POLL: Ernie Harwell’s 100th Birthday
Ernie Harwell, a Detroit Sports Broadcasting Legend, would have turned 100 years old today (January 25). Harwell spent over a half-century calling games for the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants,…
DETROIT – JULY 21: Hall of Fame broadcaster, Ernie Harwell tips his cap as he receives a standing ovation from the crowd in this, his last season at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan on July 21, 2002. The Twins dfeated the Tigers 4-2. (Photo by Tom Pidgeon/Getty Images)
Tom Pidgeon / GettyimagesErnie Harwell, a Detroit Sports Broadcasting Legend, would have turned 100 years old today (January 25).
Harwell spent over a half-century calling games for the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, Baltimore Orioles and, from 1960-2002, the Detroit Tigers. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981. In 2010, after a battle with cancer, he died in his home, surrounded by family at the age of 92. In honor of Ernie Harwell's 100th birthday, we brought back some of his Classic Catchphrases.
Angie Krueger is a journalist who enjoys eating to Classic Rock music. She also enjoys listening to it.
