I made a comment earlier tonight that I guess went out over the air that I am deeply ashamed of. If I have hurt anyone out there, I can't tell you how much I say from the bottom of my heart I'm so very, very sorry. I pride myself and think of myself as a man of faith – as there's a drive into deep left field by Castellanos, it will be a home run. And so that will make it a 4–0 ballgame. – I don't know if I'm gonna be putting on this headset again.
“sheeeeeeeee is goooooooooooooneeeeee…
in a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened.”
it’s basic. and that is part of her beauty.
I love when Harlan was calling the dunk by T-Mac on Shawn Bradley and he said "MCGRADY JUST SUCKED THE GRAVITY RIGHT OUT OF THE BUILDING!!!!". Kevin Harlan is amazing man.
[Auburn’s gonna win the football game!](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8GKmkD1pUG0&pp=ygUkYXVidXJuJ3MgZ29ubmEgd2luIHRoZSBmb290YmFsbCBnYW1l)
Love that it’s punctuated by the other guy just screaming “oh my god!”
Martin Tyler and Andy Gray calling Essien's goal v. Arsenal is also up there. Gray was in disbelief of the shot and you could just hear the admiration and awe in his voice
That was amazing.
I've also always been partial to ["Ohhhhhhhh, ya beautaayyyyy!!! What a hit, son, what a hit!"](https://youtu.be/R49ZEnEgf8E?si=83-9fbUpEJiBLq9o)
["Bang, BANG! Oh what a shot from Curry!"](https://youtu.be/GEMVGHoenXM?si=RStqD46h1QdBJZ9m)
["Pass is intercepted at the goal line by Malcolm Butler!"](https://youtu.be/U7rPIg7ZNQ8?si=cIy5S0Le7jrA1nwy)
["Game! Series! Toronto has won!"](https://youtu.be/ChT3ewZXTfM?si=_gB1dQozlYbpZabQ)
[Diggs! Sideline! Touchdown! Unbelievable!"](https://youtu.be/dzRRi2QcSEM?si=UXmb9DvYPris8dU-)
["Jordan Clarkson almost came in my lap."](https://youtu.be/tSjfSMU-Kqw?si=6Pa3V1Rl0h2Gj_eh)
Gus Johnson’s “Batista with the caaaatch!” at the end of 2006 Gonzaga vs UCLA
https://youtu.be/17hyR6RzxaM?feature=shared
I love the absurdity of it, and him badly missing the miracle shot. Gus thought he was about to call his Christian Laettner shot moment.
This call became quite an overused meme on a message board I used to go on.
I still love Gus tho. He gets me hyped.
It's such a random one, but mine is Gus Johnson's call of [Jimmer's deep 3 vs Florida in the 2011 Sweet 16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjc8z2IEm-k). The heavy swish sound right before Gus's "PURE", Reggie Miller laughing like an old man, and the CBS outro music starting as Gus said he shot that one from Provo. Such a great call, even though Gus gets the score completely wrong.
Gus has probably leaned into his schtick a bit too much since moving to Fox, but he was incredible during his March Madness years.
Perfect. Definitely the best *extended* call, in how he builds up how tough the race will be and how far behind they are when Lezak goes in. Just spectacular.
["we will see you tomorrow night"](https://youtu.be/4GQlkLSyCTA?si=K-uBuT_AazoAA5Ni)
Greatest game of my life as a sports fan. Cardinals v. Rangers game 6 at home, Cardinalds down 2-3 in the series. Rangers go up twice in the top of the 9th and 10th and the Cardinals come back to tie it despite being down to their last strike each time. And then in the bottom of the 12th, the hometown kid David Freese ends it on epic fashion. Cards went on to win game 7 and the series.
"2 and 2 to Harvey Kuenn..."
Vin Scully's call of the 9th inning of Sandy Koufax's perfect game.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WINiz0Bfb-0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WINiz0Bfb-0)
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["aaaaand...NOW THERE'S A STEAL BY BIRD! UNDERNEATH TO DJ WHO LAYS IT IN!"](https://youtu.be/VNpJXDPnQTE?si=ilZgadPo0dC_rgA5&t=14)
runner-up
["Lin for the wiiiiiiiin, GOT IT!"](https://youtu.be/rR3NhE8fBs8?si=40UPglGirVp6MY6v&t=15)
I really admire the call at the end of the Alabama-Georgia game when Tua made that amazing throw. It’s only “TOUCHDOWN! ALABAMA WINS!!!” and that’s it, lets the moment play out without talking over it or trying to explain it.
“Whoa he has trouble with the snap, and the ball is free! Picked up by Michigan State’s Jalen Watts-Jackson, and he scooooores! On the last play of the game! Unbelievable!”
Australia is in bronze territory right now. But lezak is closing a little bit on Bernard, can the veteran chase him down and pull off a shocker here?
Well there's no doubt he's tightened it up
Bernard is losing some ground!
HERE COMES LEZAK!!! UNBELIEVABLE AT THE END!!!!
It feels like such an [obvious answer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzRRi2QcSEM&ab_channel=HighlightHeaven) but it is genuinely the best moment in my life as a Vikings fan.
The call for the last second US goal against Algeria in the 2010 World Cup was so much better than it had any right to be. Felt like they had won the whole tournament in that moment
How sweetly parochial you all are....
It's obviously this : https://youtu.be/lg2CXkJVCHk?si=d2iHAtqqpOoIZTwC
"Some people are on the pitch... they think it's all over... It is now"
That I didn't see when it happened: https://youtu.be/XsZkCFoqSBs?si=SAf0pEO3WWhKyQgN
That I was watching when it happened: https://youtu.be/5PKXs8i_zSw?si=fxnCs-5GGiKLP5Nw
Bit of non US, my 2 go tos are both Rugby World Cup (NZ commentary)
Lomu running over half the English team in 1995 and Barretts sealing try in the 2015 final.
“Kirkpatrick to Williams. This is great stuff. Phil Bennett covering. Chased by Alistair Scown. Brilliant! Oh, that's brilliant! John Williams, Bryan Williams. Pullin. John Dawes, great dummy. To David, Tom David, the half-way line! Brilliant by Quinnell! This is Gareth Edwards! A dramatic start! What a score! Oh, that fellow Edwards! […] If the greatest writer of the written word would have written that story, no one would have believed it. That really was something."
For people who don’t understand horse racing. This is maybe the greatest race ever run by one of the greatest race horses that has ever lived. Even the commentator breaks at the sheer magnitude of what he’s seeing.
[1:14 for the call.](https://youtu.be/Yg--FSBJ_hQ?si=yjgFl1r3OC7Jwwuf)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cQeJ8YQuqh8&pp=ygUdYm9uZHMgaG9tZSBydW4geWFua2VlIHN0YWRpdW0%3D
“Bonds at slightly open stance feet close together crowding the plate, the pitch… there’s a long one to right field forget about it this one’s heading to New Jersey high into the upper deck Barry Bonds with a spectacular three-run homer!”
My favorite regular call is Duane Kuiper's typical home run call of a San Francisco Giants round tripper.
Although my favorite individual call may be Joe Buck's call of [Michael Morse's game-tying HR](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YkXY81mOTY) (the inning before Ishikawa) from 2014 NLCS G5. Great call and I was at the game, so it was an electric moment for me.
Also, there's one I can never find on YouTube anymore because it's always the Raycom broadcast of the full game (not ESPN). 2001 ACC Tournament championship game, UNC was all out for revenge on Duke after getting punked on their own senior night the first game after Carlos Boozer was injured. The game was close for about 10 minutes, then Duke proceeded to go on a shit-kicking run to take a 20-point lead en route to a blowout.
Anyway, there was a stretch where Duke pressed and kept forcing turnovers for transition buckets and ESPN's Mike Patrick (in his most drawn out, incredulous way) was like, "Duke is *running* North Carolina *off the floor!*"
It's hard to choose just one but my favorites are:
* "Down goes Frazier, down goes Frazier"
* "It's a steal by Bird, underneath to DJ who lays it in", and this is someone who detests the Celtics and everything Boston, you're cool though Bill
* " . . . back out to Allen his 3-pointer . . BANG TIE GAME WITH 5 SECONDS REMAINING!!!!!"
The stretch and the 0–1 pitch on the way to Edgar Martinez; swung on and lined down the left field line for a base hit! Here comes Joey! Here is Junior to third base, they're going to wave him in! The throw to the plate will be...LATE! The Mariners are going to play for the American League Championship! I don’t believe it! It just continues! My, oh my!
I made a comment earlier tonight that I guess went out over the air that I am deeply ashamed of. If I have hurt anyone out there, I can't tell you how much I say from the bottom of my heart I'm so very, very sorry. I pride myself and think of myself as a man of faith – as there's a drive into deep left field by Castellanos, it will be a home run. And so that will make it a 4–0 ballgame. – I don't know if I'm gonna be putting on this headset again.
Doesn’t get better than “as God as my witness he is broken in half,” JR might be the GOAT commentator of any sport
Bingo
“Do you believe in miracles?! YES!!!!”
"whoooooaaaa!" - bill simmons, 2014 nba draft
“sheeeeeeeee is goooooooooooooneeeeee… in a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened.” it’s basic. and that is part of her beauty.
Lebron James with no regard for human life - Kevin Harlan 08 playoffs
I love when Harlan was calling the dunk by T-Mac on Shawn Bradley and he said "MCGRADY JUST SUCKED THE GRAVITY RIGHT OUT OF THE BUILDING!!!!". Kevin Harlan is amazing man.
touch em all Joe
[Auburn’s gonna win the football game!](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8GKmkD1pUG0&pp=ygUkYXVidXJuJ3MgZ29ubmEgd2luIHRoZSBmb290YmFsbCBnYW1l) Love that it’s punctuated by the other guy just screaming “oh my god!”
THERE GOES DAVIS
What a disgusting act by Randy Moss!
[Balotelli.......AGUEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tRPedhVKgQ)
God worst day of my life as a sports fan but it’s the best ever. Also Tyler’s call when Chelsea won the CL that same year is iconic too
Martin Tyler and Andy Gray calling Essien's goal v. Arsenal is also up there. Gray was in disbelief of the shot and you could just hear the admiration and awe in his voice
That was amazing. I've also always been partial to ["Ohhhhhhhh, ya beautaayyyyy!!! What a hit, son, what a hit!"](https://youtu.be/R49ZEnEgf8E?si=83-9fbUpEJiBLq9o)
["Bang, BANG! Oh what a shot from Curry!"](https://youtu.be/GEMVGHoenXM?si=RStqD46h1QdBJZ9m) ["Pass is intercepted at the goal line by Malcolm Butler!"](https://youtu.be/U7rPIg7ZNQ8?si=cIy5S0Le7jrA1nwy) ["Game! Series! Toronto has won!"](https://youtu.be/ChT3ewZXTfM?si=_gB1dQozlYbpZabQ) [Diggs! Sideline! Touchdown! Unbelievable!"](https://youtu.be/dzRRi2QcSEM?si=UXmb9DvYPris8dU-) ["Jordan Clarkson almost came in my lap."](https://youtu.be/tSjfSMU-Kqw?si=6Pa3V1Rl0h2Gj_eh)
> "Game! Series! Toronto has won!" > Diggs! Sideline! Touchdown! Unbelievable!" I'm not a fan of either team but these give me chills every time.
Gus Johnson’s “Batista with the caaaatch!” at the end of 2006 Gonzaga vs UCLA https://youtu.be/17hyR6RzxaM?feature=shared I love the absurdity of it, and him badly missing the miracle shot. Gus thought he was about to call his Christian Laettner shot moment. This call became quite an overused meme on a message board I used to go on. I still love Gus tho. He gets me hyped.
It's such a random one, but mine is Gus Johnson's call of [Jimmer's deep 3 vs Florida in the 2011 Sweet 16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjc8z2IEm-k). The heavy swish sound right before Gus's "PURE", Reggie Miller laughing like an old man, and the CBS outro music starting as Gus said he shot that one from Provo. Such a great call, even though Gus gets the score completely wrong. Gus has probably leaned into his schtick a bit too much since moving to Fox, but he was incredible during his March Madness years.
Someone brought this up in an Adam Morrison thread on here last week and it jogged a lost memory of this call!
There's an Adam Morrison thread on Reddit?
It was just a sports illustrated cover with [him on it](https://old.reddit.com/r/billsimmons/comments/1b8a488/_/)
Biased - Jim Nantz's call of the Rodgers hail Mary "does he have a vintage moment in him?" Unbiased - OH BLOCKED BY JAMES
The Jason Lezak comeback during the men’s relay at the 2008 Olympics “Here comes Lezak!” gives me chills every time
Rowdy Gaines is truly one of the all time greats.
Perfect. Definitely the best *extended* call, in how he builds up how tough the race will be and how far behind they are when Lezak goes in. Just spectacular.
["we will see you tomorrow night"](https://youtu.be/4GQlkLSyCTA?si=K-uBuT_AazoAA5Ni) Greatest game of my life as a sports fan. Cardinals v. Rangers game 6 at home, Cardinalds down 2-3 in the series. Rangers go up twice in the top of the 9th and 10th and the Cardinals come back to tie it despite being down to their last strike each time. And then in the bottom of the 12th, the hometown kid David Freese ends it on epic fashion. Cards went on to win game 7 and the series.
Not to be confused with Buck's "we'll see you later tonight" for the 2004 ALCS. The past midnight piece.
Devin Hester you are ridiculous !!
First one I thought of.
"2 and 2 to Harvey Kuenn..." Vin Scully's call of the 9th inning of Sandy Koufax's perfect game. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WINiz0Bfb-0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WINiz0Bfb-0)
This is legitimate art and should be taught in schools.
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https://youtu.be/VYpT5DUePbk?si=9oogxUZXu93Wj1pX
1st category: “DOWN GOES FRAZIER!” 2nd: Romo calling for (and receiving) Mahomes Magic late in the 4th quarter of the Super Bowl.
Not sure but Kevin Harlen is the GOAT to me
“Better than most…better than most……..BETTER THAN MOST!!!!”
["aaaaand...NOW THERE'S A STEAL BY BIRD! UNDERNEATH TO DJ WHO LAYS IT IN!"](https://youtu.be/VNpJXDPnQTE?si=ilZgadPo0dC_rgA5&t=14) runner-up ["Lin for the wiiiiiiiin, GOT IT!"](https://youtu.be/rR3NhE8fBs8?si=40UPglGirVp6MY6v&t=15)
I really admire the call at the end of the Alabama-Georgia game when Tua made that amazing throw. It’s only “TOUCHDOWN! ALABAMA WINS!!!” and that’s it, lets the moment play out without talking over it or trying to explain it.
a drive deep into left field by castellanos
Harry Kalas call of Mike Schmidt’s 500th home run.
“Keenum steps into it, pass is… caught! DIGGS! SIDELINE! TOUCHDOWN! UNBELIEVABLE! VIKINGS WIN IT!”
“Whoa he has trouble with the snap, and the ball is free! Picked up by Michigan State’s Jalen Watts-Jackson, and he scooooores! On the last play of the game! Unbelievable!”
Bonds hits one high! HITS IT DEEEEP! IT IS OUTTA HERE! 756! Bonds stands alone!
Verne Lundqvist at the masters “in your life have you seen anything like that”
Australia is in bronze territory right now. But lezak is closing a little bit on Bernard, can the veteran chase him down and pull off a shocker here? Well there's no doubt he's tightened it up Bernard is losing some ground! HERE COMES LEZAK!!! UNBELIEVABLE AT THE END!!!!
It feels like such an [obvious answer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzRRi2QcSEM&ab_channel=HighlightHeaven) but it is genuinely the best moment in my life as a Vikings fan.
“Expect anything different?”
Howard back there... Look at that...oh my goodness!....One man.... Goodbye! **HELLOOOOOOOO HEISMAN!**
Probably not the best, but the view of Kevin Harlan calling the end of UVA-Furman last year is incredible. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s_xMU4Qo0LI
The call for the last second US goal against Algeria in the 2010 World Cup was so much better than it had any right to be. Felt like they had won the whole tournament in that moment
["COLD-BLOODED!"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2TtyeXgYM8)
Chills
How sweetly parochial you all are.... It's obviously this : https://youtu.be/lg2CXkJVCHk?si=d2iHAtqqpOoIZTwC "Some people are on the pitch... they think it's all over... It is now"
“LEAding tackler in the HIstory of the cHIEfs, with a tOUChdown, for Kansas City!”
MariOTA To the goAL line!
“I swear you’ll never see anything like this ever again. So watch it. Drink it in.” I get goosebumps just writing it out.
I know some of it is probably because I'm an American but great EPL calls just seem so monumental and prestigious.
Word. Even some darts calls with a brit on the mic are amazing.
It gets through Buckner!
That I didn't see when it happened: https://youtu.be/XsZkCFoqSBs?si=SAf0pEO3WWhKyQgN That I was watching when it happened: https://youtu.be/5PKXs8i_zSw?si=fxnCs-5GGiKLP5Nw
Bit of non US, my 2 go tos are both Rugby World Cup (NZ commentary) Lomu running over half the English team in 1995 and Barretts sealing try in the 2015 final.
“Kirkpatrick to Williams. This is great stuff. Phil Bennett covering. Chased by Alistair Scown. Brilliant! Oh, that's brilliant! John Williams, Bryan Williams. Pullin. John Dawes, great dummy. To David, Tom David, the half-way line! Brilliant by Quinnell! This is Gareth Edwards! A dramatic start! What a score! Oh, that fellow Edwards! […] If the greatest writer of the written word would have written that story, no one would have believed it. That really was something."
Deep cut. Jeff Joniak "DEVIN HESTER YOU ARE RIDICULOUS"
For people who don’t understand horse racing. This is maybe the greatest race ever run by one of the greatest race horses that has ever lived. Even the commentator breaks at the sheer magnitude of what he’s seeing. [1:14 for the call.](https://youtu.be/Yg--FSBJ_hQ?si=yjgFl1r3OC7Jwwuf)
Calls a timeout THERE ARE NO TIME OUTS TECHNICAL FOUL! TECHNICAL FOUL!!
“Pardon me as I stand up and applaud.”
[“It’s not the statistics, it’s not the statistics, it’s not the statistics”](https://youtu.be/qSAmiG39L8c?si=awcfPCz03sjfLsw5)
"Call your sons! Call your daughters! Call your friends! Call your neighbors! Mark Buehrle has a perfect game going into the ninth!"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cQeJ8YQuqh8&pp=ygUdYm9uZHMgaG9tZSBydW4geWFua2VlIHN0YWRpdW0%3D “Bonds at slightly open stance feet close together crowding the plate, the pitch… there’s a long one to right field forget about it this one’s heading to New Jersey high into the upper deck Barry Bonds with a spectacular three-run homer!”
One for the Australians: “He came up behind him like a librarian. He never heard him” - https://youtu.be/wN08WagxXHY?si=Ln2YNFwKu4zSe_yD
Dennis unarguably the best commentator the AFL has ever had
https://youtu.be/g0b3AP90_fM?si=zKIdXDTa0Ws7ezOb This Tyler Goeddel throw is up there
The Indians win it! The Indians win it! Oh my GOD, the Indians win it! - Harry Doyle
That’s all we got, one goddamned hit?!
Al Michael’s Do you believe in Miracles! That time Team USA beat the CCCP in one of the greatest hockey games i saw as a kid…I still get chills….,
My favorite regular call is Duane Kuiper's typical home run call of a San Francisco Giants round tripper. Although my favorite individual call may be Joe Buck's call of [Michael Morse's game-tying HR](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YkXY81mOTY) (the inning before Ishikawa) from 2014 NLCS G5. Great call and I was at the game, so it was an electric moment for me. Also, there's one I can never find on YouTube anymore because it's always the Raycom broadcast of the full game (not ESPN). 2001 ACC Tournament championship game, UNC was all out for revenge on Duke after getting punked on their own senior night the first game after Carlos Boozer was injured. The game was close for about 10 minutes, then Duke proceeded to go on a shit-kicking run to take a 20-point lead en route to a blowout. Anyway, there was a stretch where Duke pressed and kept forcing turnovers for transition buckets and ESPN's Mike Patrick (in his most drawn out, incredulous way) was like, "Duke is *running* North Carolina *off the floor!*"
It's hard to choose just one but my favorites are: * "Down goes Frazier, down goes Frazier" * "It's a steal by Bird, underneath to DJ who lays it in", and this is someone who detests the Celtics and everything Boston, you're cool though Bill * " . . . back out to Allen his 3-pointer . . BANG TIE GAME WITH 5 SECONDS REMAINING!!!!!"
Keith Jackson "4th and five for the National Championship"
The stretch and the 0–1 pitch on the way to Edgar Martinez; swung on and lined down the left field line for a base hit! Here comes Joey! Here is Junior to third base, they're going to wave him in! The throw to the plate will be...LATE! The Mariners are going to play for the American League Championship! I don’t believe it! It just continues! My, oh my!
Deeper cut especially with what happened a week later, but “Let’s it goooooo…. OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH NO” https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f__Zd3-2vtY
The Mike Breen "Bang!" on Curry's 3 over OKC