RIP George Kell

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RIP George Kell

#1 Post by etaoin22 » Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:41 pm

Hall-of-Fame player and then television voice of the Detroit Tigers for decades.

I regret only having had the occasional chance to listen to his TV skills; OTOH WJR in Detroit with Ernie Harwell doing the radio version of the Tigers' games was audible in Eastern Canada and I listened many nights, especially in the great seasons from 1966 to 1968.

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Re: RIP George Kell

#2 Post by earendel » Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:01 am

etaoin22 wrote:Hall-of-Fame player and then television voice of the Detroit Tigers for decades.

I regret only having had the occasional chance to listen to his TV skills; OTOH WJR in Detroit with Ernie Harwell doing the radio version of the Tigers' games was audible in Eastern Canada and I listened many nights, especially in the great seasons from 1966 to 1968.
He won the AL batting title in 1949 by thousandths of percentage points over Ted Williams.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."

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Re: RIP George Kell

#3 Post by earendel » Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:01 am

etaoin22 wrote:Hall-of-Fame player and then television voice of the Detroit Tigers for decades.

I regret only having had the occasional chance to listen to his TV skills; OTOH WJR in Detroit with Ernie Harwell doing the radio version of the Tigers' games was audible in Eastern Canada and I listened many nights, especially in the great seasons from 1966 to 1968.
He won the AL batting title in 1949 by thousandths of percentage points over Ted Williams.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."

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