Some sadness..too.....
On a weekend when all was well in my world.......
The sports world suffered a loss.......
Long time Atlanta Braves broadcaster Skip Caray died in his sleep on Sunday.
Skip was the son of legendary Chicago Cub play by play personality, Harry Caray.......and the father of budding superstar sports announcer, Chip Caray.
But .......Skip......was just Skip. Dry sense of humor..........cynical..........off beat......but talented none the less.
He came to Atlanta in the '70's..........Used to call Hawks games on radio......
Then Ted Turner turned WTCG 17 ( a UHF channel) into WTBS (the first "superstation").......and the rest of the world got to know Skip Caray..........and the then "America's Team.......the Atlanta Braves.
The thing I always liked.......about Skip? He could care less.........w
hat people thought of him....Seriously!Print media would get all over him in the local papers across the nation ( for being a "homer")..........but he .....would have a mic.......and of course the last word.
In this southern college town..........we have Larry Munson..........
In the ATL...........it was Skip Caray.......
Skip.......you will be missed.
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