Sports Broadcaster. Born Russell Pleasant Hodges. He was the baseball announcer for the Washington Senators (1938-1945), New York Yankees (1946-1948) and the New York/San Francisco Giants (1949-1970 22 seasons). On October 3, 1951 he was at the microphone for Bobby Thompson's famous "Shot Heard 'Round the World," as it was Hodges who cried "The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!" This is known as the most famous baseball call of all-time and the recording of it is part of the Baseball Hall of Fame. This snippet is also used in the movie "The Godfather" when Sonny Corleone is listening to the radio in his car and is killed at the toll booth. He was the broadcaster for the World Series on TV in 1951, 1954 & 1962. Hodges is the recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award in 1980 for broadcast excellence to baseball by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and in 2000 the Giants named the press box in their new stadium in San Francisco the Hodges-Simmons Broadcast Center in honor of Hodges and his former partner Lon Simmons. He is also famously known for exclaiming "Bye-bye baby!" after every Giants home run.
Sports Broadcaster. Born Russell Pleasant Hodges. He was the baseball announcer for the Washington Senators (1938-1945), New York Yankees (1946-1948) and the New York/San Francisco Giants (1949-1970 22 seasons). On October 3, 1951 he was at the microphone for Bobby Thompson's famous "Shot Heard 'Round the World," as it was Hodges who cried "The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!" This is known as the most famous baseball call of all-time and the recording of it is part of the Baseball Hall of Fame. This snippet is also used in the movie "The Godfather" when Sonny Corleone is listening to the radio in his car and is killed at the toll booth. He was the broadcaster for the World Series on TV in 1951, 1954 & 1962. Hodges is the recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award in 1980 for broadcast excellence to baseball by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and in 2000 the Giants named the press box in their new stadium in San Francisco the Hodges-Simmons Broadcast Center in honor of Hodges and his former partner Lon Simmons. He is also famously known for exclaiming "Bye-bye baby!" after every Giants home run.
Bio by: Gardens of Memory841
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