An ambassador of summer: Ernie Harwell (1918-2010)

Forgive me this day as I write this without getting misty-eyed.  For those who do not follow baseball, or sports in general, Ernie Harwell passed away Tuesday evening from a year-long battle of terminal cancer.  Harwell was the long-time voice of the Detroit Tigers. Check that.  He was the voice of Michigan, Detroit, the Tigers,…