Ernie Harwell remembers Tiger Stadium

[michiganfanboy10]

If they would've redone the stadium a little bit I personally think it was nicer than Comerica Park right now... But we all have different opinions

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[canadianchewie1]

Who is the D-Bag who disliked this????

[chippewaman1975]

Tiger Stadium, Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey ... what memories from my childhood! It's sad that the stadium and Ernie are now gone. I was cleaning out the boxes in my closet yesterday and came across a 1986 Tigers-Twins game that I had recorded on a cassette tape when I was a kid. I popped the old tape in the last cassette deck that I own and it actually played. It was surreal to hear Harwell and Paul Carey again calling a game after all of these years. What a treasure trove!

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[dam2630]

leduff, nicely put-together video; live in NYC (no, i'm not a yankee fan) - but greatly miss the grand old stadiums like Tiger Stadium... Drove by it on my trips to Detroit but sadly never saw a game there.  thanks for the memories. Also Harwell R.I.P. ...

[mindspring57]

I was in Detroit in 1968, when Jose Feliciano butchered the national anthem. It was unpopular and engendered a lot of criticism. Soldiers were dying in Vietnam, the Detroit riots had occurred the year before, and society, as we knew it, was falling apart. The current condition of Detroit is ample proof of what such social irresponsibility produced. Feliciano's action was a symptom of that decline. I do not understand why singers have to interpret the song. Why can't they just sing it?

[carlton857]

Best video on Ernie Harwell I could find. I can tell you are from Detroit - it has that vibe. I embedded your video on my blog. I remember Gibby hitting a shot over the roof - the shot that landed across the street at the lumber yard. There was a restaurant next door - gritty but clean. Good food. Detroit is my city forever. Joe Louis. Ty Cobb. Michigan and Trumbull. Motown.

[carlton857]

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[sr71ablackbird]

First, they would drag the tarps on the field, then they would pull them back. This went on for I forget how long, seeing it's been 20+ years ago and don't remember everything about it. But what I can remember, is that I liked it, no matter how bad the weather was.

[sr71ablackbird]

Needless to say, I did not know that It was going to be my last. It was back around the 1980s when the church I went to took the youth group. Everyone was seated at the top deck.. The Tigers were playing against the Royals and for some reason, it would rain on and off every 15-20 minutes.

[sr71ablackbird]

yes, leduff, they could have at least put a plaque on the corner of Michigan and Trumbull but they didn't even do that, after all, it was Michigan's part of "Americana" . It was where I seen my first baseball game along with many others who have may have seen their first at the time.

[psu68born]

i will always associate 68 (the year i was born) tigers with Ernie and how he Really must have helped that city especially back  then

[sr71ablackbird]

@psu68born good to see that I wasn't the only one born in '68 :)

[psu68born]

there a few of us 68ERS out here lol

[iamborghini1]

ernie sux

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[bluegillman2000]

@iamborghini1 and your an idiot!

[JohnD9207]

RIP Ernie...you were the best! Spent many summers in the 60's listening to Ernie on a old kitchen radio AM only you know. He brought the game to life. It cost a buck to see the game on Sat, 50 cents to get a seat in the bleachers and 25 cents to ride the michigan avenue bus, and of course 25 cents for a coke. Life was good.

[hswatnik]

rip E. Harwell-

[iREV0]

God has blessed us with one if the biggest hearts in sports history. Ernie, you were the greatest and will dearly, dearly, be missed. Thank you for what you've given us TIgers/Baseball fans, you will never be forgotten.

[dblomqu1]

RIP

[gravesjnw]

RIP Ernie!

[mindspring57]

So Ernie Harwell knew that Jose Feliciano intended to butcher the national anthem? If so, then shame on him.

[mdumas43073]

@mindspring57 If you really think that Feliciano "butchered" the anthem, then shame on you.

[mindspring57]

@mdumas43073 I was living at the time, and I remember the controversy. Feliciano's performance was considered very disrespectful. You will notice that it was not repeated.

[JustinVerlander35]

@mdumas43073

Agreed, I liked his version a lot.

[kirbycol4]

Ernie is a NATIONAL TREASURE! What a Gentleman....

[SoulKissin]

pt.2 It was against the Detroit Tigers firing him...a real Tom Monaghan & Bo Schembechier brain fart. Ernie came back when Mike Ilitch bought the team in 1993. Yes Virginia, there is a God! And He gave Ernie the voice of an angel. Ernie is a living legend to me. I just want to thank him for the happy memories. I heard that he's not doing well...cancer. I guess I'll meet up with him again in heaven. The blessed hope of every believer. Romans 15:13

[SoulKissin]

Ernie's now 92? How the years fly by. I used to go to his Baptist church in the 80's. I used to fall asleep listening to Ernie call a late night game. Wakin' up hoping the Tiger's had won. Ernie was like family to Detroit'ers. I'll never forget the time he looked at me from the booth with a "thumb's up" for the poster I was holding. "Hang on to your Stroh's"

[bendav11davben]

man im only 16 and i remember when i was 6 and 7 listing to the tigers game in the garage with my dad on sunday afternoons as we worked, and sometimes just sat in the garage and listened. those are the memories that i will never forget. thanks ernie for such great memories.

[w8erv]

Ernie Harwell granted me my first 'professional' interview, as a 15 year old Freshman at Bay City Central High School. We met in his office at the corner and chatted about his career as a big league announcer and the game itself. Through the years, we met many more times. I am indebted to Ernie for that opportunity and I wish he and Lulu as much time as the Lord allows. At 93 years young, Ernie is STILL one of my all-time heroes and I am thankful that he gave that scared kid a chance back then

[AceBG27]

I can still feel the excitement of walking up that ramp and going in to Tiger stadium. What a joy that was!

And Ernie and Paul - well that is my childhood - it just isn't the same without them - not to mention George Kell and AL Kaline on the TV.

I remember in the 70"s - a Tiger Hime Run - was a "Superior Home Run" and that would win some lucky fan a case of Superior Potato Chips ................those crunchy, tasty chips........................I can still hear it in my head.

Magic!

[presleyrules]

I grew up in Tiger Stadium in the 60's and 70's. Got to see some of the greatest ever at that wonderful park. Mantle, Maris, Carew, Killebrew, the Robinsons (Brooks and Frank), and, of course, Al Kaline. It was the best place AND time to be a teen. Thanks for the memories!

[gophilliesforever]

We need Ernie and Al Kaline back at FS Detroit. These 2 new ones are canadians. Ernie, may we remember you, as you should be dead in thne next 2 years. Thank You for years behind the booth. We will remember you.

[sobie78]

God bless Erine!!

[ianelephant4676]

that announcer besideds ernie harwell is my uncle

[TiocfaidhArLa]

The only thing better than Ernie Harwell was Ernie Harwell AND Paul Carey :-)

[MotorCity1370]

I'm 35 now, but I vividly remember putting myself to sleep at night many times as a kid, listening to Ernie call a game on the West Coast in that wonderful, soothing, Southern-tinged voice. Ernie was beautifully complemented by the memorable, deep voice of his longtime broadcast partner, Paul Carey.

[MotorCity1370]

That great baseball writer from the Sporting News, Dave Kindred, once referred to Tiger Stadium as a "glorious opera house of a ballpark". That it most certainly was. As a fervent Tigers fan, I love Comerica Park, but I loved even more the history and character of Tiger Stadium.

[leshager]

I honestly could listen to ernir harwell talk all day long...

[nemodawg1239]

me too dude i got his autograph i wonder how much its worth

[Bubba33Thomas]

I grew up listening! I loved the Tigers and that STADIUM! Ernie Harwell was the voice of basball for my generation . . .

[PiquetBT52]

I remember that voice. It used to come from the transistor radio under my pillow most every night during the springs and summers of my youth. I thank God that He made my ma restrain herself from making me turn it off, even when I had school in the morning. For years I thought I was 'sneaking', but she heard every game!

[drumfreak1971]

This was amazing. I grew up in southeast detroit about 4 miles from the stadium. My dad took me every year at least once to the stadium. And all the games we loved to listen to ernie. My mom even sang the national anthem one year. Even when I hear ernie on a commercial on the radio, you get this feeling that you did when you was a kid and the game was ready to start. The demolition is a very sad event, and another piece of detroit history gone.

[LiquidLen333]

God bless Ernie Harwell, the voice of my youth. Farewell Tiger Stadium. A real place of magic that will be missed.

My heart aches.

[BambinoLino39]

great video!

[ceezy937]

the best baseball stadium that there will EVER be.. you'll be missed Tiger Stadium

[ripit0309]

It's Defuchintroit, it's Kilfuckinpatrick Land. You were expecting??? It's why I carry a gun in my pocket... a 25 caliber automatic, because the shit that caused this is moving out to the suburbs. It's you or them... in my case it will be "them". We have hose out here to wash the scum into the sewers.

[chicubforlife]

I don't know what is worse, watching the pictures of the demolition crew breaking through the walls or the pictures of the stadium in a state of disrepair. It's a shame that it was allowed to just sit and rot. If my Cubs ever move from Wrigley, I hope they have a plan for Wrigley and I don't have to watch it rot like this old gem has.

[LiquidLen333]

Amen to that.

[mcamhd]

There were horribly obstructed seats, never-ending lines at the bathroom, damp hallways, and few exciting teams, but it was perfect. No other word can describe that stadium and the memories which were created there.

[Sundevilhp29]

couldn't have said it any better...

[bjsrs]

This is a travesty! RIP Tiger stadium!

[kristopher835]

Dodger Stadium remains the grandest of 'em all

[detroitfan]

In your dreams. Tiger stadium, Fenway, Yankee stadium and Wrigley are by far the best

[Sundevilhp29]

I feel bad for people like you because you most likely have not been to this amazing, beautiful ball park. You really missed out.

[cougar331]

does anybody know of somebody we can talk to . to save the stadium. this is one of the classic ball parks. only fenway and wrigley are around. we cannot lose our history. and this ballpark was special

i am going to miss it

[kendawg1111]

Tiger Stadium was a little run down, but it was a terrific place to watch a ballgame. Those outfield box seats were sweet.

I met Ernie Harwell at a Tigers fan fest a few years back. What a gracious, wonderful man. I spent a few summer nights listening to him on WJR as a kid, even though I was and still am an Indians fan.

It's sad that a treasure like "The Corner" is neglected and on the verge of being destroyed.

It's a microcosm of what is going on in our country.

[ramdist]

I loved Tiger Stadium - loved the way the green field and the sounds and smells of the stadium would just explode onto your senses as you walked up the ramp. The place was magical. My son will never feel that - Comerica is new and nice but doesn't even come close - just cold, expensive and impersonal. By the way - absolutely loved the way Jose Feliciano sang that day - I still remember it.

[TDUB2008]

We need to save Tiger Stadium. Comerica sucks

[md905]

Tiger Stadium remains an engineering wonder; an architectural gem that was killed by hubris, neglect, and Mike Illitch, the Tigers owner.

The newer Comerica Park is already falling apart but Tiger Stadium's bones won't wobble. It could still be brought back to life.

[sdgold09]

Love you Ernie - Detroit and the rest of the country thanks you for being a person who understands the human condition and understands that we are all equal in the eyes of G-D. Play it again Jose!

[kendawg1111]

Amen!

[Cristoby]

I wish I could find a high-quality video of José Feliciano's performance that day. Mr. Harwell, by way of his selection, contributed much more to promote diversity than he ever though he would.