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...there was nothing like Ernie Harwell. Just as Harry Caray spoke to the irreverent, rowdy side of White Sox and Cubs fans, Harwell hit home with the direct, blue-collar ethic of Detroit Tigers fans. Harwell died on May 4, 2010, at the age of 92. He is the subject of the theatrical tribute “Ernie,” which runs through June 26 at Detroit’s City Theatre...

The voice that we fell asleep to while listening to baseball games on transistor radios, the one that called Detroit Tigers games for four decades and became part of our lives, has gone silent. Ernie Harwell died Tuesday of cancer. He was 92. Harwell was the 1981 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award, placing him in the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown as a broadcaster. He said that his induction speech and the Christian testimony he gave at a Billy Graham Crusade in Tampa were the two most memorable speaking engagements of his life. He loved God, baseball, his...

So sad. Ernie WAS baseball to me. Can't post Detroit Free Press links here.

A great man! Rest in Peace, Mr. Harwell. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Harwell

We often hear from our favorite radio hosts “You’re a Great American”. Well, a legend is gone, and he was a Great American. How often would he say “God Bless You” ? What was it, about him, and his voice? Sort of like a little bit of God was in his voice. What a heart and what a good man. He said in regards to his 92 years that “the good Lord has blessed me with a great journey”. Play by play from 1960 to 1991, and then again from 1993 to 2002 for the Tigers … When I heard...