In baseball, democracy shines its clearest. The only race that matters is the race to the bag. The creed is the rule book. And color, merely something to distinguish one team's uniform from another's. — 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
