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02-21-2006, 07:05 PM
Announced this afternoon, and waaaaaaaaaay long overdue :clap: James Anderson deserves a lot of credit for helping see this come true.
I am beside myself with happiness, which means it's getting crowded having two of my fat butts in the same dinky office chair right now.
AP @ ESPN (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2338390)
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Former Houston Astros broadcaster Gene Elston was picked Tuesday to receive the Ford C. Frick Award and will be honored at this summer's Hall of Fame induction.
Elston was a broadcaster for the Houston Colt .45s and Astros from the franchise's inception in 1962 through 1986. He began his baseball career with the Waterloo White Hawks of the Three I League in 1946, broadcast radio for the Chicago Cubs in 1954 and was an announcer for Mutual's "Game of the Day" from 1958-60, working with Bob Feller.
He was on the broadcast team for CBS Radio's "Game of the Week" from 1987-95 and CBS Radio's postseason coverage from 1995-97.
"Gene Elston's soothing voice and knowledgeable broadcasts helped educate and entertain generations of budding fans as baseball headed south," Hall of Fame president Dale Petroskey said. "Today, the Houston area is one the real baseball hotbeds in the country, and Gene's influence for a quarter of a century is largely responsible."
I am beside myself with happiness, which means it's getting crowded having two of my fat butts in the same dinky office chair right now.
AP @ ESPN (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2338390)
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Former Houston Astros broadcaster Gene Elston was picked Tuesday to receive the Ford C. Frick Award and will be honored at this summer's Hall of Fame induction.
Elston was a broadcaster for the Houston Colt .45s and Astros from the franchise's inception in 1962 through 1986. He began his baseball career with the Waterloo White Hawks of the Three I League in 1946, broadcast radio for the Chicago Cubs in 1954 and was an announcer for Mutual's "Game of the Day" from 1958-60, working with Bob Feller.
He was on the broadcast team for CBS Radio's "Game of the Week" from 1987-95 and CBS Radio's postseason coverage from 1995-97.
"Gene Elston's soothing voice and knowledgeable broadcasts helped educate and entertain generations of budding fans as baseball headed south," Hall of Fame president Dale Petroskey said. "Today, the Houston area is one the real baseball hotbeds in the country, and Gene's influence for a quarter of a century is largely responsible."