RIP Skip
by jrose643 on Aug 3, 2008 11:20 PM EDT
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PrintATLANTA (AP)—The Atlanta Braves say longtime broadcaster Skip Caray, the son of famous Chicago Cubs voice Harry Caray, has died in his sleep. He was 68 years old.
The team says Skip Caray died in his Atlanta home on Sunday. He had several ailments in the last year but had recovered enough to continue calling Braves home games at Turner Field.
Caray was drawn into broadcasting by his father, a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Skip Caray was in the middle of his 33rd season with the Braves. The St. Louis native started in local radio and later joined his father at the University of Missouri calling football.
He joined the St. Louis Hawks NBA broadcasting team and followed them to Atlanta in 1968.
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his style in the booth
Other frequent targets of Skip’s jokes included the Montreal Expos’ mascot Youppi,[8] New York Mets fans, professional wrestling, and the post game B-movie frequently shown on TBS during the 1980s. In one celebrated instance, in order to get back at Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Ron Hudspeth for a critical column, Caray paid to have an airplane tow a banner above Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium during a Braves game which read, “For a good time, call Rona Hudspeth,” and included Ron’s actual phone number.[9]
Skip is also known for his tendency to identify the hometowns of fans who catch foul balls during Braves games in jest. Fans who reside in the metro Atlanta area are identified by a random suburb, though there is no legitimacy behind these references.
During Game 7 of the 1992 National League Championship Series, Caray delivered his most memorable line, as Francisco Cabrera drove in Sid Bream to win the pennant for the Braves:
" A lotta room in right-center, if he hits one there we can dance in the streets. The 2-1. Swung, line drive left field! One run is in! Here comes Bream! Here’s the throw to the plate! He is…safe! Braves win! Braves win! Braves win! Braves win!...Braves win! They may have to hospitalize Sid Bream; he’s down at the bottom of a huge pile at the plate. They help him to his feet. Frank Cabrera got the game winner! The Atlanta Braves are National League champions again! This crowd is going berserk, listen!
Caray also delivered the call for the Braves’ World Series win in 1995.
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The Giants need to sign Harry Doyle.
Wow
That NLCS call still gives me chills…and such a classic Skip moment too. Smart set-up, descriptive call, and passionate delivery, all with a touch of humor thrown in. That’s Skip in a nutshell.
We’ll miss ya, big guy. RIP.
Formerly Uncle Charlie of Minor League Ball
Skip won't soon be forgotten
I moved to Florida when I was 10 years old and pretty much grew up on Caray and the sad-sack Braves. Turning on TBS and hearing his voice made everything good again. You knew he was a homer but he was a homer for your team. As a little kid I actually believed him when he started to name those people who had caught foul balls. He must be a pretty popular guy if he knews all those people, I thought. LOL.
And like jrose said in his post, he had some pretty famous calls, too. I, in fact, will NEVER forget the bream race from second. The only guy slower, I think, is Mike Lowell (or maybe Brian McCann). I’d pay to see McCann race Lowell. :-)
RIP Skip…..
Jesus Christ
this hits me like a ton of bricks. This might be the saddest, or stunned more like, I’ve been about the death of someone I wasn’t close to in awhile.
If you watched Skip’s shape deteriorate over the years, a tragedy to watch slowly unfold, you knew it was coming sometime but the fact that I see the news now.. just out of the blue.. floors me.
I can’t believe I’ll never hear him again. He has always been Braves announcing to me. I grew up listening to him.
Jesus… this sucks.
Plus Larry Munson is nearing the end of his (miles long) rope. Georgia is about to lose two of the most unique broadcasters ever
worst season in Braves history
The curse of TBS, according to Braves fans.
sad
nowhere near worst in franchise history as some have suggested, or any sort of “curse”, but the franchise has been seemingly struggling since the day ted turner sold away his rights as owner to aol…since then, the braves have seen their payroll diminish, right along with their minor league system, which has now affected the major league squad fully….the team has also lost some former greats recently…..
baseball is losing its golden voices left and right…..living in the midwest, herb carneal is one that will not soon be forgotten, nor the well known voice of bob casey in the dome who passed away last year…..the great voices are all nearing their end, and baseball has instead given us drivel like joe morgan and rick sutcliffe to replace those legendary voices…..
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.
Sad, sad day
Skip was definitely one of the few great things that was still great about watching the Braves this year. Listening to the Braves just won’t ever be the same again.
Skip was a Legend
in the South. And he was an integral part of my love of baseball and growing up a Braves Fan. I remember the 70s-80s and the horrible teams, and then the wonderful 90s and winning a World Series. He took Braves fans through it all with his dry humor and refreshing honesty. He will be sorely missed.
Thanks for posting this, I was going to start a post, and was pleasantly surprised to see this one. God Bless You Skip!
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