Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich. Red Barber / Old Gold cigarettes "A White Owl wallop!" "/"Look online.” ("on line” pun), “There’s no way like the American way. THERE'S A LONG DRIVE! Gone!" 3, col. 1: google_ad_height = 600; Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. THE GIANTS WON THE PENNANT!! SSSEEYA! "/"To mount the other end would be a catastrophe, “Can you tell me when the next train is coming?

... Kalas' catchphrase of “Swing and a long drive” before the announcement of a home run was music to fans' ears. While many associate Allen with his signature phrase “How about that,” Allen was the first broadcaster to popularize the home run catch phrase, “Going, going, gone!” google_color_url = "008000"; Here's the pitch.

“Can you tell me when the next train is coming? It is........GONE!

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google_ad_channel =""; ESPN, Sportscenter, and Baseball Tonight have popularized the home run call more than ever and fans now watch simply to hear the commentary. Sports on New York Radio:

A home run for Mickey Mantle! HEY, HO!! “There’s no way like the American way. Allen, the “Voice of the Yankees” and known by radio fans for his familiar “how about that?” when he describes an unusual play in a game, will be honored with ceremonies which will begin an hour before the game. Harry Kalas, "Whoo, boy! google_ad_type = "text_image"; //--> Lincolnwood, IL: Masters Press

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It's got to be one of the longest runs I've ever seen!

Bobby Thomson takes a STRIKE called on the inside corner.

It was in 1949, when DiMaggio hit four home runs in three games after a long absence because of a heel injury, that Mr. Allen shouted, “How about that!” each time DiMaggio homered.

Multiple / Wheaties Cereal "An Old Goldie!" It’s painstaking”, “Why do big-game hunters mount their lions’ heads? google_color_border = "336699"; Mel Allen............."How about that!” anything astonishing “How about that!” (Yankee announcer Mel Allen catchphrase), “To kill a French vampire, you need to drive a baguette through its heart. - Ken Coleman, "A high fly ball hit to deep ______.

2 October 1949, New York (NY) Times, “Sports of the Times” by Arthur Daley, pg.

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It's over the bleachers... over the sign atop the bleachers... into the yards of houses across the street! THAT'S GONNA BE IT, I BELIEVE! If you would like to actually hear Phil Rizzuto's home run call of Roger Maris' sixty-first long ball, visit the Roger Maris Breaks Babe Ruth Record list. How about that!

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9 September 1949, Prescott (AZ) Evening Courier, “Sports Roundup” by Hugh Fullerton, Jr., sec.

Now a Popeye's fast food restaurant on Google Maps. 2, pg. Entry in progress—BP (11/3) More quotations from players about hitting a home run are found under the specific player.

Copyright 1999- By October 1949, “How about that!” was being printed on buttons. document.write(update); Back in the day, if you wanted to be a successful baseball broadcaster, you had to have a

I was in the right place at the right time. Rosey Roswell, "...swing and there it goes.... light tower power! The games included his signature "How about that?!" "Bobby Thomson, up there swingin'. The Giants won it by a score of five to four, and they're pickin' Bobby Thomson up and carryin' him off the field.." - Russ Hodges. Running, Yankees, Swings. Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a list of famous home runs calls with the person "often credited" with the first utterance listed, some commercially sponsored home run calls, and a look at a few of the most legendary home run calls ever. Follow AzQuotes on Facebook, Twitter and Google+. The home run is still one of the most loved events in Major League baseball.