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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 Harwell
IffyTheDopester: 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
RRepoz: As the great Ernie Harwell used to say:
“He stood there like the house by the side of the road and watched that one go by.
saraht_74: I miss Ernie Harwell.
_HaloLife: Top 10 Halos' Play-By-Play Voices
1. Dick Enberg
2. Ernie Harwell*
3. Bob Starr
4. Victor Rojas
5. Don Wells
6. Terry Smith
7. Al Conin
8. Dave Niehaus
9. Rory Markas
10. Jose Mota
*Harwell part-time PxP in the '90s but too great to not have in the Top 2.
IffyTheDopester: Perhaps you also now hear these great voices in your head?
Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey
Bob Reynolds
Bruce Martyn
Bob Ufer
IffyTheDopester: Team USA is in need of some of "instant runs" as Ernie Harwell used to say.
Jimfrombaseball: "Any kind of a lead over Baltimore these days is like walking across the Beltway on foot."
Ernie Harwell, Detroit broadcaster after a 10-7 Orioles comeback win over the Tigers.
Boog Powell
TAEVisionCEO: It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.
- Ernie Harwell
I particularly, throughout my life, have hated the word "goodbye" ... for me it is a word full of sadness.
I prefer to say "See you later"
namelessWrench: You can almost hear Ernie Harwell calling the Tigers' game on the radio
AminouGambo120: It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.,Ernie Harwell,Time, Adventure, Sad ,
Dancing_Leach: To quote the late great Ernie Harwell, all three of those guys “stood there like the house by the side of the road and watched it go by”.
baseball_quote9: Ernie Harwell：I love the game because it's so simple, yet it can be so complex. There's a lot of layers to it, but they aren't hard to peel back.
Jimfrombaseball: `48, Dodgers broadcaster Red Barber suffered a bleeding ulcer, could not work.
Ernie Harwell, became a batboy for Atlanta Crackers at five years old, their announcer`47. Branch Rickey traded Cliff Dapper to Atlanta for broadcaster Ernie Harwell.
Dapper became Crackers Mgr.
tom_lawver: Mr Tiger with the greatest baseball play-by-play announcer and nicest man in broadcasting, Ernie Harwell.
SASouthSports: For those who aren't Tigers fans, Al Kaline (left) and Ernie Harwell (right).
RyanKronberg: The words legendary Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell said to start his broadcasts at the beginning of a new season of Tigers baseball.
And words I always say when I attend my first live game of each new season at beautiful Haymarket Park.
Welcome back baseball. Glad you're back
IffyTheDopester: Todd Jones was dubbed "Roller Coaster" by Ernie Harwell for a good reason! 6-12-06 stats.
JayScottSmith: Fun side note about me shouting out the various cities & towns during the 3 Things: That was a Larry Kane idea further inspired by Ernie Harwell.
I used to say “Good Afternoon/Evening Philadelphia.” Larry heard it, came up to me one day and say “You should add Jersey to the mix”
envihsaupnvj: "It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure." -Ernie Harwell
eljeffe4ever: “It’s a beautiful day for a ballgame, let’s play 2.” Ernie Harwell
PULIE2011: Tradition in the D: Ernie Harwell opening spring training by reading from Song of Solomon 2:11-12:
“Lo, the winter's passed, the rain is over and gone, the flowers appear on the earth, the time for the singing of birds has come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land."
DossettoGrant1: Today's the day! If you were a Tiger fan you could anticipate hearing Ernie Harwell read from the Song of Solomon at the start of the first Spring Training game.
It is a perfect Lenten tradition.
CpkGeo: Ernie Harwell's 'Voice of the turtle'
FieldDiamond: Detroit Tigers Spring Training - Voice of the Turtle - Ernie Harwell
botos_emma: Baseball is a lot like life. It’s a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life. – Ernie Harwell
lademans: It’s that day. Ernie Harwell - Voice of the Turtle
michaelsclair: He was a trailblazer, becoming the first Black radio sportscaster. He worked for over 30 years, never once drawing a paycheck. Writers and athletes loved his work and Ernie Harwell called him a friend.
His name is Jocko Maxwell and he belongs in the HOF
brha7128: "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."
— Ernie Harwell
DarkoStateNews: Ernie Harwell passing the torch to Dan Dickerson was the greatest succession plan in the history of sports broadcasting.
CU_TrialLawyer: Ernie Harwell’s voice is iconic. Just don’t make ‘em like they used to.
daniel_jackett: "Lo the winter past, and the voice of the turtle can be hear throughout the land"- Ernie Harwell
Godgift64107811: 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.
-Ernie Harwell
kalim~
SUMBUL GRACING BB16 FINALE
lost_ballparks: Alan Trammell is our guest on this week's Lost Ballparks podcast! "Tram" is sharing some great stories about Ernie Harwell, the '84 Series, turning 2 w "Sweet Lou" and vivid details about Tiger Stadium. Listen now at
baseballinpix: Ernie Harwell in the booth
SASouthSports: Ernie Harwell was one of a kind. His importance went well beyond the way he broadcast a baseball game.
Godgift64107811: 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.
-Ernie Harwell
Kalim
SUMAAN IN DEMAND
Godgift64107811: 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.
-Ernie Harwell
AUDIENCE WINNER SUMBUL
Godgift64107811: I have great faith that Heaven's there and I'll see my brothers and my mom and dad when I get there.
-Ernie Harwell
AUDIENCE WINNER SUMBUL
Lockupp3: Baseball is a lot like life. It’s day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life.” –Ernie Harwell
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lost_ballparks: "I spent some summers (including 1984) as a kid in mid-Michigan. I never had to ask the score of the Tigers game when walking or bike-riding at night because EVERYBODY was on the porch listening to Ernie (Harwell) (seen here at Tiger Stadium)." - Doug Drazga/Photo: Neal Willen
IffyTheDopester: Can't blame Blue for being captivated by Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey!
IffyTheDopester: Late 1960s Detroit Tigers radio network. Which affiliate did you tune into to hear the call of the game by Ernie Harwell and Ray Lane?
waynestbaseball: Today marks Jackie Robinson’s Birthday (1/31/19). Here is a look at the Jackie Robinson/Brooklyn Dodger era display items at Harwell Field. Prior to Detroit, Ernie Harwell broadcasted with the Dodgers in 1948. Visit Harwell Field and take a step back into Baseball History
CivicsRhizome: I was lucky to have that kind of access and those types of sources - a 2nd grader can't pull Ernie Harwell's personal recollections of Robinson in Brooklyn in the late 40s off the school library bookshelf.
Jimfrombaseball: "When I had to walk from downtown Lakeland five miles to Spring Training camp in Tigertown, I look back at that as the best walk I had in life. Ernie Harwell would take me home on Sundays, feeding me when I couldn’t eat with the white players"
Willie Horton
sgkabackup: NIMRIT DESERVES TROPHY
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. - Ernie Harwell..
IffyTheDopester: Listening to Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey call the April 13, 1977 game vs the expansion Blue Jays. Listen to this, in the first inning the Tigers had 3 singles AND 2 walks and failed to score! Paul Carey says it is a virtual impossibility. Yes it is.
baseball_quote9: Ernie Harwell：I love the game because it's so simple, yet it can be so complex. There's a lot of layers to it, but they aren't hard to peel back.
LANEKAtTheDisco: The stadium where I fell in love with baseball as a kid. Would beg my dad to take us early so we could watch the Tigers take infield. It was beautiful to watch. Ernie Harwell's voice coming out of radios in the stands. Magical park.
Alexand63651053: Everybody we meet has an influence on us and an impact - good or bad. And I think that's why we have to be careful with the way we handle people because what we're doing or say is making an impact.
Ernie Harwell
TheStevenSharp: … While Giants broadcaster Russ Hodges was well-known for his famous radio call of "The Shot Heard 'Round the World", his broadcaster partner Ernie Harwell was on the national television broadcast for NBC.
TonyPaul1984: Happy 105th birthday, Ernie Harwell. Had many amazing interactions. My favorite: I was invited to a pre-2006 playoffs luncheon, knew nobody and all tables were full. Then I hear: “You can sit here if you don’t mind the company.” It was Ernie. I didn’t mind the company.
Douglas29029110: Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey. Tigers baseball. I spent my entire youth listening to them
waynestbaseball: Ernie Harwell was born on this date, Jan. 25, 1918. His play-by-play career spanned 55 MLB Seasons, with 42 Hall of Fame years in Detroit! Visit us at Harwell Field to reflect and learn of his impact!
AJohnsonSports: Today, Tigers fans celebrated Ernie Harwell’s birthday. The voice of the Tigers for over 40 years. His legacy in the sports broadcasting industry will always be remembered.
Saint_Abner: Baseball Birthday
Ernie Harwell
Born today in 1918 in Washington, GA
American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame
National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame
Ford C Frick Award Hall of Fame
HonestLarry1: Happy birthday in heaven to one of the best who ever did it. Happy birthday in heaven to Tigers announcer Ernie Harwell.
JohnKeatingBSD: Happy Ernie Harwell’s Birthday! Ernie would have been 105 today. That voice is still with us…
KalineCountry: January 25, Happy Birthday to our beloved Detroit Tigers announcer Ernie Harwell.
orissian: A formal goodbye!
It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.
Ernie Harwell
Jimfrombaseball: “The gentleman from Nyack, New York , Marty Springstead is calling balls and strikes this afternoon. Annnnd, that’s a strike! Mr. Springstead said so"
Ernie Harwell and his wife Lulu; Harwell wears his Marines dress uniform.
IffyTheDopester: Never had to wonder the situation of the game with Ernie Harwell on the mike. Always updating the inning, score, outs, count and men on base!
IffyTheDopester: Ernie Harwell could tell you so much in one sentence. From 5-17-77 game.
"No score, first inning, a man on and a man out for the Tigs." Of course I dored the Tigs moniker!
TheGrandOldGame: Found a first edition copy of Ernie Harwell’s Diamond Gems yesterday, signed by the man, himself. It was a good day.
stillthat1guy: Pistons boys, Rod n Mario, I’m sure the hockey guys were dope. Ernie Harwell on the radio. Iconic shit
SachinK1606: 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. -Ernie Harwell
moeyjedz: Softball is a ballet without music. A drama without words. - Ernie Harwell
aman75574189: It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure. - Ernie Harwell
SHIBDU IS AN EMOTION
MrClawDaddy: Again, I feel like this gets looked over, but we went from Ernie Harwell to Dan Dickerson, and I don't think that people truly appreciate the luck Tigers have for getting that. Not just in terms of their talent, but for their universal praise of who they are as humans.
lost_ballparks: Man, Ernie Harwell (longtime Tigers broadcaster) really did have the best seat in the house at Tiger Stadium! What a view! Photo: Mark Hall
vanillaflight: Ernie Harwell was and always will be (In my opinion) the greatest announcer there ever was! However, as far as broadcast Teams go, these 2 were the best! "And a SHOT, look out! Trammell lines one into the 3rd base seats..."
BaseballQuotes1: Baseball is full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as in life. -Ernie Harwell
Theodore__TM: I just have faith. It's just there. It's not any big deal.
-Ernie Harwell
GHAYAL SHERNI PRIYANKA
botos_emma: Baseball is a lot like life. It’s a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life. – Ernie Harwell
BigMEMath: Anyone else reading a biography on Ernie Harwell while flipping between the Packers and Bucks?
Just me?
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DetroitReddit: "Ernie Harwell talks about his memories of Tiger Stadium." post on /r/Detroit | See full thread and comments:
SaraZeko: As a kid, I fell in love with baseball on the radio with Ernie Harwell. As an adult, Pat Hughes is the voice of summer and baseball. Both paint a picture of baseball with their words. Congratulations Pat!
BobPagesports: Yikes! Hope Bob's OK. Tigers fans remember him. It was his misfortune (and that of Rick Rizzs) to be chosen to follow the legendary Ernie Harwell as Tigers radio pbp men when BO fired Ernie. It did NOT work for them, nor would it have for almost anyone.
Jimfrombaseball: Sound recording of the song “Move over Babe (here comes Henry) written by Ernie Harwell and Bill Slayback and performed by Bill Slayback. Includes sleeve with image of Hank Aaron and reproduced autograph.
ckamka: Pacific included Ernie Harwell & Jack Brickhouse in one of its Baseball Legends sets.
1974Baseball: One of baseball's legendary announcers of the '70s was Hall of Famer Ernie Harwell, left. Harwell broadcast Tigers games for more than 40 seasons, 19 of those with Paul Carey, right. Any Tigers fans want to share their memories of Ernie and Paul? (Detroit Public Library)
MalzahnHangs60: Here's the story:
AllworxJTELL: ........introduced by Ernie Harwell as he stepped to the plate as: "Stormin' Norman, the old Texas rancher turned banker ......."
VIPANRAINA4: “It’s time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I’d much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.” – Ernie Harwell
SHER DIL SHIV THAKARE
ebajek85: Did Ernie Harwell ever say "Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Night?"
I'm looking for subtle homages from Davis, who grew up admiring Ernie. I did hear a "Two for the price of one"
lostone13_: It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.
-Ernie Harwell
Ro45hit
ACER PRIYANKA CHAHAR
Sarcasticdream2: In the history of dumb sports ideas in the state of Michigan, this is right up there with the Pistons drafting Darko and the Tigers firing Ernie Harwell
Jimfrombaseball: "Any kind of a lead over Baltimore these days is like walking across the Beltway on foot."
Ernie Harwell, after a 10-7 Orioles comeback win over the Tigers:
CoachJohn20: 1 Vin Scully
2 Ernie Harwell
3 Jack Buck
4 Mel Allen
5 Bob Prince
6 Harry Caray
7 Milo Hamilton
8 Bob Uecker
9 Harry Kalas
10 John Madden
11 Jerry Coleman
12 Russ Hodges
13 Marty Brennamam
14 Phil Rizzuto
15 Ralph Kiner
CoachBobStarkey: THE ESSENCE OF EXCELLENCE IS A CONTINUAL LEARNING ATTITUDE:
"Ted Williams, who knew just about everything there was about hitting, was always trying to learn more." -Ernie Harwell
FrankieReno67: Will Ferrell doing the Late great Harry Kerry, who mentions Detroit Tigers Ernie Harwell Vin Scully.
Yooper_IA: Mystery Guests!! It’s Halloween season…it could be the spirits of Ernie Harwell and Hal Newhouser!! Only one way to find out. Tune in.
