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1902-1953

Hall-of-Fame Broadcaster, Started with Browns, to Speak at Browns Luncheon

Houston Astros broadcaster Milo Hamilton, an inductee in the broadcasters’ wing of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, will be a featured speaker at the St. Louis Browns Fan Club lunch on June 14, 2012.

 

The lunch is set for 11:30 a.m. at the Holiday Inn St. Louis Southwest-Viking Conference Center.

 Hamilton is a sportscaster best-known for his stints with the Astros, Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves and for famous calls like Henry Aaron’s record 715th homerun.

 

But what is often forgotten is that he launched his long and distinguished broadcasting career with none other than the St. Louis Browns.  He got his start with the Browns in 1953, as play-by-play announcer on the TV side, broadcasting the games on KSD-TV (now KSDK-TV).  KSD-TV is itself distinguished in the annals of television broadcasting: it is the eighth TV station

in the United States and the second west

of the Mississippi River.

 

Like most St. Louis Browns employees in 1953, and indeed

many players, Milo did not move with the team to Baltimore for

1954.  Instead, he jumped to the St. Louis Cardinals, where he

worked alongside Harry Caray and Jack Buck during the 1954

season. He later moved to the Chicago Cubs, partnering with

Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd and, eventually, Harry Caray

again.  [Caray is another Hall of Fame broadcaster who called

Brownies games early in his career –Ed.]

 

Milo also did stints with the White Sox and the Pirates and, as of the beginning of  2012, he has broadcast major league games in 59 different ballparks. Milo has received numerous awards for his work in broadcasting.

 In 1992, he received his induction in the National Baseball Hall of Fame by receiving the Ford Frick Award.  In 2000 he was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame.

To make a reservation for the luncheon, go to:  http://thestlbrowns.blogspot.com.


Baseball Hall of Fame Song Writer Writes New



Tunes About Beloved Browns

 

 

By Emmett McAuliffe, St. Louis Browns Fan Club Board
One of the duties of your Browns Board of Directors is to follow up on leads of all kinds. Sometimes this involves pursuing new directions that the club has never taken before.
 
Imagine our surprise when the opportunity dropped in our laps to have two brand-new songs written about our beloved Browns.
 
In this case, the songwriter was none other than Joe Pickering Jr. who has written songs for HBO Films and has four albums of material in the national Baseball Hall Of Fame and Museum's sound collection. Joe was interested in writing new song about the Browns, and was not going to charge us anything, and all we had to do was work with him by providing him some of the history and lore of the team. Which naturally we were happy to do.
 
The result of this collaboration is "Brownie Pop Flies", a delightful song with a catchy hook and another called "First in Booze, First in Shoes." The lyrics for "Pop Flies" are a meditation, of sorts, on the Browns penchant for hitting the ball in the air rather than on a line. The singer of "Brownie Pop Flies" is Danny Mack, who is a member of a Hall of Fame in his own right: the Country Music Association of America Hall of Fame. The song features full instrumentation including guitar, bass, banjo, and piano.
 
"First in Booze, First in Shoes" is sung by Phil Coley who has produced and played on more than 100 albums, which were all recorded in his studio. His radio spots can be heard daily around the West GA. area. Songwriters from all over the United States use Phil to demo their songs. Whether Phil is playing guitar, producing music, or writing music, he can be counted on to give a 100 percent in any situation.
 
Both songs are available for digital download at CD Baby. Other online outlets will be available soon, as well as a compact disc edition. CD Baby also allows a free streaming sample of the songs so that you can make up your mind about the $.99 purchase per song.
 
We hope that you will support Joe and reward him in his efforts. And may his songs spark a renaissance of some new Browns art, story, song and "lore".
~~~~~
 
The song is now available on digital download from CD Baby and soon available on Apple I Tunes, Amazon, Napster, etc. You can purchase a digital download from CD Baby at this link:
 
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/dannymack13
http://www.cdbaby.com/Search/Zmlyc3QgaW4gYm9vemU%3d/0