I should have "quotated" (sublime Arlo Guthrie reference) "wild and wooly", which was a staple of Ned Martin's Red Sox broadcasts back in the day.
Ned is to me what Vin Scully is to Dodger fans.
Ned was an interesting guy, but more than that he was a guy you wanted to know, a guy that was a part of you, and a guy that many considered an uncle or close relative. He was a guy that was well loved in Red Sox Nation, and if I wish anything, I would wish he were still around for 2004 and 2007, and I wish he were broadcasting this series.
Just in case anyone is interested in his profile, there is a sparse one on Wikipedia. It doesn't detail his years serving in WWII or his early life, but it gives a base account of his years in the Sox booth.
A small sample of his work quoted from Wiki;
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he called the entire career of Hall-of-Famer Carl Yastrzemski, and was behind the microphone for some of baseball's most memorable moments, including the final win of the Red Sox "Impossible Dream" season of 1967, Carlton Fisk's game-winning home run off the foul pole in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series, Yastrzemski's 400th home run and 3000th base hit in 1979, and Roger Clemens' first 20-strikeout game on April 29, 1986.
He may hold the distinction of having seen more Red Sox games in person than any other person, having spent 31 entire seasons with the club's broadcast team, which meant he saw more than 5,000 Red Sox games.
I think Ned would have enjoyed this series, this team and especially David Ross.
I would give anything to be able to listen to Ned Martin, Ken Coleman, and Johnny Pesky call this series.
Mercy!!
Go Sox!!!!