Ted Leitner celebrates 30 years behind the microphone
by jbox on Aug 21, 2009 2:49 PM PDT
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Ted Leitner the Survivor has been broadcasting San Diego Padres baseball for 30 years.
How much do you think they had to edit down this interview? Ted Leitner has the gift for gab, so I bet he went on and on. Jay Posner was probably begging him to keep the answers short "Hey Ted, my fingers are getting tired from typing your blathering"
Are there moments that stand out?
Obviously '98 is the big one. And '96, too. That last series in L.A. was unbelievable. I understand the drama wasn't there because the loser had the wild card but for a baseball team that's not winning a championship every year, that was huge. To me, either way would have been fine, but 2½ (games) back and win three straight, it was just unbelievable. That, and the entire season in '96, from the first weekend. There was a Sunday game in Houston in the Astrodome at the end of the first week and they (Padres) rested like four guys and played reserves and beat the Astros something like 18-4 (actually 17-2). I thought, ‘Wow, this might really be something.’
We here at Gaslamp Ball want Ted Leitner to win the Ford C. Frick award, we are those kind of fans.
Why isn't he at least in the Padres Hall of Fame yet? This would be as good a time as any. Somebody with the Padres needs to make this happen ASAP.
In any case, Ted is being honored tonight and the ceremony will be aired on XX1090 before the game.
I personally love Uncle Teddy. Padres baseball wouldn't be the same without him. Love that guy! A San Diego institution! The voice of the franchise!
If you're going to the game tonight print out this mask from the 80's and wear it during the ceremony:
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The most dynamic voice in professional sports
I’ve even listened to Aztec basketball for him.
Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
Are you Ted's #1 fan?
"Get on board early," Black said, alluding to, what he feels, is a crop of up-and-coming players.
"I would tell those fans that we're going to play good baseball. We're going to play hard. We're going to have exciting young players..." -Bud Black
Maybe
Just maybe.
Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
Ted LOVES his Aztecs.
What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone on this blog is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on our souls.
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Aug 21, 2009 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
How can you hate Uncle Teddy?
He’s simply the best.
Greg Maddux for manager.
by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 21, 2009 3:37 PM PDT reply actions
Anybody on earth
that doesn’t like Uncle Teddy…they got….they got problems.
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by SDPads_1 on Aug 21, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Uncle Teddy
Hated when I first moved to SD 12 yrs ago, but like moldy cheese…he grows on you.
Just don’t get him started on Bonds, steroids…
He completely ignores Jerry most of the time – like you are listening to two different broadcasts at once.
"Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted."
Groucho Marx
and he mentions the yankees
at least 4 times a game, but he’s still the best
Love me some Ted
Ted for mayor! Kassim Osgood should be his press secretary.
What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone on this blog is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on our souls.
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Aug 21, 2009 4:37 PM PDT reply actions
I remember the mask, and have a copy of “Leitner Strikes!” I love Ted, and wish he was still doing Charger games. I live in VA, and don’t have any access to his wit, wisdom or opinions anymore.
Ted Leitner, to me, is as much a part of San Diego’s sports history as Randy Jones, Dan Fouts, Julie Veee, Lloyd Free, Tony Gwynn, or LT.
I miss him. Ted Leitner is my favorite sports media personality ever!
You can listen to him over the internet.
By the way.
What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone on this blog is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on our souls.
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Aug 21, 2009 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I never had the chance to listen to Ted to a Chargers game
but I really, really like the McLewin-Bauer combo.
And judging from listening to the Padres games, I think Ted’s broadcasting style lends itself better to baseball than football.
Greg Maddux for manager.
by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 21, 2009 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions
30 years
is an awfully long time to bear somebody who doesn7t know when to shut the f@ck up.
by dontkickthebaby on Aug 22, 2009 5:45 AM PDT reply actions
Even after 20 years away ....
… I still miss Teddy’s mini-harangues and hockey fight shorts. Aztec, I’ve looked for Padre broadcasts on the internet but don’t know the station … where can I find them?
You can get the radio broadcasts of games through mlb.tv for like 10 bucks
What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone on this blog is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on our souls.
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Aug 22, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
YES - THE HOCKEY SHORTS!!!
Yes – the hockey fight highlights!!! Those (and sometimes having a scroll of seven NHL scores done in two seconds to prove that few in SD care) had me laughing for DAYS!!! And running back and forth from the ballpark to the KFMB studios for the 11 PM sports, and the time he threw his suit on and did it sans pants!!! And the never ending rivalry w/Hacksaw, and I still hear about when he was doing a general talk show and that interview w/Bellafonte. And then there are the great spots for various lawyers and unions. Oh yeah, and blasting the climate of every other city outside of SD (smog in LA, A-T-L is like the planet Venus, Wisconsin is like Antartica, etc…). I think the biggest compliment is people used to tell me ‘I don’t care about sports. but I enjoy listening to that guy’. Still listen to the broadcasts on XM all the time, and saw him visually going nuts in the press box in Milwaukee a few years back after a couple of SD runners got thrown out at home plate. I just wished he still did a show on XX once in a while, have never had the honor of calling in or meeting him in person. He is a 6-1-9 institution!!!
30 Years of Ted
Known as “the man you love to hate” his honesty brought a new flavor to baseball on the radio. I have to admit I have loved you from the start because of that honesty. Looking forward to many more years. Keep up the good work Ted.
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