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Thank You Bob!

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LAKings88

LAKings88

Formerly KOTR
Dec 4, 2006
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From the bottom of my heart, thank you Bob. You have been the framer of my Kings memories since I tuned in to my first game as an 11 year old back in 89. You have been such a consistent comfort and refuge through thick and thin. So grateful to have been a fan through part of your illustrious career. Wishing you the best in this new chapter of your life.
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I know most of us on here aren't big fans of Jim, but him in tears thanking Bob for 27 years was perfect. Had me on the verge of a breakdown for sure
 
This video really gets to you.



I have been watching bob since I was about 10/11, but that's not as long as many others here on this board. What I loved about watching Bob when I was younger is that he made a game that's so complicated easy to learn and he made it easy to listen to. I learned everything I know about hockey by watching Bob and Jim. And as I'm growing up and learning about the game and the Kings, I learned that Bob has been here so long that its shame that the Kings have never won a cup when he's been here. And as happy as my dad and I were that the Kings won the cup 5 years ago, we were so elated that Bob was finally able to call the Kings winning the Stanley Cup. Thanks for everything Bob.
 
There really is a huge difference between when Bob calls the game and when some random no name calls it. At least when the Kings are losing, Bob has that passion that they will come back and win. Such a sweet soul... I hope if I ever meet him in person, I can tell him thank you. I don't know if I would have stuck around as a Kings fan if it wasn't for his play by play. He was greatly missed this season and will continue to be. Boo. I hope he enjoys his retirement. ❤️

I'll go back into hiding now. Gosh I hope next season has a better ending. This one was complete crap.
 
Shellz said:
There really is a huge difference between when Bob calls the game and when some random no name calls it. At least when the Kings are losing, Bob has that passion that they will come back and win. Such a sweet soul... I hope if I ever meet him in person, I can tell him thank you. I don't know if I would have stuck around as a Kings fan if it wasn't for his play by play. He was greatly missed this season and will continue to be. Boo. I hope he enjoys his retirement. ❤️

I'll go back into hiding now. Gosh I hope next season has a better ending. This one was complete crap.
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Yes, his voice is comforting. No matter what's going on in the game, you feel like he knows what you're going through... like he loves the Kings just as much as you do. I'll miss him and Jim calling the game together, their banter and jokes, they make the game more fun.

I'm just glad the Kings won the Cup twice before he retired. Thank you for the wonderful memories Bob!!!
 
I remember being a 14 year old kid in the mall here in Palm Desert during the summer and seeing Bob Miller in front of the Bullocks department store. I was wearing a Kings hat and walked up and introduced myself. He told me his wife was inside shopping and he was just sitting killing time. He truly is as nice in person as he is on tv. As he said many times these last few weeks, he tried to make you feel like you were the most important person in the world and that day in the middle of the summer he sure did. He asked me what I thought of the Kings and different players and we probably chatted for a good 30 minutes sitting on that bench. That was 25 years ago and I still remember it to this day.

I remember meeting him again at the draft party where the Kings selected Dustin Brown. My dad told him, "I hope the Kings win a championship for you more than for us." I grew up in the desert and we had no other outlet other than KTLA and Prime Ticket to learn about hockey. My dad and I both learned everything we knew about hockey in the beginning from Bob. I am so happy they didn't just win one, but two for him!
 
Like Vin Scully, it's gonna be pretty weird not having Bob calling games. While I know we've sorta been given time to get used to not hearing him because of the medical issues, but it never felt official until now.

Vin's message to Bob was a pretty great one. I hope they do find time to get together and talk about stuff.
 
You have and always will be the voice of the Kings to me Bob. Ever since I started watching the Kings back in the late 80s you have been the voice in my parent's living room, my friends' houses, my dorm room, my apartments, and now my own home. I took it for granted because you were so consistently good and because I had no frame of reference to know that you were the best. Selfishly I'm sad you'll be gone, but I'm glad you're taking care of your health, and that you can enjoy the games now as a fan.
 
The 3 voices that constantly reminded me of great memories of watching LA sports with my grandfather are gone. It's going to be a lot different without Bob but his health is more important. I'm glad he witnessed and called for 2 Stanley cups when I never thought he would get 1. You will be missed Bob!
 
Bob Miller was great and I'm sorry to see him leave, although everybody deserves a long, active retirement. IMO, he was one of very few who called a game with little or no homerism and that made it a pleasure to watch Kings' games. Jim Fox though, can retire any time; hard to hit the mute on and off between Bob and Jim.
 
There were plenty of tears last night.

Someone else said it best, Bob was the voice that was always on for years, whether I was glued to the TV while my parents were in the other room or now while I'm in the kitchen cooking for my own kid. End of an era in LA, no more Scully, Hearn, Miller.
 
There are those on here that have been watching Kings games religiously for longer than I have which makes the following numbers even more staggering.

I began watching the Kings when Gretzky came over, so right at 8 years old since I'm an October birthday. I watched every Laker game back then and would catch the Kings games from time to time up in my room since my parents didn't care about hockey. So I've been listening to him since then and learned the game from watching the telecasts that he announced.

I didn't start watching EVERY game until the 96-97 season. Getting season seats in 2001 led me to not hear him as often since I was in attendance for half of the games, but if you assume that most of the frequent and long-time posters here on HF caught at least 70 games on tv per season, that's like 3,150 hours of listening to this man call a hockey game when excluding the '00s lockout and this past season while also not docking the games lost for the '13 lockout.

That is a little over 131 days time of listening to him. Granted, that 2.5 hours I used for the game time has commercials and intermission features, but you get the idea. That's just going from 96-97 when I started watching every game.

It's still strange (or Strangis) to listen to Kings games without him and there are those that have been listening to him far longer than I have.

Since I cut my Bob intake by 50% since 2001 and he was already out on the long road trips this season, I kind of got used to it during this season, although still strange. Listening to him call last night's game though really drove the point home: he is Kings hockey.

He epitomized what it was like to be a Kings fan since he is/was one of the biggest Kings fans there has ever been. He had that self-deprecating sense of humor you need to have as a die-hard fan of a loser franchise but, at the same time, he still had that optimism that they could pull something off even when the roster was trash. The latter is still evident as he quipped that maybe they should of started the retirement tour for him 30 days ago so they'd still be playing come Wednesday.

He wasn't a blatant homer but he was one of the team's biggest fans and, as a fan, he always seemed to not give up hope when if anyone should have, it was him since he'd been let down so many times before.

Just a tremendous guy. No bigger fan of the Kings out there and I thank him for carrying the torch for the Kings for so long and continuing to do so.
 
Thank you, Bob. You will be sorely missed. Really not much I can say that others haven't. Grew up listening to you. Sad day.
 
Sacha Baron Corbin said:
I know most of us on here aren't big fans of Jim, but him in tears thanking Bob for 27 years was perfect. Had me on the verge of a breakdown for sure
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I wouldn't say that at all. I think some people here project their frustrations with the team on just about everything associated with it, except Bob.

I think Jim Fox is one of the best prepared and professional color guys in hockey. You don't last 27 years in a job like that for nothing.
 
Bob Miller was the voice of my subconscious for years. And the times I stayed away. Most times that the Kings played the Flyers, I always tried finding his stream over my own. I will miss him greatly. Thank god he got those 2 Cups at the end of his career that he got to call.
 
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