I just received a wonderful email from someone who was kind enough to pass on a friend's reaction after seeing Ernie. While he was, admittedly, unsure at first that the story of Ernie Harwell could carry a play on its own, he certainly felt differently after seeing it. It was, for him, "a nostalgic look at my youth with baseball...[and]... with Ernie as the narrator. You'd have to say it was the golden age of baseball when we'd never heard of steroids, dui's and spoiled gazillionaire athletes who could care less about fans and even winning."
Have you seen the play? What did you think?
The Ernie Play
Submitted by boofamily on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 14:58.We all had our reason to see the Ernie play. I wanted to see the play because my grandfather taught me about baseball in the 1960's when he listened to Ernie on the transistor radio. He was the voice of the Tigers from the beginning. I have followed the team ever since and I love baseball. My husband wanted to see the play for he is an avid fan of Mitch and the Tigers. My friends wanted to go since they have season Tiger tickets and follow the team all season long. But my son, who is 8 wanted to see the play for he wants to play for the Tigers one day and he never got to hear Ernie call a game. Ever. He never heard the voice of the turtle. My son may be the youngest person to see the play, but he loved it. My son knew the players on the screen and would whisper to me, thats the Babe or that's Jackie Robinson, Mom! My son bought a baseball with the Ernie logo on it and hopes one day to meet Mitch, thank him for sharing the story of Ernie and maybe snatch an autograph for his baseball collection. Maybe someday my son will play for the Tigers and Mitch will be interviewing him. Its always good to have a dream. Thank you Mitch for sharing yet another wonderful story to the world.