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RIP George Kell
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:41 pm
by etaoin22
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.
Re: RIP George Kell
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:01 am
by earendel
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.
Re: RIP George Kell
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:01 am
by earendel
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.