Editing Chuck Thompson (section)

===Later career===
Thompson came out of retirement in 1991 to work part-time on Orioles games for WBAL when [[Jon Miller]] was away broadcasting ''[[ESPN Sunday Night Baseball]]''. Failing eyesight caused by [[macular degeneration]] forced him to retire for good in 2000. He received the [[Ford C. Frick Award]] from the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] in 1993. In January 2009, the [[American Sportscasters Association]] ranked Thompson 34th on its list of Top 50 Sportscasters of All Time.<ref>[http://www.americansportscastersonline.com/top50sportscasters.html ASA's Top 50 Sportscasters of All Time]</ref>