He moved to the West Coast with the team and became an even bigger institution here than Red Barber, his mentor, had been in Brooklyn.

We'd hear an airplane drown out Red Barber and looking out the window we would see the airplane pass.

(The Yankees fired Red Barber in 1966 for a similar offense.)

February 17 - Red Barber, Baseball announcer and sports journalist (died 1992)

And I said, 'No, you must mean Red Barber.'

The great Red Barber gave that expression popular currency when he broadcast Brooklyn Dodger baseball games decades ago.

This kid would know all the calls and had to be as imaginative as a Red Barber or Mel Allen.

Red Barber uses it to describe, like, well, a big fight.

As a youngster, we couldn't appreciate Red Barber.

Later that year, a Brooklyn Dodgers game boasted two cameras and Red Barber behind the microphone.