Bob Costas Relishes His Deep St. Louis Roots

Bob Costas said he has been humbled since being named the recipient of the Ford Frick Award, the highest honor a baseball broadcaster can receive.

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Bob Costas Voted In National Baseball Hall Of Fame

A Syracuse grad who found his voice in St. Louis and on KMOX, two places that treasure baseball as much as he does, will join a long line of the city's storytellers in Cooperstown, N.Y., this summer.

Post-Dispatch

Four Frick Award Nominees Ties To St. Louis Sports

St. Louis broadcast tradition is represented well on the ballot for the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in baseball broadcasting. When the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum earlier this week unveiled the eight broadcasters under consideration, four came with ties to the city.

St. Louis Official Site

Reflective Joe Buck Not Interested In 'Longevity Record'

It’s the busiest time of the year for St. Louisan Joe Buck, the lead play-by-play announcer for Fox Sports’ MLB and NFL coverage.

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In Memory Of Former Cardinals: 2009

Our annual feature remembering ten former St. Louis Cardinals who passed away during 2009, including the oldest then-living ex-Cardinal.

The Cardinal Nation

St. Louis Sports Hall Of Fame "First Class" Enshrinement Celebration

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
5:30 pm for Cocktails
6:30 pm for Dinner
8:00 pm for Induction

Family members of Rogers Hornsby, Frankie Frisch, and Joe Medwick are expected to attend: STL Sports HOF Twitter

Busey Event

Former Broadcaster Buddy Blattner Dies

Buddy Blattner, a Major Leaguer for parts of five seasons and a broadcaster on the Game of the Week for seven years, died Friday at age 89.

Cardinals Official Site

Buddy Blattner Dies; Ex-Major Leaguer Was Voice Of NBA's Hawks

Robert G. "Buddy" Blattner, the radio voice of the NBA's St. Louis Hawks in the 1950s and a longtime baseball broadcaster, died today at his home in Chesterfield after a long illness. He was 89.

STL Today

St. Louis' Baseball Heritage

The following June in Hoboken, N.J., the Knickerbockers played the New York Baseball Club in the first recorded game using those rules. But historians still debate over the earliest traces of baseball. Fossils have been found in other New England towns and hamlets, places in New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont, residue dating to the 1820s.

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The Voices Of Baseball

The remarkable run of success in St. Louis baseball radio booths started with a guy named France in the late 1920s then rolled through a Dizzy period in the '40s. The tradition was able to Caray on through the '50s and into '60s. The Bucks stopped there, too. Throw in long runs by Mike Shannon and Buddy Blattner and a shorter spree by Joe Garagiola and the roster is resplendent.

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Buddy Blattner Headlines Royals KC Frick Nominees

In 2007, Royals broadcaster Denny Matthews was the Ford C. Frick Award winner and was honored at the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies at Cooperstown, N.Y.

Royals Official Site