Memories from the Microphone: A Century of Baseball Broadcasting

Curt Smith

Aug 2021 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Barry Abrams

About this audiobook

In this second in a series of Baseball Hall of Fame books, celebrate the larger-than-life role played by radio and TV announcers in enhancing the pleasure of our national pastime. Commemorate the 100th anniversary of baseball broadcasting. The first baseball game ever broadcast on radio was on August 5, 1921, by Harold Wampler Arlin, a part-time announcer on Pittsburgh's KDKA, America's first commercially licensed radio station. The Pirates defeated the Phillies 8-5. An insider's view of baseball. Now listen to Memories from the Microphone and experience baseball from author Curt Smith. He has spent much of his life covering baseball radio and TV, and previously authored baseball books, including the classic Voices of The Game. Relive baseball's storied past through the eyes of famed broadcasters. Organized chronologically, Memories from the Microphone charts the history of baseball broadcasting. Enjoy celebrated stories and personalities that have shaped the game-from Mel Allen to Harry Caray, Vin Scully to Joe Morgan, Ernie Harwell to Red Barber.

About the author

Curt Smith is the author of the classic history of baseball broadcasting, Voices of The Game. His other books include Pull Up a Chair: The Vin Scully Story, Mercy!: A Celebration of Fenway Park's Centennial, and George H. W. Bush: Character at the Core.

Barry Abrams has narrated and produced audiobooks for a variety of publishers. Since 2012, he has also hosted and produced ESPN's In the Gate podcast. Based in Danbury, Connecticut, Barry engineers and calls live webcasts of his son's ice hockey games.

Known as "The Human Vacuum Cleaner," Brooks Robinson is regarded as arguably the best defensive third baseman. Robinson began his career with the Baltimore Orioles in 1955, and for twenty-three years dazzled fans on the field with his glove. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983.