oblong Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Deserves his own thread. He was a good man. He was also a very nice man. May Jack's Place for Autism live on. 7 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigeraholic1 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Sad, such a good guy. Hope he finds his key hole in the sky..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerbomb13 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 This one’s a bummer. Just an absolute kind man. I know he hasn’t been on air much this year, but it’s going to be strange to not hear him on air with Dan again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Christian Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Rest In Peace Jim! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordstanley Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 So-so player and so-so broadcaster BUT thanks to longevity and decency he became a Tigers legend, a link between eras. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious D Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Good guy and maybe the longest tenured Tiger employee? May he “buggy whip” an unlimited number of “yellow hammers” in heaven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Thank you for posting. Yes, Mr. Price deserves his own thread. Long time fan of listening to him and Dan Dickerson the radio. He stood in the game as long as he could. He told you how things were, esp later on. I also had the honor of meeting him at one of the Old Tiger Stadium weekend Fantasy Camps. I remember it will, him tossing some Ps to me as I swung away for some hitting practice. Then Ernie came by to sit in the dugout and talk to several participants. Northrup, Horton and others participated as well. "Late Movement" and "He put a severe buggy whip on that one" are the sayings I most remember. Peace and onto 'The Field of Dreams' Jimbo 😇 6 minutes ago, oblong said: Deserves his own thread. He was a good man. He was also a very nice man. May Jack's Place for Autism live on. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdahoBert Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 This is a sad moment. Jim Price is family. Period. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theroundsquare Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Super sad to hear. Jim really grew on me as a broadcaster. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 I can’t express strongly enough how sad this makes me. I knew him not only as a player and a broadcaster, but as my Fantasy Camp team coach (along with Johnny Grubb) in 2008. He was a great guy, never a sharp word or tone that I ever saw, easy to talk to. Rode in a car with him and Rusty Kuntz and learned some interesting things I will never forget. He was a true gentleman. RIP Jim. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben9753 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Hes on to a Nicer Place. RIP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 31 minutes ago, Tigerbomb13 said: This one’s a bummer. Just an absolute kind man. I know he hasn’t been on air much this year, but it’s going to be strange to not hear him on air with Dan again. Yes, a bummer for sure. While this probably isn't a surprise given his absence this season, it still stinks. Oh Danny Boy, have a great call tonight. Given a choice between TV & radio tonight, its got to be radio tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganCardinal Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 It makes me sad that he and Dan couldn’t call a World Series winner. I grew up listening to them. Not that he’s play by play, but the “wow WOW” during the Dan Dickerson Magglio ALCS call still gives me chills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) Quote "And learning about things like the origins of Jim's famous "Yellowhammer" – his colorful description of a good breaking ball. Jim said it came from teammate Pat Dobson and was named after a bird. So one day, we looked it up – and sure enough, a Yellowhammer is a bird that is known for its ability to sharply dart down and away, just like a good curveball. We both got such a kick out of discovering that, and it always added to the moment whenever Jim would break it out – and then we could share a laugh, knowing the history behind the word." https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/detroit-tigers-broadcaster-1968-world-series-champion-jim-price-dies/ And if you didn't know before, you know now. Edited August 8, 2023 by casimir 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious D Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 10 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said: It makes me sad that he and Dan couldn’t call a World Series winner. I grew up listening to them. Not that he’s play by play, but the “wow WOW” during the Dan Dickerson Magglio ALCS call still gives me chills. At least he played on one. And had a job that he presumably loved until he was 81. We should all be so fortunate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalTiger Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 This one hurts, he's been on the fringes of my life for 56 years as player and broadcaster. What a career. He probably feels he never worked a day in his life. He will be and has been missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobrob2004 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Jim Price after reaching heaven: "Nice Area" 6 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Tenacious D said: Good guy and maybe the longest tenured Tiger employee? Sad day indeed. Jim is still a few years short of the man he always called 'the Great Al Kaline", who was already 14 yrs into his Tiger career when JP arrived. Al was with the Tigers over 65 yrs. This year was Jim's 56th. Still pretty amazing. I was never that big a fan of Paul Carey, so while no-one had topped Ernie individually, for me Dickerson and Price were the best radio broadcast pair since those few years when Ernie and George Kell worked together. Edited August 8, 2023 by gehringer_2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinzaki Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Sad news...not unexpected...but still very sad. Not many people get to spend an entire lifetime working at something they love...hats off to Mr Price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Cat Gentleman Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 33 minutes ago, bobrob2004 said: Jim Price after reaching heaven: "Nice Area" Came here to say this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Cat Gentleman Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Anyway, yeah, I'm also not too surprised, but I'm very bummed. I'll genuinely miss him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djhutch Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 He will be sorely missed in Metro Detroit - He did so much good & LOVED the Tigers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Nice man with a million stories, some he could never tell on the air. I just talked it about it on the air in Ann Arbor. I ended my break with "Jim Price was from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.......nice area". I think most people would take that as a tribute and not a joke. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMU97 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 All everyone has said and more are true. He was a true gentleman, and always had time for me when I asked him a question about players I was researching for my books. I grew up with Ernie and Paul, and my kids grew up with Dan and Jim. I hope the next generation will be so lucky to have as good of a team to listen to as those others would. It will be a hard broadcast to listen tonight, and I'm sure Dan is not looking forward to it. Thanks for the memories Mr. Price and I hope you are in a nice area tonight. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 53 minutes ago, Crazy Cat Gentleman said: Anyway, yeah, I'm also not too surprised, but I'm very bummed. I'll genuinely miss him. Yeah, we all speculated he must have been fairly bad off the way he sounded recently. But he did was he loved and the inability to do it at all must have been crushing. I am guessing Andy Dirks (if he's on tonight) will be breaking out the Price-ism in his honor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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