Tag: Curt Smith

Curt Smith: “Vin Scully instantly hauls a story from the shelf” and “to navigate a sea of dead air”

By David J. Halberstam 01/18/2023 3

In the last of this series, our interaction with the man who wrote the tome, […]

Curt Smith continues his love for baseball on radio and television; He’ll never forget the 60s and 70s

By David J. Halberstam 01/03/2023 1

If you’re a baseball fan, you’ll know the name Curt Smith. He’s written 18 books, […]

Curt Smith profiles Frick’s 2023 top ten, MLB is most transparent of all sports’ ballots; Winner named in Dec

By Curt Smith 11/01/2022 1

It is striking how many broadcasters of the four major sports—baseball, basketball, football, and […]

VIN SCULLY: A REMEMBRANCE PART TWO; Historian Curt Smith covers voice’s role in LA and nationally

By David J. Halberstam 08/08/2022 1

BASEBALL? – VIN  SCULLY? – NO ONE BETTER – THE VERY BEST! On August 2,Vin […]

VIN SCULLY: A REMEMBRANCE, PART ONE, An unbeatable announcer; by Curt Smith, Voices of the Game

By Curt Smith 08/05/2022 1

A gem by the marvelous writer Curt Smith on the life of 94 year-old Vin […]

Historian Curt Smith says changes make HOF’s Ford Frick Award even better; Ballot goes from 8 to10

By Curt Smith 04/25/2022 1

Perhaps sport’s most prestigious individual radio/TV honor is the Ford C. Frick Award, presented […]

Happy 70th birthday to Bob Costas! The prodigy can do anything; His zeal for baseball is irrepressible

By Curt Smith 03/21/2022 2

Today, Bob Costas turns 70. Below, we continue our series of profiles of past […]

Was Phil Rizzuto the most popular Yankee voice ever? Reading historian Curt Smith’s piece, you can think so

By Curt Smith 03/03/2022 4

To warm baseball’s current lockout chill, we present a series of profiles of top past […]

Curt Smith, sports broadcast historian, profiles late Bob Wolff, former Senators announcer

By Curt Smith 02/18/2022 4

Since baseball’s player-management lockout has temporarily chilled its “Hot Stove League,” we begin today a […]

Jack Graney wins 2022 Ford Frick Award; Canadian born player, turned voice, became popular in Cleveland

By Curt Smith 12/09/2021 1

Recall Dizzy Dean’s “sludding into third,” catcher Joe Garagiola, doing play-by-play in the bullpen […]

It’s World Series time: Historian Curt Smith ranks top 10 U.S. presidents as baseball fans

By Curt Smith 10/26/2019 1

Recently, we etched virtually every American president’s tie to sports since George Washington […]

Pres. Trump loved the Yanks of the ’50s who knew how to make a deal long before The Donald

By Curt Smith 10/11/2019 1

“American Presidents, like great French restaurants,” said the writer and educator S. Douglass […]