Tigers play by play broadcaster Mario Impemba and Rod Allen get into it

[Chuck]

https://sports.yahoo.com/tigers-announcers-reportedly-involved-physical-altercation-160239663.html?.tsrc=fauxdal

Many of you may remember that Impemba was the Angels radio PBP guy for years. I loved the guy! 

[Angel Oracle]

Mario Impemba/Daron Sutton was the bomb on the radio in 2000-2001.

But then again, bringing Rory Markus in after Impemba left was genius.   It's tragic that Rory didn't get to live a long life. 

[Lou]

I miss Dontrelle 

[Chris]

Hope Rojas and Gubie don't do this too.  This season has seen enough injuries.

[Angel Oracle]

Is this Rod Allen known for being a loose cannon?

[yk9001]

Terry Smith has a fight with stifling boredom - and loses almost every night.

[fan_since79]

Mark Langston seems like a guy who never loses his temper. Laid-back as can be.

 

[gurn67]

I enjoyed Mario when he was here. I agree that Mario & Daron were a very good team. If I remember, Mario grew up in Michigan, and the only left the Angels was to return to Michigan for his dream job of calling games for the Tigers.

[AngelsLakersFan]

Who won?

[fan_since79]

Sources described the altercation as "severe". 

I wonder if both will be let go.

 

[Lou]

Allen should be fired 

[yk9001]

They always say those jobs don't open up very often.  Here's an opportunity.

[Lou]

7 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

They always say those jobs don't open up very often.  Here's an opportunity.

perfect for Dontrelle 

[MongoMuller]

2 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Is this Rod Allen known for being a loose cannon?

There's a clip of him on youtube chasing a Japanese pitcher out into center field.  So you've got a pitcher who is scared to death with Allen in hot pursuit and a bunch of players running behind them.  It was a crazy scene...he was clearly out of his mind.  Who knows what he would have done if he had caught him.

I like Allen and Impemba...they're probably a top 5 duo for me.  They've been together for quite awhile.  

[disarcina]

When Impemba first came to the Angels he was paired with Bob Starr..........those two got along well -  unfortunately - it was for too short of a time.

After Starr passed away, Impemba became the pbp guy. He did well -- with Daron Sutton.

Both left for other opportunities at the same time and the Angels went on to win it all in 2002.

Impemba is from Michigan and during his early broadcasting career did pbp for college sports in Michigan - so when the Tigers job opened up - it allowed him to return home and to probably also return to broadcasting college sports during the baseball off-season. An added bonus was that during his first few years with the Tigers, legendary Detroit Tigers' longtime broadcaster Ernie Harwell shared the booth for selected home games...........that was a great thing for Impemba who grew up listening to Harwell.

For Tigers' fans sake and the TV/ radio listeners there -- I hope Impemba survives this incident and stays on there in Detroit.

 

 

[fan_since79]

Kirk Gibson is now the second team broadcaster for the woeful Tigers?!

He needs a better job than that. I wonder if he'd like to manage again. He should be invited to interview with us.

 

[Roy Hobbs]

1 minute ago, fan_since79 said:

Kirk Gibson is now the second team broadcaster for the woeful Tigers?!

He needs a better job than that. I wonder if he'd like to manage again. He should be invited to interview with us.

 

Gibson has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease,so his health probably wouldn't allow it.He also is a ex Dodger so f*ck that.

[Tank]

3 hours ago, yk9001 said:

They always say those jobs don't open up very often.  Here's an opportunity.

here's hoping gubi has really strong michigan ties.

[Tank]

5 hours ago, Chris said:

Hope Rojas and Gubie don't do this too.  This season has seen enough injuries.

but if they do, i hope gubi loses.

[fan_since79]

34 minutes ago, Roy Hobbs said:

Gibson has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease,so his health probably wouldn't allow it. He also is a ex Dodger so f*ck that.

...and Scioscia isn't?

We've endured 19 years of him.

[Roy Hobbs]

3 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

...and Scioscia isn't?

We've endured 19 years of him.

So you want to do it again?

[Ray McKigney]

5 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Mark Langston seems like a guy who never loses his temper. Laid-back as can be.

 

Never loses his hair either. Any guy who has a thick, full, flowing head of hair like that at his age is going to be in a good mood all the time.

[Pujols4MVP]

8 hours ago, Lou said:

I miss Dontrelle 

Willis ?

[fan_since79]

Local news in Detroit is reporting that Allen followed Impemba out of the booth and choked him from behind. The altercation began with an argument over a chair.

These two will never work together again and that's a good thing.

[Tank]

16 minutes ago, Randy Gradishar said:

Why, because he doesn't come to your stupid softball games?

i don't enjoy listening to him. 

what does a softball game have to do with anything? and i don't host any softball games so not sure what you mean.