The Al McCoy Appreciation Thread

[CatBoxBackFan]

My earliest memories of Al were my dad and I going west on McDowell Rd from Scottsdale on our way to the Madhouse on McDowell and listening to Al and Hot Rod Hundley doing the pregame show sponsored by Farmer John Sausage. Great memories from a velvet voice, thank you Al

 

[SeattleCardinal]

Godspeed, Al McCoy. So many memories for us all, and he had such a great bond with Suns fans. His game descriptions were so great for all.

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[Absolute Zero]

I still have mine. I suspect it's no longer playable though as my son moved all my albums into the garage back in the 90's and I didn't learn about it till after he moved out. Heat and vinyl don't mix well.

Crazy how they made records of all the old sports stuff back then. One of my friends growing up had an LP of the Oakland Raiders title run, and he was a Steelers fan! He had that thing memorized, lol.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Damn we are the same age lol.

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[TucsonDevil]

So many wonderful memories. My first time meeting Al was after a game in the early 80s, my sister had sung the national anthem, and he visited with us for a couple of minutes. He was always so kind and made you think you were important. That is when I first realized how small her really was.

I loved how biased he would get - I would just laugh. He made fun of the calls just like the rest of us.

One nickname that was left off - The Nash Rambler (for Steve Nash).

The coolest thing ever - for Game 6, the arizonasports app wasn't restricted (I live in Utah now), and I was able to listen to him call his final game after the 1st quarter until he signed off. That was just awesome.

The best to you Al - thank you for the decades of great work.

 

[Mainstreet]

Also, I believe Al McCoy coined the phrase, "Madhouse on McDowell" referring to Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Also, I believe Al McCoy coined the phrase, "Madhouse on McDowell" referring to Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

I think you're right. Also, after reading his Wiki page earlier today I'll add "Do you believe it".

As I've said before, I remember him from my pre-teen years when he became one of the DJ's at KRUX (my station of choice at the time). His wiki page mentions it now but I don't think it was there until recently. And I learned something new about him reading that page, he also called ASU football and Basketball games before getting the Suns job. I can't believe I've never heard that mentioned before.

 

[Bufalay]

Here is an incomplete list of some of his famous sayings/Nicknames over the years, I am sure I am forgetting some and you can see that I moved out of the Valley in the late 80's and was not able to listen to his broadcasts regularly after that

"The Man With the Velvet Touch", "the Greyhound" Walter Davis

"Double A" "the Oklahoma Kid" Alvin Adams

"Westy" Paul Westphal

"Horny" Jeff Hornacek

"The Truckster" Truck Robinson

"T Bone" Alvin Scott

"Twine Time"

"SHAZAAM"

"A swisheroo for 2"

"Oh, Brother!"


What am I missing here?

“Nash rambler”
Eddie “howitzer” house.
Lang bang
Battle rattle

 

[95pro]

Or what Chick Hearn was to Lakers fans.

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[jf-08]

I can't remember his nickname for Oliver Miller.

 

[Mainstreet]

I can't remember his nickname for Oliver Miller.

The Big O.

 

[Absolute Zero]

Anyone remember this one, not a nickname, but the way Al McCoy said it.

CORKy calHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUN!

 

[Superbone]

My son had a bad basketball injury where somebody jumped on his head on the floor for a loose ball and my son lost a tooth and chipped another in half. A family friend got word to Al and he sent my son a really nice email. Al is one of the great ones. In all ways.