# Baker’s Dozen III **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 149
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2961 "2023-09-01T17:01:28Z")
**Famous sportscasters** 1. Howard Cosell 2. Harry Caray 3. Larry Munson ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2962 "2023-09-01T17:04:08Z")
**Famous sportscasters** 1. Howard Cosell 2. Harry Caray 3. Larry Munson 4. Jack Buck ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2963 "2023-09-01T17:05:24Z")
**Famous sportscasters** 1. Howard Cosell 2. Harry Caray 3. Larry Munson 4. Jack Buck 5. Vin Scully ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2964 "2023-09-01T17:31:24Z")
**Famous sportscasters** 1. Howard Cosell 2. Harry Caray 3. Larry Munson 4. Jack Buck 5. Vin Scully 6. Chick Hearn ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2965 "2023-09-01T19:50:58Z")
**Famous sportscasters** 1. Howard Cosell 2. Harry Caray 3. Larry Munson 4. Jack Buck 5. Vin Scully 6. Chick Hearn 7. Lee Jordan of Griffindor, commentating on the Quidditch matches ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2966 "2023-09-01T21:14:53Z")
**Famous sportscasters** 1. Howard Cosell 2. Harry Caray 3. Larry Munson 4. Jack Buck 5. Vin Scully 6. Chick Hearn 7. Lee Jordan 8. Don Dunphy Sports broadcaster from the Golden Age of boxing ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2967 "2023-09-01T21:36:11Z")
**Famous sportscasters** 1. Howard Cosell 2. Harry Caray 3. Larry Munson 4. Jack Buck 5. Vin Scully 6. Chick Hearn 7. Lee Jordan 8. Don Dunphy 9. Bobby “Slick” Leonard Coached the Indiana Pacers during their ABA golden years and was a longtime voice on radio color commentary. Said “BOOM, BABY!” every time the Pacers hit a 3-pointer. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2968 "2023-09-01T23:34:51Z")
**Famous sportscasters** 1. Howard Cosell 2. Harry Caray 3. Larry Munson 4. Jack Buck 5. Vin Scully 6. Chick Hearn 7. Lee Jordan 8. Don Dunphy 9. Bobby “Slick” Leonard 10. Bob Uecker either in real life or on celluloid as Harry Doyle … _"The post-game show is brought to you by… " (searches through his papers) “Christ, I can’t find it. To hell with it.”_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2969 "2023-09-01T23:47:56Z")
**Famous sportscasters** 1. Howard Cosell 2. Harry Caray 3. Larry Munson 4. Jack Buck 5. Vin Scully 6. Chick Hearn 7. Lee Jordan 8. Don Dunphy 9. Bobby “Slick” Leonard 10. Bob Uecker 11. Bob Costas ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2970 "2023-09-01T23:56:54Z")
**Famous sportscasters** 1. Howard Cosell 2. Harry Caray 3. Larry Munson 4. Jack Buck 5. Vin Scully 6. Chick Hearn 7. Lee Jordan 8. Don Dunphy 9. Bobby “Slick” Leonard 10. Bob Uecker 11. Bob Costas 12. Jim Nantz ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2971 "2023-09-02T01:27:58Z")
**Famous sportscasters** 1. Howard Cosell 2. Harry Caray 3. Larry Munson 4. Jack Buck 5. Vin Scully 6. Chick Hearn 7. Lee Jordan 8. Don Dunphy 9. Bobby “Slick” Leonard 10. Bob Uecker 11. Bob Costas 12. Jim Nantz 13. Red Barber pass ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2972 "2023-09-02T02:40:59Z")
**Retired Tennis Players** 1. Ashleigh Barty She retired last year, age 25 ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2973 "2023-09-02T02:49:59Z")
**Retired Tennis Players** 1. Ashleigh Barty 2. Steffi Graf Never really made it back after being stabbed. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2974 "2023-09-02T11:07:49Z")
**Retired Tennis Players** 1. Ashleigh Barty 2. Steffi Graf 3. Bjorn Borg Shocked the tennis world at the time when he retired at 26. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2975 "2023-09-02T12:33:18Z")
**Retired Tennis Players** 1. Ashleigh Barty 2. Steffi Graf 3. Bjorn Borg 4. Serena Williams ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2976 "2023-09-02T13:22:22Z")
**Retired Tennis Players** 1. Ashleigh Barty 2. Steffi Graf 3. Bjorn Borg 4. Serena Williams 5. Billie Jean King ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2977 "2023-09-02T13:28:49Z")
**Retired Tennis Players** 1. Ashleigh Barty 2. Steffi Graf 3. Bjorn Borg 4. Serena Williams 5. Billie Jean King 6. John Isner The 38-year-old just retired after losing in the US Open. He’s probably best known for winning the longest match in Wimbledon history, a 2010 11-hour struggle that stretched over 3 days; the final set ended 70-68. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2978 "2023-09-02T17:08:01Z")
**Retired Tennis Players** 1. Ashleigh Barty 2. Steffi Graf 3. Bjorn Borg 4. Serena Williams 5. Billie Jean King 6. John Isner 7. Chris Evert ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2979 "2023-09-02T17:48:34Z")
**Retired Tennis Players** 1. Ashleigh Barty 2. Steffi Graf 3. Bjorn Borg 4. Serena Williams 5. Billie Jean King 6. John Isner 7. Chris Evert 8. Arthur Ashe ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2980 "2023-09-02T18:30:41Z")
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