Chip Caray and TBS part ways

As much respect as I have for the Caray name, I've kind of seen this coming. Chip just never quite cut it.

[gondeee's note:] I hope this doesn't mean he gets Boog's spot on the Fox broadcasts, but I wouldn't be surprised if he did.

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On a related note, I just purchased DISH Network’s sports package (only $5/Month) and it includes all of the Fox Sports stations. Does this mean that I will be seeing a lot more Braves games out here in Texas???

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by justincredubil02 on Nov 30, 2009 4:49 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

If it’s like Direct TV then I think that they black out all the mlb games to try to make you pay for the mlb package.

by Sir Stealth on Nov 30, 2009 6:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

If you want to see more Braves games get MLB.tv

Hands down the best $20 I have ever spent

by blitzerlover on Nov 30, 2009 7:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Nope, that's a killer.

MLB blacks out the games out of market. And DISH Network does not have extra innings, so you can’t even pay for it.

by cavebird on Nov 30, 2009 8:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Honestly, I know it’s a tough task for some people, but man if you can scrape up 20 bucks a month NOTHING compares to MLB.TV. I prefer it even to the Extra Innings package, because with MLB.TV you can chose which team’s broadcast to watch, and most of the games come in HD. If you have an HDMI cable, you can then hook it up to your TV and it’s perfect

by eaheckman10 on Nov 30, 2009 10:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

If you have a really good internet connection...

…that works. If you pay for the best cable internet connection available and it is still slow, it doesn’t work so well.

by cavebird on Nov 30, 2009 10:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

This caps off a fantastic day for me.

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by bigjoe on Nov 30, 2009 4:57 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I agree, I feel like I did the days Clemens/A-Rod were outed for steroids...

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by The Keith Lockhart Era on Nov 30, 2009 6:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

+1

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by Doghnut on Nov 30, 2009 8:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

May you enjoy the majestic foul balls from the couch next year, Chip....

Oh, Bobby.

by sdp on Nov 30, 2009 5:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

please fox, stay away…..far away

by Slee on Nov 30, 2009 6:50 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

oh wait

TBS? it’s not like they are broadcasting the braves… are Peachtree TV and TBS connected?

by Slee on Nov 30, 2009 6:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The title of this is misleading. He didn’t get fired from TBS. He got fired from Turner Sports.

Turner Sports owns Peachtree TV. If only we didn’t lose Boog.

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by bigjoe on Nov 30, 2009 7:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I always thought Boog was 100 times worse than Chip.

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by cbwilk on Dec 1, 2009 2:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

You have no soul. Boog is the Matt Diaz of baseball announcers.

by someguy917 on Dec 1, 2009 2:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Really? Cause I just thought he was a buffoon who liked talking about how he looked like a cartoon character more than talking about baseball.

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by cbwilk on Dec 1, 2009 4:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

gee...

I almost always agree with everything you say on the subject of baseball, but we are waaaaayy far apart on this one. Chip better than Boog? No possible way.

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by sddbaker on Dec 1, 2009 9:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The only people worse than chip, imo:

Joe Morgan, Tim McCarver…and Joe Buck and Chip tie.

Oddly enough, I like both McCarver and Buck outside of the booth (they are great on PTI).

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by Doghnut on Dec 1, 2009 10:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The title of this is misleading. He didn’t get fired from TBS. He got fired from Turner Sports.

Turner Sports owns Peachtree TV. If only we didn’t lose Boog.

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by bigjoe on Nov 30, 2009 7:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It was long overdue

No offense, but Chip will never be anything like his dad was when it comes to baseball.

by SmithnCompany on Nov 30, 2009 7:20 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

See, and I liked Chip a lot say 5 years ago...

something about more time from him, and his increasingly over the top praise turned things south in a hurry over the last 2 years.

by Mr. Sanchez on Nov 30, 2009 7:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I'll never be able to fairly evaluate Chip.

Skip was too good for the dry wit—-I still remember from years and years ago—-in the 80’s, Don Sutton had just come back from doing the Goodwill Games and was talking to Skip about the rules for broadcasting that. He mentioned that the broadcasters were forbidden to use the word “foreign” and had to use “international” instead. Skip quickly responded: “Does that mean the Braves have lost international a row?”

Priceless. Unfair to compare Chip to him and I can’t help it. So I can’t ever fairly evaluate Chip.

by cavebird on Nov 30, 2009 8:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

hahaha that is classic Skip… +1

by Sid Bream's Moustache on Nov 30, 2009 8:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

love it

thanks, never heard that one before.

by Lizziebeth on Dec 1, 2009 12:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I kind of liked Chip’s unbridled enthusiasm, sometimes.

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by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Nov 30, 2009 8:56 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Fisted!

If Albert played in the AFL, they’d have to rename it the AZ/NM Fall League, based on where his homers landed.

by Yakker on Dec 2, 2009 2:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Some quotes from Chip from the AJC:

“I came to Atlanta to do Braves baseball. I didn’t choose the network job; it chose me.”

This may sound corny, but its true, in that he signed on to do Braves games, and shortly after that TBS ditched the Braves.

“The business model that TBS chose didn’t present opportunity to do Braves baseball every day anymore,” Caray said. "Obviously they don’t have the inventory [of baseball games] and I’m better when I work more. That’s really what I wanted to do. At the end of the day, I’m happiest when I’m working and covering a team ever day. …

That actually makes sense, but whether or not he does get better with more work remains to be seen. I can see his side, in that i’m sure its alot easier and more fun to be a biased broadcaster for one team than to be supposedly nonpartisan for a network. I imagine there’s a good chance we’ll see him with Joe next year on FSS. But does this mean Chip is off Peachtree as well?

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by 10-4 on Nov 30, 2009 9:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Given his lineage...

…I would give him a chance to do Braves games every day. If just a sliver of Skip is in his DNA, I’d love it. I am still waiting to see it, however.

by cavebird on Nov 30, 2009 9:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Now that I think about it

I hope he can do fox games because Ron Gant is even worse to listen to during a live game imo.

by SmithnCompany on Nov 30, 2009 10:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Dude, so much this. Gant is AWFUL. Can’t say I’ve been real thrilled with any of the guys that do Braves Live, though, Jordan’s not all that great either. Chip, while not a fantastic broadcaster per se, is better than those options. Though personally I’ve been pining for a Don Sutton comeback since the day he left. I’ve been really hoping they’d promote him up from the radio booth and find another radio guy, but you gotta think there’s at least a 50/50 shot it’ll be Joe and Chip next year.

by J-Freak on Nov 30, 2009 11:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs