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1954: Harwell Broadcasts First Game From Detroit, Not For Tigers Published: April 13, 2021 DETROIT - JULY 21: Hall of Fame broadcaster, Ernie Harwell tips his cap as he receives a standing ovation from the crowd in this, his last season at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan on July 21, 2002. The Twins dfeated the Tigers 4-2. (Photo by Tom Pidgeon/Getty Images) For a generation or two of Detroit Tiger fans, Ernie Harwell was synonymous with summer afternoons and evenings, and Tiger baseball. But it wasn t always that way. The Hall of Fame broadcaster, who died in 2010, wasn t always the voice of the Tigers. The Tigers weren t even his second Major League job. But folks must ve known he was special early on. In 1948, Harwell was the announcer for the Atlanta Crackers, and the Brooklyn Dodgers and their general manager Branch Rickey, needed a fill-in for another Hall of Famer, Red Barber, who was dealing with a bleeding ulcer. So Rickey traded a promising catching prospect, Cliff D

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