The finalists for the 2023 Ford C. Frick Award were announced on Wednesday. The group to choose from is loaded with terrific baseball voices.
The ten finalists for the are: Dave Campbell, Joe Castiglione, Gary Cohen, Jacques Doucet, Tom Hamilton, Jerry Howarth, Pat Hughes, Ernie Johnson Sr., Duane Kuiper and Steve Stone.
The award is presented annually for excellence in baseball broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The winner of the 2023 Frick Award will be announced on Dec. 7 at baseball’s Winter Meetings in San Diego and will be honored during the July 22 Awards Presentation as part of the July 21-24 Hall of Fame Weekend 2023 in Cooperstown.
Final voting for the award will be conducted by the twelve living Frick Award recipients and three broadcast historians/columnists, including past Frick honorees Marty Brennaman, Bob Costas, Ken Harrelson, Jaime Jarrín, Tony Kubek, Denny Matthews, Tim McCarver, Al Michaels, Jon Miller, Eric Nadel, Bob Uecker and Dave Van Horne as well as historians/columnists David J. Halberstam (historian), Barry Horn (formerly of the Dallas Morning News), and Curt Smith (historian).
