Cleveland, OH
Tom Hamilton, longtime Guardians radio voice, wins Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting excellence
Tom Hamilton, the longtime radio voice of the Cleveland Guardians, won the 2025 Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
“With an unmatched love for Cleveland, Tom Hamilton has narrated the story of one of the franchise’s most successful eras since joining the team’s broadcast crew in 1990,” Josh Rawitch, president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, said in a statement Wednesday. “Guardians fans adopted Tom as one of their own as soon as he arrived in Cleveland thanks to his knowledgeable play-by-play and passionate calls of some of the franchise’s most historic moments.
“For a generation of listeners, Tom Hamilton is the very definition of Cleveland baseball.”
Hamilton has spent 35 years in Cleveland’s radio booth, joining TV analyst Rick Manning as the longest-tenured broadcaster in team history. Hamilton came to Cleveland in 1990 after serving as the voice of the Triple-A Columbus Clippers for three seasons. He joined the legendary pitcher-turned-broadcaster Herb Score in the booth for seven seasons until Score’s retirement in 1997.
Since then, Hamilton has partnered with Mike Hegan, Dave Nelson, Jim Rosenhaus and Matt Underwood on the radio.
Hamilton won the Ford C. Frick Award this year after previously being named a finalist three times. He will be honored during the awards presentation on Hall of Fame Weekend (July 25-28, 2025) in Cooperstown.
Hamilton started his radio career as a DJ for a country music station in Shell Lake, Wisc., before working at WBNS in Columbus, Ohio. He called Columbus Clippers games as a volunteer and reluctantly submitted an audition tape when Cleveland searched for a new broadcast partner for Score ahead of the 1990 season. The team offered Hamilton the job and he moved to Cleveland.
Hamilton’s known in Cleveland for his “Swing and a drive!” call when a Guardian hits a home run and for stressing each syllable in “Strike. Three. Called,” when a pitcher stumps a hitter and for simply shouting “Ballgame!” the instant the Guardians win.
Hamilton has called countless classic moments in club history, including Jim Thome squeezing the final out of the victory that vaulted Cleveland into the postseason in September 1995 and the team erasing a 12-run deficit in a record-setting comeback against the 116-win Seattle Mariners in 2001.
Hamilton voiced the team’s march to Game 7 of the 2016 World Series, highlighted by Rajai Davis’ game-tying home run in the decisive tilt. In 2023, Hamilton went viral for his “Down Goes Anderson!” call when José Ramírez punched the Chicago White Sox’s Tim Anderson in an August game at Progressive Field.
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Who: Cleveland Cavaliers (20-16) vs. Detroit Pistons (25-9)
Where: Rocket Arena – Cleveland, OH
When: Sunday, Jan. 4 at 2 pm EST
TV: FanDuel Sports Network Ohio, FanDuel Sports Network App, NBA League Pass
Point spread: Not yet set
Cavs injury report: Jarrett Allen – QUESTIONABLE (illness), Dean Wade – QUESTIONABLE (knee), Sam Merrill – QUESTIONABLE (left ankle sprain), Larry Nance Jr. – OUT (calf), Max Strus – OUT (foot), Chris Livingston – OUT (G League), Luke Travers – OUT (G League)
PIstons injury report: Jalen Duren – OUT (ankle), Tobias Harris – OUT (hip), Isaac Jones – OUT (G League), Bobi Klintman – OUT (G League), Caris LeVert – OUT (knee), Wendell Moore Jr. – OUT (G League)
Cavs expected starting lineup: Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell, Dean Wade, Evan Mobley, Jarrett Allen
Pistons expected starting lineup: Cade Cunningham, Duncan Robinson, Ausar Thompson, Ronald Holland II, Isaiah Stewart
Previous matchup: The Cavs defeated the Pistons 116-95 on Oct. 27.
Cleveland, OH
West side Cleveland mom shot in her face during carjacking and lives to tell 19 News about it
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – On Friday, just two days into the new year, 38-year-old Cleveland mom, Tiffany Muscatell, reveals what happened that led to her being shot in her face by a stranger.
Woman shot on Cleveland’s West Side during carjacking
She spoke exclusively with 19 News senior reporter Harry Boomer late Friday afternoon.
The shooting happened around 7:30 a.m. in the 7900 block of Madison Avenue, Cleveland police said.
“What Happened? I was taking my son to my mom’s house, and a guy held me at gunpoint. Told me to get on the ground. I got on the ground. I didn’t have any money. He got into the car, told me to get my son out. It took too long. He threw me out the back and the gun went off. Then he took my son out and threw him on the ground.”
Muscatell was rushed to Metro Health Medical Center by EMS with a gunshot wound to her face.
She has more than a dozen stitches and is home to begin the healing process.
Several of her neighbors expressed outrage about what happened to her and her young son.
Here’s Howard Fetterman, who lives in the same Detroit Shoreway community as she does.
“Really, a baby with her. That’s ridiculous and insane. I think it’s disgusting for somebody to shoot a lady with a baby. They ought to catch the son-of-a-gun.”
Police found Muscatell’s car a short time after the carjacking near her home. The shooter is still on the loose.
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We’re closing out another year as a species here, and it’s one last chance to send a thought to someone before we start the new calendar. Today’s cards all come from around 1910 (give or take a year or two) and, as with our recent Christmas card offerings, we did hold back a few that were definitely from the New-Year’s-time of their year, but maybe not quite as jolly in the sentiment. We do have a lot of embossed cards, which are personal faves, here in the archives.
Card Front: A very wintery-looking bell tower where the numbers on the clock have been replaced with “Happy New Year” and (potentially) a Freemason’s symbol in the center. A holly branch is over the top of the picture, and the border is gold and lightly embossed.
Card Back:
Written Text:
Wishing you a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Marie
New Year Greetings (ca 1907)Postmark: DEC 23 1907 5PMCard Front: A girl crouched down next to and looking at another girl standing on a fancy chair, looking at herself in the mirror (reflecting on the previous year?)
Card Back:
Written Text:
Dear Friend, I wish you and Mother and Sister a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Shall give a friend of ours a letter of introduction. Mrs. E Simmons
A Happy New Year (ca 1900s)Postmark: (Not Mailed / Likely Hand Delivered)Card Front: “A Happy New Year” in stylized text across the top, some holly with an inset of an older photo postcard over it with the text “CLEVELAND,O. Public Square” written on the inset card.
Card Back:
Written Text:
Dear Mamma, May all the good things come to you in the New Year just coming. Gay.
Wishing You a Happy New Year (ca 1908)Postmark: DEC 31 1908 1PMCard Front: A depiction of the handoff of old year to new, from Father Time to baby New Year. The text “Wishing you a happy New Year” is written in gold cursive at the top, and a giant block with “January 1” is in the bottom center so that there can be no confusion.
Card Back:
Written Text:
A Happy New Year to all. From Lydia.
To Wish You a Happy New Year (ca 1908)Postmark: DEC 26 1910 11PMCard Front: A holiday-styled book, opened to the middle with ribbon to mark the page, with a painting of a house by some water in the winter on the left, and “To Wish you a Happy New Year” written on the right page; some holly underneath on the right.
Card Back:
Written Text:
Dear Agnes, we received the postals, and certainly were delighted to hear from you all. I often spoke about you, but did not know your address. Wishing you a Happy New Year and hoping to hear from you often. I remain your friend, Julia
A Happy New Year (ca 1909)Postmark: DEC 30 1909 2:30PMCard Front: a border of lumpy snow, with the text “A Happy New Year” written in icy/snowy-style lettering across the top, with a mill near a creek in the winter.
Card Back:
Written Text:
Happy New Year to you and all the folks. Pearl
Pearl says it best here: Happy New Year to you and everyone out there. May 2026 bring us all the good news fit to report on the rest of the site, we’ll still be here in the Archives looking for new concepts!
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