Seeing as the Cubs are on the brink of either great success or massive (predictable) failure, I thought I'd post a little something I happened upon recently. Some guy named Pat Imig did a post featuring audio captures of Harry Caray's last broadcast, a Cubs rout of the Phillies at Wrigley. In it, you can hear Harry:- Call Manny Alexander "Danny".
- Commiserate with Tom Arnold about his divorce from Roseanne.
- Accuse the Wrigley vendors of spiking his chocolate malt cup with alcohol
- Tell Steve Stone not to take the game too seriously.
- Attribute Hack Wilson's success to sleep deprivation and alcohol.
The link is HERE.
4 comments:
Hey. He was doing that stuff on the south side long before setting foot in Wrigley!
But the guy was a ton of fun to listen to.
I miss Jack Brickhouse's straight-laced, "Hey, hey! It's a homerun!" Harry sure was fun. We used to wonder if he would fall out of the press box.
It was definitely the highlight of every summer trip to Chicago - just to see HK wave his hat and butcher that song. I miss him!
I really wish that I could listen to that, but the damn internet takes for ever to reach this side of the world. I miss Harry, and I miss the Cubs. I keep hoping that I am the curse and that now that I am gone they might actually win.
Post a Comment