[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 8, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1233]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      IN RECOGNITION OF ERIC NADEL

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                           HON. PETE SESSIONS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 8, 2015

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Eric Nadel.
  Mr. Nadel was the 2014 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award, 
presented annually for excellence in broadcasting by the National 
Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Currently he is in his 21st year as 
the lead voice on the Texas Rangers radio broadcasts, which marks his 
37th year broadcasting Rangers baseball, the longest tenure of any 
announcer in the history of the franchise.
  Mr. Nadel is a seven-time recipient of the National Sportscasters and 
Sportswriters Association Texas Sportscaster of the Year Award, and 
two-time winner of the Associated Press award for best play-by-play in 
Texas. He was also inducted as the 15th member of the Texas Rangers 
Baseball Hall of Fame.
  Mr. Nadel has spent several off seasons learning Spanish and has 
taken part in Spanish game broadcasts in numerous Latin American 
countries. He is the author of three books, including Texas Rangers: 
The Authorized History, published in 1997. He also is very active in 
the local music scene, annually presenting a Birthday Benefit Concert 
at the Kessler Theater.
  A 1991 inductee in the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame, Eric and his 
wife, Jeannie, reside in Dallas with their dog, Kirby, a Yorkie mix. 
The city of Dallas is lucky to have him.

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