I've been listening to Tom Cheek on the radio as long as I can remember. He's an integral part of my childhood and teenage memories. When someone says "baseball", I think of Tom Cheek. I have to get that out of the way off the top before someone accuses me of being a homer -- when it comes to Tom Cheek, hell yes, I am a homer.
And that's why I'm sad to tell you that Jerry Coleman has won the 2005 Ford C. Frick award, an annual presentation by the Baseball Hall of Fame for major contributions to baseball broadcasting.
After a year of bad news for the Toronto Blue Jays and Tom Cheek personally, I was hoping that this award would be the start of an avalanche of good news for the team.
You can read the Baseball Hall of Fame's release here.
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