In 1951 he'd come to spend the last years of his life with us, and summer afternoons and evenings often found him sitting beside the radio listening to Al Heifer on "Mutual's Game of the Day," or Harry Caray's
play-by-play description of a St.
Brooklyn Boy in Mississippi
In 1920, radio station WTAW of College Station, Texas, broadcast the first
play-by-play description of a football game, between Texas University and the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
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Starr doesn't expound deeply on what she's thinking as she rides along; the text is mostly a
play-by-play description of the terrain, traffic, extreme weather and physical demands, rarely probing beyond the external.
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Why would anyone subject themselves to such a life?" There's lots of exciting
play-by-play description of the game itself, which may be a joy, but otherwise, Dora only finds happiness when he makes a real connection with another human being, and, coincidentally, gives up football to do something else.
Bavaro, Mark. Rough & tumble, a novel
The Envelope had a live
play-by-play description of the action.
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He and I spent hours on the phone last summer planning what spices to pack for a trip to the woods of northern Michigan; and when he recently cooked Christmas dinner for his girlfriend and roommates, his
play-by-play description held me enthralled.
A tasty tradition: here's to Southwest Florida's wine festivals. (From the Editor)
A
play-by-play description of the system comes courtesy of Vern Cameron, controller with Acme Building and Construction Ltd.
GST expected to reduce builders' costs
Ted Husing will give a
play-by-play description of the Phillies-Giants game at the Polo Grounds over Station WABC of the Columbia Broadcasting network.
Sid Loberfeld: Brooklyn's early radio baseball broadcaster
Two independent batter-by-batter
play-by-play descriptions of the May 15, 1908, game were provided in the BP and BJ game accounts (See Appendix 4).
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I used retrosheet.org as the reference site for the box scores and
play-by-play descriptions. The time period is from 1920 to the present, because box scores and play-byplay descriptions from earlier than 1920 are incomplete or were not recorded.
Hits in final at-bats
Lots of action and
play-by-play descriptions will engage young sports fans and hold their interest.
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"Longstanding policies prohibiting
play-by-play descriptions of NFL games in progress apply fully to Twitter and other social media platforms.
The New York Jets, David Clowney, and Twitter
People gathered in pubs and restaurants to listen to election returns and
play-by-play descriptions of baseball games.
The radio station that bridge built
The joint venture of Cable News Network and Sports Illustrated offers real-time
play-by-play descriptions and links to enough statistics to overheat the calculator.
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