IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1328 
Honoring the life and legacy of William Earnest ‘‘Ernie’’ Harwell. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2010 
Mr. MCCOTTER (for himself, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. CAMP, Mr. HOEK-
STRA, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. UPTON, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. KIL-
DEE, Mr. PETERS, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. SCHAUER, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, 
Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. HELLER, Mr. GARRETT 
of New Jersey, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. FLEMING, 
Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. BUYER, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. 
TERRY, Mr. PITTS, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. AUSTRIA, 
Mr. LATTA, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. KING of New York, 
Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. 
TIBERI, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. 
LATHAM, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mrs. 
SCHMIDT, Mr. NUNES, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. 
WITTMAN, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. 
PUTNAM, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. WEST-
MORELAND, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. DENT, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. 
MCCAUL, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. POSEY, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. 
LEE of New York, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. TIM MURPHY 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. DANIEL E. 
LUNGREN of California, and Mr. BISHOP of Utah) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the life and legacy of William Earnest ‘‘Ernie’’ 
Harwell. 
Whereas William Earnest ‘‘Ernie’’ Harwell was born in 
Washington, Georgia, in 1918, graduated from Emory 
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University, and began his career as a copy editor and 
sportswriter for the Atlanta Constitution and as a re-
gional correspondent for The Sporting News; 
Whereas Ernie Harwell served four years in the United 
States Marine Corps during World War II, after which 
he announced games on the radio for the Atlanta Crack-
ers of the Southern Association; 
Whereas Ernie Harwell became the only announcer in base-
ball history to be traded for a player when the Brooklyn 
Dodgers acquired his services from the Atlanta Crackers 
in 1948; 
Whereas Ernie Harwell called baseball games for the Brook-
lyn Dodgers through 1949, the New York Giants from 
1950 to 1953, including his call of Bobby Thomson’s 
‘‘shot heard ’round the world’’ in the 1951 National 
League pennant playoff game on NBC television, and the 
Baltimore Orioles from 1954 to 1959; 
Whereas in 1960, Ernie Harwell began calling games at the 
corner of Michigan and Trumbull as the ‘‘voice’’ of De-
troit Tigers baseball, until his retirement from broad-
casting in 2002; 
Whereas Ernie Harwell called the 1984 World Series for the 
Tigers and WJR Radio, exclaiming ‘‘Here comes Hern-
don, he’s got it! And the Tigers are the champions of 
1984!’’; 
Whereas Ernie Harwell broadcast two Major League All-Star 
Games (1958 and 1961) and two World Series (1963 and 
1968) for NBC Radio, numerous American League 
Championship Series and American League Division Se-
ries for CBS Radio and ESPN Radio, the CBS Radio 
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Game of the Week from 1992 to 1997, professional and 
college football, and the Masters Tournament of golf; 
Whereas Ernie Harwell was honored by the National Baseball 
Hall of Fame as the fifth broadcaster to receive its Ford 
C. Frick Award in 1981, inducted into the Michigan 
Sports Hall of Fame and the National Sportscasters and 
Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in 1989, and in-
ducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1998; 
Whereas in January 2009, the American Sportscasters Asso-
ciation ranked Harwell 16th on its list of Top 50 Sports-
casters of All Time; 
Whereas, on May 5, 2010, Ernie Harwell was posthumously 
awarded the Vin Scully Lifetime Achievement Award in 
Sports Broadcasting; 
Whereas Ernie Harwell thrilled baseball fans with his signa-
ture call of ‘‘That ball is looooong gone!’’, and said, 
‘‘Baseball is a lot like life. It’s a day-to-day existence, full 
of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportuni-
ties in baseball as you do in life.’’; 
Whereas Ernie Harwell’s low-key delivery and colorful, con-
versational style are synonymous with baseball and 
known to fans across the Nation; 
Whereas Ernie Harwell began the first spring training broad-
cast of each season with a reading from Song of Solomon 
2:11–12: ‘‘For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and 
gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the 
singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is 
heard in our land.’’; 
Whereas for 55 years, Ernie Harwell endeared Americans in 
his broadcast of over 8,400 baseball games; 
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•HRES 1328 IH 
Whereas Ernie Harwell spent 43 of his 55 major league sea-
sons calling games for the Detroit Tigers; 
Whereas Ernie Harwell said, ‘‘I know we’re all going at some 
time, and I’m ready for whatever God’s got’’; 
Whereas, on May 4, 2010, Ernie Harwell, residing in Novi, 
Michigan, passed away at the age of 92 after a long ca-
reer enjoyed by millions; and 
Whereas Ernie Harwell is survived by his beloved wife of 68 
years, Lulu, their four children, seven grandchildren, and 
seven great-grandchildren, and by baseball fans across 
the Nation: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) honors the life and legacy of William Ear-
nest ‘‘Ernie’’ Harwell for his significant contribu-
tions to Major League Baseball; 
(2) expresses profound sorrow at his passing on 
May 4, 2010; and 
(3) expresses sincere condolences to his wife 
Lulu, and the rest of his family, friends, colleagues, 
and admirers. 
Æ 
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