Harry Caray March 1, 1920 February 18, 1998 My personal thoughts..... "I may not have heard him during his time in St. Louis and I only heard him briefly when he was on the South Side of Chicago announcing for the White Sox. But... I definately listened to him as the "Bud Man and a Cub fan" Harry Caray was (for me) a joy to listen to either when the Cubs were winning or losing... I have sang with him during "Take me out to the Ballgame" and I have laughed with him during his crazy jokes. I hope he is announcing in the ballpark in the sky. Harry Caray sings "Take Me Out To The Ballgame." And some thoughts of others..... Harry was one of us. He played the game of life like Pete Rose played the game of baseball -- always giving it an extra effort, sometimes getting into trouble, exhausting mortals who tried to keep up with him. Dust off a bar stool in the hereafter, and make room for a microphone, an empty beer cup and a pair of oversize glasses in Harry's corner of Cooperstown. This time the cliche rings true: He's irreplaceable." --Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times "Harry Caray was fun. It was that simple. Fun was the theme of one of his trademark lines. On a hot, summer afternoon, with the game either languishing or careening toward its finish -- it didn't matter -- Caray would chortle, `Ah, you can't beat fun at the old ballpark.' Caray made baseball's most exciting moments more fun. He made baseball's mundane moments -- and Lord knows there are many -- fun." --Ed Sherman, Chicago Tribune "No matter what [Harry] did the night before, he would be awake in the morning, devouring the newspapers, from stories to statistics. He was insatiable for baseball news. It was a side that few knew about Harry Caray. But it was the reason his love of life and his love of the game showed through on the broadcasts: Because it was real." --Dave van Dyck, Chicago Sun-Times "All you need to know about Harry is this: No sports announcer ever has been the focus of a civic vigil, as he was in a Chicago that adored him and made him an icon. ... He deserved to see the Cubs win a World Series, but then, heaven couldn't wait that long for a miracle. There's another ballgame to do up there. Back To My Home Page!
My personal thoughts..... "I may not have heard him during his time in St. Louis and I only heard him briefly when he was on the South Side of Chicago announcing for the White Sox. But... I definately listened to him as the "Bud Man and a Cub fan" Harry Caray was (for me) a joy to listen to either when the Cubs were winning or losing... I have sang with him during "Take me out to the Ballgame" and I have laughed with him during his crazy jokes. I hope he is announcing in the ballpark in the sky.
And some thoughts of others..... Harry was one of us. He played the game of life like Pete Rose played the game of baseball -- always giving it an extra effort, sometimes getting into trouble, exhausting mortals who tried to keep up with him. Dust off a bar stool in the hereafter, and make room for a microphone, an empty beer cup and a pair of oversize glasses in Harry's corner of Cooperstown. This time the cliche rings true: He's irreplaceable." --Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
"Harry Caray was fun. It was that simple. Fun was the theme of one of his trademark lines. On a hot, summer afternoon, with the game either languishing or careening toward its finish -- it didn't matter -- Caray would chortle, `Ah, you can't beat fun at the old ballpark.' Caray made baseball's most exciting moments more fun. He made baseball's mundane moments -- and Lord knows there are many -- fun." --Ed Sherman, Chicago Tribune
"No matter what [Harry] did the night before, he would be awake in the morning, devouring the newspapers, from stories to statistics. He was insatiable for baseball news. It was a side that few knew about Harry Caray. But it was the reason his love of life and his love of the game showed through on the broadcasts: Because it was real." --Dave van Dyck, Chicago Sun-Times
"All you need to know about Harry is this: No sports announcer ever has been the focus of a civic vigil, as he was in a Chicago that adored him and made him an icon. ... He deserved to see the Cubs win a World Series, but then, heaven couldn't wait that long for a miracle. There's another ballgame to do up there.
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