Howard Rose (born 1954) is
an American
sportscaster. He is currently the
radio voice of the New York Mets on
WFAN
, and the
television and radio announcer for the New York Islanders on MSG Plus, WMJC-FM (nights), and
WHLI (days).
Biography
Early life and career
Rose was
born in Brooklyn
and grew up
a Mets and Rangers fan. He graduated from
Queens College in 1975. He also attended
Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Bayside, Queens
.Rose started his career doing sports updates
on New York City based SportsPhone (owned by Phone Programs) in the
mid '70s.
New York Mets
Rose, who has done Mets
play-by-play on
radio or television since 1995, utters his
catch phrase, "Put it in the books" after a
Mets victory; when he uses the phrasing "and the Mets are leading
by a score of __ to __" he uses the same diction as original Mets
'caster
Lindsey Nelson. He previously
hosted the "Mets Extra" pre- and post-game shows.
He worked the television booth until the retirement of long-time
Mets radio voice
Bob Murphy.
Rose took Murphy's spot alongside
Gary
Cohen on WFAN. Cohen became the play-by-play broadcaster on new
Mets network
SportsNet New York
for the season, and Rose shared the radio booth with partner
Tom McCarthy and
producer/engineer Chris Majkowski. In
2008,
Wayne Hagin replaced McCarthy.
New York Islanders
Rose is also the play-by-play announcer for Islanders telecasts
where he now works alongside
Billy
Jaffe. Beginning with the
2009-10
NHL season, Rose's work will be
simulcast on radio as well. Rose replaced
Jiggs McDonald on Islanders broadcasts in
1995 and was previously partnered with
Ed
Westfall and
Joe
Micheletti.
New York Rangers
Prior to the Islanders, Rose worked as a play-by-play
radio announcer for the
New York Rangers, and was paired mainly
with Sal Messina. He is most recognized by Rangers fans for his
call of "
Matteau! Matteau! Matteau!"
made when
Stephane Matteau scored
the game-winning goal in double-overtime of Game 7 of the
1994 NHL Eastern Conference Finals
against the
New Jersey
Devils.
Other career roles
Rose was
the original prime-time host on WFAN
when the
station went all-sports in 1987, hosting the program until
1995.Rose occasionally worked games for
Fox NHL Saturday in the mid-'90s, and
currently for
Fox
Saturday Baseball.
Most memorable calls
Baseball
- Tom Glavine winning his 300th game
Hockey
- 1994 Eastern Conference Finals, Stephane Matteau's Game winning
goal:
Shawn Bates Penalty Shot
Many fans had traveled down from Long Island
to see the game-because of the importance of the game. The Islanders would go on to win in a shootout.
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