Ralph Kiner Honored for Five Decades as Mets' Broadcaster

A white 1962 Plymouth convertible eased around the field at Shea Stadium on Saturday night, carrying the man who has been the voice of the Mets for 46 years.

Ralph Kiner was honored for his yeras of service to the Mets and New York baseball fans.

A full house was present at Shea, as were the likes of Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Ed Kranepool, Bob Feller, and Yogi Berra. So too was former broadcast partner Gary Thorne and the widow of Bob Murphy, the former Met announcer who along with Kiner and Lindsay Nelson who together formed a bedrock team of first class announcers for 17 years.

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