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...most vividly, Al Michaels doing play-by-play of an earthquake...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: World Serious Business | 10/15/1993 | See Source »

...Lemke again, this time scoring on a Jerry Willard sacrifice fly to even the series at two. Raspy old fart that Jack Buck is, I love him to death for this CBS play-by-play call: "[Crack] That's gonna be a winner for Atlanta! The runner tags at third...here's the throw from Mack. Here's Lemke!...He is ou..SAFE, SAFE, SAFE!" (Poor old Jack, muffing a huge call and yet making it sound strangely wonderful, like the Braves' season itself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: World Serious Business | 10/15/1993 | See Source »

...from a book party in Washington last week, absent the usual coterie of handlers and instead lugging his briefcase and dry-cleaning into the soggy night like any other commuter. He uses self-deprecating humor, sometimes muttering about his mistakes -- "Kantor muffs another one!" -- as if he were a play-by-play announcer. But Kantor still has the sharp reflexes that served him well as a shortstop, and he's determined that nothing is going to get past him in his new position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trade Warrior | 3/15/1993 | See Source »

Carril's offense--when running on all cylinders--is a thing of beauty. When Princeton played Harvard at home this season, only three of its shots were not layups or three-pointers. (The Princeton play-by-play sheet even has a special column for layups...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: The Bell Finally Tolls For the Tigers | 3/11/1993 | See Source »

Harvard's next possession listed the team as 2nd-and-11, and the play-by-play reads: "hit for a loss...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Did Hirsch Lose One or Not? | 10/7/1992 | See Source »

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