Steve Berthiaume - Catch Phrases

Catch Phrases

From Baseball Tonight

• "The Baseball Tonight Cavalcade of Stars"
• "Antonio, you magnificent Bastardo, I read your BOOK!"
• "A play at the plate...SAFE!"
• "Remember, kids. That's not filthy, THAT'S NASTY!" (Said before a segment titled "That's Nasty" showcasing the best pitches from the day.)
• "Noonan!" (sometimes said when there's an error; taken from Caddyshack)
• "HEL-LO!" (said when something unexpected happens like a wild pitch, a ball thrown into the stands, a bat breaking in pieces, etc.)
• "DOWN THE LEFT/RIGHT FIELD LINE!" (yelled following a well-hit ball down the line)
• "Former great, " (Meant to be sarcastic; for example, "Former Red Sox great, Éric Gagné")
• ", your thoughts?" (directed figuratively at a manager after his player is seen failing in the clutch; for example, say a Cleveland Indians pitcher balks, Bert. will say "Manny Acta, your thoughts?")
• "He's gonna take a trip to Souvenir City" (mimicking Eric Young (EY) who says 'souvenir city' every time someone hits a home run)
• "Souvenir City Chamber of Commerce President, Eric Young"
• "He hit that one wicked fah!" (said when someone hits a long home run at Fenway Park)
• "Ah all eh eep oo... (That ball is deep to...)" (in reference to Michael Kay's call on a potential home run)
• "Fundamentally sound..." (For example, "The White Sox are playing fundamentally sound baseball.")
• "Cancel the Yankeeography!" (Making fun of the popular YES Network biography show on New York Yankees legends).
• "The Twitter is blowing up!" (For example, "The Twitter is blowing up with 'Free Jed Lowrie' T-shirts")
• "Why isn't Nomah on the Twittah?!" (in reference to why fellow BBTN analyst Nomar Garciaparra isn't on Twitter more often)
• "I love Ben Revere. I love watching him play." (One of Bertiaume's favorite players)
• "It's time to play America's favorite game, 'Name that Molina'..." /// Baseball Tonight Analyst: 'Yadier!' /// Berthiaume: "Correct! Thanks for playing!" (said when one of baseball's Molina brothers is involved in a play)
• Clap, clap /// clap, clap, clap /// clap, clap, clap, clap /// "TU-LO!" (The chant Steve and the rest of the BBTN crew use when Troy Tulowitzki hits a home run; the official chant is used at Coors Fields in Colorado)
• "Jose Reyes...every body clap your hands"...*clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap*
• "Phill thine horn with oil...AND GO!" (said after Ryan Howard hits a home run; taken from 1 Samuel 16:1)
• "Hey, Joey Bats." (said when José Bautista hits a home run; in reference to Bautista's Twitter handle)
• "Hunter Pence, let's go eat." (said when Pence hits a homer; in reference to what was going through his head as he was about to score the game-winning run vs the Pittsburgh Pirates - 'Good game, let's go eat.')
• "It's Country Breakfast, Billy Butler!" (said when Butler hits a home run; in reference to Butler's recent Twitter-originated nickname)
• "His name is still Dan Uggla" (in reference to Florida Marlins TV announcers Rich Waltz & Tommy Hutton who would yell after a Uggla home run, 'And his name...is DAN UGGLA!!' when he played for the Marlins)
• "The Gi-am-bino!" (imitating Yankees radio play-by-play announcer John Sterling and his home run call for Jason Giambi)
• "Robbie Cano...DON'T YA KNOW!" (in reference to Sterling's catch phrase for Yankees second baseman, Robinson Canó)
• "¡Mira! ¡Mira! ¡Mira!" (referencing Melky Cabrera, Giants outfielder)
• "And it's Cinco-Ocho (Jonathon Papelbon) in for the save..." (a play on Chad Ochocinco's name)
• "Carlos que-eh" (in reference to Chicago White Sox player Carlos Quentin, sometimes said with "Oh, no he didn't !")
• "Shaun Mar-cum." "Clint Bar-mes." "Matt Gar-za." "Brett Gar-dner." (says these names very softly and with a Canadian??? accent)
• "The Mmmarriners!" (said whenever there's a Seattle Mariners highlight)
• "The fighting Showalters" (in reference to the Baltimore Orioles, now managed by Buck Showalter, former BBTN analyst)
• "Cue the screaming baseball, we are going...going...GONE!" (said before Baseball Tonight's 'Touch 'Em All' Segment)
• "Coming up, it's the gems with the diving and the catching and the throwing, the whole thing." (said the commercial break before the Web Gems segment)

From SportsCenter

• "He shoots, he scores! He's KennyB" (made in tribute to his brother Ken)
• "Fa three..." (imitating Marv Albert's call for a three point shot)
• "Yes! And the foul!" (imitating play-by-play announcer Marv Albert)
• "The lost art of the mid-range jump shot."
• "(Player 1) here, (Player 2) there." (Used when a good pass is made in basketball, imitating sports radio WFAN personality Steve Somers' sign-on, "Steve Somers here, and you there")
• "Full extension, and he sticks the landing."
• " matriculate the ball down the field"
• "Kick save and a beauty, a kick save....and a beauty!" (for hockey highlights, imitating popular play-by-play man Fred Cusick)
• "Looking to go...where eagles dare." (for golf highlights, when a player would eagle a hole)
• "Say hello to my little friend!" (taken from Scarface)
• "Waaah! That's a lousy bum!"
• "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." (taken from The Princess Bride)
• "I'm just trying to help you!" said while giving criticism and ridicule to a player (mocking tone)
• "...on spectacular ESPNHD..."
• "...here's our fancy animation."