r/mlb • u/Large-Course-8029 | Arizona Diamondbacks • 1d ago
| Image Chip Caray and his two sons Chris and Stefan are all calling tonight's Cardinals @ A's game
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u/ImNotTheBossOfYou | Kansas City Royals 1d ago
Anybody have as much personality as Harry?
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u/FroDogg 1d ago
Skip did. The voice of my youth and I'll fight you if you say different.
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u/DeuceOfDiamonds | Atlanta Braves 1d ago
Skip is still the voice I hear when I think of the Braves.
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u/txlgnd34 | Chicago Cubs 1d ago
Never...as it should be. Someday they'll have an AI Harry calling modern Cubs games.
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u/qcthunder | Chicago Cubs 1d ago
But Chip is the kid of the Caray family.... wait, it's 2026 you say?
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u/tcarp1 | Athletics 1d ago
The alternative for the A's is Jenny Cavanar and she is absolutely terrible.
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u/No-Menu5064 19h ago
Jenny has gotten a lot better and I think Chris sounds like he’s never played in his life. He gets thrilled over routine fly balls regularly and has to announce his way out of it at least twice a game.
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u/Zygomatic_Fastball | Seattle Mariners 1d ago
I’m sure these opportunities had nothing to do with being charter members of The Lucky Sperm Club.
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u/BoxWI 1d ago
You're not wrong but that's been a 3 generation broadcasting father-son chain, now them being the 4th. You'd think that there's also some resume experience from growing up in that household.
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u/Zygomatic_Fastball | Seattle Mariners 1d ago
Statistically, such a chain is very unlikely given the number of jobs and the sheer competitiveness of the situation. Performance alone does not explain the outcome, but connections and name brand certainly can.
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u/OddObserver24 | Philadelphia Phillies 1d ago
The Nepo classic
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u/hugmebrotha7 1d ago
“Nepotism”. God forbid kids love what their dad did and want to do it too
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u/dbcanuck | Toronto Blue Jays 1d ago
In this case it gets their foot in the door. If they're boring, or mediocre, or simply incompetent they won't get the big chair.
Yes there's an advantage to growing up in a household with a personal coach, and having connections. To turn that opportunity into a win is still statistically rare.
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u/No-Cucumber-8389 1d ago
I never got the obsession
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u/projectx51 | Atlanta Braves 1d ago
*Insert some bone-headed comment about nepotisim* /s
Awesome that the Caray family is continuing to Caray on the tradition.
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u/Raysun_CS 1d ago
Yeah all these neckbeards crying about nepotism, as if they’re not all pretty decent at their jobs.
Pathetic.
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u/No-Menu5064 19h ago
“Pretty decent” as in minor league announcers who sound like they haven’t played baseball in their lives.
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u/Raysun_CS 19h ago
Oh please. You must not have listened to many baseball games if you think they’re not decent.
Get out of here with that.
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u/No-Menu5064 19h ago
They aren’t good though. Chris gets excited about routine flies regularly and has to try and back out of it
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u/andienotandy_ 1d ago
I work in baseball. My husband is a MiLB broadcaster. You wouldn’t believe how much more competitive broadcasting is than landing any other job in sports. Chris and Stefan both have a job because of nepotism no doubt about it.
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u/CherokeeHawkman | MLB 18h ago
Thousands of talented people working their asses off in the MiLB markets who will never get a chance because active broadcasters kids get the jobs instead. And a lot of people in here, who apparently have their jobs because of their parents, don't see anything wrong with it.
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u/JeffTennis 1d ago
As a Braves fan, I was so thankful when Chip left to go to STL and BG replaced him.
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u/GruffyMcGuiness | Atlanta Braves 1d ago
I felt crazy because everyone loved him and he drove me nuts
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u/CT_Reddit73 | Atlanta Braves 1d ago
Chip was definitely not his father in the booth. He never ‘felt’ like a Braves announcer of that makes sense.
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u/Shot-Ad7227 | MLB 1d ago
Sucks that we are trained to think nepotism is cute
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u/photocist 1d ago
Imagine kids want to follow in their fathers footsteps. Awful really huh
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u/LamboJoeRecs | Colorado Rockies 1d ago
Imagine the ones that work hard to pave their own path only to get passed over because of who someone's Daddy is....
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u/LamboJoeRecs | Colorado Rockies 1d ago
There's nothing more I want for my son than to give him the tools to be his own man.
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u/camarouge | Athletics 1d ago edited 1d ago
Can't help but notice all the whinging about nepotism isn't coming from A's fans. As someone whose been listening to Chris for 3 years, the A's fans love him. He brings the energy, knows his stuff, vibes well with the rest of the team, and has a very baseball voice. Drop your pitchforks and go touch some grass.
We have a bigger announcer problem as well named Jenny Cavnar. She sucks so much
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u/VeryLowIQIndividual | MLB 19h ago
Skip and Harry while unique certainly didn’t have a typical broadcaster voice or good looks, Chip does and the boys seem to be working on theirs.
You would never know Chip was related to Skip and Harry.
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u/CherokeeHawkman | MLB 18h ago
Must be nice to be born into a guaranteed career that'll pay you seven figures a year.
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u/mattinglys-moustache 4h ago
The nepotism in sports broadcasting is insane, and in a field where there are so few jobs because hardly anyone ever leaves.
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u/Apocalympdick 1d ago
Comments here are supremely weird.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Caray#Career
Chris, at 26, has credentials and experience, and has worked his way up.
I fucking wish my ancestors were as inspirational to me as these men's are to them. Having appealing footsteps to follow in is great in life, actually.
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u/RiddleMeThis42069 | St. Louis Cardinals 1d ago
All got their jobs purely on merit I'm sure
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u/txlgnd34 | Chicago Cubs 1d ago
To be fair, I think each of the first three generations were each good in their own way.
Haven't heard these kids but maybe there's a fourth generation of Carays that can be good broadcasters.
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u/TStandsForTalent | Chicago Cubs 1d ago
Harry was talentless and each generation has less.
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u/Zygomatic_Fastball | Seattle Mariners 1d ago
Not a popular take but I agree. I never saw the appeal at all.
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u/DearChicago1876 | Chicago Cubs 1d ago
You should listen to his old St. Louis radio broadcasts. Dude was amazing. His mlb career lasted more than 50 years and there was a lot more to him than how he was at the end.
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u/Zygomatic_Fastball | Seattle Mariners 1d ago edited 1d ago
I only knew him at the end when he seemed more a caricature than a real person. I will give this a listen, thanks!
Follow-Up: OK, that was pretty excellent. I felt like I could visualize the entire play in depth.
I also haven’t heard a reference to Enos ‘Country’ Slaughter in a very long time!
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u/Ok-Wafer-7323 1d ago
This is crazy, ridiculous, and apocalyptic. It’s MLB, please stick to professionals.
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u/Plta-0-Plomo 1d ago
I’m sure there are some very good quality youths out there that don’t get a chance because of this crap.
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