Vin Scully's Tribute To Ernie Harwell
- Wednesday, May 5, 2010 6:18 PM
- Written By: Dodgers Diaries
"I have a problem and I hope you will understand and bear with me.
One of the finest men we have ever met and a great broadcaster, he's in the Hall of Fame, Ernie Harwell, the voice of the Tigers for so many years, who started with the Dodgers broadcasting in 1948, passed away today.
The strike two pitch is outside, ball one.
But there's a great story about Ernie, who came to the Dodgers in 1948 and '49, then he went to the Giants, and then he was with the Detroit Tigers from 1960 to 1991, and from 1993 through 2002.
The pitch to Reed Johnson is down and away.
So I really want to salute him and at the same time I don't want to get in the way of the ballgame, so see if we can possibly do both. ..."
The good folks over at Sons of Steve Garvey have the full transcript of Scully's tribute.
-- Related item: Interesting facts about Ernie Harwell.
