The National Baseball Hall of Fame announced the 10 finalists for the 2023 Ford C. Frick Award with Mets’ broadcaster Gary Cohen being one of them. The other finalists are Dave Campbell, Joe Castiglione, Jacques Doucet, Tom Hamilton, Jerry Howarth, Pat Hughes, Ernie Johnson Sr., Duane Kuiper, and Steve Stone.
The Ford C. Frick Award is presented annually to a broadcaster for major contributions to baseball. The award, named after the late broadcaster, National League president, commissioner, and Hall of Famer, has been presented annually since 1978. Frick was a driving force behind the creation of the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and he helped foster the relationship between radio and the game of baseball.
The Frick Award Committee casts ballots during November, and the results are announced during the Baseball Winter Meetings in December. The Frick Award electorate is comprised of the living Frick Award recipients and four broadcast historians/columnists.
The Ford C. Frick Award is presented annually during Hall of Fame Weekend. Each award recipient (not to be confused with an inductee) is presented with a calligraphy of the award and is recognized in the “Scribes & Mikemen” exhibit in the Library of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Cohen, 64, has spent the last 34 years with the Mets, and currently serves as the team’s TV play-by-play voice on SNY.
