Who is Ernie Harwell
William Earnest Harwell (January 25, 1918 – May 4, 2010) was an American sportscaster, known for his long career calling play-by-play of Major League Baseball games. For 55 seasons, 42 of them with the Detroit Tigers, Harwell called the action on radio and/or television. In January 2009, the American Sportscasters Association ranked Harwell 16th on its list of Top 50 Sportscasters of All Time.BiographyEarly life and careerErnie Harwell grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, working in his youth as a paperboy for the Atlanta Georgian; one of his customers was writer Margaret Mitchell. An avid baseball fan from an early age, Harwell became visiting batboy for the Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association at the age of five, and never had to buy a ticket to get into a baseball game again. At six...Read Full Biography of Ernie Harwell
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- Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes almost even a religion.
- Baseball is the president tossing out the first ball of the season. And a scrubby schoolboy playing catch with his dad on a Mississippi farm.
- I have great faith that Heaven's there and I'll see my brothers and my mom and dad when I get there.
- Baseball is a rookie, his experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment of his dream.
- I just have faith. It's just there. It's not any big deal.
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Jimfrombaseball: "umpires have the toughest job in baseball. ever since the birth of the boos, they have suffered more abuse than a washroom wall." - ernie harwellIffythedopester: random ernie harwell line: from the may 21, 1978 tigers game listen: "the outfield plays him straight up and the infield back." (tram was batting).
Mistletoe_tom: mlb opening day is thursday. it is america's game. detroit tiger's hof radio announcer, ernie harwell's essay, "the game for all america", was originally published in the sporting news in 1955. it has been reprinted many times. here's ernie's narration:
Jimfrombaseball: “slayback, who provided the music, was something of renaissance man. he sang, played numerous instruments, painted, sketched, made furniture.“ hank aaron "move over babe (here comes henry).” bill slayback (appeared 42 games, 17 as a starter) co-written with tigers ernie harwell.
Iffythedopester: happy friday folks! join me in listening to this 1978 game at tiger stadium called by the greats ernie harwell and paul carey. shall you? 1978 05 21 red sox at tigers vintage baseball on the radio
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