Monte Moore
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Monte Moore (born July 26, 1930)
Voice of the Athletics
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Broadcast partners
During Moore’s tenure, he had a number of co-announcers with him in the booth, including
Perhaps his longest and most remembered pairing was with Ray Fosse, who joined the A's television broadcasts on a part-time basis in 1986. Fosse was the A's full-time color analyst by 1988 and his pairing with Moore remained until Moore's retirement.
Moore has said that his "worst year was 1970 with Harry Caray."[3]
Catchphrase
Moore is fondly remembered by A's fans for his "There She Goes...", "Dinger" home run calls, "The Swinging A's" and "The Good Guys In The White Shoes !!"
National broadcasting experience and return to Oakland
Moore was part of
Later career
Following his retirement from baseball broadcasting, Moore put his radio experience to work in heading up a radio station, KTIP 1450 AM, in Porterville, California, where he resides. Among those who came under his tutelage were the current radio voice of the USC Trojans, Pete Arbogast, and Wayne Garcia, currently the lead news anchor for KPTV in Portland, Oregon. Pete roomed with, and trained, Garcia when the latter was still in high school.
Today, Moore frequently returns to Oakland for special occasions put on by the A's honoring the past, including jersey retirements, ceremonial first pitches, autograph signings and anniversary events. He has emceed events commemorating the careers of Reggie Jackson and Dennis Eckersley and the anniversaries of Oakland A's World-Series-winning teams (1972, 1973, 1974, 1989).
References
- ^ Society for American Baseball Research
- ^ Broadcasters: Moore says Finley never directed his opinions
- ^ Halberstam, David J. (2018-04-05). "Monte Moore: Longtime A's Voice: "My Worst Year was 1970 with Harry Caray"". Sports Broadcast Journal. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
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- ^ "Long-time broadcaster Monte Moore returns to host 40th team ceremony". mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
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