Herb Carneal [SEP] cause of death
Year 20 times by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.
Beginning in 2002, Carneal scaled back his workload to providing play-by-play for half of Minnesota's home games. By 2007, he was scheduled to work only 36 games. Until 2007, Carneal worked in partnership with fellow radio commentators John Gordon and Dan Gladden.
In 2002, Carneal was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.
Herb Carneal died on April 1, 2007, of congestive heart failure. The Twins dedicated their 2007
season to Carneal, wearing patches on their sleeves in his honor.
External links.
- Baseball Hall of Fame - Frick Award recipient
- Obituary
- WCCO: Herb Carneal
- Pavek Museum: Herb Carneal
- 2006 story about twilight of Carneal's career from Minnesota Twins' Gameday program