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 »
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"Go Gene !!!! City Houston State TX"
"Great Memories of Gene Elston and Colts/Astros Baseball City San Antonio State TX"
"I haven't enjoyed listening to a game on the radio since he left. City Deer Park State Texas"
"Gene made the game come alive, there was no need for someone in the booth to tell stories unrelated to the game at hand in order to keep an audience...this is long overdue. City Pasadena State Texas"
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"please do the right thing and give Gene the recognition he deserves! City Westborough State Ma"
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"I have listened to broadcasts of the Astros games since 1962, and wholeheartedly support this effort in Gene Elston's behalf. City Houston State Texas"
"He will always be the voice of the Astros for me City Galveston State TX"
"I grew up in the late 70s and early 80s listening to the Astros on the radio. Gene Elston was and will always be the voice of the Astros. City Bayou Vista State Texas"
"In my mind, Gene should have been there long before a lot of these so called "greats". John Mcmullen was a carpetbagger in the most magnanamous fashion. City Kaplan State La."
"He's terrific City Houston State Texas"
"I'm 43 years old, and a lifelong Houston Astros fan. My earliest recollections of major league ball were by listening to Gene Elston call the games. The 'Stros struggled to reach .500 in those days, but Elston's accounts of the action hooked me. He, Loell"
"remembers listening to Astros broadcasts on KABT in San Antonio and watching them on WOAI-TV City Carrollton State Georgia"
"He's the BEST!!!!!!! City Houston State TX"
"Gene Elston is "the bomb". City Houston State Texas"
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"I'm 40. Listed for 17 yrs to Gene and last 14 to Milo. Both are great, but if one deserves the Hall, then so does the other. Gene was "homer" enough for me. Consummate professional always. Big part of my childhood memories. Thanks to him I still love base"
