1989
Hall of Fame
Inductee
Harry Caray

"He was the very first to tell it like
it was."
-Jack Buck
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Few broadcasters
have enjoyed the popularity and success that the late Harry
Caray experienced over the course of a remarkable 55 years
in sports broadcasting.
Born in St.
Louis, Caray began his broadcasting career at the age of 19,
working at radio stations in Joliet, Illinois and Kalamazoo,
Michigan. He later returned to St. Louis to begin his major
league broadcasting career with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Caray soon became the colorful, often controversial
spokesman for the Cardinal fan, broadcasting to several
generations of St. Louis baseball
enthusiasts.
It was in St.
Louis where Caray first gained national recognition, making
fans across the nation with his ability to capture the heart
of baseball--and his inability to sing. Caray's unique
rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" has become a
favorite with baseball fans across the United States, though
his voice has been compared to a "buzz saw" and is said to
"sound like he got hit in the throat with a shovel and never
recovered".
Caray spent the
1970 season broadcasting Oakland Athletic games on both
radio and television. In 1971, he moved to Chicago where he
became the radio television voice of the Chicago White Sox.
Eleven years later, in 1982, the Chicago Cubs welcomed Caray
to Wrigley Field where he continues to broadcast Cubs games
on WGN-TV and WGN Radio.
Harry Caray
passed away February 18th, 1998 after suffering a heart
attack four days earlier.
 
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