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" 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

Saying

World

Baseball

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Ernie Harwell

Remembered

Job

" Baseball just a came 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. "

" What happens with any announcer when he comes into an area, if he stays four or five years and does a fairly decent job, people accept him and he becomes part of the family. "

" 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. "

" But most of all, I'm a part of you people out there who have listened to me, because especially you people in Michigan, you Tiger fans, you've given me so much warmth, so much affection and so much love. "

Ernie Harwell

Love

People

" I have great faith that Heaven's there and I'll see my brothers and my mom and dad when I get there. "

" 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. "

" It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure. "

" I look on life as a joyous adventure. "

" 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! "

" I deeply appreciate the people of Michigan. I love their grit. I love the way they face life. I love the family values they have. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Whatever happens, I'm ready to face it. "

" Everybody we meet has an influence on us and an impact - good or bad. And I think that's why we have to be careful with the way we handle people because what we're doing is making an impact. "

" 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

Opportunities

You

" A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball. "

" I think God always has the best for us. "