ArlJim78
05-05-2010, 12:10 AM
The great Ernie Harwell (http://www.detnews.com/article/20100504/SPORTS0104/5040423/Legendary-broadcaster-Ernie-Harwell-dies-at-92)has succumbed to cancer at the age of 92. He was simply one of a kind, a great voice, a humble and kind man, and a great ambassador for the game. For fifty five years he broadcast ballgames.
Little known trivia about Ernie, he was the only broadcaster ever traded for a player.
Shockingly he was let go by the Tigers during the time the team was owned by the Dominoes pizza guy. I remember there was a great hue and cry over his firing. When Mike Illitch bought the Tigers he made a great move and brought Ernie back.
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He leaves us with countless sayings and favorite verses, none more memorable than that from a Song of Solomon verse, which he used to say before the beginning of his first exhibition game each spring.
"For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land."
Harwell's voice, now silent, no longer will be heard in our land, but it long will be remembered.
Little known trivia about Ernie, he was the only broadcaster ever traded for a player.
Shockingly he was let go by the Tigers during the time the team was owned by the Dominoes pizza guy. I remember there was a great hue and cry over his firing. When Mike Illitch bought the Tigers he made a great move and brought Ernie back.
__________________________________________________ ______
He leaves us with countless sayings and favorite verses, none more memorable than that from a Song of Solomon verse, which he used to say before the beginning of his first exhibition game each spring.
"For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land."
Harwell's voice, now silent, no longer will be heard in our land, but it long will be remembered.