#ThrowbackThursday to 1981: As a recipient of the Ford C. Frick award for his “major contributions to baseball” as a broadcaster, Ernie Harwell became the fifth honoree to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The former Tigers play-by-play announcer, who described himself as a ‘tongue-tied kid from Georgia,’ was overcome with joy as he shared his heart-felt appreciation for the game with the Cooperstown crowd.