The National Baseball Hall of Fame has announced the ballot for the 2018 Ford C. Frick Award, their annual broadcasting excellence award.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s slate of eight Candidates are:<\/p>\n
Buddy Blatiner<\/strong> who spent many years in national television booths in the early days of television with Liberty, Mutual, ABC and CBS.<\/p>\n Joe Buck<\/strong>, the long-time Emmy wining FOX Sports lead play-by-play announcer, as well as broadcaster with the St. Louis Cardinal<\/a> organization since 1989.\u00a0 And is the son of Frick Award Winner Jack Buck<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Bob Costas<\/strong>, long time voice of baseball for NBC Sports and the MLB Network.\u00a0 Mostly play-by-play and desk show anchor, the Emmy winning Costas has been a big part of the baseball on television family since the early 1980s.<\/p>\n Dizzy Dean<\/strong>, already a Hall of Fame pitcher, he spent 24 years broadcasting, mostly for the St. Louis Browns<\/a>, and on a national stage for CBS\u2019 Game of The Week from 1955-1965.\u00a0 Became a \u201cNational Treasure\u201d due to his way of mangling the English language and home spun way of telling stories.<\/p>\n Don Drysdale<\/strong>, Hall of Fame pitcher spent 23 years in various booths, including his final six seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>.\u00a0 Also did national telecasts with ABC from 1977-1987.<\/p>\n Al Michaels<\/strong>, like Costas was the face of a network’s sports department, ABC to be specific where he contributed to baseball broadcasts from 1976-1989, as well as the ill-fated The Baseball Network from 1995-1996.\u00a0 Also spent time with the Cincinnati Reds<\/a> from 1971-1973.<\/p>\n Joe Morgan<\/strong>, Hall of Fame second baseman spent 25 years calling baseball games on TV, most notably with NBC from 1994-2000, and ESPN from 1990-2010.\u00a0 Also worked games with Oakland Athletics<\/a> and San Francisco Giants<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pee Wee Reese<\/strong>, the Hall of Fame shortstop spent 11 seasons on television from 1960-1969, mostly as Dean\u2019s partner on CBS, as well as NBC\u2019s Game of The Week package as well.<\/p>\n The ballot was created by a subcommittee within the electorate of the 11 living Frick winners and four historians of baseball broadcasting.<\/p>\n The award winner will be announced at the Winter Meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on December 13th<\/sup>, and will be presented on July 28th<\/sup> in Cooperstown during Hall of Fame Induction Weekend.<\/p>\n Main Photo
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