February 2Feb 2 2 hours ago, oldsox said: I spent many hours listening to Elson. Gee, I can remember tuning in many a Sox road game. Announcers didn't even travel with the team. They would sit in the Chicago studio and receive info on every pitch via teletype, and then broadcast the pitch as if they were seeing it, all with fake crowd sound effects. We were easily fooled.
February 2Feb 2 2 hours ago, Ducksnort said: I don't even know who Bob Elson is 😂 I grew up in the late 90's/2000's so my childhood was Hawk (thankfully I still got him when he was good) and DJ but mostly Hawk and Stone. I also loved listening to Farmer and DJ on the radio as well. Such a great listen. DJ is still good alongside Kasper. I think Kasper needs to stay radio though. It's his sweet spot. He tends to by dry/not as entertaining to listen to on TV IMO for some reason. Elson was the voice of the White Sox from 1926 to 1942 and again from 1946 to 1970. That was broken up with WWII when he served in the Navy. It was during that tour of duty that he earned the nickname "ol' Commander." In case you are wondering...I only started listening during his 2nd tour with the WS, around 1955 or so.
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