Lon Simmons is perhaps among the last of the generation where the radio broadcast voice was very important, especially for baseball. That’s why I’m glad we still have treasures like Vin Scully around....
There goes another icon from my childhood. Lon was still flying out form the Big Island to catch games at AT&T up until last year.
Broadcasting’s true giants are slipping into history. Harwell, Caray, Lon Simmons, my childhood favorite Herb Carneal, they’re leaving us one by one.
They’re being replaced by cliche-ridden screamers who think they’re bigger than the game.
I echo some other posters in my open admiration for Vin Scully, who still spins a marvelous yarn at age 87.
I grew up listening to the broadcast team of Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons. RIP Lon, you were a big part of my childhood.