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Project Insomnia

Project Insomnia is many things, but in this context it is simply a "braindump" of whatever I happen to be thinking/reading/watching/doing at the moment. Parental guidance suggested.

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Three Kings

King of description -- SF Chronicle Editorial
PERHAPS the ultimate measure of sportscaster Bill King's virtuosity was the number of fans who would hit the 'mute' button on their televisions in order to hear his calls on the radio.

King, who died at 78 of complications from hip surgery, had a remarkable ability to follow and describe the most frenzied sports action in a rapid-fire delivery laced with vividly original description. He reserved his signature exclamation -- 'Holy Toledo!' -- for the most startling or significant moments in a game. And there were many 'Holy Toledos' in his remarkable career.


Man for every season / Fans, friends, players recall his diverse interests -- Susan Slusser, SF Chronicle
Like many people in the Bay Area, former A's owner Wally Haas was a fan of Bill King from an early age.

"I remember being 9 years old and hiding under the sheets after bedtime and listing to Bill do play-by-play of Cal basketball,'' Haas said Tuesday. "He was always the best announcer I've ever known or heard. I think Bill had as much to do as anyone with my love of sports, because of the way he made me visualize things.''


The man behind the mike -- Ray Ratto, SF Chronicle
There should have been a book about Bill King. A great, thick, fascinating, hilarious, overwhelming book written about the life of a man who lived several of them.

The author should have been Bill King, as told to anybody he wanted. And maybe, because he was a stridently private man when it came to the subject of Bill King, there is a book somewhere, just begging for a publisher.
|| Andrew, 2:08 PM || ||

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