Sail on Skip Carey

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » August 3, 2008 10:49 pm

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=A ... &type=lgns

my heart and prayers go to the family and friends..

also to my friends s that are Braves Fans

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » August 3, 2008 10:54 pm

Wow, first I'd heard of this...

Sail on, Skip.

PackPhanGirl · Post by **PackPhanGirl** » August 3, 2008 11:10 pm

I'm shocked and saddened

Sail on Skip...you will be most missed

Glorfindel7 · Post by **Glorfindel7** » August 3, 2008 11:15 pm

SAil on skip

ejr · Post by **ejr** » August 3, 2008 11:21 pm

Sail on Skip.

Post by **SMLCHNG** » August 3, 2008 11:25 pm

Dally · Post by **Dally** » August 3, 2008 11:36 pm

Being a long time Braves fan...this news just sucks!

Sail on, Skip...

UAHparrothead · Post by **UAHparrothead** » August 4, 2008 12:00 am

Sail on Skip

TommyBahama · Post by **TommyBahama** » August 4, 2008 6:14 am

Sail on Skip!!!

Bfan53 · Post by **Bfan53** » August 4, 2008 6:48 am

Sail On Skip.......I enjoyed listening to you all those years on TBS

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » August 4, 2008 8:10 am

crap.

Sail on.

on the bright side, he and his dad are probably drinking a Bud and calling a game together right now

pcbfan · Post by **pcbfan** » August 4, 2008 8:22 am

Sail on Skip

This Georgia girl and long-time Braves fan is going to miss you.

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » August 4, 2008 8:29 am

What a gentleman.
What a loss for baseball.

I'd get so excited over the years when the Braves would come to Chicago and play the Cubs and father & son would work alongisde each other.
(And later grandson Chip Caray).
A great family, and very enjoyable to listen to.
Sail on, Mr. Caray.

BTW:
Here's the actual call by Skip Caray in game 7 of the 1992 N.L.C.S. when the great FRANCISCO CABRERRA singled in David Justice and Sid Bream to send the Braves to the World Series against the Blue Jays.
http://www.braves-nation.com/media/sid.mp3

dnw · Post by **dnw** » August 4, 2008 10:00 am

Sail on Skip.

Cubbie Bear · Post by **Cubbie Bear** » August 4, 2008 12:08 pm

The Braves have been my "other team" since the days in Milwaukee when we would always go to at least one Cubs game at County Stadium

In 1978-79 when I was working in and later running a bar across from Illinois State University, I truly became a big Braves fan. One of the reasons Turner turned the Braves into "America's Team" was that he was the first broadcaster to replay games late at night.

When you throw 500 college kids out of a bar at two in the morning, you just are too juiced up to call it a night. Unless there were parties going on, I would invariably get a sixer and head home and watch the Braves. Now we are talking some really terrible teams Pepe Frias, Bif Pocoroba Larvell "Sugar Bear" Blanks and the rest. But they were fun to watch and Caray's sarcastic, dry sense of humor made them great.

Even though I really don't follow them anymore and couldn't name you anybody other than Chipper, I still have a soft spot for the Bravo's.

Also I am very please that late in life Chip and Skip reconciled their differences and actually got to work together, an honor Chip missed out on by one year with his grandfather

aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » August 4, 2008 12:45 pm

Sail on.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » August 4, 2008 1:37 pm

Sail on, Skip

TheSecretsInTheCrust · Post by **TheSecretsInTheCrust** » August 4, 2008 2:07 pm

Class guy. He will be missed.
Sail on Skip

Capt.Flock · Post by **Capt.Flock** » August 4, 2008 2:11 pm

sail on skip

f2cdlzrd · Post by **f2cdlzrd** » August 4, 2008 3:34 pm

Sail on Skip...you will definitely be missed. My favorite memories are listening to 'Skip and Pete' call Braves games on TBS.