You Can’t Make This Up
by Al Michaels, with L. Jon Wertheim, 2014
Al Michaels, self-proclaimed rascal, writes a cool book about all the great events he had the fortune of announcing over the years. He did Sunday/Monday Night Football, World Series, Super Bowls, Stanley Cups, NBA Finals, Olympics, and the Miracle on Ice. Al got his first real major-league break with the Reds in the early 70’s; he was replaced by Marty Brennaman after he left for the Giants after a contract dispute. Al gets most animated in his writing during the section about the racehorse he owned, hearkening back to the time when his mother would pull him out of school to go to the racetrack (also called “the dentist”). I listened to this book on tape.
As an aside, the Sunday Night Football intro is Maria’s favorite song. If you go back and watch old intros, it’s funny how the song has been tweaked over the years.
You can even co-opt the song for Super Bowl broadcasts