Confirmed with Link: RIP Al Trautwig

[hardnosed]

He did a show called MSG vault where they pulled some Ranger game out from the old days, some near complete games.

 

[will1066]

Grew up with Sam, JD and Al and that sports desk guy Bill something. We will miss you Al wish you were treated more respectfully

Bill Daughtry

He did a show called MSG vault where they pulled some Ranger game out from the old days, some near complete games.

sports archaeology @GoAwayPanarin

 

[Kane One]

RIP

 

[hardnosed]

Bill Daughtry


sports archaeology @GoAwayPanarin

Just looked up The Vault episodes. One that i remember watching was the Rangers playing in an outdoor game in Las Vegas in 1991. Another one that i don't remember seeing but would love to watch was Ranger Brawls, best brawls in their history.

 

[Kane One]

He did a show called MSG vault where they pulled some Ranger game out from the old days, some near complete games.

Wasn’t that also hosted by Fran Healy? Or was that something else?

 

[Jim Ramsay]

Most ranger fans if they follow football are also giants fans so there’s that too .

Yup, that would be me too

 

[will1066]

Wasn’t that also hosted by Fran Healy? Or was that something else?

He did a show called Halls of Fame where he chatted with hall of famers in different sports. It was sponsored by Halls, the cough drops lol.

 

[Loff]

I've missed having him around the past few years. He was truly a connoisseur of all things NY, while being a bit of a jokester. A jack of all trades kind of guy when it came to broadcasting. You don't see that anymore.

Rest in peace, Al.

 

[Kane One]

He did a show called Halls of Fame where he chatted with hall of famers in different sports. It was sponsored by Halls, the cough drops lol.

That’s just as good marketing as the former Rolaids Relief Award in baseball.

 

[mrmovies779]

He did a show called MSG vault where they pulled some Ranger game out from the old days, some near complete games.

Loved that show.Wish they still did it

 

[bl02]

RIP!!!

 

[sbjnyc]

RIP Al. I met him when he did the Rangers 94 reunion special. He was a unique part of the ranger family and will be missed.

 

[HFsNumber1Heel]

Probably Bill Daughtery.

Bob Page was the best on Sportsdesk and would tell it like it is. Then MSG sanitized itself with simple propaganda.

and @Whoot Whoot it depends which era; Bob Page did it from 1988-1998. He was the Caucasian guy with black hair who was very sarcastic and had the voice that sounded like he was narrating Larry Brooks's articles. He was a Detroit guy who went back after Dolan dismissed him for being too opinionated and sarcastic and did college football and local sports talk and now is retired in Florida. He's on X a lot and still occasionally podcasts. He's still very opinionated and sarcastic. Very surprised he hasn't chimed in on Al yet.

Bill Daughtery was the African American guy with glasses who took over after Bob Page. He did it from around 1998-2003ish before Sportsdesk ended. He was like the anti Page; calm/even keeled. The most "emotional" he ever got was during one of those dark ages years at the end of the season when he said something like "I guess next year we should temper our expectations when the Rangers sign free agents until they can have a full rebuild".

I'll write about Al in a minute.

 

[KevinFinnerty]

Big part of my childhood RIP aL

 

[HFBS]

I watched a game from 2001 a few years ago, and a young Al Trautwig and an old Stan Fischler. Man, that brings back memories. RIP Al!

And that prick Fischler's still alive. Doesn't that suck?

 

[HFsNumber1Heel]

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And that prick Fischler's still alive. Doesn't that suck?

Eh it's not really right to joke about in my opinion. Look, I very much dislike Stan Fischler for many reasons both as a fan in the late 80s/early 90s and when I applied for an internship with him in the early 2000s and he was very crabby on the phone to a young kid who just wanted to get into hockey, but let him enjoy the later years and tweet. He doesn't even live in the NY area anymore.

I found out the first external counsel I worked with in my first legit job passed away, he was around Al's age. And two financial analysts for a competitor both young parents died a few weeks back in an accident. Life is short and goes by quick.

 

[HFsNumber1Heel]

Real bummer to hear this news earlier. Al was one of the pillars of a lot of our youths along with Sam/JD/Bruce Beck/Bob Page and for you older fans you might remember Mike Quick and Mike Crispino pre his Devils days. He had this humor about him that always made you laugh and feel welcome. When he was on national broadcasts, it was very similar to seeing Kevin Burkhart when he left the Mets like "our dude made it!"

When the NHL came back in 2005 and he would eventually host Hockey Night in NY, my friends and I would always order pizza or Chinese when it was on Thursday-Saturday Nights, get a few beers, and tune in for what we ended up referring to as "Al's doofey party" because he'd always have guests and the conversations were fun.

I met him very briefly in 2009 before game 3 of the Rangers-Capitals Series and some fans asked him to sign a puck to which he said "I'll sign it as Ovechkin so it goes up in value."

He was a funny dude for all the right reasons and represented everything right and good about the cable era of NY sports (like 1980-2015ish before NY hit the famine).

It was a bummer how things ended at MSG. That's Dolan. Since he was an Islanders fan growing up and still rooted for them throughout his entire life, I hope they do something tomorrow pregame and Sam gives him a shoutout on March 22nd.

While it looks like his book won't be finished, I hope they can take parts of it and his memorabilia to come out with something for the fans.

 

[Unpredictable1]

Rest in peace, Al. I was concerned for him when I saw him visibly not right during a broadcast - sad news.

 

[RangersFan1994]

Chances UBS does a video and a tribute tomorrow? I'm sure MSG will do something on Friday vs the Leafs

RIP. Shame to think all the original broadcast team old timers are all getting up there.

That just mean us fans are also getting older. It's a shame how MSG didn't give him a sendoff when he was let go or did he retire due to illness? MSG better do it right. Maybe top 10 on Air videos of Al during the pregame would be a nice start.

RIP to a media legend.

 

[Cmox]

Interesting tidbit. Dude had a house!

 

[offdacrossbar]

RIP Al. He and JD were great. He will always remind me of the Rangers and Knick's.

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

Interesting tidbit. Dude had a house!

lol thats such a fun piece of info.

Still hard to believe he wasnt even 70

 

[DaBadGuy7]

and @Whoot Whoot it depends which era; Bob Page did it from 1988-1998. He was the Caucasian guy with black hair who was very sarcastic and had the voice that sounded like he was narrating Larry Brooks's articles. He was a Detroit guy who went back after Dolan dismissed him for being too opinionated and sarcastic and did college football and local sports talk and now is retired in Florida. He's on X a lot and still occasionally podcasts. He's still very opinionated and sarcastic. Very surprised he hasn't chimed in on Al yet.

He responded to Howie Rose’s tweet on his passing:

 

[RangersFan]

NY Sports Legend. RIP to the Sports Archeologist. I will always look back at the Sam, JD, Al years as the golden years of MSG Rangers Broadcast. Don't forget Al gets double points in Trivia since he only does home games.

 

[rkhum]

Real bummer to hear this news earlier. Al was one of the pillars of a lot of our youths along with Sam/JD/Bruce Beck/Bob Page and for you older fans you might remember Mike Quick and Mike Crispino pre his Devils days. He had this humor about him that always made you laugh and feel welcome. When he was on national broadcasts, it was very similar to seeing Kevin Burkhart when he left the Mets like "our dude made it!"

When the NHL came back in 2005 and he would eventually host Hockey Night in NY, my friends and I would always order pizza or Chinese when it was on Thursday-Saturday Nights, get a few beers, and tune in for what we ended up referring to as "Al's doofey party" because he'd always have guests and the conversations were fun.

I met him very briefly in 2009 before game 3 of the Rangers-Capitals Series and some fans asked him to sign a puck to which he said "I'll sign it as Ovechkin so it goes up in value."

He was a funny dude for all the right reasons and represented everything right and good about the cable era of NY sports (like 1980-2015ish before NY hit the famine).

It was a bummer how things ended at MSG. That's Dolan. Since he was an Islanders fan growing up and still rooted for them throughout his entire life, I hope they do something tomorrow pregame and Sam gives him a shoutout on March 22nd.

While it looks like his book won't be finished, I hope they can take parts of it and his memorabilia to come out with something for the fans.

Al was a Rangers fan.