Skip Caray

Question of the day: Whatâ€™s your all-time favorite baseball call? [Updated]

2010-08-18 16:33:18

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Sports figures

2008-12-28 00:00:00

Sports figures Jim Dooley, 77; succeeded George Halas as coach of the Chicago Bears (Jan. 8) Christopher Bowman, 40; two-time U.S. figure skating champion (Jan. 10) Johnny Podres, 75; left-hander pitched Dodgers to first World Series title in...

Orioles broadcasters Angel and Hunter up for Ford C. Frick Award

2012-09-10 20:30:00

Two Orioles broadcasters are among 41 still in the running for the 2013 Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually by the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Radio voice Joe Angel and MASN studio host and play-by-play announcer Jim Hunter are in the group...

FSU play-by-play announcer Gene Deckerhoff to call his 400th

2011-11-18 16:34:04

Long-time Braves voice Skip Caray is dead

2008-08-04 16:30:14

Condolences to TBS' Chip Caray and the rest of the Caray family on the death Sunday of his father, Skip, who called Braves games for 33 years. Skip Caray, son of Harry, was far more well known than most local......

A video tribute to Skip Caray via Ernie Johnson of Turner

2008-08-08 16:30:10

As a typical, obnoxious, New York-centric media scribe, I have not written enough about the recent passing of Skip Caray, the Braves' long-time announcer. To partly atone, here is a link to an Ernie Johnson/TBS tribute video via our friends......

Did Tim McCarver root for Twins in 1991 World Series?

2008-10-17 04:30:14

Against my better judgment, I did an item in my Friday newspaper column furthering the simmering mini-feud between Troy Aikman and Boomer Esiason over whether Aikman leaned the Cowboys' way during Sunday's game against the Cardinals. Aikman's boss, Fox...

Farewell to Bobby Murcer, Dick Lynch, Jim McKay

2009-01-01 16:30:13

Two last things about 2008, then we'll move on to '09 effective Friday morning: 1. Not surprisingly, the Giants' Super Bowl victory won an online poll of Newsday.com readers to name the favorite back page of 2008, with 39.1 percent......

Vin Scully named best sportscaster ever

2009-01-13 16:30:13

You are reading the 4,000th post in WatchDog's 20-month history. Thanks as always for your loyalty, support and contributions. To mark the occasion we link to Tom Hoffarth's post on the top 50 sports broadcasters of all time, as per......

Skip Caray , right, a voice of the Atlanta Braves for 33 years and part of a family line of baseball broadcasters that included Hall of Famer Harry Caray , left, died in his sleep at home on Aug. 3. He was 68. The cause of death was not immediately known, but various health problems had limited

2008-08-04 12:24:05