they're still selling hot dogs. And
you know, I go, okay, thanks. I walk away, and
I'm thinking, what the hell was that? And then it
hit me. He was saying it's okay to shut up
(11:24):
and let the crowd noise, including the vendor down below
you yelling out, get your hot dog here to help
you tell the story that was forty years ago. And
that syrupy, Southern gentleman drawl of Ernie's still rings in
my head with that advice, and he was special too
(11:46):
well that's a great story, man, that's a tremendous story.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
Jack, I will get you out of here on this.
I always appreciate it. I know next month, into the
next couple of months, we'll be having you on to
preview the season.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
But I know you're a big football fan.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
Just out of curiosity to bon Nicks, i'd love to
get your thoughts on what you saw out of the
young rookie.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
Yeah, you know, I was pleasantly surprised. You know, I wondered.
You know, he had a lot of success at Oregon,
but I mean again, it was a real short delivery game,
if you will. I mean all of his passes were
quick and short, and I wondered how he would get
away with that at the next level. I thought Sean
(12:26):
did a great job of building a game plan for him,
and then as he got his feet and I think
he throws a really good, accurate deep ball, and that's
what pleased me. Now, you just, you know, hope that
you keep developing people in the receiving corps, which is
always you know, dearest to my heart. At that position,
(12:49):
they get the right people. I think they got the
guy they want to have, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Jack, really appreciate the time. Man, thank you so much
for helping us. Remember bond up and talk a little
Rockies with us. Man, have a great afternoon and we'll
be chatting with you very soon.
Speaker 3 (13:04):
I know.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Sounds great, guys, look forward to it.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
Appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
Joe all right, the great Jack Corgan.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
The long ball, that's a great one.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Jack is the best.
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