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Ernie Harwell

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In my almost 92 years on this earth, the good Lord has blessed me with a great journey.


— Ernie Harwell


#blessed #earth #good #good lord #great

In radio, they say, nothing happens until the announcer says it happens.


— Ernie Harwell


#happens #nothing #radio #say #says

It isn't me that people love. It's baseball.


— Ernie Harwell


#love #me #people

It's been a terrific life.


— Ernie Harwell


#life #terrific

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


#goodbye #hello #i #i think #much

Nicknames are baseball, names like Zeke and Pie and Kiki and Home Run and Cracker and Dizzy and Dazzy.


— Ernie Harwell


#cracker #dizzy #home #home run #like

That other saying, I'm a part of all that I have met, I think that would have to begin with my wonderful parents back in Atlanta when I was a youngster five years old I was tongue tied.


— Ernie Harwell


#back #begin #five #i #i think

The game's the thing. That's why people tune in. They don't tune in to hear an announcer.


— Ernie Harwell


#game #hear #people #thing #tune

There's a man in Mobile who remembers that Honus Wagner hit a triple in Pittsburgh 46 years ago. That's baseball.


— Ernie Harwell


#baseball #hit #man #mobile #pittsburgh

Whatever happens, I'm ready to face it.


— Ernie Harwell


#happens #i #ready #whatever






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The 1993 season concluded with a three-person radio team (Rizzs Rathbun and Harwell) with Harwell calling play-by-play for innings 1–3 and 7–9 of each game. After graduating Harwell worked as a copy editor and sportswriter for the Atlanta Constitution. Dan Dickerson who had joined Harwell and Price in 2000 took over as the Tigers' lead radio voice.

William Earnest "Ernie" 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. In January 2009 the American Sportscasters Association ranked Harwell 16th on its list of Top 50 Sportscasters of All Time. For 55 years 42 of them with the Detroit Tigers Harwell called the action on radio and/or television.

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