It's weird that we have to wait until someone is gone until we realize their impact. Being a "foreigner", Tiger baseball was on the radio all summer in my neighbors back yard, and a connection to "America". After all, the "states" was a bad scary place you never wanted to go unless you wanted to get shot. At least that was the opinion growing up in the 70's and early 80's. With Coleman Young at the helm, I think that was true.
Spending my summers as a kid 500 miles north of Detroit in the Ontario wilderness, Ernies voice was still there. After 9:30 pm, we could get WJR in the bush if you moved the coat hanger just right. Is a place with no phone, spotty power, and no TV, Tiger baseball was the voice of civilization. It's weird, but I always equated Mr. Harwell's voice as stop what your doing, chill out, and listen to the game.
With podcasts, live streaming, and internet radio on your phone, I don't think we'll ever have that peace again. Of course if you can find a few blackout areas, it's quiet, but there always seems to be a cell tower in the distance. Maybe it's time to go back to Algonquin Park and bury a big English D.
In the meantime, GO WINGS!
"With Coleman Young at the helm, I think that was true."
ReplyDeleteActually when Coleman Young came in, there was a reduction in crimes specifically perpetrated by a few police groups that he abolished that were known for terrorizing blacks in the city of Detroit.
But it was just a perception, after all.