We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Mainly, because he's a complete, brain-dead moron, and his drooling will eventually cost you your Italian loafers. Proof 2. I was a fan of Deion before being reminded of this incident. But now
The Hall of Fame has an award that's presented annually to a baseball broadcaster — it's called the Ford C Frick Award, named after the sportswriter turned third Commissioner of Baseball. It's basically a lifetime achievement award for those who bring the game into living rooms, bars, cars, and nowadays, just about anywhere. Winning it means your name is stuck up on a plaque inside the Hall of Fame library, which is not quite the same as being a Hall-of-Fame player or manager but it's still a hefty honor to have on your resume. Baseball fans will recognize many of the winners — Mel Allen, Red Barber, Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Ernie Harwell, and, of course, Vin Scully, who won the award in and is still every bit as good today as he was back in If you take a look at the entire list, almost every single broadcaster is either a local icon or adored by baseball fans around the globe. Then there's Tim McCarver.
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Wright We should be remembering him for being a pretty decent catcher from the s and early s. What is even more beyond me is how he still has a job and Joe Buck for that matter. Deion Sanders in , he did not have his facts straight.