RIP Ernie Harwell

[Ronjohn]

Probably just a footnote to anyone not from the Detroit area, but "THE" voice of the Detroit Tigers, the voice I grew up listening to baseball on the radio has been silenced forever (except in our memories).

RIP Ernie Harwell. You deserve the statue that sits at the entrance to the Tiger's new home, Comerica Park. A sad day for baseball.

http://www.freep.com/article/201005...321/Voice-of-Detroit-Ernie-Harwell-dies-at-92

 

[Sass Muffin]

Wow RJ, that's sad.
Yup, Tigers baseball is on the stations around here,his voice sure rang a bell.

 

[SilverSage]

Thanks Ronjohn.

You always new when it was spring because Ernie was on the radio! I spent many years listening to him. He lived a good long life.

 

[Ronjohn]

Just want to put this in here. Dan Dickerson is one of the Tiger's radio broadcasters. He took this picture last night and posted it to twitter with this note:

On a dark, cloudy, rainy day...this appeared moments after the news that Ernie Harwell had passed away. http://twitpic.com/1l53ih

Here's the photo