Ernie Harwell : Stories From My Life in Baseball (Honoring a Detroit Legend)
Ernie Harwell was born in Washington, Ga., on Jan. 25, 1918.  He began his career in radio and television in 1940 and has been broadcasting major league baseball games since 1948.  The 2001 baseball season will be his 41st broadcasting Detroit Tigers games. Harwell has written three other books -- "Tuned to Baseball," "Diamond Gems" and "The Babe Signed My Shoe" -- and has written a baseball column regularly for the Detroit Free Press since 1991.  He lives in Farmington Hills, Mich., with his wife, Lulu.