Former Cincinnati Reds play-by-play broadcaster Al Michaels was honored in Cooperstown this past weekend as the winner of 2021 Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually by the National Baseball Hall of Fame to a broadcaster for "major contributions to baseball."
Michaels was recognized along with 2020 Frick Award winner Ken Harrelson and others.
Michaels came to Cincinnati in 1971 and was replaced in the Reds' broadcast booth in 1974 by Marty Brennaman.
From the Reds in December:
Michaels is the second former Reds play-by-play broadcaster in three years to win the award. Al Helfer, who did play-by-play for the Reds from 1935 to 1937, won the 2019 Frick Award.
Michaels sent a tribute to Brennaman in Sept. 2019 as Brennaman concluded his 46-year career as the radio play-by-play voice of the Reds, telling Marty that he was "just happy ... to warm the chair" for him.
Michaels does play-by-play on NBC's Sunday Night Football with color analyst Cris Collinsworth, a three-time Pro Bowler for the Bengals who spent his entire NFL career (1981-88) with Cincinnati.
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