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MFS62 Jul 09 2009 12:32 PM

A key date went unmentioned earlier this week. It was the 22nd anniversary of WFAN. And the first voice we heard? Suzyn Waldmann. Miss Yankee. Georgie's Girl. On the flagship station of the Mets? That was like inviting Osama Bin Laden to a Bar Mitzvah. Later

metirish Jul 09 2009 12:35 PM

I don't know much about Suzyn Waldman but I think I am right in saying she was a Red Sox fan..........

Benjamin Grimm Jul 09 2009 12:42 PM

Used-to-be, anyway. I remember her at Shea Stadium singing a song about Tom Seaver (to the tune of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame") in 1988 on the day the Mets retired number 41. Someday there may be another With strikeouts and shutouts and such But there'll never be one like Tom Seaver Our ace number one in the clutch That aside, is the birth of WFAN anything to celebrate?

MFS62 Jul 09 2009 12:43 PM

="metirish"]I don't know much about Suzyn Waldman but I think I am right in saying she was a Red Sox fan.......... She grew up as a Red Sox fan, but moved to NY to sing and act on Broadway. (Man of LaMancha) She covered the Yanks for WFAN until she left the station. She has since been riding co-pilot on Yankee radiocasts. She is now a big Yankee gusher. There were rumors (or maybe just snide speculation) a few years ago that she was George Steinbrenner's girlfriend. Later

metsguyinmichigan Jul 09 2009 02:14 PM

="Benjamin Grimm"]Used-to-be, anyway. I remember her at Shea Stadium singing a song about Tom Seaver (to the tune of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame") in 1988 on the day the Mets retired number 41. Someday there may be another With strikeouts and shutouts and such But there'll never be one like Tom Seaver Our ace number one in the clutch That aside, is the birth of WFAN anything to celebrate? It's pretty neat with the volume off. But, for the love of all that is good in life, do not be tempted to listen. It hurts. [/code]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Yd3DBtIU9U&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Yd3DBtIU9U&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>[code] [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yd3DBtIU9U[/url][/code]

Edgy DC Jul 09 2009 02:15 PM

Funny. Not even the least bit tempted.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 09 2009 02:25 PM

I am becoming a softie in my old age but I don't hate Waldman anymore either. I mean, I probably would if she was a Met announcer, because she's awful, can't ever say what she means to between pitches, tends toward the worshipful, and has an irritating voice, but on the other hand -- a) Those are good qualities to have if you're going to be a voice of the Yankees b) She's probably taken more shit than she's truly earned for being a chick -- not a young hot one at that -- in a guy's field, which is what she one day will be remembered for. Oh, and I've also always hated that torchy Broadway singing style.

metirish Jul 09 2009 02:32 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 09 2009 02:36 PM

Probably should get culled from a perfectly good thread about the Mets. I remember a few times Gary Cohen saying very nice things about Waldman during IL games , things along the lines of " Syzun is such a great person yybbb" I don't hate her I find her funny to listen to , I tuned in one night on my iPhone MLB app for an inning or two and the banter between her and Sterling was kind of funny , maybe not funny bet certainly different.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 09 2009 02:35 PM

Other than that Roger Clemens clip, I don't think I've heard her voice in 20 years.

G-Fafif Jul 09 2009 05:17 PM

="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]I am becoming a softie in my old age but I don't hate Waldman anymore either. I mean, I probably would if she was a Met announcer. Ah, but she was a Mets announcer, for one series in Houston when Murph had begun to not make some road trips and the Mets decided to try and make some history by having a woman in the booth. I'm fairly certain it was 1993, maybe even the series when Darryl Kile threw his no-hitter. The concept outpaced the delivery. ETA: It was June 1993, three months before the series with the no-hitter. She did color, no PBP, alongside Gary Cohen. Also did an inning with GC in 2005 when, for fun, Mets and MFY casters joined each other during a Subway Series game. It was Gary and Suzyn, Howie and Sterling.

Swan Swan H Jul 09 2009 05:35 PM

="Benjamin Grimm":1nq5gics]Other than that Roger Clemens clip, I don't think I've heard her voice in 20 years.[/quote:1nq5gics] I thought I heard her voice Wednesday morning, but it was just the recycling truck backing down the block. Fman99 Jul 09 2009 08:40 PM Her and Sterling are the peanut butter and jelly of suck. metirish Jul 09 2009 08:46 PM I feel like Suzyn right now <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IMzQCI9ZeTo&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IMzQCI9ZeTo&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Gwreck Jul 09 2009 08:54 PM ="G-Fafif":cc8fp5wz]Also did an inning with GC in 2005 when, for fun, Mets and MFY casters joined each other during a Subway Series game. It was Gary and Suzyn, Howie and Sterling.[/quote:cc8fp5wz] I remember that but thought it was '06, and in the David Wright-Mariano Rivera game to boot. Is my memory failing me? John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 09 2009 09:01 PM ="G-Fafif"] ="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]I am becoming a softie in my old age but I don't hate Waldman anymore either. I mean, I probably would if she was a Met announcer. Ah, but she was a Mets announcer, for one series in Houston when Murph had begun to not make some road trips and the Mets decided to try and make some history by having a woman in the booth. I'm fairly certain it was 1993, maybe even the series when Darryl Kile threw his no-hitter. The concept outpaced the delivery. ETA: It was June 1993, three months before the series with the no-hitter. She did color, no PBP, alongside Gary Cohen. Also did an inning with GC in 2005 when, for fun, Mets and MFY casters joined each other during a Subway Series game. It was Gary and Suzyn, Howie and Sterling. I remember the radio switcheroo, but never knew she filled in in 93. I was more or less out of the loop that year. Frayed Knot Jul 09 2009 09:19 PM ="MFS62":2y9du1rs]There were rumors (or maybe just snide speculation) a few years ago that she was George Steinbrenner's girlfriend.[/quote:2y9du1rs] That's just plainly absurd. Bob Raissman nicknamed her 'Georgie Girl' a bunch of years back, but he nicknames everyone and hung that one on her because of her see-no-evil approach to the Yanx - although that's pretty much required by everyone who does their games. There was also a time when Imus's gang was getting a kick out of some interview she did w/Steinbrenner while still with FAN which they thought was so soft that it was akin to post-sex pillow talk but no one took that seriously. I actually thought she was OK when she first started on FAN (and the fact that she was the first broadcaster on the "Mets station" was nothing more than it being her shift to do updates). Maybe I was giving her too much credit for being a chick in the sports business (though she did take a lot of shit for it) but she always seemed to know her stuff (both baseball & hoops) and I never minded hearing her. Her problem, as things went on though, was that she got too emotionally involved in the teams she was covering. First the Knicks when she was the FAN beat reporter for them during their almost hey-day of the early '90s*, and then later on with the Yanx. She even admitted to crying when the Knicks got knocked out of the playoff one year and we all heard the Clemens on-air orgasm thing. Her contributions now are really pretty minimal since Sterling handles every second of the play by play and hasn't missed a game since they hired him some 20 years ago. So her job mainly consists now of reading the umpteen promos and tie-ins that invade virtually every aspect of Yanqui-casts these days as they've 'billboard-ed' themselves to death. * How telling is it - not only in the fortunes of the Knicks & Yanx since the early '90s but also in baseketball and baseball in this town - that they didn't even send her to cover the Yanx until the Knicks season was over in those days - which was sometimes as late as June. FAN would just use fill-ins or sometimes no beat reporter at all for the first 1/3 of the MFY season. G-Fafif Jul 09 2009 09:20 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 09 2009 09:41 PM ="Gwreck"] ="G-Fafif"]Also did an inning with GC in 2005 when, for fun, Mets and MFY casters joined each other during a Subway Series game. It was Gary and Suzyn, Howie and Sterling. I remember that but thought it was '06, and in the David Wright-Mariano Rivera game to boot. Is my memory failing me It was '05; in '06 Howie and Gary were not sharing the 'FAN booth. It was the Mr. Koo game (a Fox presentation, which meant I had the TV sound off). ETA: One supposes they could have repeated the gimmick in '06, but it would have been with Tom McCarthy, who presumably is still calling a play that was completed three years ago. G-Fafif Jul 09 2009 09:21 PM ="John Cougar Lunchbucket"] ="G-Fafif"] ="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]I am becoming a softie in my old age but I don't hate Waldman anymore either. I mean, I probably would if she was a Met announcer. Ah, but she was a Mets announcer, for one series in Houston when Murph had begun to not make some road trips and the Mets decided to try and make some history by having a woman in the booth. I'm fairly certain it was 1993, maybe even the series when Darryl Kile threw his no-hitter. The concept outpaced the delivery. ETA: It was June 1993, three months before the series with the no-hitter. She did color, no PBP, alongside Gary Cohen. Also did an inning with GC in 2005 when, for fun, Mets and MFY casters joined each other during a Subway Series game. It was Gary and Suzyn, Howie and Sterling. I remember the radio switcheroo, but never knew she filled in in 93. I was more or less out of the loop that year. If you missed 1993 the first time around, congratulations on getting a taste of its competitive contours since June 1. Gwreck Jul 09 2009 09:43 PM ="G-Fafif":osrg6an9]It was '05; in '06 Howie and Gary were not sharing the 'FAN booth. It was the Mr. Koo game (a Fox presentation, which meant I had the TV sound off).[/quote:osrg6an9] Thanks. Guess I had my memorable defeats of the MFYs confused.