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Gene and Jim sound bite

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by smoove shoez, Nov 3, 2007.

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Can someone post the sound bite of Gene and Jim, when Shane Battier hit that three pointer against the Lakers. thx

I'm sure gonna miss those guys I think this there last season.

#1 smoove shoez, Nov 3, 2007

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http://sportsradio610.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=1097541 Its at the begging. GOT IT!!

#2 Fiah, Nov 3, 2007
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I heard it at work on Wednesday after the fact and I got worse goosebumps than when it actually happened on TV. I freaking LOVE Gene & Jim.

#3 ClutchCityReturns, Nov 3, 2007
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Fiah said:

http://sportsradio610.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=1097541 Its at the begging. GOT IT!!
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thanks I love listening to Gene & Jim, they make the games sound like a wild roller coaster ride.

#4 smoove shoez, Nov 3, 2007
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GP doesnt get enough credit around here for being the broadcasting LEGEND that he is,....

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Holy macro lol

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Its just not going to be the same next season without those guys on the broadcasts.

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I really cannot imagine having to listen to Rockets broadcasts next year without Gene Peterson. I wish he'd stay a few more years.

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I really cannot imagine having to listen to Rockets broadcasts next year without Gene Peterson. I wish he'd stay a few more years.
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yeah no kidding. i am going to miss those guys a great deal. on the tv end of things, i sure wish they would have brought calvin back this year. it was always fun listening to him, especially when we were winning. we are going to do plenty of winning this year, but he's not here. i actually like matt bullard doing color commentary. clyde drexler is just not that good. if they wont bring calvin back, then at least let the bull do home games as well.

#9 RocketClay, Nov 3, 2007
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we've been fortuante to have such great announcers

Astros games sucked this year since Milo didnt do every game
Rockets games will definately suck, unless craig ackerman takes over. i like him, but he cant compare to gene

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I'm going to miss them so much! When the Rockets won their second championship in '95, I tape recorded their broadcast off of the radio. Brings back great memories.

"Backing it in, backing it in..."

"HOW SWEET IT IS!!!"

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I think they are one other reason why we should win a championship this year. As a goodbye gift.

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I love their voices... they need to continue...have a change of heart....

If not, the Rockets need to get 2 people very similar...that Comets announcer doesn't strike the right chord...

I also miss Alan Ashby--so much substance--for the Astros.. why are our radia announcers leaving?

Mark and Andre are OK...Mark is much better calling games than he is on the talk show...I love Andre's interjections during Mark's calls (ala Jim) as well...

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I think they are one other reason why we should win a championship this year. As a goodbye gift.
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I agree. It would be a perfect goodbye.

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is jim leaving as well?

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is jim leaving as well?
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Yep... unfortunately, they're both leaving.

#16 KRockets11, Nov 4, 2007
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I guess I missed it, why are they leaving?

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I guess I missed it, why are they leaving?
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Well, not sure... but they both have been with the Rockets for over 20 years and guess they felt it would be best to retire together.

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smoove shoez said:

Holy macro lol
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Excel?

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I guess I missed it, why are they leaving?
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They have been broadcasting for the Rockets for 33 years! They are just at the retirement age. There is an article in the chronicle about it here:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/4916798.html

David Baron said:

Gene Peterson and Jim Foley, who have provided the radio soundtrack of Rockets basketball for more than three decades, will work a 33rd and final season together before retiring at the end of the 2007-08 NBA campaign.

Peterson, the team's play-by-play announcer since 1975, and Foley, a Rockets employee for 35 years and the analyst on home games since 1975 and for all games since 1987, each agreed to one-year contract extensions, ensuring one last season for one of professional sports' longest-tenured broadcast teams.

"We're excited about doing another year together," Peterson, 66, said. "And I'm hoping for one more championship. My sons (Todd and Paul) have my championship rings (from 1994-95), and my daughter (Jennifer) needs one."

Foley said he and Peterson discussed the possibility of retirement during the just-completed NBA season and decided independently to call it quits after working one more year together.

"I don't want to go from the Rockets to the grave," said Foley, 68. "I just think it's time. It's time to move along."

Rockets CEO Tad Brown said Peterson and Foley "have meant so much to the organization, and to have them back for another season is fantastic. We look forward to working with them for this last season and chasing a title."

Their return, said Rockets television play-by-play announcer Bill Worrell, gives fans and listeners one last chance to appreciate two men who have been the enduring constant of the NBA in Houston.

"These two guys have given their lives to the Houston Rockets organization," Worrell said. "Coaches and general managers come and go, but Gene and Jim have been the one constant this organization has had in terms of reaching the fans, and that has been important. They've been the one thing that people could count on year in and year out."

Foley came to Houston in 1972 after three years as public relations director for the Milwaukee Bucks and served as the Rockets' PR director for 15 years before becoming a full-time broadcaster in 1987.

Peterson, who has been in broadcasting for 44 years, came to Houston as sports director of KPRC (950 AM) and took the Rockets' play-by-play job in 1975.

Each has been part of the NBA for more than half of its 61 years. Peterson has missed only 25 broadcasts out of 2,592 regular-season games, and Foley in April 2006 worked his 3,000th game as an NBA team employee.

Both are hopeful about the Rockets' chances for the 2007-08 season.

"(A championship) isn't necessary to make it special, but it would make it extra special if we got into the playoffs and did some damage," Peterson said.

Added Foley: "With Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, I loved the team we had last season, and they should be good again if they can get some help in the offseason. And I think the Rockets made a great (coaching) choice in Rick Adelman. He certainly has the qualifications. His teams win, and they score points."
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