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Posted on March 9th, 2009 3:39pm by Evan Grant
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Eric Nadel will have as his special third-inning guest broadcast partner today CNN’s Larry King. King is here celebrating his son’s birthday. They are Dodger fans, dating back to Larry’s Brooklyn days. So, expect a lot of old-time Dodger talk on KRLD-FM 105.3 “The Fan.”

But perhaps more scintillating will be the appearance of Rangers Executive Communications of VP John Blake as the fifth inning play-by-play guy. Blake, a master of the spin, got his start in media by doing Georgetown basketball when he was in college. Blake, not a homer at all, developed his signature call ” Get out the rain coats, here comes the hose job!” after being unhappy with a call that went againt Georgetown in a game with Iona.

Given that the Rangers are getting blasted today – it’s 5-0 in the top of the second – maybe Blake can be cajoled into recreating that memorable line. Or perhaps explaining “The John Blake Peck Away” theory (it’s about how you have to peck away when an opponent has a big lead). Or maybe even his love of a good presentation of food at the dinner table. … Make that 6-0. … I suspect he may also try to sell some Rangers tickets during his broadcasting stint. He will also be doing the Rangers game as a webcast tomorrow at the team’s web site.