Terry Smith, Stellar Dude
by LazorkoRules on Apr 13, 2009 12:00 AM PDT
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Did anyone else catch the call in show today? The last call was a guy who criticized the Angels players' decision to bring Nick Adenhart's gear on the road, and to keep a locker for him both home and away this year. The caller called the decision "macabre." Terry Smith, managing what seemed to be all the restraint he could muster, basically told the caller that the caller had no business criticizing the players and their method of dealing with the loss of their beloved teammate.
What struck me was how well Terry was able to convey, in much better terms than I can manage here, his respect for the Angels' players, while keeping his composure in what has to be one of the hardest situations for a broadcaster. Truly, Terry is a professional and not enough praise comes his way.
Did others hear that call, and if so, what did you all think of it?
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Terrific
Great job, Terry.
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
by Clutch on Apr 13, 2009 12:09 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I didn't hear that caller...
But during the game Terry showed so much class, as he always does, calling the events on the field in the first and second innings.
by AlanFalcon on Apr 13, 2009 12:13 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Missus Halofan told me all about it
She is the biggest Terry Smith an at the moment.
by Rev Halofan on Apr 13, 2009 12:19 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Didn't hear it, but what was the call screener friggin' thinking?
by Stirrups on Apr 13, 2009 1:09 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If you are going for the jugula
you stealth on by the screener.
by Rev Halofan on Apr 13, 2009 1:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Didn't listen to it
But sounds like he handled it just right.
btw, anybody know where we can listen to the full post game press conferences? I’d like to hear the stories on the brawl..
by Neo8234 on Apr 13, 2009 1:10 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i don’t think there was a press conference – just a few reporters in Mike’s office … on a Sunday day game there would not be any FSN Live production number or anything…
by Rev Halofan on Apr 13, 2009 1:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What the hell was that caller thinking?
That makes absolutely no sense to criticize the angels players for that. What a retard.
R.I.P Nick Adenhart 1986-2009 You will be greatly missed
by angelsown3417 on Apr 13, 2009 9:32 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Could you drop the "r" word from your vocabulary?
As the grandparent of a Down Syndrome child and a fan of the Rex “The Wonder Dog”, I beg you to stop using the word “retard”. This is very hurtful to these beautiful human beings and their families. Thanks in advance for considering my family’s request.
by Trisomy13 on Apr 13, 2009 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I kind of agree but kind of don't
I have a brother who is retarded. I have called him that my whole life. I can see being offended when using that word to describe someone who is being rude, but I hope you were not attempting to cajole us into never using a specific and descriptive adjective from the language.
by Rev Halofan on Apr 13, 2009 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Please give this another consideration
Nearly every time the word “retard” is used it is meant to demean a person by lumping them into a group of people with a medical condition. The intent here is to classify both the individual and the group as inferior.
This is entirely different that using the word “retarded” as you have when discussing your brother’s medical condition. I sense no intent on your part to insult your brother. I hope your brother brings you much love and happiness as our granddaughter does for us.
Thanks again for considering how words tossed out casually by one can hurt so many.
by Trisomy13 on Apr 14, 2009 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
We are in agreement then.
If it is any bonus, you were the 2,000th ACCOUNT created on Halos Heaven since we switched over to our new platform on March 11, 2008.
by Rev Halofan on Apr 15, 2009 1:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've said it before
Nobody handles idiot Angels Talk callers better than Terry.
FWIW, during spring training I also found myself really liking his play by play style. I used to think it was boring for whatever reason, but I really dig the way he builds up a play. His voice gets progressively faster and louder, making the play exciting over the radio (and I hate listening to games on the radio).
RIP Nick Adenhart, #34
by Higz on Apr 13, 2009 10:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
“Here’s a drive to deep left center field … that ball is OUTTA HERE, HOME RUN VLAD GUERRERO.”
I like his style.
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 13, 2009 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly
Compare that to Physioc, who does the WORST HR calls I have ever heard
RIP Nick Adenhart, #34
by Higz on Apr 13, 2009 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Phizz still doesn't know how to call a radio game.
“And there’s a ball up the middle. Oh, and Matthews catches it for the out!”
Ugh.
by AlanFalcon on Apr 13, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Harry Kalas
Terry has mentioned that he patterned his homre run call after listening to Kalas growing up. terry has a great call.
by SCHalo on Apr 13, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Terry Smith usually drives me nuts
He’s a team apologist, but they pay him, so he knows where his bread is buttered.
But in this instance, he was absolutely right. For the moment, I’m a fan.
GA GA he's the man, if he can't do it, no one can
by Moondoggy on Apr 13, 2009 2:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Fuzzy Memories.
I remember back in ‘02, we had a couple of new broadcasters for the radio for the Angels, and they were anything but impressed by the team they were covering. I could hear in their voices the way they started rooting for the other teams in their broadcasts. The team was 8-3 and finally pulled off a win against Oakland to prevent their second consecutive series sweep. If I recall, that may have been where the Markas trademark “Just another Halo victory!” was born, deep in irony. And the 2002 Angels weren’t phased by their slow start, and during the course of that historic season, they earned the respect and love of the new guys in the radio booth. And so it was that as Eckstein caught that final ball of the 2002 season, Rory’s “Just another Halo victory!” became the ultimate of all ironies. And yeah — Terry Smith, for one, was a homer for life. With a bit of nostalgia when the Angels face the Yankees, that is.
by AlanFalcon on Apr 13, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You just lost a TON of credilility points...
…who made the final catch of the 2002 season? His name began wirh an E, but it wasn’t Eckstein.
No soup for you!!!!!
by sothball on Apr 13, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hahaha
Yeah, totally lost it there. And it’s not like I didn’t watch that game the day before Spring Training this year began. But my memory isn’t really that fuzzy, just my typing. Erstad, hah, of course caught that ball.
by AlanFalcon on Apr 13, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In theory you might be right...
if you were talking about the last out that clinched the wild card. IIRC, Eckstein made the final catch in shallow left field in Arlington.
Markus didn’t say “just another halo victory” on 10/27/2002 fellas. He said “…and the Anaheim Angels are the champions of baseball!” or something to that effect. I never heard it live, as I was breaking down in tears in what is now section 260, row S.
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 13, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was at the game too...
Much to my surprise. It’s a long story, but I got in to the game selling programs, and was standing in the tunnel on the club level, just down the third base line.
I have a highlight reel from game seven on my iPod… “The Anaheim Angels! Are the Champions of Baseball!” I could swear he followed that up with just another Halos Victory, but maybe I’m just thinking of game six…
“Two outs in the ninth inning. The Angels are one out away from sending it to a game seven tomorrow, when it looked like they were dead and buried tonight. Rich Aurilia, who definitely has homerun power, at the plate. 0-3 tonight with a walk. Aurilia has six post-season homeruns. This is the guy Percy really wants to get, to leave Kent in the on-deck circle, and leave Bonds on the bench in the ninth inning.” He goes on to call ball one, then strike one… then ball two. “Percy goes to the rosin bag. He’s gotten the two outs, he’s trying to get the third and final out, to compete an amazing Angel comeback.” The 2-1 pitch is fouled back, and now the Angels are one strike away. “And the thunderous crowd, standing, cheering, banging together the red thunder stix. Trying to will Percy to a third out, a third strike, a seventh game, an incredible comeback win. They’re one strike away from all of that. The 2-2 pitch… SWUNG ON AND MISSED! He struck him out with a high fastball! The Angels win the game! 6-5! Oh, what a ballgame for the Anaheim Angels!” Here, an eight second pause while Rory collects himself and the roar of the crowd is a sea of ecstatic white noise. “In a season of tremendous highlights, great moments, and fantastic wins… this one tops them all! The Angels were faced with elimination, their backs to the wall. And they come back! Three in the seventh, three more in the eighth. Just another Halo Victory!”
Rory, I don’t think anyone could have scripted it better. That call brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it.
“What a game, what a finish, what a World Series it has been. And there’s one more to go!”
by AlanFalcon on Apr 13, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Gah
And I’m going on about Rory when the thread is about Terry in Angels Talk. Sorry all!
by AlanFalcon on Apr 13, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Get yourself one of those pens or bottle openers with the recording. Brightens up your day!
by Stirrups on Apr 13, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The beer you open it with helps too
RIP Nick Adenhart, #34
by Higz on Apr 13, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
there is such a product?
I use my teeth to open bottles anyway, screw wasting $9.99 on a hecho en chine piece of crap to play markus’ voice to me.
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 13, 2009 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's not my memory of Rory and Terry in 2002
I remember Terry’s (gently) lecturing callers all season that they should be thrilled by the ride the team was taking them on. And Rory’s catch phrase was not borne of irony. It came from the winning streak that first brought them to .500 after the 6-14 start.
And I suppose it’s a matter of opinion what makes an announcer a homer, but I’ve never felt that was fair. Terry is no sycophant. He is a fierce partisan for the players because he considers them his friends, and has a deep respect for the job they do, so he sticks up for them as pals do for each other. I think his reaction to the idiot caller bears this out.
Nick Adenhart, RIP
by rspencer on Apr 13, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My fuzzy memories stand corrected. :-)
Thanks, Spencer.
And from an old school-Miller’s Mailbag in 2003.
Rory said that throughout the 2002 season, he would leave the broadcast booth after the games at around the same time Spanish radio broadcasters Ivan Lara and Jose Mota would be leaving their booth. Ivan or Jose would always say, “What’s up, Rory?” As soon as the Angels started winning on a regular basis, Rory would answer their question by saying, “Just another Halo victory.” Soon enough, he started using it on the air.
by AlanFalcon on Apr 13, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
...this has been a really bad post for you...
…and no, I don’t want to give you a hug.
Oprah beckons…
by sothball on Apr 13, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I with you
When he tries to explain something like a rule or why this decision was made, etc, it drives me nuts because he makes no sense or it takes him waaaay too long!
That being said, he has to put up with some real morons sometimes, and he does it with class.
I have nothing important to say.
by thrill000 on Apr 13, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think one of the job requirements for hosting any...
post game radio call-in show is a certain amount of hours in a mental hospital because i swear i think most of those calls are collect from a pay-phone in the looney bin.
by thejd on Apr 13, 2009 2:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Terry remains my favorite Angels announcer
Sean Rodriguez...the Rodriguez for a new Millennium
by HaloDutch on Apr 13, 2009 4:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Terry Smith brought me back into the fold
as an Angels fan, when I subscribed to MLB.com audio and heard him. It doesn’t hurt that I am a Columbus, OH area resident as well :)
I am a huge Terry Smith fan. Nice job, T.
*34*
by ViolaHalo on Apr 13, 2009 5:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Okay....I'll say it...
I semi-agree with the caller.
Because…as far as I know, they’re gonna take his locker with him for the entire year.
To me, the problem with this is that he’ll become something he isn’t. At first it will be great. But after a while…When a player looks at it, they’ll think “Oh, it’s that.”
I think that eventually Nick Adenhart will become a gimmick…
That is, if they do this.
l 34 l
l N.J.A l
l R.I.P l
-- Figgi4life
by Figgi4life on Apr 13, 2009 10:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This has to do with THEIR mourning and THEIR way to honor Adenhart!
It will not be a gimmick – its about their loss and their way of handling it.
Let them handle it how they choose to. None of us would appreciate someone else
telling us how to handle such a great loss.
by Angelino Angel on Apr 13, 2009 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree, grief is a very personal thing....
…if it’s what his teammates want to do to mark their respect for him then that’s their choice.
I see red people
by The Limey on Apr 14, 2009 2:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You are correct, Limey ...
Grief is a personal thing, and that was Terry’s point. You have to respect it. I lost a friend about 4 years ago, a co-worker I used to hang out with. He died in a scuba accident. I still have his name plate in my home office. It’s not macabre. I’m not dwelling on his accident. It reminds me of what a great guy he was. Likewise, Terry’s point was that there is no right way or wrong way to do this grief thing, so have some respect …
by LazorkoRules on Apr 14, 2009 7:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A rememberance or some memento ...
is important for me … I like to have something at my desk for the ones I’ve lost…. I’ll occasionally glance at it and then smile thinking about some funny moment I shared with that person.
Maybe that is how the Angels plan on doing it with the jersey in the dugout and the extra locker… a reminder that Nick’s memory is right there with them. He never left the team … he’s hanging around and they’ve left a place for him to return any time he likes.
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 14, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't mean that the Angels shouldn't do this...
I just meant that if t was me…I think eventually I’d start to see it as something that we were doing as a gimmick.
I’m not saying they will.
I’m sorry if it came across that way.
l 34 l
l N.J.A l
l R.I.P l
-- Figgi4life
by Figgi4life on Apr 14, 2009 1:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Gah...
This is a touchy subject…I’m having problems saying what I mean…
The first time I commented I was thinking of it in my terms. I would start seeing it as a gimmick.
l 34 l
l N.J.A l
l R.I.P l
-- Figgi4life
by Figgi4life on Apr 14, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
...so...run that by us one more time...
by sothball on Apr 14, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think what figgis trying to say is
If the Angels keep doing this it might turn the memory of Nick into a sort of gimmick. Its kinda like everyone wearing 42 on Jackie Robinson day. At first its a really nice gesture and really means something, but as the years go on it sorta just becomes meaningless and a gimmick.
That'll only happen if that one prospect is the second coming of Christ and redemption for mankind can only be achieved by smacking many balls out of the yard.
-The Limey
by anaheim angels on Apr 16, 2009 12:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm fairly sure that Torii Hunter, for one, was honored to wear 42.
And watching the Mets game, Mrs. Robinson was sure getting a lot out of it.
Sure these kinds of tribute won’t work for everyone, or will be great to start and then lose meaning. But as long as it means something to the guys on the field, and the families of those lost that night, then that’s all that matters.
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
by AlanFalcon on Apr 16, 2009 12:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes, the 42 will always have meaning for certain players
but forcing everybody to wear it dilutes the meaning.
That'll only happen if that one prospect is the second coming of Christ and redemption for mankind can only be achieved by smacking many balls out of the yard.
-The Limey
by anaheim angels on Apr 16, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There was a conversation yesterday on the radio about that.
Garret Anderson didn’t want to wear it because he didn’t feel worthy of the number, but that there was a bunch of people (probably us) that mis-understood his decision as a lack of respcet.
By having EVERYONE wear 42, it takes away that issue of misinterpretation of the players decision and sorta levels the playing field, at least on paper…
by MidwayCityLivestock on Apr 16, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
**GA didn't want to weart it LAST YEAR***
when it was optional. Should have said that..
by MidwayCityLivestock on Apr 16, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love Terry
I’ve been listening to his broadcasts since 2003 when MLBAM introduced Gameday Audio (I’m in NYC.) He has a wonderful dry wit and good insights, and he has a facility with words, which is a must-have for a radio announcer. And I think he’s not nearly as much of an apologist as many announcers I’ve heard, at least during the actual games. I miss his regular broadcasts with Rory, with whom he seems to have great chemistry — he and Hud don’t mesh nearly as well. (On the other hand, I much prefer Rory on TV to Phys & Hud — though I find Gubi the dullest of all of them, and am not entirely clear why he’s somehow preferable to Rex or Steve.) I listened to Sunday’s game, and I enjoyed the degree to which he was genuinely incensed at the apparent unfairness of the umpires while the brawl was happening. Anyway, I’m a fan, and now I can finally listen to Angel Talk since 830 has streaming audio.
by Ivan X on Apr 14, 2009 2:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'll take Gubi over Steve
Because Steve is asked to call play-by-play, and fails at it. And I do love Gameday Audio…. except so far this year when it has been a total failure (I listen to Archived games primarily). On the other hand, that got me to fork over for MLB.tv which is pretty fantastic. Again, when it works.
Randall T. Longwith, DUI Attorney for Andrew Gallo: you are the very scum of the earth and a disgrace to your alma mater as well as your species.
by AlanFalcon on Apr 15, 2009 2:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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