Braves announcer Skip Caray dies

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Braves Announcer Skip Caray Dies
Published 8/4/2008 by gondeee at Talking Chop
... The AJC article has some nice biographical notes about Caray's life. I had the pleasure of meeting Skip on several occasions and he always seemed like a pleasant person to be around. ...

RIP: Skip Caray
Published 8/4/2008 by JC at Sabernomics
... I am sorry to learn of Skip Caray’s death. Skip was always my favorite announcer. His irreverent humor and unbiased game-calling have no equal. Yes, he pulled for the Braves, but he would make it known when the Braves benefited from a bad call. ...

Atlanta Journal Constitution: Braves announcer Skip Caray dies
Published 8/4/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Braves announcer Skip Caray dies A sad day for a generation of baseball fans, and an unhappy ending to a great career. The Atlanta Braves said Sunday longtime broadcaster Skip Caray died in his sleep at his Atlanta home Sunday. “Our baseball community has lost a legend today,” said Braves President John Schuerholz. “The Braves family and Braves fans everywhere will sadly miss him. Our thoughts are with his wife Paula and his children.”

Skip Caray you will be missed
Published 8/4/2008 by sjacobs at Juiced Sports Blog*: Writing Enhanced by Flaxseed Oil
... I could try to sum up words to describe the man. But there’s an article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution that sums him up beautifully. Read it. You’ll have a deeper appreciation for things. ...

Skip Caray: 1939 - 2008
Published 8/4/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Craig Calcaterra) at ShysterBall
I cannot express how sad I am about this. As I've said before in this space, the Braves on WTBS were the single biggest coping mechanism at my disposal after my family moved to the foreign land of West Virginia in January 1985, and Caray was perhaps the biggest reason for that. There were many nights in those dark days when Skip sounded like he truly wanted to be elsewhere -- and who could blame him -- but he was at work at 7:35 every evening. If he could do it, I felt, so could I, and for the next twenty-some-odd years he was there for me at the end of most of my days. ...

Baseball Today: Monday, August 4
Published 8/4/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... PASSAGES: Long-time Braves announcer Skip Caray -- who, thanks to the rise of the superstation in the 1980s, became one of the first local play-by-play voices to develop a national following -- died in his sleep at age 68. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Among the mourners: ...

Cards fall 5-4 to the Phils
Published 8/4/2008 by Deaner (noreply@blogger.com) at Cardinal Nation Globe
Brutal loss last night. The Cards rallied to load the bases in the 8th and 9th innings but were unable to cash in when it mattered most. Viva El Birdos has a good recap of the game as well as a tribute to the late Skip Carey.

Monday (Twins’ Young Guns) Edition: Wha’ Happened?
Published 8/4/2008 by Michael Rand at Randball
... Willis and, to a lesser degree, Brad Penny from that Marlins team of just five years ago). But in light of these Twins’ Young Guns’ accomplishments, we have two questions: 1) How confident are you that they can keep up their solid work and pitch the Twins into the playoffs this year? 2) How much better do you feel about the future of the staff than you did at the start of the year, when Johan Santana, Carlos Silva and Matt Garza were gone and replaced with, frankly, no sure things? *Fasola-link! RIP, Skip Caray. Indeed. On a personal note, we grew up listening to the dulcet, ...

Skip Caray passes away
Published 8/4/2008 by Chad at Redleg Nation
... I was sad today to read that Atlanta Braves announcer Skip Caray had passed away. Growing up, Braves games on TBS were just about the only baseball I got to see. They were on television so much, it even caused one of my three younger brothers to become a Braves fan (he’s the black sheep). ...

Rest in piece Skip
Published 8/4/2008 by TD at Rain Delay
... As most have heard by now, the voice of the Braves Skip Caray passed away yesterday at the age of 68. I was on my way home from dinner when I found out. As a fellow broadcaster, it’s always hard to loose ‘one of our own’. There’s a great article in the AJC, but I will give you this quote from his son Chip. ...