Ken Wilson ( sportscaster ) Ken Wilson ( born 1947 ) is an American sportscaster and former play - by - play hockey announcer for the St . Louis Blues on FoxSports Net Midwest and KPLR - TV . His famous catch phrase when calling Blues games was ' Oh Baby ! ' , which he yelled during moments of extreme excitement . Wilson also spent a number of seasons broadcasting Major League Baseball games . He was also the voice of the NHL on both ESPN and SportsChannel America . Life and career . Born in Detroit , Michigan , Wilson earned a degree in journalism from the University of Michigan , then attended business school in Honolulu , Hawaii . During this seven year stretch living in Hawaii , he did play - by - play for the Triple A baseball Hawaii Islanders , became sports director of the NBC affiliate in Honolulu , and even developed the second ever sports talk radio show in the United States . In 1976 he received acclaim as Hawaii Sportscaster of the Year . Later Wilson became the first announcer for the Seattle Mariners , along with Dave Niehaus , from 1977 - 1982 . Moving on from Seattle , Wilson did games for the Chicago Blackhawks , and then from 1983 - 1985 play - by - play for the Cincinnati Reds TV Network . St . Louis Blues era . In 1984 , Wilson was approached by Anheuser - Busch , then part owner of the Sports Time Cable Network , to not only announce the Reds games , but move from covering the Blackhawks during the hockey season to the St . Louis Blues . Wilson called his first St . Louis Blues game on October 11 , 1984 , a 4 - 2 win for the Blues in Calgary . During the 1985 baseball season , Ken Wilson , working with Joe Morgan , called Pete Rose ' s 4192nd hit that broke Ty Cobb ' s all time record . Wilson then called one of the greatest games in St . Louis Blues history , known as the Monday Night Miracle , the following year . Wilson ' s association as announcer for the Blues continued to grow stronger after that . In addition to his hockey work , he continued his work in baseball , announcing St . Louis Cardinals games between 1985 and 1990 , California Angels ' games from 1991 - 1995 , and games for the Oakland A ’ s from 1996 - 1998 . In 1997 , Wilson purchased the Zanesville ( Ohio ) Baseball Club of the independent Frontier League and moved the club to the western suburbs of St . Louis . He formed an investor group and served as managing partner of the River City Rascals , until selling his interest in 2004 . He helped form a second group that purchased a Frontier League expansion team in 2000 . That club began play in 2001 in the eastern suburbs of St . Louis as the Gateway Grizzlies . Wilson retains an ownership interest in that club . Wilson continued announcing for the St . Louis Blues earning the Missouri Sportscaster of the Year award in 2001 along with four Mid - America Emmy Awards for play - by - play . After the 2003 – 04 NHL season , when his contract was not renewed by the Blues , he moved back to Honolulu , where he opened Mama ' s Island Pizza in 2005 . Along with his wife , Wilson operated the restaurant until February 2008 . During this time , Wilson also did play - by - play for the Hawaii Winter Baseball League in 2006 and 2007 . Most recently Wilson became President of the West Coast League , a top summer collegiate wood - bat baseball league , and moved to the league ' s headquarters in Portland , Oregon . Wilson returned to the Seattle Mariners television booth on July 27 , 2008 to fill in for his former partner Dave Niehaus , who was being inducted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum on the same day . During his career , Ken Wilson broadcast 2 , 154 Major League Baseball games and 1 , 556 National Hockey League games .