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OXON HILL, Md. -- Former Oakland Athletics announcer Bill King has won the Ford C. Frick Award presented by the Hall of Fame for excellence in broadcasting.The award was announced Wednesday at the winter meetings. King died in 2005 after 25 years of calling As games.King liked to punctuate big plays with his signature exclamation of Holy Toledo! He also was known for his handlebar mustache and beard, making his face as well as his voice familiar with fans.For nearly a half-century, King called games in the Bay Area. He started out as a fill-in on Giants broadcasts and later did play-by-play for the Raiders and Warriors. He joined the Athletics crew in 1981.New York Mets general Sandy Alderson was the longtime GM of the As in the 1980s and `90s, when the Bash Brothers rose to prominence. Alderson said he enjoyed Kings interest in sports and other fields.Outstanding! He was so fantastic. What I loved about him was he was so unlike most baseball announcers. He was very erudite, loved language, had great command of it, but infused that language with tremendous energy and enthusiasm and passion, Alderson said.He felt strongly about certain topics, both in the game and out of the game. He loved German food. He loved the opera. He always drove a car that was at least 20 years old and was just an incredible personality, an eccentric in a positive way that stood out even in the Bay Area, which is full of eccentrics, he said. I think one of the reasons he didnt get in earlier is because he was so well known for his other sports, as well, and people forgot how good he was in baseball.King was among eight finalists on the ballot for the Frick honor. Gary Cohen, Jacques Doucet, Ken Harrelson, Pat Hughes, Mike Krukow, Ned Martin and Dewayne Staats also were considered by a 17-member panel.King will be recognized on July 29 during the Hall of Fame induction weekend in Cooperstown, New York.Listening to Bill King was like watching the game on the radio, Raiders owner Mark Davis said in a statement. I once complimented him on his basketball commentary and how he was able to do it so well despite how fast the action is. He said, `Mark, basketball is actually the easiest sport to call. Baseball is the toughest because of all the dead time you have to fill. We are very happy for Bill and his family for being honored with the Ford Frick Award. Fake NCAA Jerseys .ca. Kerry, Just watched the shootout in the Coyotes/Leafs game and I have to ask, why was the James van Riemsdyk goal allowed to count? All of the video replays we were shown on TV were inconclusive about whether the puck had entirely crossed the line or not. 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Scherzer struck out nine in seven innings, and Victor Martinez homered and drove in three runs to lift the Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday. Miguel Cabrera had three hits for Detroit, along with his major league-leading 66th RBI. Scherzer (8-0) allowed a run and four hits, walking two. He is the first Detroit pitcher to start the season 8-0 since Jeremy Bonderman in 2007. Joaquin Benoit allowed a run in the eighth, and Jose Valverde pitched a perfect ninth for his seventh save in nine chances. Martinez has struggled a bit with the bat since returning from a knee injury that caused him to miss all of 2012, but there was no doubt about his drive to right in the fourth, a two-run shot that cleared the wall with plenty of room to spare. It was his fourth homer of the season. Hes hitting only .231 and hasnt always been rewarded when hes hit the ball hard. "Its pretty tough not to get frustrated. Every time you go out there, you put good swings -- right at somebody," Martinez said. "Im controlling the things that I can control." Martinezs homer gave Detroit a 2-0 lead, and Cabrera drove in a run the following inning with a single. Tampa Bays Roberto Hernandez (3-6) allowed four runs in 5 1-3 innings. The first-place Tigers lead Cleveland by 2 1/2 games in the AL Central. The Indians visit Detroit for a three-game series starting Friday night. Justin Verlander will start the opener of that series, and his 3.70 ERA actually ranks fourth in Detroits rotation. Anibal Sanchez (2.65), Scherzer (3.24) and Doug Fister (3.27) are all ahead of him. "That might be the best rotation in the American League," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "Scherzer is a lot like Sanchez, where he can add and subtract with all of his pitches. Hes got a lot more confidence in the changeup, and his other pitches have gotten much better over the last couple years." Opponents are hitting .185 off Scherzer. He fanned Evan Longoria three times and kept the Rays off the scoreboard until an RBI single by James Loney in the sixth.dddddddddddd "Im showing consistency with four pitches and I feel like thats really whats allowing me to be effective and pitch deep into games and do all the little things well," Scherzer said. "I realize the leagues probably going to make adjustments to me and Ive got to be ready to still pitch my best when maybe I dont have my best stuff." Don Kelly led off the Detroit fifth with a single, advanced to second on a groundout and eventually scored on Cabreras bloop single to right-centre. Cabrera finished with three hits, and Prince Fielder had two to extend his hitting streak to 11 games. Hernandez pitched 8 2-3 innings without an earned run in a win at Miami in his previous start, but he ran into trouble in the middle innings against Detroit. After Tampa Bay scored in the sixth, Hernandez allowed a leadoff double by Jhonny Peralta in the bottom half and a one-out single by Omar Infante. Pinch-hitter Avisail Garcia hit a sacrifice fly off reliever Jake McGee to make it 4-1. Cabrera singled and stole second in the seventh and scored on a single by Martinez. Tampa Bay got a run back in the eighth on an RBI infield single by Loney. Hernandez allowed 10 hits and a walk. He struck out six. The Rays lost two of three to the Tigers -- Tampa Bay has only one series win at Comerica Park in the last nine seasons. NOTES: Scherzer struck out Yunel Escobar with his 100th and final pitch -- it was also the right-handers 100th strikeout of the year. ... Cabreras seventh-inning hit was an infield single -- his hard grounder up the middle hit McGee, and the left-hander came out of the game with a left shin contusion. Maddon said he should be available to pitch Friday. ... Kelly came running in to make a nice diving catch in the fourth on Loneys flyball to shallow centre. ... Tampa Bay OF Kelly Johnson sat out a second straight game because of back trouble. Maddon doesnt expect the injury to linger. "Its just a little bit of back stiffness," Maddon said. "Once we get by that, well be fine." Johnson was available to pinch-hit. ... Verlander (7-4) starts Friday night against Cleveland RHP Ubaldo Jimenez (4-3). The Rays return home and send RHP Chris Archer (0-1) to the mound against Baltimore RHP Jason Hammel (7-3). ' ' '