So much happened (in 1968) it was hard to keep up with everything. We had Denny McLain's thirty-one victories, Gates Brown's great pinch-hitting in the clutch, Tom Matchick's home run to beat Baltimore in the ninth inning, then Daryl Patterson… — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
Wheaties was the big sponsor in those days (1940s). They sponsored almost all the baseball games in the majors and the minors. That was a lot of Wheaties. I think there were twenty-four boxes in a case and some of… — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
I decided very early that I was going to be a reporter, that I would not cheer for the team. I don't denigrate people… — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball. — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
I have great faith that Heaven's there and I'll see my brothers and my mom and dad when I get there. — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill is measured. Every heroic, every failing… — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
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… — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
Why the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World Series catch, and then dashing off to play stickball in the street with… — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career. — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
In my almost 92 years on this earth, the good Lord has blessed me with a great journey. — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business… — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
I think if you checked the attendance records of all the announcers, you'd find a lot better record than you would of anybody else… — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
In radio, they say, nothing happens until the announcer says it happens. — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
So much happened (in 1968) it was hard to keep up with everything. We had Denny McLain's thirty-one victories, Gates Brown's great pinch-hitting in… — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
