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Chuck Swirsky

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Chuck Swirsky, aka "The Swirsk", (born January 30, 1954 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA) is the television play-by-play voice of the Toronto Raptors of the NBA, alongside color commentators Leo Rautins and Jack Armstrong. He also hosts an afternoon sports radio show, “The Chuck Swirsky Show”, from 1-4pm on the Fan 590 and writes a weekly column for Raptors.com called “Chuck Checks In”. Swirsky is known to be fond of San Antonio Spurs forward Matt Bonner. At the end of every Raptor victory, he is known to chant, “Raptors win! Raptors win! Raptors win!”.

Catch phrases

  • “Are you kidding me?!”
  • “Onions, onions, and more onions! Buy a bushel big boy!” (The bushel reference usually to Leo Rautins)
  • “Get out the salami and cheese, mama! This ball game is over!” (Chuck says this when the Raptors have clinched a game, usually with a three-pointer. He claims that the Raptors have never lost a game when he has "brought out the salami and cheese" even though he was proven wrong after calling it in the third quarter during Kobe Bryant's 81-point game.)
  • “Sick, wicked, and nasty!”
  • “Get out the umbrellas; it's raining treys!” (when the Raptors make several three-pointers)
  • “Oh my Bosh!”
  • “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, ya gotta love it!”
  • “Boom shaka-laka-laka-laka!!”
  • “Ka-Bosh!”
  • “Oh baby, what a play!”
  • “Oh no!” (exclaimed when an opposing player makes a scoring play in the clutch)
  • “Mmph.”
  • “My goodness, Leo.”
  • “Raptors win! Raptors win! Raptors win!”
  • “Ring it up from downtown (insert name of a city in the Toronto area)”
  • “That's why there's chocolate and vanilla (Swirsky's standard line when someone disagrees with him)"
  • “Always a pleasure talking Raptors' ball”
  • "Kaboom!"
  • "Wow, wah-wah-wah-wow!"
  • (Raptors player) has got the mojo goin'!
  • (Name of player) just ate a little iron!"
  • “ He just gave (Name of player) a facial! ”
  • “Rimming rimming rimming..”
  • “Snap, Crackle, and Pape!”
  • “ (Name of player) just ate some Spalding! ” (When a player gets blocked.)
  • " (Name of player) just ate some rim!" (When a player slam dunks)
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