[BC] Twins broadcast legend Carneal dies

[Alan Kline]

       Twins broadcast legend Carneal dies
       Club dedicates upcoming season to Hall of Fame radio voice
       By Kelly Thesier / MLB.com

       MINNEAPOLIS -- One of the signature voices in Twins baseball 
history is now gone.
       Longtime Twins radio broadcaster Herb Carneal passed away on 
Sunday morning at his home in Minnetonka due to congestive heart 
failure. Carneal was 83.

       "This is a sad day for the Minnesota Twins organization and 
millions of baseball fans across the Upper Midwest," Twins President 
Dave St. Peter said. "Herb Carneal's voice was the signature element of 
Twins baseball for multiple generations of fans. Clearly, he was one of 
the most beloved figures in Minnesota sports history."

       Carneal joined the Twins' broadcast booth in 1962 after spending 
the first five years of his career as part of the play-by-play team for 
the Baltimore Orioles. He was behind the microphone for all but the 
first of the Twins' 46 seasons in Minnesota.

       Carneal had spent six weeks in the hospital this past winter 
battling a variety of ailments. He had been scheduled to broadcast some 
home games this season, although it was announced last week that he 
would miss Opening Day.

       Upon receiving word of Carneal's death, the Twins announced that 
they will dedicate the 2007 season in memory of the Hall of Fame 
broadcaster. Carneal received the Ford C. Frick Award in 1996, the 
highest honor for a baseball broadcaster. He was also inducted into the 
Twins Hall of Fame in 2001.

       Carneal is survived by his daughter Terri and grandson Matthew. 
Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced when they become 
available.