Rest well George Kell
While I was growing up, my summers were filled with Tiger baseball. A lot of my time was spent with my father, working in the yard where the radio carried the voice of the great Ernie Harwell or we might be in the garage watching a small TV tuned to channel 4 while George Kell and Al Kaline gave their commentary.Today a legend of Tiger baseball, George Kell (86) has passed away.
George Kell was a Detroit Tiger broadcaster for nearly forty years and from 1943-1957 he played with the Philadelphia Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles. He actually beat out the great Ted Williams by a few percentage points for the 1949 batting crown, hitting .34291 while the Boston Red Sox great finished at .34276. Ten times he was an All-Star while playing third base.
He was truly a great man and loved the Tigers. Heaven has found another player for their angelic team. Rest well.
Was a very sad day for the devote Tiger fan. Great tribute.
Comment by ken — March 25, 2009 @ 5:26 am
I remember the days watching George Kell, and Larry Osterman, broadcasting a Tiger game….Mr.Kell would always make the game sound so summer like,telling you how the grass smelled, or even how the hot dogs tasted….Agreat voice in tiger baseball will surelly be missed….
Comment by Dominic — March 26, 2009 @ 10:16 am
And dont forget he always knew that Game Time temperature to Chip. Another favorite memory is when he always would bring up there info guy Chuck Walslick
Comment by john — March 26, 2009 @ 2:41 pm
he may be gone but will NEVER be forgotten. While growing up my grandfather and I would watch george and Al do the games. What a huge loss to the baseball family but, what a great get for heaven.
B. Gage
Comment by Bill Gage — March 27, 2009 @ 9:54 pm
thanks for the posts. I hope more pour in for a great broadcaster and player and for someone thta made many memories for us.
Comment by john — March 28, 2009 @ 10:29 pm
yes the information guy chuck. Remeber the guy at old Tiger Stadium that used to do the dance for the ground crew? do you remember his name?
Comment by ken — March 29, 2009 @ 12:56 pm
Check this wikipedia link for information about Herbi Redmond the dancing groundskeeper.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Redmond
Comment by Roger — March 29, 2009 @ 1:39 pm
yes herbi redmond was his name. That guy was awesome to. Thanks for the post. (and additional info from our web master)
Comment by john — March 30, 2009 @ 5:26 pm
Great work.
Comment by Adie — April 26, 2009 @ 8:27 pm