Opening Day w/o Bill King

by polytician on Apr 4, 2006 6:45 AM PDT

Yesterday was opening day, and there was no Bill King to tell me so. So, I've been trying to find a "Holy Toledo" MP3, or the video tribute to Bill shown last night at the Coloseum, but to no avail. Any idea where I can get one or both of these?

I knew I missed him, but it wasn't until I was watching the game on ESPN, and didn't hear his voice over my computer that it really hit me.

Thanks,

Polytician

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also missing: ROY STEELE

It is going to be a hard adjustment, for sure. We'll be missing Bill forever.

But not having Roy Steele as PA announcer makes it even worse. Does anyone know what's up with the Voice of God?

by Brian in 317 on Apr 4, 2006 7:27 AM PDT reply actions

Article

Here's an sfgate article from a few days ago:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/04/01/sports/s144602S40.DTL&hw=roy+steele& amp;sn=001&sc=1000

He has a "throat ailment" and will miss at least all of April.

...which isn't easy, because some people park pretty close together...

by lurkerD on Apr 4, 2006 7:58 AM PDT up reply actions

"throat ailment"...

...also caused him to miss most of September last year. I really hope the "ailment" doesn't start with the letter "C"... :\

MMMM... gotta love the "new season" smell ~~ jlaff

by Poppy on Apr 4, 2006 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Notice the sun?

Did anyone else notice how the sun shone through right in the middle of the Bill King video tribute? I thought that was a nice touch for mother nature to let Bill have a nice view of things.

It was strange, though, that the sunlight was shining on Mt. Davis, which I'm sure Bill hated as much as the rest of us. Not sure what that meant, but I'm inclined to believe it means we're winning the World Series because...ummm...well, because...why not?

by peanut gallery on Apr 4, 2006 8:41 AM PDT reply actions