Dodger`s announcer Red Barber had a bleeding ulcer and could not serve as the lead Dodgers broadcaster.
The Dodgers still had Barber’s partner, Connie Desmond, but they needed another announcer, so Dodgers GM Branch Rickey went out to find a suitable addition to the Dodgers broadcast team and settled on Ernie Harwell.However, Ernie Harwell had a contract with the Atlanta Crackers and Crackers President Earl Mann was not going to let his announcer go without compensation, so the Dodgers sent catcher Cliff Dapper to Atlanta and Ernie Harwell became in 1948 the only broadcaster ever traded for a player.
baseball sucks
ReplyDeleteI agree, its so boring. Total yawn fest. Come on Rump, we want something juicy or at least worth discussing.
DeleteSAO needs a regime change.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely useless article Rump. Why not discuss something worth discussing. Let’s see oh yeah the absolutely corrupt SAO.
ReplyDeleteI hear Melba is considering running again.
ReplyDeleteShe should garner at least ten percent of the vote. Can’t we get a great state attorney in miami ?
DeleteExcuse me? We already have the greatest prosecutor is America. Kudos to Kathy.
DeleteHeck yeah! We love Kathy! The greatest team in America!
DeleteWhere did this come from? Trump slams Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society while Bondi axes the ABA?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM5md8_109I
Been going on for a long time. Trump FedSoc fallout began in 2021. ABA issues maybe 2018.
DeleteI'm not actually a baseball fan, but stories like Rumpole's about trading a player for an announcer remind me of the old, old days when my dad would listen to the Red Sox games on the radio. Brings back New England summers, smells, sounds, quiet. . . . Thanks, Rumpole
ReplyDeleteI buy Chock Full O' Nuts coffee because is it excellent but also because they employed Jackie Robinson as an executive after he retired; a real job, too, not just a name.