Gene Elston for the Ford C. Frick Award - National Baseball Hall of Fame
Sirs,I am asking that you please consider sportscaster Gene Elston for the 2002 Ford C. Frick Award.He has enjoyed a long and storied 47-year career as both a radio and television baseball announcer a... continue reading »
"Very exciting bio - Gene should get the award! City Houston State Texas"
"Baseball has been a lifetime passion for me.Gene Elston taught me how to understand what I was seeing and hearing.I believe he was the best in the business then and would be the best now if he chose to return. City Houston State Texas"
"A pro's pro; long overdue City Houston State Texas"
"Gene Elston is by far the best baseball announcer the Houston Astros have ever had and he is one of the top announcers ever in any market. Every time I listen to the Astros on the radio I realize how much I've missed Gene Elston these last 15 years. City"
"No One More Deserving Than Gene City Galveston State TX"
"My most fond memories of growing up in the Rio Grande Valley were fishing at night on the pier with my grandparents and listening to Astros games on the radio with Gene Elston and Lowell Passe City Houston State Texas"
""Gene Elston is a no-brainer choice for the Frick Award and the NBHOF. His great voice and steady play-calling carried the excitement of major league baseball into every nook and cranny of Houston and almost the entire sunbelt region of the country. How m"
"best play-by-play, any sport, ever City Eldorado State Texas"
"I grew up listening to Mr. Elston's smooth voice broadcast Astros games. As a boy growing up in New Orleans we had no professional baseball at the time, Mr. Elston was my connection to baseball on the radio.. Mr. Elston belongs in the Hall of Fame. City A"
"Growing up a Houston baseball fan, Gene's voice meant "summer" and "baseball" to my parents and me for 25 years! City Houston State Texas"
"In a class with the greatest, Vin Scully. Gene always gave you an accurate account of the game with enthusiasm without being a "homer". City Spring State TX"
"my favorite all time baseball announcer City gilchrist State texas"
"You have done a fine job for baseball! City Houston State Texas"
"The voice of my childhood! City La Vernia State TX"
"I love Gene Elston. My formative years were filled with him calling my beloved Houston Astros. I skipped Accounting 101 to hear him call the Astros defeat of the Dodgers in 1980. This man is baseball. City Salt Lake City State UT"
"great thought City houston State tx"
