Today's scary thought: John Sterling and Fran Healy could both one day be in the baseball Hall of Fame
Ken Davidoff, on his MLB blog that has no catchy title, tells people they can vote for the Ford C. Frick award, which goes to a baseball broadcaster.
Broadcasters (and sports writers) don't belong in the baseball Hall of Fame. Ballplayers do. But that's another debate.
Here's the scary part: John Sterling is on the ballot.
Maybe he can go in as a tandem with his old buddy Charley Steiner.
Here are some of the other broadcasters on the ballot with Yankees or Mets ties:
Joe Angel, Lorn Brown, Gary Cohen, Hank Greenwald, Wayne Hagin, Ken Harrelson, Fran Healy, Tommy Hutton, Jim Kaat, Michael Kay, Ralph Kiner, Tony Kubek, Tim McCarver, Frank Messer, Bobby Murcer, Dave O'Brien, Paul Olden, Phil Rizzuto, Ted Robinson, Tom Seaver, Ken Singleton, Dewayne Staats, Rusty Staub, Gary Thorne, Bill White
Here's the full ballot.
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Jim Kaat
Ralph Kiner
Tony Kubek
Frank Messer
Bobby Murcer
Phil Rizzuto
Bill White
(Actually I thought Seaver's years with Rizzuto were some of the funniest ever... but not enough to merit the Frick)
Kiner absolutely NEEDS to go in...He's been a radio voice for the Amazin's since their inception, though he is on a much reduced role now.
Gary Cohen also should end up in there...Having him on TV is almost a waste of his talent.
The scary part is that Lorn Brown is on the list.
He almost singlehandedly killed Mets radio broadcasting.
Fran Healy for doing the same on TV.