Tom Gage (journalist)
Tom Gage | |
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| Born | April 2, 1948 J. G. Taylor Spink Award (2015) |
| Spouse | Lisa |
| Children | J.T. |
Tom Gage (born April 2, 1948) is an American
J. G. Taylor Spink Award
in 2015.
Career
Gage began his career at
Following his retirement from The Detroit News in March 2015, it was announced that Gage was hired as a columnist for
Fox Sports Detroit, where he began writing commentary and analysis of the Tigers from their spring training complex.[3] His job at Fox Sports Detroit only lasted three months, when Fox Sports dismissed all of their regional web sportswriters on June 30, 2015.[4][5]
Gage was awarded the
J. G. Taylor Spink Award in 2015 by Baseball Writers' Association of America, in the closest balloting in the history of the award. Gage received 167 votes of the record 463 ballots cast, while late columnist Furman Bisher of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution received 161 votes.[6][7] On June 13, 2016, Gage was honored by the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation with the Dick Schaap Award for Media Excellence at its 26th Annual Hank Greenberg Memorial Golf Invitational. On September 9, 2016, Gage was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in Detroit
, Michigan.
Gage is a graduate of
Washington & Lee University.[8]
References
- ^ Paul, Tony (July 24, 2015). "Tom Gage: Baseball's Hall of Fame storyteller". The Detroit News. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
- ^ Paul, Tony (July 26, 2015). "Hall of Famer Tom Gage got helping hand early in career". The Detroit News. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
- Fox Sports Detroit. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
- Fox Sports Detroit. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
- ^ Paul, Tony (May 31, 2015). "Sources: FSD cutting all writers, including Tom Gage". The Detroit News. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
- ^ Bloom, Barry (December 9, 2014). "Detroit News' Gage wins Spink Award". MLB.com. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
- ^ Paul, Tony (December 9, 2014). "Detroit News' Tom Gage voted into Baseball Hall of Fame". The Detroit News. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
- ^ Uffelman, Louise (January 7, 2015). "Play Ball". The Columns. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
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