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Red Barber

 
 

(born Feb. 17, 1908, Columbus, Miss., U.S. — died Oct. 22, 1992, Tallahassee, Fla.) U.S. sports broadcaster. He became the radio and television announcer for the baseball games of the Cincinnati Reds (1934 – 39), Brooklyn Dodgers (1939 – 53), and New York Yankees (1954 – 66). He combined technical expertise with homespun comments; his signature exclamation was "Oh-ho, Doctor!" He provided weekly commentary on National Public Radio from 1981 and wrote two books on baseball and an autobiography.

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"When I'm talking to a large audience, I imagine that I'm talking to a single person."

 
 

 

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