Jerry Howarth - Catchphrases

Catchphrases

• "It's time to play ball, here at (stadium name)!" (said as the first pitch of the game is delivered)
• "The Blue Jays are in flight ..." (after the Blue Jays score their first run of the game)
• "Swiiing and a miss, he struck him out!" (when a Blue Jays pitcher strikes out a hitter swinging)
• "Call it two, a double play!"
• "Up! Up! Up! And there she goes!" (Blue Jays' home run call, sometimes preceded with "Yes, sir ... " or "Let's admire that one ..." )
• "He's one for ("blank") today, but oh what a one!" ("Said when recapping a hitter's box score if he's already hit a home run")
• "The stretch, and the (blank) pitch", (before the next pitch is thrown)
• "(Lined/ground ball to the left side/up the middle/to the right side) ... throoouuugh for a base hit!"
• "There goes another one!" (said either after a hitter hits his second or more home run of the game or after a back-to-back home run)
• "(Blue Jay player) scoooooores / (Blue Jay player) around third, he scoooooores!"
• "Hooking, hooking ... foul / fair down the left/right field line!"
• "Hello, friends! Jerry Howarth here, along with Alan Ashby and Mike Wilner..."
• "We'll pause for a little 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' ... " (Said as a lead in to a commercial break after the top of the seventh inning is completed)
• "Back here at (stadium name) ... oh, what a night/an afternoon!" (Said after the first commercial break of a completed game when the Blue Jays win)
• "The throw ... not in tiiime / he got him! (Said after an infielder attempts a force out to another infielder covering a base)
• "The tag and the slide ... he's in theeere / and OUT at second / third base!" (Said after an infielder attempts to tag out the baserunner on either an extra base hit attempt or a stolen base attempt)
• "Deeelighted to have you with us on The Fan 590 Blue Jays radio network - and on the internet, where ever you happen to be!"
• "And the wave is splashing around now here in the Rogers Centre"