Ernie Harwell Quotes
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I decided very early that I was going to be a reporter, that I would not cheer for the team. I don't denigrate people who do it. It's fine.
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There's a man in Mobile who remembers that Honus Wagner hit a triple in Pittsburgh 46 years ago. That's baseball.
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Nicknames are baseball, names like Zeke and Pie and Kiki and Home Run and Cracker and Dizzy and Dazzy.
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So much happened in 1968 it was hard to keep up with everything. We had Denny McLain's thirty-one victories, Gates Brown's great pinch-hitting in the clutch, Tom Matchick's home run to beat Baltimore in the ninth inning, then Daryl Patterson striking out the side to beat them in the ninth. Excitement every day in the ballpark.
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I think if you checked the attendance records of all the announcers, you'd find a lot better record than you would of anybody else in any other business because we love the game and have a passion for it.
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The greatest single moment Ive ever known in Detroit was Jim Northrups triple in the seventh game of the World Series in St. Louis. It was a stunning moment because not only were the Tigers winning a world championship that meant so much to an entire city, they were beating the best pitcher I ever saw-Bob Gibson.
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Wheaties was the big sponsor in those days 1940s. They sponsored almost all the baseball games in the majors and the minors. That was a lot of Wheaties. I think there were twenty-four boxes in a case and some of these guys were hitting twenty-five and thirty home runs a season. We had a dog in those days named Blue Grass and the players used to give us their Wheaties for him. Blue Grass loved Wheaties and so did I.
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I love what I do. If I had my time over again, I'd probably do it for nothing.
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I think I owe thanks to the people who have listened to me over the years, who tuned in on the radio. They have given me a warmth and loyalty that I've never been able to repay. The way they have reached out to me has certainly been the highlight of my life.
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In radio, they say, nothing happens until the announcer says it happens.
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Needless to say, I have more no-hitters than Nolan Ryan.
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I'd like to be remembered as someone who showed up for the job. I consider myself a worker.
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I just have faith. It's just there. It's not any big deal.
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I've been lucky to broadcast some great events and to broadcast the exploits of some great players.
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Baseball is a ballet without music. Drama without words.
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The good Lord has blessed me with a great journey.
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Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill is measured. Every heroic, every failing is seen and cheered, or booed. And then becomes a statistic.
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Baseball is just a game, as simple as a ball and bat, yet as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes almost even a religion.
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I have a great faith in God and Jesus.
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I've found that if you wear a beret, people think you're either a cabdriver or a producer of dirty movies.
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I had a job to do, and I did it all these years to the best of my ability. That's what I'd like to leave behind as I finish my final game in Toronto.
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Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the big leagues.
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It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.
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Whatever happens, I'm ready to face it.