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In the 2006 Oakland A's season, the A's players on their home white jerseys bore a patch depicting an old-style radio microphone with a yellow sunburst around the microphone and the words "HOLY TOLEDO" across the center which was King's signature call on a home run, and at the base of the microphone was the name KING.
Holy Toledo was the Kingdom of Toledo, the juridical definition of a Christian medieval kingdom in what is now central Spain. Holy Toledo may also refer to: Holy Toledos, a New Zealand folk-rock group "Holy Toledo", a song by Vundabar from Antics "Holy Toledo", a song by Gigolo Aunts from Everybody Happy
The nickname "Holy Buckeye" is a play on other similar expressions (e.g., "holy cow", "holy mackerel", etc.) and came from Brent Musburger, the ABC television play-by-play announcer, who exclaimed the phrase as the completion was made. Musburger had uttered the phrase "Holy Toledo" 2 years earlier on October 28, 2000 in a game between Purdue ...
Hamilton was born in Fairfield, Iowa, a small city in the southeastern part of the state.He served in the United States Navy during World War II. During his time in the Navy, he broadcast on Armed Forces Radio. [3]
This partial list of city nicknames in the State of Ohio compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in Ohio are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.
Korach is the author of Holy Toledo – Lessons from Bill King: Renaissance Man of the Mic (ISBN 9780985419042), a biography of his former broadcasting partner Bill King. [8] [9] [10] It was released in September 2013 by Wellstone Books, and features contributions from longtime San Francisco Giants lead broadcaster Jon Miller. [8] [9] [10]
exclamations. The lines in the 1960s TV series were uttered by Robin actor Burt Ward and were directly related to the plot; for example, "Holy Graf Zeppelin!" is uttered by Robin upon seeing an aerial balloon. [1] [2] In his cameo on the Arrowverse crossover "Crisis on Infinite Earths", Burt Ward exclaims, "Holy crimson skies of death!" while ...
The popular phrase "Holy Toledo", is thought to originally be a reference to the city's array of grand church designs from Gothic, Renaissance and Spanish Mission. There are many other theories as well. [127] [128] John Denver recorded "Saturday Night In Toledo, Ohio", composed by Randy Sparks.