Another great voice is gone.  Ernie Harwell, recipient of the Baseball Hall of Fame’s highest honor for an announcer, has passed away.  For the better part of 54 years, Ernie Harwell was in the baseball business.  Most of his time was spent as the iconic voice of the Detroit Tigers.  While the franchise itself might have been terrible, the one thing they had was a great sound.  Harwell passed away yesterday at age 92 from cancer.

During his career, Ernie Harwell saw a lot of baseball history.  He called Bobby Thompson’s “shot heard ’round the world” in the 1950 World Series.  In 1984, he called Kirk Gibson’s home run to win the World Series for the Tigers, hit when Gibson could barely stand.  However, he’s also a part of baseball history, not just for his legendary announcing prowess.  Harwell remains, to this day, the only announcer ever traded for a player.  In 1948, the Brooklyn Dodgers traded catcher Cliff Dapper to the Atlanta Crackers for the rights to Harwell, whom they needed to replace their ailing announcer Red Barber.

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