Re: Ernie Harwell Retires

["Sean Smyth" <ssmyth@suscom.net>]

Hakim writes:
> One of the great sportscasters of our time, Detroit Tigers play-by-
> play annoucer
> Ernie Harwell called his last game this past Sunday (9/29/02).
>
> Harwell had already announced before the start of the season that he
> planned to
> retire from the broadcast both at the season's end.

Considering how bad the Tigers have been for the past 15 years, who can
blame him?

Fewer and fewer guys are still around from that golden era of
baseball...Barber, Allen, Martin all have passed on, Coleman has been
retired for more than a decade.