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Bob Prince
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Bucky Dent
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Carl Yastrzemski
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Charlie Finley
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Dennis Day
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Enos Slaughter
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Ernie Harwell
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Farley Granger
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Harry Caray
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Horace Stoneham
Horace C. Stoneham (April 27, 1903 — January 7, 1990) was the principal owner of Major League Baseball's New York/San Francisco Giants from the death of his father, Charles Stoneham, in 1936 until 1976. During his ownership, the team won National League pennants in 1936, 1937, 1951, 1954 and 1962, a division title in 1971, and a World Series title in 1954. He was born in Newark, New Jersey.
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Jack Buck
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Jim Rice
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Mel Allen
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Mike Torrez
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Ned Martin
Edwin (Ned) Martin (August 9, 1923 in Wayne, Pennsylvania – July 23, 2002 in Raleigh, North Carolina) was an American sportscaster, known primarily as a play-by-play announcer for Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox from to . Martin also was a football announcer, covering the American Football League's Boston Patriots in 1965, as well as collegiate games for Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth. Nationally, Martin broadcast the 1975 World Series on NBC television and radio, and four American League Championship Series (1976-1979) on CBS Radio.
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Phil Rizzuto
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Red Barber
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Ronald Reagan
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Russ Hodges
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Victor Mature
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Mason City is a city in and the county seat of Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States. The population was 29,172 at the 2000 census.
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Pittsburgh () is the second-largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it anchors the 22nd largest urban area in the United States. The estimated population of the city in 2009 was 311,647, while the seven-county metropolitan area was estimated at 2,354,957. Downtown Pittsburgh retains substantial economic influence, ranking at 25th in the nation for jobs within the urban core and 6th in job density. The characteristic shape of Pittsburgh's central business district is a triangular tract carved by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, where the Ohio River forms. The city features 151 high-rise buildings, 446 bridges, two inclined railways, and a pre-revolutionary fortification. Pittsburgh is known colloquially as "The City of Bridges" and "The Steel City" for its many bridges and former steel manufacturing base.
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San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the 12th most populous city in the United States, with a 2009 estimated population of 815,358. The only consolidated city-county in California, it encompasses a land area of on the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, giving it a density of 17,323 people/mi² (6,688.4 people/km²). It is the most densely-settled large city (population greater than 200,000) in the state of California and the second-most densely populated large city in the United States. San Francisco is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of more than 7.4 million.
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Woods, Jim Filmography
- Yes, David Caruso (2009) (actor, plays Chuck Batwanger)
- A Dangerous Blend (2009) (actor, plays Chuck Batwanger)
- A Strange Sucking Sound (2009) (actor, plays Chuck Batwanger)
- Dream On, Dream On (2009) (actor, plays Chuck Batwinger)
- Dusty Buttprints (2009) (actor, plays Chuck Batwanger)
- Forked Up (2009) (actor, plays Chuck Batwanger)
- Meatpacking: A Strippers Tale (2009) (actor, plays Chuck Batwanger)
- Nothing Like a Mama's Sweet Love (2009) (actor, plays Chuck Batwanger)
- Okay, He's Really Starting to Smell (2009) (actor, plays Chuck Batwanger)
- Poses N' S**t (2009) (actor, plays Chuck Batwanger)
- Coffee Date (2001) (actor, plays Muscle Man)
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- Horace Stoneham
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- Jim Rice
- Jim Spencer
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James M. Woods (October 22, 1916 — February 20, 1988) was an American sportscaster, best known for his play-by-play work on Major League Baseball broadcasts.
Biography
Early life
At the age of four, Woods became the mascot for the Kansas City Blues and the age of eight, became the team's batboy and reader of scores on local radio. He attended the University of Missouri for one year before taking a job at KGLO in Mason City, Iowa. In 1939, he replaced Ronald Reagan as the Iowa Hawkeyes football announcer.Woods joined the Navy in 1942, where he spent four years as a Chief Petty Officer on the Navy War Bond circuit, working with stars such as Farley Granger, Dennis Day, and Victor Mature. After the war, he joined WTAD radio in Quincy, Illinois, where he spent two years before he moved to Atlanta as an announcer for the Atlanta Crackers, where he replaced Ernie Harwell.
Broadcasting career
New York Yankees, New York Giants and NBC
In 1953, he was hired to call New York Yankees games alongside Mel Allen and Red Barber. He was fired after the 1956 season when sponsor Ballantine Beer wanted to make room for former Yankee shortstop Phil Rizzuto. Yankees general manager George Weiss was opposed to this, and told Woods that it was the only time he'd had to fire someone for no reason at all.In 1957, Woods called New York Giants games with Russ Hodges and the NBC Game of the Week with Lindsey Nelson and Leo Durocher. The Giants moved to San Francisco after the season, but Woods didn't come along; Giants owner Horace Stoneham wanted someone who knew the Bay Area to work alongside Hodges.
Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals
Woods wasn't unemployed for long, however. In 1958, he moved to Pittsburgh as Bob Prince's sidekick on Pirates games, where he achieved his greatest fame.Woods picked up his nickname of "Possum" while with the Yankees. Woods had a slight overbite and close-cropped gray hair. When he walked into the clubhouse fresh from a haircut, Enos Slaughter sized him up and said, "I've seen better heads on a possum." Woods didn't mind the name and Prince would frequently refer to him as "Possum" or "Poss" on the air.
Woods loved his time in Pittsburgh, and especially liked working with Prince. But rightsholder KDKA was notorious for low pay, and was unwilling to give him a raise. Woods had a better offer in St. Louis, where Harry Caray had been abruptly fired after the 1969 season. Jack Buck moved into Caray's No. 1 slot, and Woods took over Buck's spot as the No. 2 announcer. Woods always preferred the second spot because he didn't like to do the public relations work that came along with being the primary announcer.
Woods and Buck didn't get along, and Woods left the Cardinals after the 1971 season.
Later career
Woods moved on to the Oakland Athletics, where he called games in 1972 and 1973. However, A's owner Charlie Finley let him go after only two years; he wanted someone who would root for the A's from the booth. A few months later, he was hired by the Boston Red Sox as Ned Martin's assistant. On the same day Woods signed his contract with the Red Sox, Finley had second thoughts and asked him to come back to Oakland, but Woods turned him down. Ironically, the Red Sox' flagship station at the time, WBZ, was owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting, which also owned Pirates flagship KDKA.Woods and Martin worked together from 1974 to 1978. By his own admission, Woods toned down his style considerably from his days in Pittsburgh, believing that Red Sox fans preferred their announcers to be more restrained. Despite their popularity, both were fired by the team's flagship radio station, WITS-AM, following Boston's shocking playoff defeat at the hands of Bucky Dent and the Yankees in 1978 for not cooperating fully with the team's radio sponsors. Martin remained in Boston, moving over to television coverage of Bosox games. Although he left Martin, Boston and Red Sox behind, Woods also switched to television. His final play-by-play job was as an announcer for The USA Thursday Game of the Week. Woods would remain with the USA network until Eddie Doucette replaced him in 1982.
Death
Woods died in Seminole, Florida, at the age of 71, survived by his wife Audrey.
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