Baseball is a tongue-tied kid from Georgia growing up to be an announcer and praising the Lord for showing him the way to Cooperstown. This is a game for America. Still a game for America, this baseball! Ernie Harwell americaannouncerbaseball share on social
I knew that everybody could be replaced. Nobody lasts forever. And if you work for somebody, he's certainly got the privilege and the right to fire you. Ernie Harwell fireforeverknow Change image and share on social
Baseball is the president tossing out the first ball of the season. And a scrubby schoolboy playing catch with his dad on a Mississippi farm. Ernie Harwell ballbaseballcatch Change image and share on social
The game's the thing. That's why people tune in. They don't tune in to hear an announcer. Ernie Harwell announcergamehear Change image and share on social
Why the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World Series catch, and then dashing off to play stickball in the street with his teenage pals. That's baseball. So is the husky voice of a doomed Lou Gehrig saying, 'I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth.' Ernie Harwell baseballbrilliantcatch share on social
Baseball is a lot like life. It's a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life. Ernie Harwell baseballdaydown Change image and share on social
Also I'm a part of the people that I've worked with in baseball that have been so great to me, Mr. Earl Mann of Atlanta, who gave me my first baseball broadcasting job. Ernie Harwell atlantabaseballbroadcast Change image and share on social
In radio, they say, nothing happens until the announcer says it happens. Ernie Harwell announcerradio Change image and share on social