Mike Shannon
Mike Shannon
Thomas Michael "Mike" Shannonis an American former Major League Baseball player and current radio sportscaster...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth15 July 1939
CitySt. Louis, MO
forget love people wrong
These people love this place, OK? They're all saying, 'I don't want to see it go down. What's wrong with this ballpark?' When they see the new ballpark, they'll forget about this place in a hurry.
fantastic great history rides sports
It's been 50-plus fantastic years, ... One of the great rides in the history of sports broadcasting. But the world has changed.
continue great
This has nothing to do with KMOX, ... They've been great and will continue to be great. It's Infinity.
baseball built forget handle people stadiums
People forget now, but these stadiums ... were built to handle baseball, football, concerts, soccer. They were multipurpose stadiums.
decided infinity plain
Infinity decided to go another way, plain and simple,
afford anybody fixed people
I'd like anybody to do something, because people like me can't afford it. I'm on a fixed income.
anymore drive east farmers guy hill listen onto people pleased tractor west
I got an e-mail from a guy in Hong Kong, ... I get 'em from Afghanistan. I have farmers who come up to me - people who live on the East Coast, the West Coast; they come up to me - and they say, 'I'm so pleased I don't have to drive my tractor anymore up onto hill No. 7 to listen to the game. I can get it on the Internet.'
best happens last together works
We'll put them together and see what happens and try to find what works best for us that last meet.
chances cold
We had our chances but couldn't score. We were very cold from the field.
back-in-the-day curveballs pitcher
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.
throwing-up throwing
The right-hander is throwing up in the bullpen.
sometimes feels urges
Sometimes when you feel the urge, you've just gotta go.
noses spite bites
Don't bite off your head to spite your nose.
bills mets warming-up
Warming up for the Brewers is that lefthander they got from the Mets, Bill Pulitzer.