Jerry Coleman is named the winner of the Ford C. Frick Award
“I never really envisioned myself as a broadcaster. I got into [broadcasting] because Bill MacPhail, the brother of Lee MacPhail, was running CBS at the time and he invited me in on the Game of the Week,” Coleman said during a press conference at the Hall of Fame. “I said I just got a job with the Yankees, Bill, I can’t quit that job. So three years later, after I traveled like 300 days a year out of each season, I said ‘Hey, Bill, is that job still open?’ I started with Dizzy Dean and Pee Wee Reese opening up the games.”
Known for the phrases “Oh doctor!” and “You can hang a star on that one!”, Coleman took pride in his the originality of his jargon.
Alex Coffey was the communications specialist at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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