God blessed me by putting me here for thirty-one years at Michigan and Trumbull. Ernie Harwell More Quotes by Ernie Harwell More Quotes From Ernie Harwell It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure. Ernie Harwell attitude adventure goodbye 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 existence baseball opportunity Baseball is a ballet without music. Drama without words. Ernie Harwell baseball softball drama 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 team baseball book I think I owe thanks to the people who have listened to me over the years, who tuned in on the radio. They have given me a warmth and loyalty that I've never been able to repay. The way they have reached out to me has certainly been the highlight of my life. Ernie Harwell loyalty years thinking Baseball is just a game, as simple as a ball and bat, yet as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes almost even a religion. Ernie Harwell simple baseball sports I just have faith. It's just there. It's not any big deal. Ernie Harwell deals bigs have-faith I look on life as a joyous adventure. Ernie Harwell joyous adventure looks I've found that if you wear a beret, people think you're either a cabdriver or a producer of dirty movies. Ernie Harwell naughty dirty thinking Nicknames are baseball, names like Zeke and Pie and Kiki and Home Run and Cracker and Dizzy and Dazzy. Ernie Harwell baseball home running The greatest single moment Ive ever known in Detroit was Jim Northrups triple in the seventh game of the World Series in St. Louis. It was a stunning moment because not only were the Tigers winning a world championship that meant so much to an entire city, they were beating the best pitcher I ever saw-Bob Gibson. Ernie Harwell single-mom games winning 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 striking out the side to beat them in the ninth. Excitement every day in the ballpark. Ernie Harwell victory home running There's a man in Mobile who remembers that Honus Wagner hit a triple in Pittsburgh 46 years ago. That's baseball. Ernie Harwell baseball men years Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill is measured. Every heroic, every failing is seen and cheered, or booed. And then becomes a statistic. Ernie Harwell race baseball men I think God always has the best for us. Ernie Harwell thinking 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 baseball years thinking 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 atlanta baseball jobs I had a job to do, and I did it all these years to the best of my ability. That's what I'd like to leave behind as I finish my final game in Toronto. Ernie Harwell games jobs years 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 in any other business because we love the game and have a passion for it. Ernie Harwell passion games thinking Whatever happens, I'm ready to face it. Ernie Harwell whatever-happens ready faces
