Popular Mike Shannonisms

Popular Mike Shannonisms
Mike Shannon is the broadcaster for the St. Louis Cardinals. Just like Harry Caray to the north of us, we have some good ones here to laugh at.

"This big standing-room only crowd is settling into their seats."

"It's raining like a Chinese fire drill!"

(After Brian Jordan was hit by a pitch for the 4th time on a single road
trip): "Jordan must feel like a Ouija Board."

(Referring to Bernard Gilkey): "He was originally born in University
City."

"He's faster than a chicken being chased by Ronald McDonald!"

(Referring to Mike Schmidt): "the longtime, and soon-to-be,
Hall-of-Famer."

(Referring to Hideo Nomo): "He's the biggest thing to hit Japan since
they dropped the bomb on Nagashima!"

"This game is off to a rather conspicuous start, don't you think. Jack?"

"Well, folks, this game began as a tiny worm, and is blossoming into a
large cobra."

"That foul tip bounced up and caught him right in the groins...and
that'll really clear your eyes out."

"A hit up the middle right now would be like a nice ham sandwich and a
cold, frosty one."

(Broadcasting from New York under a full moon): "I wish you folks back
in St. Louis could see this moon."

(On the day before Easter): "I just want to tell everyone 'Happy Easter
and Happy Hanukkah.'"

"Things are not always as they appear to be as."

"Well, he did everything right to get ready for the throw, but if ya
ain't got the hose, the water just won't come out."

"Our next homestand follows this road trip."

(Referring to a home run by Ted Simmons): "and that's the bread on
Simmons' butter."

"The right-hander is throwing up (instead of 'up, throwing') in the
bullpen."

"I've heard it said that if you know English, Spanish, Italian, and I
think it's French, you can go just about anywhere in this world...except
China where they have all those derelicts." After a pause, Joe Buch
suggested that Mike has meant to say "dialects." Mike responded, "Yeah,
dialects! That's what I mean...but they've got a lot of derelicts too!"

"He ran to second faster than a cat in Chinatown."

"I wouldn't have see it if I hadn't believed it."

"Don't bite off your head to spite your nose."

Joe: "Mike, the Cardinals would like to welcome a group of 19 French
foreign exchange students in Section 382."
Mike: "Where're they from, Joe?"
Joe: "Uhh, France, I think."

A couple of years back, Mike and Joe were discussing the unflattering
photographs of players that had been flashed on the screen at another
ballpark. Mike's take on the quality of the photo selection was: "Some
of those guys look like the picture was taken while they were seeing
their first UFO." After several seconds of laughter, Joe added, "As
opposed to their second or third."

"The wind switched 360 degrees."

"Boy, a cold, frosty Budweiser would be great about now"...long
pause...then an "ahhh"

Mike's classic: "Ol' Abner Doubleday has done it again."

"It's raining so hard I thought it was going to stop."

"The crowd's on their feet for the Canadian Star Bangled Banner."

"Back in the day when I played, a pitcher had 3 pitches: a fastball, a
curveball, a slider, a changeup and a good sinker pitch."