msg wrote:
John Kasupski wrote:

On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 23:46:30 -0700 (PDT), Tex
wrote:


Herb Kanill (spelling?) out of Minnesota for the Twins.


You mean Herb Carneal. HOF broadcaster for the Twins who passed away
in April, 2007 due to congestive heart failure.


Ray Scott, Herb Carneal and Halsey Hall were the Twins radio team
from the time of the move out of D.C. until 1972. Halsey
Hall, Like Harry Carey, was quite a character and deserves a
look-see.

Michael


The best Cardinal team, ever, was Harry Caray with Jack Buck. Caray
was Caray, but Buck was a smartass in his own right.

Buck also did mid mornings on KMOX for years, preceeding Jack Carney.
Buck was as dry as a Serengeti wind, and hilarious.

One morning, he was in a particularly rare mood, and about a fourth
of the way through an Ella Fitzgerald record, he pulled the needle off
and smashed the record. On the air.

He paused and said, "I don't like flutes, either." And went to
another disc.

They were talking about that at the University for weeks.

Put the big wet sloppy kiss of Harry Caray alongside the dry,
reserved wit of Jack Buck, and when you got them started, there was NO
one who was safe.

Jack's son, Joe Buck, is every bit his father's son. With just as
crisp and surgical a wit as his old man, with his own individual thumb
prints on it. Too bad the bairn of Harry aren't so blessed.

Harry Caray had a lot of partners after his move to the Sox, and then
his legendary run with the Cubs. But noone ever complemented Caray like
Buck. And during those years, the Cardinals fielded their own legendary
team. Great baseball, and the best PXP team that walked....that was some
great listening.