Ford Frick-Nominated Gary Cohen

[G-Fafif]

Gary Cohen joins several also excellent broadcasters (plus John Sterling) on this year’s Ford C. Frick Award ballot.

https://baseballhall.org/frickaward2025

[Edgy MD]

Look't Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper up against each other head-to-head.

[bmfc1]

There are a lot good candidates to be runners-up to Gary… except for Skip Carey who might have been the worst announcer in history. He’s the worst Carey (other than Harry) and that’s saying a lot. He’s the worst Braves announcer in the last 20 years and that’s saying a lot.

[Gwreck]

Skip Caray and Sterling are clowns and unworthy of being considered.

Hard to handicap the rest of the field. I have liked Dave Sims quite a bit as well when I’ve heard his work.

[whippoorwill]

Bob Prince sucked too


Go Gary!

[Cowtipper]

Gary sounds like Kermit the Frog.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

And you sound like a broken record

[metsmarathon]

Gary sounds like Kermit the Frog.

nah, gary's rendition of rainbow connection is far better.

tangentially, i would love to watch a national baseball game announced by actual muppets. it would be so much better a use of the disney brand than the usual espn sock puppets.

[DocTee]

It's a good and deep field. I lived in the Bay Area for 15 years and Kuiper and Krukow are fantastic--like GKR level good. Is there a limit on how many can get the award in a given year (I have no idea if it's one only), that may work to Gary's favor. I cant see one getting it and not the other, and they kinda sorta cancel each other out in a "split ticket" type of scenario. Dave Sims is phenomenal and I suspect he will get in this year or soon thereafter, same with Gary.

[Edgy MD]

Nine of them have the added bonus of not being John Sterling.

It's a fraternity, though, and we probably have to be prepared for the notion that Sterling gets the nod just based on seniority. The J. Taylor Spink Award (which I don't think is called that anymore) has gone to both Bill Madden and Bill Conlin, who both kind of j. taylor stink.

[Gwreck]

And in the same vein, Ken Harrelson got the Frick award recently.

[metirish]

Nine of them have the added bonus of not being John Sterling.

It's a fraternity, though, and we probably have to be prepared for the notion that Sterling gets the nod just based on seniority. The J. Taylor Spink Award (which I don't think is called that anymore) has gone to both Bill Madden and Bill Conlin, who both kind of j. taylor stink.

Yeah i agree , John is probably very much beloved by his fellow broadcasting brothers and sisters

[Cowtipper]

And you sound like a broken record

It's a bad habit of mine.

[ashie62]

All second to Gary