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Hello, troops. It's Friday, September 7th.
Nick in the Morning has been lucky for more than 30 years at 1 News Plaza. We loved and met almost everyone we worked with.
But a former broadcaster of the Peoria Chiefs baseball team has just had contact with his on-air partner. Well, more than a spitter, really.
Detroit player Tigers' Mario Impemba, who spent two years with the Chiefs, and color commentator Rod Allen had a physical showdown Tuesday night after a game against the White Sox in Chicago, sources said.
According to the Detroit News, Allen has put the Impemba in a stranglehold hold. The agent Allen challenged this claim.
Reports suggest that what precipitated the altercation is not clear.
The News reported that the men had a pre-match argument on the Fox Sports Detroit booth regarding a special chair used by Allen to alleviate the problems. Another problem has apparently led to fire postgame.
Allen and Impemba have worked together for 16 years on the Tigers TV shows, but it seems that their relationship has not been good.
The duo has not been aired since the fight. Other broadcasters have replaced Allen and Impemba for the final game of the Tigers series in Chicago.
The Tigers begin a three-game series Friday night in Detroit against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Allen is infamous for pursuing a pitcher on the field after being hit by a throw years ago, while playing in Japan. Around Peoria, the Impemba could be recalled for more docile reasons.
Originally from the Detroit area, Impemba came to Peoria in 1987 for his first professional broadcast work at Michigan State University. He described the games of the leaders in the seasons 1987 and 1988.
Impemba was also the sporting director of the WXCL-AM and was the Peoria Rivermen's outstanding hockey team player during the 1987-88 season.
From Peoria, Impemba made a few more stops in the minor leagues, including the Quad Cities, before joining the broadcast team of the major league of what was then called the Anaheim Angels. He was there for seven seasons before returning in 2002 to his hometown.
The Impemba trip from Peoria to the big leagues is not uncommon in broadcasting.
Jim Kelch, a peoria from the Cincinnati area, was also one of the former chief voices. Kelch spent three seasons with the Chiefs and was the immediate predecessor of Impemba.
Bob Socci played the Chiefs' games for three seasons, from 1993 to 1995. He is now New England's playful New England Patriots, for whom he has called two Super Bowl championships.
Other major broadcasters have already worked in Peoria, including Jack Brickhouse, Chick Hearn, Bill King and Charley Steiner. Alas, this well has dried a little recently.
The Chiefs spot in particular has become a hammock for some whose talent and temperament could limit their horizons. It seems that Impemba did not have this problem, until perhaps now in the temperament department.
Cardinals fans who have access to Fox Sports Detroit may want to watch his interpretation of the games this weekend. It could end up being the inevitable television, not just for what's happening on the ground.
There is only one song heard on the way to work, a tribute to the late Burt Reynolds, deceased on Thursday. Nick in the Morning promises not to reproduce Reynolds' famous 70s photo shoot for Cosmopolitan magazine.
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