RIP - Don Chevrier 1938 - 2007

Tunnel © says...
> http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_17790.aspx
>
> http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Baseball/MLB/2007/12/18/4730564-cp.html
>
> I don't live in Ottawa, so other then the Canada Cup games in the early 90's
> I didn't get to hear him call many hockey games. But i really enjoyed
> listening to him call Blue Jays games on CFTO when i was a kid. He had a
> great voice for sports calling.
>
> Minus Jim Hughson's stint on TSN, the Jays haven't had a decent television
> play by play guy in over 10 years. Faulds or Campbell just don't cut it for
> me.
>
> RIP Don.
>
> Tunnel.

I'm in Ottawa and I remember how much I enjoyed Don Chevrier calling Sens
games when they were just getting started (he used to partner with Millen
I think). But I remember him most way back in the 70's when, in my
opinion, he was the greatest CFL commentator ever. He had what my mother
used to call "the gift of the gab", and as you say, a wonderful voice for
sports broadcasting. He was a guy you couldn't help but like, even
though you didn't really know him, but it felt like you did. It's sad to
lose a guy like Don Chevrier. There are too few of these guys around
anymore...

Smoke
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Tunnel © wrote:
> http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_17790.aspx
>
> http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Baseball/MLB/2007/12/18/4730564-cp.html
>
> I don't live in Ottawa, so other then the Canada Cup games in the early 90's
> I didn't get to hear him call many hockey games. But i really enjoyed
> listening to him call Blue Jays games on CFTO when i was a kid. He had a
> great voice for sports calling.
>
> Minus Jim Hughson's stint on TSN, the Jays haven't had a decent television
> play by play guy in over 10 years. Faulds or Campbell just don't cut it for
> me.
>
> RIP Don.
>
> Tunnel.
>
>
>

I thought the Shulman-Martinez tandem was good.
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"mike cornmeal" <cornmeal.RemoveThis@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> Tunnel © wrote:
>> http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_17790.aspx
>>
>> http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Baseball/MLB/2007/12/18/4730564-cp.html
>>
>> I don't live in Ottawa, so other then the Canada Cup games in the early
>> 90's I didn't get to hear him call many hockey games. But i really
>> enjoyed listening to him call Blue Jays games on CFTO when i was a kid.
>> He had a great voice for sports calling.
>>
>> Minus Jim Hughson's stint on TSN, the Jays haven't had a decent
>> television play by play guy in over 10 years. Faulds or Campbell just
>> don't cut it for me.
>>
>> RIP Don.
>>
>> Tunnel.
>>
>>
>>
>
> I thought the Shulman-Martinez tandem was good.

I forgot about Shulman, he was indeed very good also.

To me though, Chevrier was the television voice of the Jays, just like Cheek
and Howarth were/are the radio voices. Now they are on their second
commentator trying to replace the late Tom Cheek.

The Blue Jays for me on TV were never the same after they decided to let go
Chevrier.

Tunnel.
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On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:37:27 -0800 (PST), owl <churchsl RemoveThis @hotmail.com>
proclaimed:


> The Jays have been generally well-served.

I was never a big Fergie Oliver fan, but may he rest in peace anyhow.

Adam.
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> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:37:27 -0800 (PST), owl <churchsl DeleteThis @hotmail.com>
> proclaimed:
>
>
>> The Jays have been generally well-served.
>
> I was never a big Fergie Oliver fan, but may he rest in peace anyhow.
>
> Adam.

Adam:

If the "may he rest in peace anyhow" is referring to Fergie Olver....
I don't believe he is dead.

Tunnel.
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On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:19:00 -0500, "Tunnel ©" <rat DeleteThis @nospam.com>
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>"---adam---" <ad DeleteThis @m.com> wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:37:27 -0800 (PST), owl <churchsl DeleteThis @hotmail.com>
>> proclaimed:
>>
>>
>>> The Jays have been generally well-served.
>>
>> I was never a big Fergie Oliver fan, but may he rest in peace anyhow.
>>
>> Adam.
>
>Adam:
>
>If the "may he rest in peace anyhow" is referring to Fergie Olver....
>I don't believe he is dead.
>
>Tunnel.
>
>

I could have sworn he was! Anyhow, I hope he rests in peace when he
finally does die.

Adam.
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---adam--- wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:19:00 -0500, "Tunnel ©" <rat.RemoveThis@nospam.com>
> proclaimed:
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>> "---adam---" <ad.RemoveThis@m.com> wrote in message
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>>> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:37:27 -0800 (PST), owl <churchsl.RemoveThis@hotmail.com>
>>> proclaimed:
>>>
>>>
>>>> The Jays have been generally well-served.
>>> I was never a big Fergie Oliver fan, but may he rest in peace anyhow.
>>>
>>> Adam.
>> Adam:
>>
>> If the "may he rest in peace anyhow" is referring to Fergie Olver....
>> I don't believe he is dead.
>>
>> Tunnel.
>>
>>
>
> I could have sworn he was! Anyhow, I hope he rests in peace when he
> finally does die.
>
> Adam.

Are you confusing Olver with Marsden? Marsden died 2 or 3 yrs ago.
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On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:41:00 GMT, mike cornmeal
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>---adam--- wrote:
>> On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:19:00 -0500, "Tunnel ©" <rat DeleteThis @nospam.com>
>> proclaimed:
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>>> "---adam---" <ad DeleteThis @m.com> wrote in message
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>>>> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:37:27 -0800 (PST), owl <churchsl DeleteThis @hotmail.com>
>>>> proclaimed:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The Jays have been generally well-served.
>>>> I was never a big Fergie Oliver fan, but may he rest in peace anyhow.
>>>>
>>>> Adam.
>>> Adam:
>>>
>>> If the "may he rest in peace anyhow" is referring to Fergie Olver....
>>> I don't believe he is dead.
>>>
>>> Tunnel.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I could have sworn he was! Anyhow, I hope he rests in peace when he
>> finally does die.
>>
>> Adam.
>
>Are you confusing Olver with Marsden? Marsden died 2 or 3 yrs ago.

No, I just was sure I remember a news bit about him dying, but maybe
it was just him retiring. But I knew about Marsden, and Jim Hunt,
too.

Adam.
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---adam--- wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:41:00 GMT, mike cornmeal
> <cornmeal RemoveThis @sympatico.ca> proclaimed:
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>> ---adam--- wrote:
>>> On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:19:00 -0500, "Tunnel ©" <rat RemoveThis @nospam.com>
>>> proclaimed:
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>>>> "---adam---" <ad RemoveThis @m.com> wrote in message
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>>>>> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:37:27 -0800 (PST), owl <churchsl RemoveThis @hotmail.com>
>>>>> proclaimed:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> The Jays have been generally well-served.
>>>>> I was never a big Fergie Oliver fan, but may he rest in peace anyhow.
>>>>>
>>>>> Adam.
>>>> Adam:
>>>>
>>>> If the "may he rest in peace anyhow" is referring to Fergie Olver....
>>>> I don't believe he is dead.
>>>>
>>>> Tunnel.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I could have sworn he was! Anyhow, I hope he rests in peace when he
>>> finally does die.
>>>
>>> Adam.
>> Are you confusing Olver with Marsden? Marsden died 2 or 3 yrs ago.
>
> No, I just was sure I remember a news bit about him dying, but maybe
> it was just him retiring. But I knew about Marsden, and Jim Hunt,
> too.
>
> Adam.

Maybe the news media were just confirming that he's not dead yet, not
unlike they did with General Franco back in the '70's and Fidel Castro
presently?
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> > In alt.sports.baseball.tor-bluejays "Tunnel ?" <r....DeleteThis@nospam.com> says:
>
> >>To me though, Chevrier was the television voice of the Jays, just
> >>like Cheek and Howarth were/are the radio voices.  Now they are on
> >>their second commentator trying to replace the late Tom Cheek.
>
> >>The Blue Jays for me on TV were never the same after they decided
> >>to let go Chevrier.
>
> > We were living in Sudbury one year when Chevrier was doing a game
> > and he had Ferguson Jenkins in the booth as a guest.  Sometimes the
> > Sudbury CTV affiliate didn't sell any local ads and during this time
> > they just kept monitoring the play-by-play booth.  After all the
> > enthusiastic back-slapping for Jenkins, who was being honoured by
> > somebody around that time, you suddenly got to hear a really bored
> > and really rude Chevrier bitching to Jenkins about the length of the
> > game and the traffic.  It was hilarious but we're sure that CTV
> > execs weren't all that thrilled that Chevrier didn't turn the mike
> > off.
>
> that's not his job. a tech in the truck should turn the mike down. then
> again, sometimes they don't, because of a need for the announcers to
> communicate with the producers.
>
>
>
>
>
> > Having said that, Chevrier, and Kubek, especially Kubek, gave the
> > Jays a truly professional broadcasting team right from the
> > beginning.  The worst part of it was Fergy Olver.  Remember him?  He
> > was pathetic.  Kubek was still doing the NBC saturday game with Joe
> > Garagiola and you had the feeling that the Jays were first class for
> > acquiring him.
>
> > cordially, as always,
>
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Bit off topic but this Chevrier thread reminded me of this
interview......coolest baseball player ever!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAa7PPdSElg
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In alt.sports.baseball.tor-bluejays "Tunnel ?" <rat RemoveThis @nospam.com> says:

>To me though, Chevrier was the television voice of the Jays, just
>like Cheek and Howarth were/are the radio voices. Now they are on
>their second commentator trying to replace the late Tom Cheek.

>The Blue Jays for me on TV were never the same after they decided
>to let go Chevrier.

We were living in Sudbury one year when Chevrier was doing a game
and he had Ferguson Jenkins in the booth as a guest. Sometimes the
Sudbury CTV affiliate didn't sell any local ads and during this time
they just kept monitoring the play-by-play booth. After all the
enthusiastic back-slapping for Jenkins, who was being honoured by
somebody around that time, you suddenly got to hear a really bored
and really rude Chevrier bitching to Jenkins about the length of the
game and the traffic. It was hilarious but we're sure that CTV
execs weren't all that thrilled that Chevrier didn't turn the mike
off.

Having said that, Chevrier, and Kubek, especially Kubek, gave the
Jays a truly professional broadcasting team right from the
beginning. The worst part of it was Fergy Olver. Remember him? He
was pathetic. Kubek was still doing the NBC saturday game with Joe
Garagiola and you had the feeling that the Jays were first class for
acquiring him.

cordially, as always,

rm
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> In alt.sports.baseball.tor-bluejays "Tunnel ?" <rat.DeleteThis@nospam.com> says:
>
>>To me though, Chevrier was the television voice of the Jays, just
>>like Cheek and Howarth were/are the radio voices. Now they are on
>>their second commentator trying to replace the late Tom Cheek.
>
>>The Blue Jays for me on TV were never the same after they decided
>>to let go Chevrier.
>
> We were living in Sudbury one year when Chevrier was doing a game
> and he had Ferguson Jenkins in the booth as a guest. Sometimes the
> Sudbury CTV affiliate didn't sell any local ads and during this time
> they just kept monitoring the play-by-play booth. After all the
> enthusiastic back-slapping for Jenkins, who was being honoured by
> somebody around that time, you suddenly got to hear a really bored
> and really rude Chevrier bitching to Jenkins about the length of the
> game and the traffic. It was hilarious but we're sure that CTV
> execs weren't all that thrilled that Chevrier didn't turn the mike
> off.



that's not his job. a tech in the truck should turn the mike down. then
again, sometimes they don't, because of a need for the announcers to
communicate with the producers.





>
> Having said that, Chevrier, and Kubek, especially Kubek, gave the
> Jays a truly professional broadcasting team right from the
> beginning. The worst part of it was Fergy Olver. Remember him? He
> was pathetic. Kubek was still doing the NBC saturday game with Joe
> Garagiola and you had the feeling that the Jays were first class for
> acquiring him.
>
> cordially, as always,
>
> rm
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> owl <churchsl DeleteThis @hotmail.com> >proclaimed:

>> The Jays have been generally well-served.

>I was never a big Fergie Oliver fan, but may he rest in peace anyhow.

Olver. No "i."

cordially, as always,

rm
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