So Long Folks, hope you enjoyed the game

Ernie Harwell has spent more than half a century broadcasting sports events. His career dates back to 1940 and his major league broadcasting career began in 1948. Harwell worked with the Brooklyn Dodgers, the New York Giants and the Baltimore Orioles, before becoming the voice of the Detroit Tigers in 1960. A graduate of Emory University, Harwell's first on-air experience was as a sports broadcaster for WSB/Atlanta. He also served as a journalist for the Atlanta Constitution and broadcast more play-off games than any other announcer in baseball history. In 1981, Harwell became the first active play-by-play announcer to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, and has also been inducted into the National Sportscaster's Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1998. Harwell will retire from broadcasting Detroit Tigers baseball at the end of the 2002 season. We lost Ernie today, and he will be fondly remembered. Ernie made every feel better for tuning in, and you just wanted the game to go on forever. He called World Series, no hitters in the same fashion, with passion as if it was his first broadcast. If I had my druthers, I would listen to Harwell, or Cheek, or Herb Score ( in Cleveland ) or Vin Scully than turn on the TV. So long old pal, there are All Stars in the sky awaiting your first telecast.