Throwback Tigers: Remembering Ernie Harwell on his 100th birthday

In this new feature we will be taking a look at moments from Tigers history, and remembering the people who helped shape it.

Modern Tigers TV viewers have developed a drinking game to go along with the regular quips of co-host Rod Allen, whose catch phrases include, “I see you, big fella” and “Oh no he didn’t!” among others. Radio listeners can delight in the unrelenting joy of a Dan Dickerson home run call that might just blow out your car stereo speakers.

But for 42 years, the uncontested voice of the Tigers was Ernie Harwell.

On this day, which would have been Harwell’s 100th birthday, we look back at the storied life and career of one of the greatest broadcasters in baseball history, and…