Ernie Harwell dead at 92. Best of the Best. RIP Ernie.

[MichiganVote]

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2010/05/hall_of_fame_tigers_broadcaste.html

[MrScorpio]

1. A great one has passed on

[Faygo Kid]

2. Glad to recommend. He was the best - the voice of summer.

This is showing up on many DU forums, and rightfully so. He transcended baseball, although he would scoff at such a notion. The voice of summer, and one of the most beloved figures in sports. In Michigan, we all loved Ernie. I listened to him for more than 40 years. Pretty significant, I would say.

RIP.

[Octafish]

3. We have lost a great American.

A good man and great human being in every sense.

[SharonRB]

4. I've missed him ever since he retired

Baseball just doesn't sound the same on the radio without him. I always loved listening to him on opening day -- that's when I knew winter was really over and summer wasn't far away. Nothing like Ernie's voice coming through the speakers.

He was a wonderful human being, most of all.

RIP, Ernie. You'll be missed.

[flyarm]

5. A great loss for the Tigers and a great loss for Baseball! RIP Ernie! n/t

[Danmel]

6. So sorry to hear this

Although I knew he had been ill. He was a true gentleman. This Yankee fan ( grateful we still have Bob Shephard, though he is missed at the stadium) sends sincere condolences to Tigers fans.

[jemsan]

7. We will miss you Ernie. Condolences to your family.

[Elwood P Dowd]

10. Bob Shephard is the greatest PA announcer in the history of baseball.

No one is even remotely close.

[Love Bug]

8. Damn.

My dad always had the Tigers game on the radio while he did yard work, etc. I can still hear Harwell's play-by-play in my head.

RIP Ernie. You've earned it.

[Elwood P Dowd]

9. On of the greatest ever!! I remember the old days as a kid listening to

Bob Prince, Mel Allen, Bob Elson, Red Barber, Dizzy Dean, and all the great Major League Baseball announcers on my AM radio. Back in those days you could pick up MLB broadcasts on clear channel AM stations
all over the east and south. Ernie did the Tigers games, and I could sometimes even pick them up on my father's old Zenith shortwave tube-type.