Mr.Kiner was such a good play by play man. He had such a great voice and a great sense of humor. Im so glad i was able to catch mets games growing up hearing mr. Kiner.
Being a lifelong Mets and living in NYC , this bring backs so many memories. Part of the reason of me watching the Mets was listening to ralph and tim.
Dear old Ralph was actually right at 6:48. The Indians second baseball who completed an unassisted triple play was named Bill Wambsganss. Ralph Kiner, Tim McCarver and Bob Murphy were the soundtrack of my summers growing up in New York. Let’s go Mets!
Ralph was a great part of my original Mets growing up. His great playing career aside, his casual, calm voice exuded a familiarity that made the fan feel that he was sitting in his living room with Ralph watching the games. His “Kinerisms” which are highlighted here, somewhat disrespectfully in my opinion, were something special that we in NY appreciated and laughed at ‘with” Ralph. Mega respect for Ralph. BTW, Ralph seemed to dislike Steve Zebreski and didn’t hide it. It was all Tim and Ralph. Steve was odd man out.
Ralph was awesome. Towards the end of the game he probably had a good number of cocktails put away so he struggled a little. Murphy, Nelson and Kiner were the best.
"Strawberry of course, voted into the Hall of Fame for the 4th consecutive year, the first National Leaguer to do that." Hey Ralph, I think it might be safe to assume no American Leaguer has ever had that honor as well!
Man I remember those old sports channel games and on the weekend wor and the bumper music. Back in those days smooth jass was at it's prime (Kenny G David Sanborn Miles Davis Bob James) and they would play some of those tunes in between the innings. Aside from Ralph's fantastical gafs I really loved, just the transport flashback format back to those games. Excellent.
+tonyt13aa Got the feeling that McCarver had a thumbtack in his hand when working with Ralph to try to keep from bursting out in laughter after one of the Ralph-ism's...
Haha... so true. He at times looked as if he were about to burst into laughter as he would whip his head around to look at Ralph after one of his better "Kinerisms."
Get aload of Steve Zabriskie trying not to laugh around the 5 minute mark as Ralph gets deeper and deeper and needs a lifeline. Someone save Ralph please!
@@liz326522 Anyone who grew up a Mets fan has seen this a million times. Ralph was known for three things as a Met announcer. Smoking stogies, telling great stories, and butchering names.
@@liz326522 Some gems like George Strawberry for George Foster or his many combinations for poor Roy Lee Jackson. Roy Lee and Lee Roy were obvious screwups but then Roy Lee Johnson and Lee Roy Johnson but the best was one day he said and now in to pitch for the Mets Jackson Todd. I almost wet my pants! Not only was it someone else but the guy was white! Mixing up Hubie and Mookie and how about Manufactures Hangover for Manufacturers Hanover? Wow that was a beauty! One night in Pittsburgh Ralph is on camera with Tim on Channel 9 attempting to do the recap and signoff and he is just butchering it. First McCarver is just looking at him then he begins to smile and finally he burst out laughing. Ralph looks at Timmy and the camera and says the hell with it we'll be back in Pittsburgh tomorrow night and Tim almost died he was laughing so loud!
Classic Ralph Kramden, uh I mean Kiner lol. Loved Ralph, Bob and Lindsay back in the day. But Ralph maybe stuck around a little too long. Rizzuto was always good for a laugh announcing for the Yankees. The Scooter would blatantly root for the Yanks, leave in the 6th inning and plug his favorite restaurants.
@@kensellers4082 Oh yeah, classic Rizzuto. This is a creation off the top of my head of a typical Rizzuto play by play when he worked with Bill White. Rizutto: Outside ball one. I wanna tell ya White, I had the best Calamari last night at Angelo's on Route 17. Fouled back O and 2 Cora had the veal scallopini, and she said it was delicious. I tasted a piece and it was out of this world. We shared a nice bottle of wine, Beautiful. Outside 1 and 2 And the cannolis. Oh White, the cannolis were so good, we got 2 more just to take home with us. Strike 3 called I wanna tell ya White, he painted the outside corner on that one. He wasn't expecting the fastball. Now Bobby Mercer steps in Bobby's 2 for 2 Happy Birthday to a big Yankees fan and good friend of ours Vinny over at Restivos pizzeria and bakery in Fort Lee. Vinny and his wife Rosanne make the most delicious Pizza. Even better than my Mother's. If she heard me say that White she'd kill me. And their tiramisu is the best in NJ. Look out...high and tight to Bobby. Holy Cow White that was close. The Yankee bench is squawking about that one. ___________________________ Well, It was something along those lines anyway. Every night with this guy. And people thought he was some bumbling guy rambling on about food and everything else under the sun instead instead of baseball. What he was actually doing was giving free plugs to all the restaurants, bakeries, friends businesses etc, that he frequented and was comped, or at least treated royally, in exchange for his shoutouts. The guy could be talking about how nicely the field was manicured at Yankee Stadium. And in the next breath he'd get in a plug for his landscaper LOL I miss those days of Lindsay Nelson, Bob Murphy, Ralph Kiner, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White and Frank Messer. Always watched the Mets on channel 9 WOR and the Yankees on channel 11 WPIX
@@hankkingsley9300 Mets fan, but I watched both teams. I'd watch the Yankees when the Mets weren't playing at the same time, or if the Mets had the day off.
@@mtp4430 I tried to watch the Yankees but I just couldn't do it. Course this was as an 8 year old. And now only one true love--the Tomahawk living in GA going to be real sad when they make both leagues the same with same crappy rules American League Baseball is beer league softball and they're going to turn the national league into that same thing. DEATH TO THE DH. Hell while you are at it add a fourth outfielder. It ain't Baseball iffin the pitcher don't hit. Letting the pitcher hit speeds the game up because it's an out most of the time and also adds to strategy instead of 38 pitches for a walk it's 3 and you hit the dugout inning over. Ain't nothing better when the pitcher hits the game-winning home run. That don't happen no more because they always pull the pitcher what has happened to baseballI
When he said "Yvonne de Jesus" instead of "Jose de Jesus" I bet he was thinking of Yvonne de Carlo, who he probably dated. I read that Ralph Kiner dated some of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood. In fact, that's probably how he got so mixed up, you know, linguistically. Any guy out on a date with some gorgeous gal is bound to be reduced to "Haaa Waaaa Yaaa Gaaaa" when asking for the salt and pepper. Or, "Gaaaa-Gaaaa, Nah Nannny-Ya-Ya" when asking to be excused after farting.
There was an Ivan (pron: eeVON) DeJesus in the NL in the late 70s, early 80s. I remember him as a Cub. I do hope he got to date Lily Munster, though...God, was she fine!!
There is another Ralph moment at the end where Tim is laughing. Ralph makes Biden sound normal with his 200 million have died and I'm running for the Senate etc. Who is worse Ralph or Biden?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Isn't this great? Makin' fun of that old geezer Ralph Kiner. I was in a crowded elevator with him once and a couple of people farted, and Ralph got confused "calling the action." Oh yeah! Naturally, we all pointed to the other person ... and that confused poor Ralph even more. Then when we got out of the elevator, one person asked "which way to the public library" and "I gotta take a pee, where's the john" -- and poor Ralph got whiplash trying to help us. Oh yeah! I followed Ralph out onto the street where some kids were playing stickball and Ralph went back for a fly ball and got his tongue stuck onto a '53 Buick fender. ... Which everyone agreed was a great improvement. Speech-wise, that is. Well, Ralph is gone now. Gone to that Big Announcing Booth in the sky. Which is great because that means we can make fun of him and what can he do? beat us up? My favorite Ralph Kiner moment was when some Met was on "Kiner's Korner" after the fame and Ralph gave him a miniature Dodge Charger ... "Here's your Charger" ... and the player looked at the camera and put his finger in his mouth and threw up. No, not really. I made that up. Actually, I made everything up. I don't even know who Ralph Kiner. Honest! I never seen him in my life, Your Honor. Anyways, I have to go now. I have to bake a Ralph Kiner "Memorial cake" and drop it out a window. Ole Ralph would want it served that way.
Classic. Brought back so many funny memories
Mr.Kiner was such a good play by play man. He had such a great voice and a great sense of humor. Im so glad i was able to catch mets games growing up hearing mr. Kiner.
Boy does he want to call a home run! The reason why I enjoy this is because I recognize most of the players, unlike today.
Thank you Tim for all the memories. You made growing up a Mets fan fun.
LOL at Ralph calling Gary Cohen as David Cone.
Ralph Kiner was a walking comedy store in the booth, as well as on Kiner's Korner. He will definitely be missed.
I am watching this and literally crying from laughing so hard, absolutely hilarious.
Same with me. This guy is the Dan Quayle of baseball announcers.
Being a lifelong Mets and living in NYC , this bring backs so many memories. Part of the reason of me watching the Mets was listening to ralph and tim.
Fran Healy and rusty
Gary Cooper with 95 home runs.
It's Father's Day at the Ballpark so I'd like to wish all you fathers out there a happy birthday.
Dear old Ralph was actually right at 6:48. The Indians second baseball who completed an unassisted triple play was named Bill Wambsganss. Ralph Kiner, Tim McCarver and Bob Murphy were the soundtrack of my summers growing up in New York. Let’s go Mets!
Well not exactly. Ralph pronounced his name as Wamsgas
@@marshaevelyn1 He actually does pronounce it correctly and Tim McCarver jokingly repeats the name afterward as well.
I remember when he called Matt Williams Mitch Williams
George Strawberry.
I can’t.🤣
Ralph was a great part of my original Mets growing up. His great playing career aside, his casual, calm voice exuded a familiarity that made the fan feel that he was sitting in his living room with Ralph watching the games. His “Kinerisms” which are highlighted here, somewhat disrespectfully in my opinion, were something special that we in NY appreciated and laughed at ‘with” Ralph. Mega respect for Ralph. BTW, Ralph seemed to dislike Steve Zebreski and didn’t hide it. It was all Tim and Ralph. Steve was odd man out.
I think Fran Healy was the announcing partner who really drove Ralph nuts.
Keith Strawberry and Darryl Hernandez. LOL miss you Ralph.
12:28- Is that 5 for 1 Von Hayes?
Poor Ralph. We loved him, though.
OMG😂😂😂 I grew up a Huge Mets fan and LOVED Ralph Kiner. He was one of a kind. Doug Sisk tied with Stawberry for RBI lead in National League 😂😂
On fathers day.....
"To all you fathers out there, happy birthday!"
Juan Samuel decoyed Juan Samuel 😂. We miss you Ralph Kiner.
I would like that 1889 Nissan 240SX :P
That recover when he started to call Fran Healy(sp) Rusty Staub was pretty clever.
"The Mets are undfeated in their six home victories."
Ralph was quite the ladies man in his time,
dating Elizabeth Taylor and Janet Leigh.
It was the best of times, Kiner at the Mets and Rizzuto at the Yankees. Watching baseball couldn't get any better.
Ralph was awesome. Towards the end of the game he probably had a good number of cocktails put away so he struggled a little. Murphy, Nelson and Kiner were the best.
Fantastic!! Brings back a lot of memories - thank you for posting!
"Strawberry of course, voted into the Hall of Fame for the 4th consecutive year, the first National Leaguer to do that." Hey Ralph, I think it might be safe to assume no American Leaguer has ever had that honor as well!
A record that never will be broken
Thank you. I didn't get a chance to hear him living in the Midwest, but this is AWESOME STUFF! I can't stop laughing.
*_"the pitcher of the year for the month of July"_* 😂🤣
Shea Scoreboard in the late 80s early 90s Awsome
The post game with Zabriskie was so bad I had NO clue as to what he was talking about. Neither did Steve.
I’m dying! Hilarious! Innocent bloops by Kiner!
Let's hear it for 4-time NL Hall of Famer Darryl Strawberry!
Man I remember those old sports channel games and on the weekend wor and the bumper music. Back in those days smooth jass was at it's prime (Kenny G David Sanborn Miles Davis Bob James) and they would play some of those tunes in between the innings. Aside from Ralph's fantastical gafs I really loved, just the transport flashback format back to those games. Excellent.
Lol Ralph was always boxed! He used to say ‘we’ll be right back after these words from mit-su- bizi’
and "Manufacturer's Handover"
Unintentional truth! Lol
You'll hand over your payment if you don't want Guido to kneecap you.
Man that Gary Cohen is going places.
So is that David Cohen...
Truly priceless stuff...
+tonyt13aa Got the feeling that McCarver had a thumbtack in his hand when working with Ralph to try to
keep from bursting out in laughter after one of the Ralph-ism's...
Haha... so true. He at times looked as if he were about to burst into laughter as he would whip his head around to look at Ralph after one of his better "Kinerisms."
15:19 Gary “David” Cohen lol
Yeah, he messed up a lot but his stories were priceless.
It's out of here off the wall!
No matter what he thought raines stole that base
Kiner knew the game though, made a lot of great points and and analysis with many errors of fact in between!
It like I'm high on acid listening to this 😅🤣
Funny! I watched a lot of Met games and I don’t remember Ralph making mistakes. Funny though.
The twins were the original Washington senators. Ralph did like a nip now and then
*_"George Strawberry"_* 🍓😂
aaaah, the good old days when you can drink whiskey at work.... LOL
Check out a very young Gary Cohen at about 15:30!
You mean David Cone LOL
I busted a gut at 4:15 when "Gary Cooper" came to bat. Ralph was great. RIP.
Wow Gary sounds the same back in the day than now. My head hurts!
Gary still had hair
Ralph, Rusty and Fran were a great team, especially when Ralph was off in the Diamond Club.
He was such a fixture on New York Mets baseball that they didn’t have the heart to get rid of him when he got senile
Just think how today Met fans makes fun of John Sterlings of the Yankees lol
Here's the 2-1 part...
And as we stand around here we’ll be right back lol
We’ll be back with the re-crap right after this word from Tropicana 12:59
13:43 "Marge Jackson is a strange one." - Ralph Kiner on former Reds owner Marge Schott. Hilarious.
The Juan Samuel tops all of them.
George Strawberry ........ 🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂😂
Goose Goslin. Lol
I kept waiting and hoping to hear him say Ron Oyster.
We'll be back with the re-crap, right after these words.
David Cone for Gary Cohen, it never ended. His fellow announcers reactions were priceless.
Ralph Kiner should have said I am Ralph Lauren. I should say, Kiner.
Get aload of Steve Zabriskie trying not to laugh around the 5 minute mark as Ralph gets deeper and deeper and needs a lifeline. Someone save Ralph please!
Zabriskie! Couldn’t remember his name. Oh God that was so funny!
@@liz326522 Anyone who grew up a Mets fan has seen this a million times. Ralph was known for three things as a Met announcer. Smoking stogies, telling great stories, and butchering names.
@@liz326522 Some gems like George Strawberry for George Foster or his many combinations for poor Roy Lee Jackson.
Roy Lee and Lee Roy were obvious screwups but then
Roy Lee Johnson and Lee Roy Johnson but the best was one day he said and now in to pitch for the Mets Jackson Todd. I almost wet my pants!
Not only was it someone else but the guy was white!
Mixing up Hubie and Mookie and how about Manufactures Hangover for Manufacturers Hanover? Wow that was a beauty!
One night in Pittsburgh Ralph is on camera with Tim on Channel 9 attempting to do the recap and signoff and he is just butchering it. First McCarver is just looking at him then he begins to smile and finally he burst out laughing. Ralph looks at Timmy and the camera and says the hell with it we'll be back in Pittsburgh tomorrow night and Tim almost died he was laughing so loud!
Did he called him David Cohen? I know that Gary Cohen
2:27 Ralph Kiner said Andrea Dawson with a 2 run home run, and the Phillies lead 2 nothing. The team was the Expos not the Phillies.
This is awesome
4:37 Is the absolute best.
Hahahahah. No clue what he was saying by. Steve was totally lost too
Leave Ralph alone!
Classic Kiner!
Classic Ralph Kramden, uh I mean Kiner lol. Loved Ralph, Bob and Lindsay back in the day. But Ralph maybe stuck around a little too long. Rizzuto was always good for a laugh announcing for the Yankees. The Scooter would blatantly root for the Yanks, leave in the 6th inning and plug his favorite restaurants.
@@kensellers4082 Oh yeah, classic Rizzuto. This is a creation off the top of my head of a typical Rizzuto play by play when he worked with Bill White.
Rizutto: Outside ball one. I wanna tell ya White, I had the best Calamari last night at Angelo's on Route 17.
Fouled back O and 2
Cora had the veal scallopini, and she said it was delicious. I tasted a piece and it was out of this world. We shared a nice bottle of wine, Beautiful.
Outside 1 and 2
And the cannolis. Oh White, the cannolis were so good, we got 2 more just to take home with us.
Strike 3 called
I wanna tell ya White, he painted the outside corner on that one. He wasn't expecting the fastball.
Now Bobby Mercer steps in Bobby's 2 for 2
Happy Birthday to a big Yankees fan and good friend of ours Vinny over at Restivos pizzeria and bakery in Fort Lee. Vinny and his wife Rosanne make the most delicious Pizza. Even better than my Mother's. If she heard me say that White she'd kill me. And their tiramisu is the best in NJ.
Look out...high and tight to Bobby. Holy Cow White that was close. The Yankee bench is squawking about that one.
___________________________
Well, It was something along those lines anyway. Every night with this guy. And people thought he was some bumbling guy rambling on about food and everything else under the sun instead instead of baseball.
What he was actually doing was giving free plugs to all the restaurants, bakeries, friends businesses etc, that he frequented and was comped, or at least treated royally, in exchange for his shoutouts.
The guy could be talking about how nicely the field was manicured at Yankee Stadium. And in the next breath he'd get in a plug for his landscaper LOL
I miss those days of Lindsay Nelson, Bob Murphy, Ralph Kiner, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White and Frank Messer.
Always watched the Mets on channel 9 WOR and the Yankees on channel 11 WPIX
@@mtp4430 Well done.
@@mtp4430 I really didn't know anybody growing up who watched both you were a Mets fan or a Yankees fan
@@hankkingsley9300 Mets fan, but I watched both teams. I'd watch the Yankees when the Mets weren't playing at the same time, or if the Mets had the day off.
@@mtp4430 I tried to watch the Yankees but I just couldn't do it. Course this was as an 8 year old. And now only one true love--the Tomahawk living in GA going to be real sad when they make both leagues the same with same crappy rules American League Baseball is beer league softball and they're going to turn the national league into that same thing. DEATH TO THE DH. Hell while you are at it add a fourth outfielder. It ain't Baseball iffin the pitcher don't hit. Letting the pitcher hit speeds the game up because it's an out most of the time and also adds to strategy instead of 38 pitches for a walk it's 3 and you hit the dugout inning over. Ain't nothing better when the pitcher hits the game-winning home run. That don't happen no more because they always pull the pitcher what has happened to baseballI
When he said "Yvonne de Jesus" instead of "Jose de Jesus" I bet he was thinking of Yvonne de Carlo, who he probably dated. I read that Ralph Kiner dated some of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood. In fact, that's probably how he got so mixed up, you know, linguistically. Any guy out on a date with some gorgeous gal is bound to be reduced to "Haaa Waaaa Yaaa Gaaaa" when asking for the salt and pepper. Or, "Gaaaa-Gaaaa, Nah Nannny-Ya-Ya" when asking to be excused after farting.
There was an Ivan (pron: eeVON) DeJesus in the NL in the late 70s, early 80s. I remember him as a Cub.
I do hope he got to date Lily Munster, though...God, was she fine!!
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200 pitch innings are easy
Can you put the actual games up from 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988? :)
Lol! I didn't know Tim raines was white
Ralph Kiner .... the amusing and amazing predecessor to Joe Biden.
There is another Ralph moment at the end where Tim is laughing. Ralph makes Biden sound normal with his 200 million have died and I'm running for the Senate etc. Who is worse Ralph or Biden?
Biden by far. No clue where he is
Ralph Trump
Man all that acid has gone to your head
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Isn't this great? Makin' fun of that old geezer Ralph Kiner.
I was in a crowded elevator with him once and a couple of people farted, and Ralph got confused "calling the action."
Oh yeah!
Naturally, we all pointed to the other person ... and that confused poor Ralph even more.
Then when we got out of the elevator, one person asked "which way to the public library" and "I gotta take a pee, where's the john" -- and poor Ralph got whiplash trying to help us.
Oh yeah!
I followed Ralph out onto the street where some kids were playing stickball and Ralph went back for a fly ball and got his tongue stuck onto a '53 Buick fender. ... Which everyone agreed was a great improvement. Speech-wise, that is.
Well, Ralph is gone now. Gone to that Big Announcing Booth in the sky. Which is great because that means we can make fun of him and what can he do? beat us up?
My favorite Ralph Kiner moment was when some Met was on "Kiner's Korner" after the fame and Ralph gave him a miniature Dodge Charger ... "Here's your Charger" ... and the player looked at the camera and put his finger in his mouth and threw up.
No, not really. I made that up. Actually, I made everything up. I don't even know who Ralph Kiner. Honest! I never seen him in my life, Your Honor.
Anyways, I have to go now. I have to bake a Ralph Kiner "Memorial cake" and drop it out a window.
Ole Ralph would want it served that way.
My old man used to say the Dewars just kicked in.