Memories from the Microphone (eBook)

Voices of the GameCurt Smith is the voice of authority on baseball broadcasting. USA Today#1 New Release in Photography, Baseball Statistics, Photo Essays, and Photojournalism In this second in a series ofBaseball Hall of Famebooks, celebrate the larger-than-life role played by radio and TV baseball announcers in enhancing the pleasure of our national pastime.Commemorate the 100thanniversary of baseball broadcasting.The first baseball game ever broadcast on radio was on August 5, 1921 by Harold Wampler Arlin, a part-time baseball announcer on Pittsburghs KDKA, Americas first commercially licensed radio station. The Pirates defeated the Phillies 8-5.An insiders view of baseball.Now you can ownMemories from the Microphoneand experience baseball from author Curt Smith. He has spent much of his life covering baseball radio and TV, and previously authored baseball books including the classicVoices of The Game.Relive baseballs storied past through the eyes of famed baseball announcers.Organized chronologically,Memories from the Microphonecharts the history of baseball broadcasting. Enjoy celebrated stories and personalities that have shaped the gamefrom Mel Allen to Harry Caray, Vin Scully to Joe Morgan, Ernie Harwell to Red Barber.Also discover:Images from the Baseball Hall of Fames matchless archiveAnecdotes and quotes from Curt Smiths original researchInterviews with broadcast greatsLittle-known stories, such as Ronald Reagan calling games for WHO Des Moines in the 1930sAccounts of diversity in baseball broadcasting, including the TV coverage of Joe Morgan and earlier Hispanic pioneers Buck Canel and Rafael (Felo) RamirezA special section devoted to the Ford C. Frick Award andinductees since its inception in 1978Also take a nostalgic trip down baseball's memory lane with other Baseball Hall of Fame books: Picturing Americas Pastime, So You Think You Know Baseball, and Baseball Memories and Dreams.