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To: EveningStar

Ernie Harwell was the only broadcaster ever traded for a player. In 1948 the Brooklyn Dodgers traded a catcher to the Atlanta Crackers in return for Harwell.


3 posted on 07/11/2011 12:45:50 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: cripplecreek
Best announcers in my lifetime (IMHO):

Vin Scully

Jack Buck

Ernie Harwell

Curt Gowdy

Ken Coleman

Ned Martin

Skip Carey

Marty Brenneman

Bill White

Phil Rizzuto

Joe Garagiola

6 posted on 07/11/2011 1:01:02 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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