Longtime Tigers announcer Ernie Harwell inspires ArtPrize painting

GRAND RAPIDS -- Jerry Douglas never has been a big baseball fan.

Lucky for him, Ernie Harwell transcended sports.

Douglas, an artist from Boyne City, has ventured to ArtPrize 2010 with his oil painting "Voice from the Shadows," a 7-foot image depicting Harwell, the late longtime Detroit Tigers radio broadcaster, looking down from his announcer's booth over the players and fans in old Tiger Stadium.

The painting is on display at God's Kitchen, 303 S. Division Ave. LINK

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Bert and Ernie Try Gangsta Rap

While the Swedish Chef and Beaker of The Muppet Show have been singing Habanera, the aria from the opera Carmen, Bert and Ernie of Sesame Street have been trying something decidedly different … like gangsta rap from M.O.P.’s "Ante Up". LINK, Via: Youtube