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 »
"A true artist. One of the greats. City The Woodlands State TX"
"Milo Hamilton does not deserve to be in the hall of fame. Gene does. City Houston State Texas"
"Gene is great! City Richmond State Texas"
"He "showed" me the games before they were televised, describing them vividly and honestly. I listened to him while a student in high school in Austin, a college student in Lubbock, and then as a citizen of Houston. I will never forget hearing him call Mik"
"My first exposure to major league baseball was listening to Gene Elston's broadcasts of Colt .45s games as a 10-year-old in Wichita Falls, Texas. He helped make me a life-long fan. City Austin State Texas"
"That idiot Milo Hamilton cannot hold a candle next to Gene Elston. I listened to himm since the enception of the Colt 45's until he was forced out, and there has been no one better. City Houston State Texas"
"I listened to Gene while growing up and nobody is as half as good as he was. City Shreveport State LA"
"My first baseball memory is of Gene Elston on the radio, with the TV muted. What an announcer. City College Station State Texas"
"I will never forget the enjoyment of listening to Gene and Loel as a young boy!! City Palestine State TX"
"I remember as a kid coming home down I-10 from San Antonio with my parents after a vacation in San Antonio. I saw Gene Elston's car with the "STAR" license plate and Gene behind the wheel. That was exciting. My first glimpse of a real star, a baseball bro"
