Paul Messina

Writer, reporter, producer, humorist, raconteur and all-around good guy. RTs are NOT endorsements.

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@VinnysCorner1 Rocky Colavito

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@Super70sSports Don Hahn

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@TriumphICDHQ @Letterman @CraigyFerg I don’t wanna brag, but I discovered Steve Carell when he was a student at the Second City Training Center in 1986. I walked out of the grad show literally saying, “I have to remember the name Steve Carell.”

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@TriumphICDHQ @Letterman @CraigyFerg Yes. Midwestern, funny, wore a tie. All the things David Brenner was not. Brenner was, at the time, someone who some considered a possible replacement for Johnny.
Did you realize at one point the top candidates to replace Johnny were Richard Dawson and McLean Stevenson?

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@TheWapplehouse It was definitely 7th grade! The whole year.

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@TheSports_Shift Luis Tiant

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@td_nash Jerry Grote

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@SouthSlides Rey Ordonez

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@kinerskorneronx Truly the voices of my childhood. I must’ve been 10 years old before I knew Ralph Kiner had been an mlb player. And a great home run hitter at that.

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@VinnysCorner1 Andre David

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@KTLAMorningNews @KTLA @RachelMenitoff 😭

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@TheBaseballHut Danny Heep

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@VinnysCorner1 C. Donnie Baseball

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@VinnysCorner1 Mike Bordick

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@Super70sSports Shea Stadium

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@VinnysCorner1 Fred “Chicken” Stanley

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@Illini4ever1980 @S_U_Network Loved when the PA guy would announce his name!

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@emmitonair Dean “The Dream” Meminger

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@MavrocksGirl I don’t like the sound of that. Keep going. We’re behind you and sending our best.