Jimmy Dudley

James Randolph Dudley (September 27, 1909 – February 12, 1999) was an American sportscaster, best known as the radio play-by-play voice of Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians for nearly two decades.

In 1969, Dudley broadcast for the expansion Seattle Pilots; when the club moved to Milwaukee and became the Brewers the following year, he did not join them.

As an announcer, Dudley was known for his friendly, homespun style and his signature catchphrases: "Hello, baseball fans everywhere" (to start a broadcast), "The string is out" (describing a full count on a hitter), "A swing and a miss, he struck him out," "That ball is going...going...gone!"

(describing an umpire call that he found questionable) and "So long and lots of good luck, you hear?"

Dudley was also a popular advertising pitchman in Cleveland, remembered primarily for his radio and television commercials for the Aluminum Siding Corporation (Garfield 1–2323) and Kahn's Hot Dogs – "the wien-ah the world awaited," in Dudley's unique parlance.