Edgy DC wrote: Hagin was saying that shortly after they Met, Harwell asked Wayne for his phone number. Wayne thought, "Huh, sure, I guess?" He gave him the number and forgot about it until Harwell called him in the middle of the winter. "I was the number three broadcaster for the Oakland A's and he was calling me to ask how my off-season was going." From the Albom bit..... Ernie. He once wrote that his heroes were sportswriters. I guess we loved him for that. But I can tell you that whenever a new sportswriter or broadcaster came to town, Ernie would greet him as if we were lucky to have him. He never played the kingpin. Never acted like a boss checking out the new kid. Not with journalists. Not with players. He made humility his calling card, he shook hands and drawled, "Welcome to the Tigahs" or "Good to have ya here," and it usually would be someone else who would nudge the new guy and say, "Do you know who that is? That's Ernie Harwell. THE Ernie Harwell." Some great reading here today