I met Ernie at a grocery store when I was 9 or 10 years old. I was there with my dad and I noticed him. I asked my dad if I could say hello, but he told me not to bother him. I must have said it loud enough for Ernie to hear because he came over and introduced himself to me. We ended up talking for about 15 minutes. I remember that day more vividly than almost any other day. I will miss Ernie so much. What a beautiful man.
@DualityofManLimited
7 жыл бұрын
He's 92. He's dying, and he knows it. He says farewell and departs to a tremendous ovation. He steps one foot off the field and a schmuck shoves a ball and a Sharpie towards him in hot pursuit of an autograph. There's a time and place for everything--this was not the time to ask for an autograph.
@rfeldsch
7 жыл бұрын
DualityofManLimited amen brother in general people are idiots. This great man deserved better
@BBBYpsi
4 жыл бұрын
That was my immediate thought also. Calling him a Schmuck is being very kind IMHO. Ernie always put the game first. Such a class act.
@bobma6342
10 ай бұрын
I just noticed that. What a doofus. I am glad he didn't sign it.
@ashland1977
13 жыл бұрын
Red Sox fan here. I can't say enough about this man. Detroit and Tiger fans, you were blessed to have this guy. What a great human being and baseball fan.
@ronmyers2317
4 жыл бұрын
Ernie Harwell was The Voice of my childhood. Listening to him and Paul Carey call the games when I was a Youngster lying in my bed with my radio by the pillow. My dad used to get mad because I fall asleep and leave the radio on. But it was worth it to hear Ernie. One of the signs in the stands in this video said what a human being should be like or something like that. So true. Nobody had Ernie's heart and love and dedication to the game of baseball. Certainly one of the greatest broadcasters ever it's not the greatest. I will never forget 3 things from my past. Tiger Stadium, Ernie Harwell and WJR. He was loved by so many and I miss him so much.RIP Ernie Harwell. The voice of Summer
@jschafer05
14 жыл бұрын
There was a sign that I saw when they were scanning the crowd and it said "Baseball is Ernie Harwell." I think that is all there is needed to know about Ernie. My earliest memories are of being outside on summer days and listening to him call games. Even if the Tiger's weren't very good, he made the games entertaining and enjoyable. Besides baseball, he is also one of the greatest men to ever walk the face of God's green Earth. There will never be another like him
@MrBudcole
6 жыл бұрын
I'm not an emotional guy, but this punches me in the stomach every single time. His voice was the voice of my childhood. And what a classy, respectful, and dignified voice it was. They don't make 'em like that anymore.
@rfeldsch
6 жыл бұрын
Gmail User agree 100%
@airguy71
6 жыл бұрын
As a lad growing up in Michigan I learned the love of the game of baseball listening to Ernie on WJR.In the 60s and 70s not a lot of games were on TV so we listened to them on radio.Ernie was what baseball sounded like.I can still hear in my mind his call in 1968 of Al Kaline scoring the winning run to clinch the pennant.Ernie was the best baseball announcer of all time.
@jbadaluco
14 жыл бұрын
thank you Mr H for being a part of my childhood, I'll never forget you
@kirbycol4
14 жыл бұрын
Boy, I am a big Red Sox Fan, 51 and even bigger Baseball fanatic and student of the Game's History. This MAN was a true Legend... can't watch this Video without shedding a Tear.. R.I.P. Mr. Harwell ..
@rcastle0509
14 жыл бұрын
You made my summers growing up......you'll be missed more than you know.
@detroitrockcity8
13 жыл бұрын
this video gets me every time. I grew up in the 90s listening to almost every game on the radio. I am so fortunate to have been able to enjoy my favorite sport with one of the best radio announcers of all-time. He truly meant the world to all Detroit Tigers fans and those who follow baseball. Baseball will never be the same as he called it. RIP Ernie. Thank you for everything.
@Steve-ti1cu
10 жыл бұрын
Ernie was one of a kind, Tiger radio broadcast games will never be the same!
@jlrice033
14 жыл бұрын
Thank you Ernie. You're in every memory I have of the Tigers. You'll always be the voice of the Tigers. Detroit could never forget you. Farewell Ernie
@earthsucks9555
Жыл бұрын
That was really beautiful Jessica Ernie is my favorite Tiger
@kcjacoby
14 жыл бұрын
I was on vacation when Ernie passed... not being able to go and pay my respects probably was the worst feeling in the world... He was the greatest man on the face of the earth...
@autismpete
14 жыл бұрын
I graduated with Ernie right when he got his honorary doctorate from Wayne State in 2008. That's my memry of this timeless legend!
@blackmoom
14 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ernie, you were so much a part of my childhood, growing up in Detroit and listening to your voice all those nights over the radio--Rest In Peace Forever
@eastbayhwd1987
10 жыл бұрын
I'm a diehard Oakland A's fam, but my late grandpa was from Detroit an I can't get through this video without getting choked up.
@earthsucks9555
Жыл бұрын
That makes me happy Oakland vs Detroit in the mid 2000’s was a great rivalry Your right field fans were maniacs
@ICEGOD2
14 жыл бұрын
God bless you Ernie and thank you.
@ZMoney514
14 жыл бұрын
Ernie had the amazing ability to make you feel like you were his long time friend when you listened to him in the booth. This is such a sad day for Detroit. I will always remember him. R.I.P.
@BobPollock
4 жыл бұрын
It's been ten years, but I still miss him. He was my friend, my mentor and a man who's Godly life inspired me. I have saved every one of his letters he sent me. Forever the voice of the Tigers!
@whildenm
14 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all the memories, I will never forget ... tears
@purpleribbin101
14 жыл бұрын
Ernie. Your voice has been a part of more than half of my life, sitting with my grandparents listening to you, you made me enjoy the game when I had no clue what was going on. Now I'm a die hard fan. Thank you, and God bless your spirit.
@jjgebarowski
8 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1979, so I had a good run with Ernie on the radio. I remember laying on my bed with a radio at the end and just listening to Ernie's broadcasts. I'm actually glad I didn't have cable TV and could only watch about 1 in 3 games.
@kzoogamer
14 жыл бұрын
I may not have been around to hear Ernie Harwell for very long being born in December '84, I still remember him calling games when I would listen to games on the radio. You will be missed, Ernie. You will always be a Tiger. May God show peace and rest to your weary, wonderful soul.
@joshtiger30
14 жыл бұрын
One of the best people to ever walk this earth. RIP Ernie Harwell, see you in heaven one day my friend.
@udhoop
14 жыл бұрын
RIP Ernie. Everytime I watch this I only hope that I can be so blessed at the age of 91! Did you see the way he walked right out onto that field. God bless you Ernie!
@ArmyCop
14 жыл бұрын
Farewell, Ernie. You'll be missed and remembered forever.
@Doc418
14 жыл бұрын
Just heard that he passed away. Rest in Peace Ernie, and Thank you!
@marcotor949
14 жыл бұрын
Thank you Ernie Harwell. In the 31st, and most turbulent year of of my life, you came to Southern California and helped to bridge the ancient rift that exists between father and son. We didn't see much eye to eye in those days, but sharing a game with you bridged a gap, for which I will forever be grateful. Tiger fans were truly blessed, to have you there for so many seasons.
@Wilcox3
14 жыл бұрын
Ernie Harwell Was, Is & Always Will Be The Voice Of Detroit Tiger Baseball. God Bless You Ernie, Rest In Peace. You Brought So Many Memories To So Many & So Many Will Miss You & So Many Will Never Forget You.
@joeyv47
8 жыл бұрын
I want them to cheer forever! I love you, Ernie! You are truly the voice of summer
@Designerguy24
14 жыл бұрын
"Long drive center field..that ball is way back...that ball is gone!" R.I.P. Ernie
@506phantom
14 жыл бұрын
rip ernie he just passed away thank you for the love of baseball
@jjc355
14 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the memories Ernie, Rest in Peace
@williamdunphy352
3 жыл бұрын
One of the all time greats. 55 years. 1948-1949-Brooklyn 1950-1953-New York Giants 1954-1959-Baltimore 1960-1991 & 1993-2002 Detroit
@av8tor17b
14 жыл бұрын
Farewell, Ernie. You've hit it out of here.
@RuthHiggins1969
14 жыл бұрын
@xmanswdet That was exactly the same with my dad! Ernie Harwell's voice was as well-known in our house as all the family members' voices were. RIP Ernie, you blessed so many of us with your wonderful voice!!
@JMK571
14 жыл бұрын
Just hearing Ernie's voice brings back so many strong memories from my childhood. It's a voice that makes you feel good. He will be missed so much. He said that his death would just be another adventure. I hope you enjoy it Ernie. Thank you so much for providing so many with wonderful memories that will last us until we begin the adventure which you have just started. God bless, and thanks again.
@garyrentschler6082
Жыл бұрын
Man, those were the days, being a kid in the 1960's and on ANY summer night, walking or riding your bike and on almost every porch, people sitting outside listening to Ernie Harwell on the radio, calling the Tiger's games:))))) Was such a treasure...looking back:)))
@zantra75
14 жыл бұрын
RIP Ernie my friend.. Baseball will never be the same without your voice bringing us home. You were the heart of baseball, and that heart was broken in two the day you left
@mdumas43073
15 жыл бұрын
For me, it's my grandmother. We'd go to visit her just about every Sunday when I was a kid, and when it was during baseball season you'd pretty much invariably hear either Ernie's voice or Paul Carey's booming from the radio in her kitchen as you entered her house.
@jimkennedy5202
6 жыл бұрын
What a great man. A true role model.
@xmanswdet
15 жыл бұрын
every time i here Ernie H. voice it reminds me of my dad, because baseball season there was my dad after work listening to tiger baseball, and when he retired he was still listening to tiger baseball, and the same unmistakable voice was there as well, Ernie on radio, these will be sweeeeeeeeet memories for me as long as i live !!!
@nathan_sweet
14 жыл бұрын
RIP Ernie, we love you!
@aqelfaris
15 жыл бұрын
Parents moved us back here to WV after seven years in Detroit. Oh, the nights as a kid listening to Ernie on my transistor radio in the '60s!
@sanjuniban
14 жыл бұрын
God, I love this man. Ernie, the voice of the Tigers before the days of cable TV and internet broadcasts, was the voice of the Tigers to me in my childhood. He was the representation of the Tigers in the home of a boy whose dream was to some day replace Whitaker at 2nd on the corner of Michigan & Trumbull. I love you Uncle Ernie! P.S. Do you think you could pull some strings with the Big Guy upstairs so we can get a catcher who hits above the Mendoza line?
@dakotalayinlow
10 жыл бұрын
someone cutting an onion nearby?? my eyes are watering like crazy lol Miss you Ernie!!
@steventweed3599
Жыл бұрын
As a young boy the Tigers were my very first love and Ernie Harwell is the individual who explained to me over the radio what was happening. It was the early 1970s. My dad worked at Ford Motor Company in Woodhaven, Michigan. The Oil Embargo hadn't happened yet. Times were good. The Tigers had Lolich, Coleman, Hiller, Freehan, Cash, McCauliffe, Brinkman, Rodriguez, Brown, Horton, Karine, LaGrow, Fryman and my favorite, Mickey Stanley. There were other names that temporarily filled voids, like Dick Sharon, Tony Taylor, Gary Sutherland, Duke Sims, Ike Brown and countless others. But it was always Ernie Harwell who kept me right there.
@patriciastark1951
Жыл бұрын
Ernie wasn’t just legend in baseball he was an icon for all broadcasters
@CArchivist
14 жыл бұрын
Ernie was a class act, a classy human being. God bless you always Ernie, you have my heart forever!
@BrianSmith-sf8uj
5 жыл бұрын
I'm a White Sox fan living in Michigan but have followed the Tigers for years. I'm happy I had the chance to grow up when Ernie was still broadcasting with Paul Carey, not a better broadcast team in baseball than that and it went along with what WJR was and that's truly the Great Voice of the Great Lakes because you'd go to bed with Ernie, Paul and the Tigers and wake up with J.P. in the morning. I have lost count how many times the last voice I heard at night was Ernie Harwell's and the first voice I heard in the morning was J.P. McCarthy's.
@lindathrall483
2 жыл бұрын
ERNIE HARWELL HAD THAT BEAUTIFUL VOICE IT WAS RICH TO LISTEN TO I LOVED ERNIE HARWELL
@DaddyFreddie
14 жыл бұрын
From a Yankee fan, my prayers and condolences are with Tiger fans tonight. I have listened to Vin Scully and Joe Tait & Herb Score and Milo Hamilton as a child, when you sit and think how these gentlemen reached across generations and painted pictures in the summer nights that we envisioned on the back porch or in the yard as the lighting bugs flew in the air really made us forget life and it's troubles even if for just a few hours. The next announcer has BIG shoes to fill, have fun trying.
@leftyjeb
14 жыл бұрын
Shine on, Ernie. Baseball fans everywhere will always love you.
@stevebaynham4148
3 жыл бұрын
An amazing man...just made listening...like you were at the park.an artist behind the mic...
@bobma6342
10 ай бұрын
I miss Paul Carey, too. Those two went together like peanut butter and jelly. If there was such a thing as a perfect human being, it's this man. Class act from start to finish. God bless you, Mr. Harwell.
@dustyb58
15 жыл бұрын
I didn't grow up a baseball fan so I don't have the same connection to Ernie most do, but after getting a job with the Tigers I was able to meet him, I'm glad I did.
@elvisapresley68
14 жыл бұрын
Man, this LIFELONG Boston Red Sox fan is crying watching this tribute to the great Ernie Harwell!!! I KNOW heaven exists, I just hope they have baseball, and if they do, when I get there............................ I pray Ernie Harwell is calling the first game I get to hear on WHVN...
@coolguyproductions2238
10 жыл бұрын
i am a tigers fan and i love this video go Ernie
@pottermike02
14 жыл бұрын
Tiger fans got "two for the price of one," with Ernie Harwell...When I heard he passed I "stood there like a house by the side of road." He is a "souvenir for the lucky fans in heaven." I was at game 5 in 1984 when the Tiger's won the world series...I was 9...Ernie Harwell was special...
@ohioworststate
14 жыл бұрын
Can't stop the tears.... a small part of michigan died tonight.... you were the greatest Ernie
@cam9006
6 жыл бұрын
Always remember when a foul ball went into the stands, Ernie would say, something like a fan from Dearborn got that one, that's priceless!
@johngarcia6661
9 жыл бұрын
i was there that day,and also the day they laid his body out at comerica park.rip ernie
@stevebaynham4148
Жыл бұрын
Just a class act..n true gentleman..sure miss that voice...
@Supermonkey22
14 жыл бұрын
If I can be HALF as good a man as Ernie, my life will have counted for something. God Bless you Ernie. HLB (Heaven League Baseball) just got the best there ever was.
@BradTyler1984
14 жыл бұрын
RIP Ernie :( You will be missed by so many.
@billyidol7931
2 жыл бұрын
What I love so much about those days is that you could listen as you were falling asleep on a summer night. And Paul Carey had enough sense to pretty much stay out of the microphone when Harwell was talking. Not like what you see today. The second Booth color analyst guys today judy Jibber jabbering most every different type of sport you watch or listen to these days. And I just loved that Georgian drawl. Rest in peace Ernie; and say hello to all the old Tigers up there.
@johnharmon4640
2 жыл бұрын
Remember listening to Mr Harwell on wjr greatest time to be a kid enjoy listening to Mr Harwell
@506phantom
14 жыл бұрын
ernie is the best there is no one like him rip and god bless you
@bootnreboot
13 жыл бұрын
I'll always remember the voice of Ernie Harwell. back in the 1960s my brother and i used to huddle around my 9 volt transistor radio at night to listen to the Tiger ball games on WJR. We could barely here the radio station since Detroit was about 80 miles away, it would fade in and out. I can hear Ernie now, "its a full count,.... he winds and delivers,.... its a swing and a miss!....he struck him out". You will always be loved Ernie Harwell, rest in peace.
@albagubra1923
14 жыл бұрын
thank you for taking the time out during a game to give me a shout out while i was at st. joseph mercy hopital in april of 87...you have no idea how many times i thought and thanked you during that month i was in there with 3rd degree burns to both legs and even to this day...God Bless You Ernie
@davidbehman
13 жыл бұрын
Beautiful video! Great upload.
@NinjaButters
14 жыл бұрын
My only regret is that I never got to meet you in person. You will be sorely missed not only by Detroit Tigers fans but by the entire MLB community. You were the best broadcaster who has ever stepped into a booth and called a baseball game. You had so many great quotes over the years, and I will miss you for as long as I live. May you rest in peace. I know that you are up in heaven calling their baseball games. Say hi to the long lost Detroit athletes for me.
@dtownlove10
14 жыл бұрын
Hard to not get choked up.
@Midnightguy1171
14 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Ernie!!! We'll miss you!
@midnightcabbage5475
6 жыл бұрын
I have a bobblehead of Ernie in my office. I grew up listening to him. What a beautiful human being.
@Bumps49
14 жыл бұрын
One of the great voices of the game. He was a kind gentle man who everyone liked b/c of his amazing skills in making a ballgame come to life on the radio. Crying helps a bit,but there will never be another Ernie Harwell. RIP
@BradleyPruitt7
14 жыл бұрын
RIP Ernie you will be missed so much! :(
@sephirothb
14 жыл бұрын
we all love you erinie!!and we are all sorry to see you go.
@73optimusprime
14 жыл бұрын
God has called his favorite announcer home. R.I.P., William Earnest Harwell, we'll never look or hear upon your like again; 1/25/1918-5/4/2010.
@AshburnStadium
14 жыл бұрын
It must be a very sad day in Detroit. As a Phillies fan who lost Harry Kalas last year, I certainly know how Tigers fans must feel. My most sincere condolences to Tigers Nation!
@randoroberts
14 жыл бұрын
I miss you already Ernie. God be with you
@SCOTT13LV
14 жыл бұрын
We will miss him
@VGmasterX
14 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Ernie. the last two days have been sad ones in detroit
@ELJimO1985
14 жыл бұрын
i will miss him... he was the best
@TroyeMB
14 жыл бұрын
oh Ernie... Rest in Peace... we'll miss you so...
@lennybaseball
14 жыл бұрын
tiger baseball is silent tonight with the loss of one of the great ones.i was just watching an old western. one cowboy said, it's quiet tonight. the second one says, yeah, too quiet. i know just how that second cowboy felt.
@rosezivkovich
13 жыл бұрын
@jschafer05 That was my sign. You couldn't have summed it up better. Thanks for the post. May God Bless Ernie Harwell!
@gregrobertson7932
4 жыл бұрын
Tears. . .lots of em
@stevebaynham4148
Жыл бұрын
The turtle poem...on opening day...so many memories...n the tigers biggest fan.
@kezzerone
14 жыл бұрын
We'll miss you, Ernie.
@stolenbliss
14 жыл бұрын
Broadcast the games for the Tigs fans in heaven, Ernie. RIP
@xmanswdet
15 жыл бұрын
God Bless U, Ernie Harwell !!!
@cmichalakis
15 жыл бұрын
What a class act.
@Jackgrey
14 жыл бұрын
Love you Ernie! RIP
@chr0nicstupidity
6 жыл бұрын
Who would dislike this?
@rickmays960
2 күн бұрын
By FAR THE G.O.A.T. " I'm just a turtle 🐢 on a fence post....... Ernie Harwell
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