Though I lost the official AL Rookie of the Year award to Eddie Murray, I won The Sporting News version for 1977 after being acquired from Pittsburgh along with Tony Armas.
John C. "Jack" Quinlan was an American sportscaster.
He was best known for covering the Chicago Cubs for WGN radio, and was in
fact a lifelong Cubs fan.
He was killed at age 38 in an auto accident during spring training of
1965 in Mesa, Arizona (spring home of the Cubs). He lost control of the convertible
sports car he was renting skidding 180 feet before slamming into the back
of parked semi. Ernie Banks was one of the pallbearers at the request of
his widow. The tragedy came a little more than a year after former Rookie
of the Year Ken Hubbs of the Cubs was killed in a plane crash. To give you
an idea how much of his life he potentially missed out on, he was born the
same year as Vin Scully.
Quinlan was also an avid golfer, and a charity golf tournament in his
name has been held in the Chicago area ever since.
This is how he called the final out of Don Cardwell's no-hitter on May
15, 1960. The batter for the opposing St. Louis Cardinals is Joe
Cunningham. The Cubs leftfielder is Walt "Moose" Moryn. (See
also Jack Brickhouse, who
considered Quinlan his protégé, for TV-vs.-radio style comparison)
"Ball 3, strike 1 on Cunningham... Here's the pitch... Strike 2! (Wrigley
Field crowd roars) ... Cunningham's arguing now... he's back here
barkin' at Tony Venson, the plate umpire... he's really sore... he
is really peeved at that strike two, that was called... One more pitch
could end it... You know what kind of a pitch we're hopin' for: The dark
one! Blow it past him Don! ... Here comes the biggest pitch of this
ballgame... Lined into left field... (crowd gasps) ... Here's Moryn comin'
... (crowd roars) ... HE CAUGHT IT! He caught it! A no-hitter! A no-hitter
for Cardwell! Moryn made a great game-saving catch! It's a no-hitter for
Cardwell... his teammates are mobbin' him... Cardwell's teammates are
poundin' him to death!"
Quinlan broadcast the 1960 World Series for NBC radio.
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