Gamecock's tribute to Braves' Skip Caray (1939-2008)
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I love the Atlanta Braves more than any team in any sport, and have since before my Dad drove the family down I-85 from Spartanburg to Fulton County Stadium. I was 9. Hank Aaron would pass The Babe a few years later with Milo Hamilton and Ernie Johnson broadcasting the game.
Skip Carey arrived a year or so later. He made the meager years that followed tolerable with his sarcastic wit and knowledge of the game.
Its hard to fathom Braves baseball without him. I often say that my brother and I were raised on sarcasm, given my father's sarcastic wit. He and Skip were kindred spirits.
Legendary AJC columnist Furman Bishop and Dave O'Brien comment.
http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/bisher/entries/2008/08/04/caray_defined_baseball.html
http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/braves/entries/2008/08/04/well_miss_skip.html
My memories of Skip go back to his days as the Atlanta Hawks' broadcaster. I recall in particular a comment about a malfunctioning timeclock soon after the Omni opened, something along the lines of "You'd think for all this money, we'd at least have a clock that worked."