ANOTHER REMINDER ... HOW MUCH WE MISS "SONNY, SAM AND FRANK"

 

Embarrassing? No. Really bad? Yes. It was amateur 

night in Dixie Sunday when your Washington 

Football Team did it again … winning on the last 

snap for the fifth time … on a 37-yard field goal… 

And radio Voice of the Commanders BRAM 

WEINSTEIN went off the rails, screaming 

something he apparently had written for such an 

occasion … “IT’S … GOOD!! THE CARDIAC 

COMMANDERS ARE THE CLUTCH 

COMMANDERS. THEY DO IT AGAIN!!! … 

WE’LL SEE YOU IN DETROIT …”



Hey, the 51 year old native of Silver Spring, Md., and 

American University graduate (broadcast journalism, 

Class of ‘95) is expected to get carried away. 

Weinstein is a homer, after all … a malady that has 

infected the profession, which doesn’t make him 

unique … No, making a fool out of yourself with 

some over-the-top cheerleading goes with the 

territory … Where Weinstein blew it was … during 

his albeit limited description of the walk-off kick he 

failed to mention the ball hit the right upright (close 

to dead-center, mind you) and took a left when it 

could just as easily had gone right. Check the game 

officials stationed by the goal posts, entrusted with 

giving the final call. Apparently they had some 

difficulty believing what they had just seen … before 

raising their arms in the air signifying it was … 

GOOD!! … Meanwhile, Weinstein was losing it … 

as was analyst LONDON FLETCHER, who could 

be seen pumping 12 rights (count ‘em) before 

shouting something or other Together they generated 

lots of response in chat rooms, etc., some of it 

favorable (believe it or not) but mostly not.


Naturally, there were comments how much they 

missed “SONNY [Jurgensen], SAM [Huff] and

 FRANK [Herzog],” who, by the way, last worked 

together in 2004. This was Weinstein’s fifth year 

calling Washington games, and some listeners 

recommended there not be a sixth.


Until next time ...















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