Milo Hamilton to announce broadcast retirement

Booo!

 

He will be missed a true hall of famer .

 

Huh???

 

I respect the guy's place in history, etc etc etc...but like someone else said...this is a decade too late.

I remember him being almost unlistenable as far back as the late 90's.

"Here's the pitch...swinging.....aaaaand..[awkward silence as crowd goes crazy]......WHOOOOOO-ooooo-OOOOOO-oooooo-OOOOO!!!!!! HOOOOLEEEEE TOLEDO!!!!!!!"

Uh......it sounds like something exciting just happened, but I have no idea what it was.

He seemed too eager to get all of his HOF catchphrases in than actually telling us what just happened. And as a rule, I'm not a fan of broadcasters/writers who think they're bigger than the game. That was definitely Milo.

Gene Elston >>>> Milo the HOF'er

 

No, please continue.

 

I've heard the same thing but no specifics. So, please Nook, continue.

 

I'll quote my 11 year old upon hearing this announcement: "good news. we'll finally know what the score is."

 

i third this. please continue, Nook. i'm putting my bet in for sexual harassment galore. guy has dirty old man written all over him. that said, i apologize if my prediction is wrong, milo.

 

ding ding ding, you nailed it

he comes off as a bitter old man coot in regards to his feud with Harry Caray as well

 

gross, yet i want to hear as much as possible :grin:.

and i didn't even know him and caray had a beef.

 

It might have been sour grapes, but Alan Ashby said that Milo had a huge ego and was hard to work with. I loved Milo as a kid, but I've just tolerated him for the past 10 years or so. It's past time to move on.

 

http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/hamilton-harry-was-a-miserable-human-being

Hamilton flat out HATED Caray. There was an account at some chariy event where Hamilton literally called Caray a "son of a b****" in front of like 5000 attendees.

 

Class act and an end of an era. Glad I got to at least know him personally for about 3 seasons when we used to do the radio show live at the bar. Was a great guy all around.

 

This^^^^^^^^

 

Not surprising since he completely blew the call to end the 2005 NLCS.

 

Sounds like he was talking about his favorite subject again - himself.

 

did he really? what did he say?

 

From what I recall, the problem was that he really just said nothing. It was one of the most lackluster calls ever. It rivaled Joe Buck's call of the David Tyree catch in the Super Bowl.