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Posted By: Paul Carek

I grew up in northwest Ohio, and therefore had access to WKBD, television home of the Tigers. I'll always remember one particular telecast from Kansas City, where Detroit and the Royals were playing on a beastly hot, humid day. In the middle of the game, the director cut to a shot of the broadcast booth, where both Kell and Al Kaline, his on-air partner, were sitting shirtless at their mics. A pretty funny moment, as it was clear that neither guy had any idea they were about to go half-frontal on TV.

Anyway, farewell to a nice guy, and one of the voices from my boyhood.