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	Red Barber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Barber, nicknamed "The Ol' Redhead", was primarily identified with radio broadcasts of Major League Baseball, broadcasting for the Cincinnati Reds from 1934-1938.
		Barber got his start in broadcasting in the 1920's while studying English education at the University of Florida.
		The Red Barber Radio Scholarship is awarded each year by the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications to a student studying sports broadcasting.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Red_Barber (720 words)

	Red Barber - NBHF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A native of Columbus, Mississippi, Walter Lanier "Red" Barber was born February 17, 1908.
		Barber was highly regarded by his peers and his broadcasts were noted for their fairness and accuracy.
		Barber was a student at the University of Florida during the 1920’s.
	www.infoage.org /NBHF-barber.html (392 words)

	Radio Hall of Fame - Red Barber, Sportscaster
		Barber had the distinction of broadcasting baseball’s first night game on May 24, 1935 in Cincinnati and the sport’s first televised contest on August 26, 1939 in Brooklyn.
		During his 33-year career Barber became the recognized master of baseball play-by-play, impressing listeners as a down-to-earth man who not only informed but also entertained with folksy colloquialisms such as “in the catbird seat,” “pea patch,” and “rhubarb” which gave his broadcasts a distinctive flavor.
		Red Barber was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1995.
	www.radiohof.org /sportscasters/redbarber.html (214 words)

	Barber Shop2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The red and white stripes symbolize the bandages used during the procedure red for the bandage stained with blood during the operation and white for the clean bandages.
		Red, white and blue are widely used in America due in part to the fact that the national flag used these colors.
		Barbers were chartered as a guild by Edward IV in 1462 as 'The Company of Barbers'.
	home.rochester.rr.com /dmdeni/BarberShop2.txt (1222 words)

	FRIDAYS WITH RED: Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Red Barber, who made his reputation as a baseball broadcaster in Cincinnati, Brooklyn and the Bronx, spent the years from 1980 until his death in 1992 at age 84 doing five-minute spots on National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" with Edwards.
		A baseball announcer for 33 years, Barber popularized the phrase "to be in the catbird seat" (i.e., to be sitting pretty) when he was the play-by-play announcer for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
		Barber offered knowledgeable commentary on a wealth of subjects, including camellias, cats, the English language (which he employed with elegant precision), literature, race relations, religion, and, of course, the wide world of sport.
	www.mysqlwebhosting.biz /stuff-0671870130.html (697 words)

	Red Smith on Red Barber \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Barber and watch and listen as he takes the skeletonized report of a game coming over the telegraph wire and wraps up the bare bones with flubdub and pads it out and feeds it to the customers so it sounds as though he, and they, were seeing the plays.
		Barber stands beside him talking into a microphone which is hung over one of those thingummies that orators use to support their notes and elbows.
		Barber had a hell of a time talking fast enough to fill in until he could get the play straight on the air.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/excerpts/red_smith.stm (894 words)

	Voices of the Game - Red Barber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Essentially the original baseball broadcaster, Red Barber is the model for everyone after him, and a true legend of the industry.
		Barber worked the Reds booth until 1938, before moving to the Brooklyn Dodgers organization for 15 years where he trained the great Vin Scully.
		Barber then spent the final 13 seasons of his 33 year career with the New York Yankees.
	iml.jou.ufl.edu /projects/Fall02/Travers/barber.html (178 words)

	BIOPROJ.SABR.ORG :: The Baseball Biography Project.
		Barber's best-known innovation for broadcasters was a simple device to remind him to repeat the score frequently for listeners who had just tuned in: He kept a three-minute egg timer, an hourglass, on his desk in the booth.
		Barber was celebrated for his vivid imagery, all the more memorable because he brought the country sayings of his Southern upbringing to urban Brooklyn.
		Barber wrote, "I knew what the story would be: This was the smallest crowd, by far, in the history of the massive ballpark built by Babe Ruth, Ed Barrow and Colonel Jake Ruppert." He asked the television director for a shot of the empty seats.
	bioproj.sabr.org /bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=763&pid=16944 (5292 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search View - Barber, Red (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Born Walter Lanier Barber in Columbus, Mississippi, Barber became a baseball radio broadcaster in 1933 when Cincinnati Reds owner Larry MacPhail hired him as the team's announcer.
		In 1939 MacPhail, who had recently taken over the Brooklyn Dodgers, made Barber the announcer for what would be called the Brooklyn Dodgers Radio Network.
		By 1953 Barber's broadcasts were picked up by 117 stations nationwide.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761566192__1/Barber_Red.html (277 words)

	Red Barber on Broadway
		Red Barber remained in Brooklyn through the 1953 season, then he joined the Yankees as a broadcaster through the 1966 season before returning to Florida.
		Red Barber planned to be in tonight's audience along with Duke Snider and Ralph Branca from the 1947 Dodger team, Larry Doby (baseball's second fl big leaguer) and Leo Durocher (who managed Jackie Robinson in spring training in 1947 prior to his suspension).
		Red Barber remembered that when he was hired by the Cincinnati Reds in 1934 he had to handle only three commercials in nine innings.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/sports/backtalk/080500anderson111781.html (925 words)

	Variety.com - Red Barber
		Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
		Red Barber, 84, the pioneer baseball sportscaster, died Oct. 22 in Tallahassee, Fla., from an intestinal disorder.
		Born Walter Lanier Barber in Columbus, Miss., he was the voice of the Cincinnati Reds from 1934 to 1938, the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1939 to 1953 and the New York Yankees from 1954 to 1966.
	www.variety.com /article/VR100958?categoryid=25&cs=1 (311 words)

	Red Barber, Mississippi writer and sports announcer
		Walter Lanier Barber, a famed baseball broadcaster, was born in Columbus, Mississippi, in 1908.
		Red filled in for a reporter at the university’s radio station (WRUF), and this temporary position made him realize that he wanted to pursue broadcasting as a career.
		Red Barber is one of 50 top Floridians of the Century.
	www.shs.starkville.k12.ms.us /mswm/MSWritersAndMusicians/writers/RedBarber/RedBarber.html (431 words)

	Red Barber : Best of ... Chattering Magpie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Red Barber's career as a play-by-play baseball commentator spanned four decades, beginning in 1934 with the Cincinnati Reds, until his retirement in 1966 at age 58.
		Barber began his broadcasting career, when radio was in its infancy, at WRUF, the University of Florida's station in Gainesville, FL.
		Barber broadcast the first televised major league baseball game, August 26, 1939, a double-header featuring the Reds and the Dodgers at Ebbets Field.
	www.chatteringmagpie.com /essays/red_barber.html (628 words)

	Rhubarb in the Catbird Seat: Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data
		Red Barber's languid drawl was so familiar to baseball fans of the '30s through the '60s that it seemed like he'd single-handedly invented the art of play-by-play announcing.
		Barber was the Dodgers broadcaster when Branch Rickey decided he would smash the color line; Barber was one of the first he informed of his plans.
		Barber witnessed plenty of rhubarbs from his perch in the catbird seat; fans of baseball--and autobiography--will revel in the insights Barber brings to sorting them out.
	php-web-hosting.us /stuff-0803261365.html (586 words)

	Red Barber. - Baseball Fever
		Red Barber was a broadcaster who told the fans what was occurring as it was occurring without bias.
		Barber was interviewed by Costas on the radio and he said he was fired from the Yankees in 1966 because he thought the story of the final game of the season was the last place finish and a crowd of less than 500 and management didn't like it.
		Red Barber had too much integrity to do what the corporations, including baseball, require of their employees.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?p=211528 (3637 words)

	Walter O'Malley : Dodger History : Hall of Famers : Broadcasters : Red Barber
		Although the famed Walter Lanier “Red” Barber was with the Dodgers in Brooklyn prior to Walter O’Malley’s arrival as President, he did stay on for three more seasons under the new boss and made a significant contribution in helping to mentor Vin Scully, who has been, perhaps, the most beloved of all baseball broadcasters.
		Barber used catchy phrases like “the bases are FOBs” — full of Brooklyns, “he’s sitting in the catbird seat” and “tearin’ up the pea patch” to describe the action.
		Barber resigned after the 1953 season to join the New York Yankees for the next 13 years and would remain as one of baseball’s favorite personalities.
	www.walteromalley.com /hist_hof_barber.php (362 words)

	Florida Sports Hall of Fame - Scholarships - Red Barber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A graduate of the University of Florida, "the 01' Redhead" was voice of the Reds from 1934-39, broadcasting the first night baseball game May 24, 1935.
		Barber broadcast Dodger games for 14 years, then was the voice of the Yankees through the 1966 season.
		Barber was a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and the Florida Sports Hall of Fame.
	www.floridasportshalloffame.com /rbarber.htm (311 words)

	75 years of making the cut Sixth-generation barber the last of his profession in Shrewsbury By gloria stravelli Staff ...
		A sixth-generation barber, Izzo recently marked the 75th anniversary of a family barber shop dynasty founded locally by his grandfather, Vencenzo Izzo.
		Izzo’s father, Salvatore Sr., was working at Sol’s Barber Shop on Monmouth Street when his grandfather came to the area for a visit and decided to stay.
		They’re both from Red Bank, are parishioners at St. Anthony’s Church and live on different sides of Middletown," he recounted.
	atlanticville.gmnews.com /News/2002/0927/Business (1163 words)

	ASA Hall of Fame-Walter Lanier (Red) Barber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		As the consummate play-by-play announcer of this nation's pastime, the "ol' Redhead's" career included 15 years with the Dodgers, five with the Cincinnati Reds, and thirteen with the New York Yankees.
		On August 26, 1939 Red Barber broadcast the first professional baseball games ever televised, a doubleheader between the Dodgers and the Reds at Ebbets Field in New York City.
		Barber's broadcasts were noted for their fairness, accuracy and great respect for the game's traditions.
	www.americansportscasters.com /barber.html (215 words)

	Barber Humor Page
		Barber's Maxim: You can only scalp a customer once, but you can give him a haircut every two weeks.
		A barber is the only person whose conversation you can follow, even though he talks over your head.
		The first [barbers] that entered Italy came out of Sicily and it was in the 454 year after the foundation of Rome...The first that was shaven every day was Scipio Africanus, and after him cometh Augustus the Emperor, who evermore used the rasor.
	www.swopnet.com /tarrytown/barber_humor.html (1408 words)

	The Columnists.com has columns about entertainment, television, music, and screen classics
		Barber started his career as a baseball broadcaster with the Cincinnati Reds in 1934, moved to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1939 and then worked for the New York Yankees from 1954 to 1966.
		The book is an unabashed love letter to Barber, yet Edwards acknowledges that some of the NPR people who worked with Barber “got to know what he called the ‘flinty’ side of his personality.” I came around the beat when Barber was still in Brooklyn and found him not particularly approachable off the air.
		Barber popularized the phrase “sittin’ in the catbird seat,” which he had heard from a poker player describing his situation sitting with a good hand and watching Red raise the pot for him.
	www.thecolumnists.com /isaacs/isaacs153.html (850 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Red Barber died that morning and broadcasting lost a man whose style and 62 years of broadcasting expertise had touched millions of listeners from Gainesville, Florida to New York City.
		At every opportunity, Red Barber reported that the Cincinnati team had no hits and that a no-hitter was quite a way to start a season for the Chicago pitcher.
		Red refused to use a crowd-noise background on his broadcasts because he felt that mis-led the audience.
	www.nrcdxas.org /articles/hmr1296.txt (663 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: 1947: When All Hell Broke Loose in Baseball (Da Capo Paperback) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Red Barber somehow managed to turn one of the most interesting topics in baseball history - the pivitol 1947 season in which Jackie Robinson ended racial segregation in baseball - into a rather bland book.
		Barber sat on the front row when Jackie Robinson was put forward to be the first fl man in baseball by Branch Rickey, he was the Dodgers' broadcaster at the time.
		The late Red Barber captures both the glory and intrigue of the 1947 baseball season.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0306802120?v=glance (1038 words)

	Red Barber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		There was something about his voice and his manner that gave you the feeling that here was a person that wasn't for sale to the highest bidder, a man who knew who he was and what he valued, who wouldn't cheat or lie or steal to get advantage, a man who lived with integrity.
		I think it's a nice part of the Red Barber legacy - that people he never met hold his memory in their minds with fondness.
		Red Barber was one of those people you miss without ever having known.
	www.cjjohns.com /radios/barber.html (610 words)

	Null/Knoll: Fourth Generation
		By William J. Barber "At the age of 16 (late fall of 1901) grandpa lost his lower right leg just below the knee in a auger at the Hicksville elevator, He had fallen off the back of a wagon into the auger, so all his life he had a wooden leg.
		BARBER (#25) was born in Defiance, Defiance Co., OH 27 MAY 1914.
		Charles Joseph BARBER was born 8 AUG 1932.
	www.barbergenealogy.com /records/null/d0/i0000007.htm (736 words)

	Salon Brilliant Careers \| Vin Scully
		Not long after, Barber had a sudden need for an announcer to do the Boston University-Maryland football game, part of "The Saturday CBS Football Roundup," which had Barber in the studio in New York throwing it to whichever one of several games around the country was most exciting at the moment.
		Barber called Scully at home and got his mom, who was thrilled, if confused.
		When Barber got a note from Fenway officials the next week apologizing for not having a booth for his man on Saturday, he was shocked and impressed: Scully had never mentioned his plight on the air, had never grubbed for sympathy from the audience.
	archive.salon.com /people/bc/1999/10/12/scully/index1.html (1042 words)

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