Ernie Harwell January 25, 1918 — May 4, 2010
Yesterday, May 4, 2010, Baseball had to put another living legend into the history books. Ernie Harwell, the long time Tiger announcer, passed away at the age of 92. Ernie spent 55 long years in the booth, 42 with the Tigers. Throughout his career Ernie helped millions of people understand and love baseball. He will be missed. As Manager Jim Leyland suggested, let’s celebrate his life.
As Ernie would say, “goodbyes are sad. I would rather say hello. So hello to a new adventure.”
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