Famous Calls and Phrases
King's trademark phrase was "Holy Toledo", which he used when a stupendous event occurred for the team he was announcing for. Other well known calls are "Not in your wildest alcoholic nightmare would you ever imagine such events unfolding!" which he said during an Oakland Athletics game against the Texas Rangers and "Crazy...Just Plain Crazy" which he voiced when the Scott Hatteberg hit his walk off homerun against the Kansas City Royals to push the Athletics historical win streak to twenty games.
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