I was probably 7 or 8 years old when I first heard Skip Caray’s voice through my TV. I was living in South Carolina, and in my house growing up in the summer, the TV was on the Braves game every night that there was one on. The TV would be on TBS, and every night, Skip Caray and Pete Van Wieren would be there to welcome you to the game.
Skip was one of the reasons that I wanted to get into broadcasting. His dry wit and sarcasm made it enjoyable to watch Braves baseball in the 80’s. Back then, the Braves were bottom-dwellers in the National...
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