The Rod Roll
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Last night while I watched the Detroit Tigers lose in a 12312314 inning game I decided to look for some old Youtube videos for the Tigers announcer, Rod Allen. Specifically I was looking for Rod’s infamous fight when he played in Japan seen here:
^That video is a comedy classic. Rod played over there for a while. He never really made it in the Major Leagues, but he did sniff the field a bit for the 1984 World Champion Detroit Tigers. Then he probably sold industrial equipment, or something, and then became the color man (that’s what they call the other announcer in sports who gives analysis, not because he is a black guy…lol) in the Tigers’ announcing booth for Fox Sports Detroit.
While searching for it I saw a couple other funny videos for him, and one with his announcing partner Mario Impemba.
Rod Roll (Rod Allen Sings Chocolate Rain):
Rod Allen and Mario Impemba
Rod has a bit of a following. He even has his own Drinking Game for some of the things he repeatedly said during games a couple years back. Origin is long lost at this point, and I’m not going to track it down. It was posted on Wiki for about 3 days until it was taken down.
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