Big news today out of the National Baseball Hall of Fame! They have announced that ten popular MLB voices have been named as the finalists for the 2023 Ford C. Frick Award. Among them is Ridgefield resident Gary Cohen, the NY Mets play-by-play voice on SNY.
The Baseball Hall of Fame describes the Frick Award selection criteria like this: “Commitment to excellence, quality of broadcasting abilities, reverence within the game, popularity with fans, and recognition by peers.”
To be considered, an active or retired broadcaster must have a minimum of 10 years of continuous major league broadcast service with a ball club, network, or a combination of the two.
The Frick award is presented annually for excellence in baseball broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
A member of the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame, Cohen, joins fellow Frick Award finalists Dave Campbell, Joe Castiglione, Jacques Doucet, Tom Hamilton, Jerry Howarth, Pat Hughes, Ernie Johnson Sr., Duane Kuiper and Steve Stone.
According to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, final voting for the 2023 Frick Award will be conducted by twelve previous Frick Award recipients (all living) and three broadcast historians/columnists, including Brennaman, Bob Costas, Harrelson, Jaime Jarrín, Tony Kubek, Denny Matthews, Tim McCarver, Al Michaels, Jon Miller, Nadel, Bob Uecker and Dave Van Horne, and historians/columnists Halberstam (historian), Barry Horn (formerly of the Dallas Morning News), and Smith (historian).
The Baseball Hall of Fame says they will announce the winner of the 2023 Frick Award on Dec. 7 at baseball’s Winter Meetings in San Diego and will be the winner will be honored during the July 22 Awards Presentation as part of the July 21-24 Hall of Fame Weekend 2023 in Cooperstown.
All of the 2023 Frick Award candidates are living except for Johnson.
Read more about the 2023 Frick Award on the National Baseball Hall of Fame website here.