Ernie Harwell Quotes

I get out there once in a while. I don't want to be the old guy who sits in the corner, and everyone wonders what he's doing there.

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It's a great idea. Now, there's really a way to compare these guys. I enjoy the versatility of the different announcers.

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Radio will always be with us because of its great portability. TV can't give you that.

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McDonough said, referring to the Hall-of-Fame announcer who spent more than four decades as the voice of the Detroit Tigers. ''I thought I'd be with the Red Sox all my career. Really, it's the only play-by-play job I ever wanted.

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Also I'm a part of the people that I've worked with in baseball that have been so great to me, Mr. Earl Mann of Atlanta, who gave me my first baseball broadcasting job.

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I think I owe thanks to the people who have listened to me over the years, who tuned in on the radio. They have given me a warmth and loyalty that I've never been able to repay. The way they have reached out to me has certainly been the highlight of my life.

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Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes almost even a religion.

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A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball.

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