COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -At long last, Bay Area radio icon Bill King was posthumously awarded the highest honor in baseball broadcasting Saturday.
King, the A’s radio play-by-play man for 25 years, received the Ford C. Frick award in a start-studded ceremony at Doubleday Field, with his stepdaughter, Kathleen Lowenthal, accepting on his behalf.
"I think this is a ‘Holy Toledo’ moment," Lowenthal said, using her stepdad’s catch phrase with dozens of Hall of Fame players and managers applauding behind her on the stage. "It is for me. Holy Toldeo."
Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan introduced the Frick award presentation Saturday, and Morgan, an Oakland native, said of the three-sport marvel - who also called Warriors and Raiders games - “Bill King is truly a man for all seasons.