If I walked back into the booth in the year 2025, I don't think it would have changed much. I think baseball would be played and managed pretty much the same as it is today. It's a great survivor. — 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
A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball. — Ernie Harwell Copy Share
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
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
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
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
When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career. — Ernie Harwell Copy Share
In my almost 92 years on this earth, the good Lord has blessed me with a great journey. — Ernie Harwell Copy Share
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
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
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
That other saying, I'm a part of all that I have met, I think that would have to begin with my wonderful parents back… — Ernie Harwell Copy Share
I deeply appreciate the people of Michigan. I love their grit. I love the way they face life. I love the family values they… — Ernie Harwell Copy Share
