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I'm gonna miss me some Gino. I know that it's time, but I've been listening to he and Gil since they started doing the games, with the TV volume off. At his best, he was certainly among the best at his job. A great player and broadcaster. Good luck, Gino!
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I'm gonna miss me some Gino. I know that it's time, but I've been listening to he and Gil since they started doing the games, with the TV volume off. At his best, he was certainly among the best at his job. A great player and broadcaster. Good luck, Gino!
A true Patriot legend. The Patriots will no doubt honor him at one of the home games this season. We'll miss you Gino.
After the AFC Championship Game, Santos told the Telegram, he shook uncontrollably for an hour due to illness, but felt better after taking a hot shower. He said he did not follow his wife’s suggestion to go to the emergency room.
Santos still had a cold after the Super Bowl and again ignored his wife’s plea to go to a doctor, he told the newspaper.
Then, on a Feb. 24 trip to a diner, after Santos staggered out of the men’s room, an ambulance was called.
Santos told the Telegram he had double pneumonia on one lung, single pneumonia in the other, blood poisoning and a pulmonary obstruction that had him on a ventilator in intensive care for three weeks and hospitalized for another month. He then spent the next six weeks at a rehab center, where he had to learn to use his arms and legs again.
Santos said he was read his last rites three times during the ordeal, but he doesn’t remember a lot of it.
“They thought I was going to check out,” Santos told the Telegram. “Obviously, I didn't. I don't remember any of it.”
Santos left the rehab center with the help of a walker on May 19. He is expected to be in the booth in time for the Patriots’ first preseason game Aug. 9.
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Quite an ordeal. Gil's the last of the golden-voiced announcers we've been blessed with here in Boston/NE, guys like Ned Martin and Fred Cusik. By comparison so many announcers sound like adolescents who substitute volume for class and substance.
Gino also always had that great voice and a measured approach to analysis. He kept it honest.
That said, while I'll miss Gino and, eventually, Gil, it is time. They've served us well.
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Quite an ordeal. Gil's the last of the golden-voiced announcers we've been blessed with here in Boston/NE, guys like Ned Martin and Fred Cusik. By comparison so many announcers sound like adolescents who substitute volume for class and substance.
Gino also always had that great voice and a measured approach to analysis. He kept it honest.
That said, while I'll miss Gino and, eventually, Gil, it is time. They've served us well.
Fred could have continued for another 10 years but it's the travel and work these guys put into to prepare to call a game. He was still mentally sharp.
Mike Gorman will be 65 this year. He still sounds great but an 82 game is not quite a 16 game season....
I have a album "Spirited Patriots of '76" 1976 Pat's Season on a vinyl record of all broadcasts that year with Gil Santos. I became a Pats fan in 76 those 2 voices I've always known.
Best Wishes & Much Success In your future.
I wish them both the best and will greatly miss their broadcasts. Their voices are a main ingredient to making game day what it is.
Very scary to hear how sick Gil Santos was. The "I don't need a doctor... I'm a guy" bit doesn't pan out so well sometimes. Stay well Gil and Gino. In fact, stay well, all!
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