The Sweet Sounds of Jiggs
January 7th, 2008 by Tom
So I turn on the game and suddenly I’m transported back to 1983, Jiggs McDonald doing the play-by-play for an Islanders-Oilers match-up. For many Islander fans, Jiggs is the voice of the franchise, the man who made every Islander game seem important, seem like a finals game. We got lucky when we had the Hall of Famer for a handful of games last season when Howie Rose was busy with the Mets. Not sure how we got Jiggs tonight but I’ll take it. Nothing against Howie, it’s just nice to hear from an old friend once in a while.
According to Steve Zipay over at Newsday, Jiggs will be handling five games for Howie.
murph Says
I posted this in the recommended links. Jiggs is calling the entire 5-game road trip. Now if we could just get a W for the man.
NYI Point Blank: Kenneth returns
“Tonight in the Coliseum press box, a play-by-plan man will be taking notes, asking questions and monitoring Ted’s line combinations, all in preparation for calling the Islanders’ five-game road trip that starts Saturday in Smyth-less Colorado.
Welcome back, Jiggs McDonald.
Howie Rose is taking a quick breather, understandable considering he calls more than 250 games in a calendar year. When you can bring in a Hall of Famer out of the bullpen, that’s some serious depth in the broadcast booth.”
http://nyipointblank.blogspot.com/2008/01/kenneth-returns.html
Jan 9th, 2008 at 2:33 pm