A Harry Tribute

[bczar]

Hey all, I hope you enjoy it.

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Harry Christopher Carabina

Born: It is believed that Feb. 26th, 1914 is correct
Died: Feb. 18, 1998

Harry was a major-league baseball broadcaster for 53 years from 1945-98;
25 with the St. Louis Cardinals, 1 with the Oakland Athletics,
11 with the Chicago White Sox and 16 with the Chicago Cubs.

Inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame's broadcasters' wing in 1989.
Inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1990.

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[bczar]

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Three generations of broadcasters and not one of them can pick a decent pair of glasses.

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Sure do miss them, though.

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[bczar]

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"Booze, broads, and bull****. If you got all that, what else do you need?"

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"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico."

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"They (Expos fans) discovered 'boo' is pronounced the same in French as it is in English."

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[bczar]

"This has been the remarkable thing about the fans in Chicago, they keep drawing an average of a million-three a year, and, when the season's over and they've won their usual seventy-one games, you feel that those fans deserve a medal."

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"You know Steve, Salazar spelled backwards is razalass."

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"You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games."

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[bczar]

"I would always sing it (Take Me Out To The Ball Game), because I think it's the only song I knew the words to!"

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"When I die, I hope they don't cremate me 'cuz I'll burn forever. "

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[Al Spanglers ghost]

Nice job Bczar!!!
It is a thing of beauty.
sure do miss Harry!!!

[HOLYCOW!25]

Splendid I must say.

[bczar]

Thanks, I appreciate it. The sound bytes should be working now.

[Sheffield_&_Waveland]

Nice work thanks for posting this.

[diehardnorthsider]

AWESOME!!!! RIP Harry

[bczar]

Thanks to all.

[ChiCubs1984]

From a true blue Cubs fan.. That whole tribute brought a tear to my eye thinking of Harry and all the stuff he used to say, the laughs he gave me every year, and the infamous 7th inning stretch! Kudos to you! God Bless Harry the only person I know that can hang up on the President of the United States because the Cubs are starting a rally.

[Webgem]

You bring back old memories bc....especially those budman commericals....thanks for sharing..:)

[VanMan]

Very nice tribute. Hard to believe it's been almost a decade since Harry's passing (I think it would be around this time next year nine years ago when Harry fell and passed on).

[scuba]

Fantastic tribute, bczar. Thanks for sharing it for everybody to enjoy. :D :D :D

[bringbacktuffy]

man, i hate tearing up at work. that was outstanding.

[bczar]

I added a few more things and fixed the "harrytoupee" sound byte.

[ryno4ever]

Wow, bczar...I don't know how i missed this thread! That is pretty awesome. I remember I was at work at a daycare. We had the radio on in our room (I had school aged children) and it came across the radio that Harry had died. I sat and cried...in front of the kids. I felt like a grandpa had died.

[BigZ38]

I never got to listen to Harry Carry call a game. It makes me angry that I wasn't born 10 years earlier just to hear him once.

[ryno4ever]

I never got to listen to Harry Carry call a game. It makes me angry that I wasn't born 10 years earlier just to hear him once.

Check out this (http://www.baseballvoices.com/html/harry_caray.html#AboutHarryCarayCD). Pat Hughes has spent his offseasons creating a collection of cd's called Baseball Voices. Each CD is a tribute and collection of various historical radio broadcasters. On Harry's the CD track collection is as follows:

Harry Caray
Voice of the Fans
CD Tracks



1.Open

2.Intro Harry Caray

3.Voice of the Fans

4.1984 Cubs

5.1964 Cardinals

6.Sad Childhood

7.Joliet and Kalamazoo

8.Cardinals Radio

9.Show Business and Fun

10.Oakland

11.White Sox

12.Take Me Out to the ballgame

13.The Cubbies

14.The President is on Line One (President Regan welcomes Harry back after his stroke)

15. 1989 Cubs

16.Cooperstown

17.Personal Memories

18.Farewell

19.Close

20.Credits

[BigZ38]

Thanks Ryno. I'll have to check into purchasing one of these.

[cubbie_kern]

Awesome! Harry is one of the reasons i became a huge cub fan. I have a painting of him and had it hanging in my living room. When i got married my wife made me move it out of the living room, so i put it in the computer room. The only reason she didn't want it in the LR is so she didn't have to see it as much, but i think she spends more time in the computer room now and has to have him overlooking her everyday!

[cubbie_kern]

My myspace page is a done with a harry theme, if interested check it out.
http://www.myspace.com/kernsy27

[bczar]

Thank you to all for the feedback. I hope the tribute reminds everyone of how much Harry loved baseball and how much he meant to the Cubs.............and the other teams he commentated for. (just not as much as the Cubs:)

[Madden King]

This is a great tribute to the most entertaining sports announcer that I have ever had the pleasure of watching and listening to my entire life. He is probably the main reason I became a Cub fan in the first place. Nice job, bczar!!!

[ryno4ever]

Harry, Wrigley Field, and The Cubs...they were all hand in hand.

[CubsFan23]

Harry, Wrigley Field, and The Cubs...they were all hand in hand.


I think you meant Harry, Budweiser, Wrigley Field and the Cubs.

[scuba]

I think you meant Harry, Budweiser, Wrigley Field and the Cubs.

LOL...You definitely have to have the Budweiser in there somewhere! :D

[bczar]

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the link is worthy of a listen. I haven't posted for awhile, so I hope this song strikes you all in a good way. GO CUBS!!!!!

[Hounder]

Anyone hear about the special day Comcast SportsNet has planned to pay tribute to Harry Caray on the 10th anniversary of his passing? Here's what they are planning to televise.

Monday, February 18th

11:00 am Hello Again Everybody: The Harry Caray Story (Special)
12:00 pm Cubs @ Pittsburgh - Sept 24, 1984
Cubs clinched first Division Title
2:30 pm Philadelphia @ Cubs - Aug 1, 1987
Andre Dawson hits three home runs
5:30 pm Special Chicago Tribune Live – LIVE from Harry Caray’s Restaurant
6:30 pm SportsNITE (L)
7:00 pm Holy Cow: Remembering Harry - 1/2 hour special
7:30 pm Philadelphia @ Cubs - Sept. 21, 1997
Harry Caray’s last game broadcast
10:00 pm SportsNITE


Should be fun to relive those moments.

[Sunbiz_1]

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