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 »
"Great broadcaster very deserving of the Frick award City Houston State Texas"
"was hooked on Astros by listening to Gene Elston while under the covers "fast asleep" as a child City Lakeside Park State Kentucky"
"Please send me the committee voting method and members besides "Hamilton" City Lake Jackson State Texas"
"One of the best ever City Port Arthur State Texas"
"One of the best & most informative sporstcasters ever! City Houston State Texas"
"Gene remains for me the voice of the Astros. Back when there was no TV for games, Gene Elston was, for me, the Astros. When I hear old clips, I realize how lucky I was to have him in our living room everynight, and, on West Coast games, on my radio under "
"mr. elston ignited my love of baseball, especially astros' baseball......."morgan will score, wynn will score, and menke will score" was classic, as well as "brought to you by falstaff beer...falstaff: brewed in galveston and other fine cities".....good l"
"This recognition is long overdue! City Allen State TX"
"a TRUE consumate professional City Houston State Texas"
"I grew up listening to Gene Elston on a transistor radio under my pillow at night. He was my link to Baseball, and to me, he will always be the "Voice of the Houston Astros". City Round Rock State Tx"
"Gene Elston was a part of the game when I became a baseball fanatic in the 1950's. There was little else to do in the rural area of East Texas where I grew up. He was a part of Mutual's Game of the Day on radio and I listened almost every afternoon. He wa"
"I attended the first game played by the Colt 45s in 1962, the first Astros game in the Astrodome and listened to more games broadcast by Gene Elston than any other broadcaster in my long life. With Gene you never had to wonder about what had happened, who"
"GREATEST ANNOUNCER IN ASTRO HISTORY. City HOUSTON State TEXAS"
"Honor a true professional who always new the game was more important than any one player or sponsor. City Houston State Texas"
