How the Rangers' World Series win sounded in longtime radio announcer Eric Nadel's call
The Texas Rangers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks, 5-0, in Wednesday’s Game 5 to claim the franchise’s first World Series title. It was a win that longtime radio announcer Eric Nadel waited 44 years to experience, and his call of the final out did not disappoint.
This was how the last out sounded on 105.3 The Fan with Nadel on the call in Phoenix:
The winning World Series clinching call for Eric Nadel and the @rangers. pic.twitter.com/D5UF3nNo7D
— Joe Wright (@Sctvman) November 2, 2023
He said:
“He struck him out looking! It’s over. It’s over. The Rangers have won the World Series. Ranger fans, you’re not dreaming. The Rangers are the World Series champions. After 52 years in Texas, 63 years as a franchise, the wait is over. And the celebration has begun!”
And here is the final out of the game from Fox’s Joe Davis:
A moment 52 seasons in the making. #WentAndTookIt pic.twitter.com/UnBLCknUpw
— Texas Rangers (@Rangers) November 2, 2023
Rangers fans waited a long time for that moment.