Twins trio eligible for Frick Award
11/08/2005
MINNEAPOLIS -- Their names and voices have become synonymous with fans' enjoyment of Twins baseball for decades in the Upper Midwest.
Longtime Twins broadcasters John Gordon, Dick Bremer and Bert Blyleven are among those who are eligible for nomination for the Baseball Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award.
Known for his signature home runs call "Touch 'em all!," Gordon has spent the last 19 years working Twins games on WCCO AM radio partnered with 1996 Frick Award winner Herb Carneal. Gordon's career in baseball broadcasting spans 28 years, including stints with the Orioles from 1970-73 and the Yankees from 1982-86.
Bremer has spent his entire 23-year career calling Twins baseball play-by-play on television. The Staples, Minn., native first worked games from 1983-85 with Spectrum Sports. After a two-year hiatus, he re-joined the Twins in 1987 and worked for all of the club's various TV partners. He is currently with Fox Sports Net North, where he's teamed alongside Blyleven.
This is the first year that Blyleven, who has long sought induction to Cooperstown as a player after winning 287 games as a pitcher in a 23-year career, is elgible as a broadcaster. After retiring in 1992, he joined the Twins TV team as a color analyst in 1996 and has become known for his fun personality and circling Twins fans with his telestrator. It's become a cult following for fans, who routinely hold "Circle Me Bert" signs at ballparks across the league.
Other former Twins broadcasters are also on this year's Frick Award nomination list, including Merle Harmon, Jim Kaat, Harmon Killebrew, Ryan Lefebvre and Bob Kurtz.
Presented annually since 1978 for excellence in baseball broadcasting, the Ford C. Frick Award is given to an active or retired broadcaster with a minimum of 10 years of continuous Major League broadcast service with a ballclub, network, or combination of the two. Fans will have the opportunity to vote for up to three of the 182 broadcasters eligible for consideration for the 2006 Ford C. Frick Award. Bios of each candidate appear at the site. Fans are allowed to vote once daily. Results will be announced when voting concludes, though updates will not be provided during the voting. The fan selections, along with the full ballot of 10 candidates, will be announced Dec. 5.
The final ballot will be comprised of the three fan selections, along with seven other candidates, determined by a Hall of Fame staff research team. The Frick electorate includes all living winners and six historians appointed by the Hall of Fame.
The voting electorate consists of 20 members, featuring 2005 Ford C. Frick Award winner Jerry Coleman and the other 13 living Frick Award winners: Marty Brennaman, Carneal, Joe Garagiola, Curt Gowdy, Ernie Harwell, Jaime Jarrin, Milo Hamilton, Harry Kalas, Felo Ramirez, Vin Scully, Lon Simmons, Bob Uecker and Bob Wolff. Six historians and veteran media members are also part of the electorate, including Bob Costas (NBC), Barry Horn (Dallas Morning News), Stan Isaacs (formerly of New York's Newsday), Ted Patterson (historian), Curt Smith (historian) and Larry Stewart (Los Angeles Times).
Voters are asked to base their selections on the following criteria: longevity, continuity with a club, honors -- including national assignments such as the World Series and All-Star Games, and popularity with fans. Paper ballots will be cast by voting members each January and the final results will be announced at the Hall of Fame's Web site in February. Each voter will cast ballots for three candidates and the broadcaster with the most support will be named as that year's winner, and be honored the following summer at the annual induction ceremony in Cooperstown.
Source: http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/
MINNEAPOLIS -- Their names and voices have become synonymous with fans' enjoyment of Twins baseball for decades in the Upper Midwest.
Longtime Twins broadcasters John Gordon, Dick Bremer and Bert Blyleven are among those who are eligible for nomination for the Baseball Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award.
Known for his signature home runs call "Touch 'em all!," Gordon has spent the last 19 years working Twins games on WCCO AM radio partnered with 1996 Frick Award winner Herb Carneal. Gordon's career in baseball broadcasting spans 28 years, including stints with the Orioles from 1970-73 and the Yankees from 1982-86.
Bremer has spent his entire 23-year career calling Twins baseball play-by-play on television. The Staples, Minn., native first worked games from 1983-85 with Spectrum Sports. After a two-year hiatus, he re-joined the Twins in 1987 and worked for all of the club's various TV partners. He is currently with Fox Sports Net North, where he's teamed alongside Blyleven.
This is the first year that Blyleven, who has long sought induction to Cooperstown as a player after winning 287 games as a pitcher in a 23-year career, is elgible as a broadcaster. After retiring in 1992, he joined the Twins TV team as a color analyst in 1996 and has become known for his fun personality and circling Twins fans with his telestrator. It's become a cult following for fans, who routinely hold "Circle Me Bert" signs at ballparks across the league.
Other former Twins broadcasters are also on this year's Frick Award nomination list, including Merle Harmon, Jim Kaat, Harmon Killebrew, Ryan Lefebvre and Bob Kurtz.
Presented annually since 1978 for excellence in baseball broadcasting, the Ford C. Frick Award is given to an active or retired broadcaster with a minimum of 10 years of continuous Major League broadcast service with a ballclub, network, or combination of the two. Fans will have the opportunity to vote for up to three of the 182 broadcasters eligible for consideration for the 2006 Ford C. Frick Award. Bios of each candidate appear at the site. Fans are allowed to vote once daily. Results will be announced when voting concludes, though updates will not be provided during the voting. The fan selections, along with the full ballot of 10 candidates, will be announced Dec. 5.
The final ballot will be comprised of the three fan selections, along with seven other candidates, determined by a Hall of Fame staff research team. The Frick electorate includes all living winners and six historians appointed by the Hall of Fame.
The voting electorate consists of 20 members, featuring 2005 Ford C. Frick Award winner Jerry Coleman and the other 13 living Frick Award winners: Marty Brennaman, Carneal, Joe Garagiola, Curt Gowdy, Ernie Harwell, Jaime Jarrin, Milo Hamilton, Harry Kalas, Felo Ramirez, Vin Scully, Lon Simmons, Bob Uecker and Bob Wolff. Six historians and veteran media members are also part of the electorate, including Bob Costas (NBC), Barry Horn (Dallas Morning News), Stan Isaacs (formerly of New York's Newsday), Ted Patterson (historian), Curt Smith (historian) and Larry Stewart (Los Angeles Times).
Voters are asked to base their selections on the following criteria: longevity, continuity with a club, honors -- including national assignments such as the World Series and All-Star Games, and popularity with fans. Paper ballots will be cast by voting members each January and the final results will be announced at the Hall of Fame's Web site in February. Each voter will cast ballots for three candidates and the broadcaster with the most support will be named as that year's winner, and be honored the following summer at the annual induction ceremony in Cooperstown.
Source: http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/
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