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Posted By: Jay

It is come to our attention that a few people have complained to Brett at Old Cardboard that the ad for the book is misleading because Ernie Harwell, who wrote the forward to the book and is identified in our ad as being a "Hall of Famer", is not in the baseball Hall of Fame. Mr Harwell, one of the greatest announcers of all time is in multiple Hall of Fames and has been honored by the baseball Hall of Fame:

Harwell was honored by the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981 as the fifth broadcaster to receive its Ford C. Frick Award. He was elected to the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1989, the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in 1989, and the Radio Hall of Fame in 1998, among many other honors. In 2001, Harwell was the recipient of the prestigious Ty Tyson Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting, awarded by the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association. The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame inducted Harwell in 2008.

We are extremely proud of Ernie's association with the book.