Larry Andersen
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Larry Eugene Andersen (born May 6, 1953) is an American relief pitcher and current Philadelphia Phillies radio color commentator.
Andersen played for the Cleveland Indians (1975–1979), Seattle Mariners (1981–1992), Boston Red Sox (1990), and San Diego Padres (1991–1992).
Playing and coaching career
Andersen had a fastball and a killer slider. In 1971, the Cleveland Indians cut him out of high school in the seventh round. He agreed right away. He played for Reno of the California League in 1972, posting a 6.53 ERA in 124 innings for a 1.80 WHIP.
Jeff Bagwell, a minor league prospect, rose to prominence for his 1990 move to the Red Sox straight up. Andersen spent a month in Boston.
Andersen had a 39-39 record with 49 saves and a 3.15 ERA in 699 games pitched in a 17-season career. His best season was 1987, when he won nine victories, 94 strikeouts, and 10123 innings pitched in 67 games, all career highs. He was the only Phillies member to play in both the 1983 World Series and the 1993 World Series (Darren Daulton was called up in September 1983, but did not make the regular roster that year).
During a series of Chicago pranks manager Rene Lachemann during the 1982 season. 'Mr.' is a referenced to as the 'Mr.' Andersen, Jello's caper, and colleague Ritchie Zisk and Joe Simpson converted all the furniture in the hotel suite into a bath, as well as removing the mouthpiece from the phone. The three men weren't not convicted until after the season ended.
The Philadelphia Phillies cut him on May 13, 1986. He was released by the Houston Astros on November 12 three days later as a free agent.
He was signed as a free agent by the Houston Astros on December 21, 1986, and he was released on November 9, 1987.
Andersen, a 1995 football coach for the Reading Phillies, was a player/coach for the Reading Phillies after he failed to make the Major League team out of Spring Training. He spent the next two seasons as the pitching coach for the Scranton/Wilkes Barons.
Broadcasting career
Andersen joined Philadelphia's radio team as a color commentator early in the 1998 season, filling the role that had been unoccupied prior to Richie Ashburn's death late in the 1997 campaign. Andersen worked on television and radio from 1998 to 2006 before transitioning to radio in 2007. Andersen also provided television color commentary when the Phillies were nationally broadcast on Fox Saturday afternoon telecasts early in his broadcasting career. During the 2007 season, he began doing play-by-play on Phillies radio broadcasts during the fifth and sixth innings, but in 2008, he returned to full-time color commentary.
"In the seventh inning fans all get up and sing 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game,' and they're already there,' Andersen said during his broadcasting career.' It's really a stupid thing to say, but I'm not sure who made it. Why does someone who is not there get up and sing to me out to the ball game? The first one to do it must have been a moron." Harry Caray, a fellow broadcaster, was in question.
Andersen was ranked No. 2 on the MLB Network Countdown of the Top 25 celebrities in Major League Baseball history in 2012.