Saw this great photo of Harry Caray in the NYT today: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/sport ... .html?_r=0

found a little taste of Harry in his prime on youtube. I could listen to that shit all day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJSZ8-6c9Ts

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Here is my guy. I miss him more than anybody in the booth!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE-iMwM6SaE

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

I liked Lloyd and Boudreau. Sad state of affairs we have today when people think Pat Hughes is a decent announcer.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

I think his "sing-songy" delivery is totally a ripoff of that Dodger guy,Vin Scully.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Harry and Steve were the best. Stone, was in his prime, he knew all the other players and teams. He watched games at night instead of announcing one and he enjoyed being in the booth.

Cubs ownership realized the amazing value of having Harry broadcast games. Maybe that effect wouldnt be there today, but back in the days of ch 2,5,7,9, 11, 26, 32, 44 He was a major force.

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“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Harry was still good in his first years with the Cubs. Toward the end, after the strokes, he was a shell of his former self. A caricature....

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Harry and Jimmy.

Those were the days.

This is how I will remember him, Falstaff beer and Chicken Unlimited on 44.

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Elections have consequences.

One of the many monumentally stupid moves Reinsdorf has made as a white sox owner...but its the fans fault for losing interest and not Jerry's...and he has a poll to prove it.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

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"Holy Cow! The Story of Harry Caray" premieres Tuesday night (2/2) at 8 PM on MLBN.

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2016/2/1 ... lb-network

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

Too bad they had to feature that idiotic "tradition" of celebrities/athletes singing.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Those are great, Don. Watched all of them a few times before. ICKY BAD !!!!!

Those were a fun watch...

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-"God is great. Beer is good. And People are crazy!"

That is the best Harry imitation.

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

Skip Perry, whose pappy was the legendary Harry.

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-- source

I think Harry and Jimmy were better. Jimmy is a knowledgeable baseball lifer with more than a hint of crazy thrown in to keep you on the edge of your seat.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

How have I never seen that? Jimmy Shorts was probably the most creative thing done in the history of radio in this city. Imagine the puppet being more popular than the host. Jimmy could have had his own show.

That was the radio on which I grew up. Think about how stacked that lineup was that Kevin Matthews was working the night shift. There will never be a station like that again. I sound like my dad when he told me they used to love listening to Wally Phillips in college.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Agreed. Stone approaches the viewer like he's a brain dead moron who has never seen a game before. Always did. It was exacerbated by Swirsky.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

That's my issue with Hughes...but instead of the brain dead moron, he feels his main audience is the 80-yr old grandma.

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I thought for a moment you didn't realize Jimmy had a TV show, but then I figured you meant he could've done an entire radio show as Jimmy. I'd be tickled shitless if they had Kev come do middays over at the Score.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Now that was Peak Radio. At the live shows they would do this slide show of Jim Shorts' life that was David Lynchian.

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Soccer 1,2,3
Spanish Honor Society 1,2,3,4
Forensics 1,2,3,4

"Smiles with Nostrils"

"...no Hmong, go find some blacks"

Remember when Jim Shorts had his own character? Was it Cecil? And then Cecil had a character? Theater of the absurd.

Kevin Matthews was so goddamn funny. Nice guy, too.

Cecil would tell Jimmy to shut up and Jimmy would respond "Cecil, please"

Jimmy had a wife named Wang, which was some woman who would call in and speak Chinese.

That's good, sucky!

Just to bring this full circle, Kevin's producer was none other than MITCH!

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I heard Kevin was certifiably insane in those days. He insisted on having a separate mic for Jimmy and he attacked Maggie Brock as Jimmy. He had really gotten nutty at the end of his run. He became very right wing and only wanted to talk about hunting.

As a young person, I was assigned to go to the station offices to look through the records on political ad buys. They basically gave me free reign in their personnel files. I remember seeing Les' contract.

While I was doing my research, who should walk into the room but Kevin. He was a big, dopey looking guy.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

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-"God is great. Beer is good. And People are crazy!"

Anybody watch? Saw it today and it's pretty good. According to Bob Costas, even Elvis Presley loved Harry. They rode around in a car drinking Budweiser and talking baseball.

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."