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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
There won’t be another Munson
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
And now for the Tuesday Countdown:
10: Just a thought on how Larry Munson would react to his own retirement announcement: “Oh, you Larry Munson! … My God, he’s only a senior!”
9: I didn’t grow up here so I can’t fully appreciate what Munson meant to Georgia fans, particularly in the early 1980s. But I did grow up pre-cable when most sports was on the radio. Something has been lost since the explosion on the tube. We don’t rely on the words to paint a picture. There can be no true, “Voice of (fill in your team)” when you’re mostly watching the screen. There will never be another Munson, but, mostly, there will never be another era like his.
8: Radio, Part II: Went looking for Jeff Odgers. Phoned him on his cell. Found him. In Saskatchewan. On his tractor. “I’ve been on this thing for 12 hours,” he said, I think only slightly exaggerating.
7: The former Thrasher player and radio analyst has left the broadcast booth to return to his farm in the southeast corner of Saskatchewan - “Somewhere between Regina and Brandon” - so he can have more time to raise his two sons, Jon (15) and Dakota (12). “I’m really gonna miss the job,” Odgers said. “It was great working with Dan [Kamal] and I had a lot of fun. But this was something I felt I had to do.”
6: Odgers’ farm has been in his family for five generations. He grows organic grain and raises cattle. The hot product: flax. He’ll be happy to hook you up. “I can almost make a living,” he said, laughing. He hopes to be back in Atlanta a few times during the season for hockey development and community events.
5: For what it’s worth, here’s more sad financial evidence of all things Thrasher: Odgers will not be replaced on the AM-680 broadcasts. Draw your own conclusions (in red ink).
4: If Ocho Cinco changes his name to Cero Cero, it would match his touchdown total.
3: A laptop computer was found Saturday in the Notre Dame coaching booth, a violation of NCAA rules. Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis says it was accidental. Of course it was. Because the last thing Charlie Weis ever would do is cheat. Wait. Where did he used to work again?
2: Cheer up, Braves fans. The season is lost but there’s always this: On Sept. 10, the Mets led the Phillies by 3 1/2 games. New York is 4-7 since and now trail Philadelphia by 2 1/2. So let your mocking ease the pain.
1: Is ESPN still doing post-mortems on Yankee Stadium? Or will it just organize a long funeral procession through the Bronx as each piece of the dump is knocked down and carried out?
