Blog about things that generally interests me......from history to cars. Write probably to much about home town area though I do some of my archeology there. Enjoy finding meaning out of small things. I also believe we generally cannot escape history as it's effects are constant.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Duke Snyder and the Montreal Expos
Well Duke Snyder passed away this past weekend. I barely remember when he played briefly for the Mets. So I don't recall him well as a player , what my memory of him is as an announcer for the Expos in the late 80's up to about the mid nineties. I lived in the Adk Mts back then and could get Canadian channels on cable. There was on CBC a limited number of English language broadcasts of Expos games. He did what some refer to as the color commentary. Noted for talking slowly and filling the air during some horrific seasons before the spectra of Major League baseball was given up in that city. With all I have read of The Duke these past couple of days I don't recall reading of his time in the booth. So for the record add this on to a great career.
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