SportsAnnouncing.com 
Back in 2011, Tom Lemery, a P. A. announcer in Morrisville, New York wrote this poem about being a P. A. announcer and it was posted on the original SportsAnnoucing.com blog, that very few people saw. In going back through the old posts on the site, saw it, and decided we needed to republish it.
Back in 2011, Tom Lemery, a P. A. announcer in Morrisville, New York wrote this poem about being a P. A. announcer and it was posted on the original SportsAnnoucing.com blog, that very few people saw. In going back through the old posts on the site, saw it, and decided we needed to republish it.
Announcing…
Behind a microphone,
Calling out the starting lineups,
Delighting the fans,
Energizing the players as well.
Free as a bird,
Gliding slowly through names
Holding some syllables
In suspension.
Jotting down information.
Keeping the crowd interested.
Letting the players play —
Making no opinions “on air….
No play-by play commentary
Or color commentating.
Phonetic spelling with hard names.
Quiet, especially for crucial moments.
Reading announcements and
Sometimes 50-50 numbers.
Thanking the fans for coming.
Using the bathroom beforehand….
Very important to do.
Welcome fans first.
X out what’s been said already.
You, after all this, go home and
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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