Good night, Skip

Growing up when I did and enjoying baseball as much as I did, it was hard not to catch an Atlanta Braves game on Superstation TBS.

Skip Caray was not nearly as flamboyant as his father, but he was a great announcer and he made Braves games seem interesting even when the Braves themselves were not.

Skip died on Sunday.

Skip Caray, a voice of the Atlanta Braves for 33 years and part of a family line of baseball broadcasters that included Hall of Famer Harry Caray, died at home on Sunday, the team said. He was 68.

The cause of death was not immediately known, but various health problems had limited Caray to calling only Braves home games this season.

"We've all lost a very good friend," Braves manager Bobby Cox said. "For me, he was a good buddy -- at the park and away from the park. We always had a lot of great laughs. He will be very sorely missed."

You got that right, Bobby.

I am happy that I found one of my favorite Caray family stories in this old Sports Illustrated article.

Harry Caray , in point of fact, used to interrupt his Cardinal broadcast every night at 8:30 to say, "Good night, Skip." This became something of an embarrassment to Skip when he took up football at Webster Groves High School outside of St. Louis . "Just before the snap," recalls Skip, "the big guy across the line from me would always snarl, 'Good night, Skip.' "

The call he is best known for is Sid Bream's dash for home in Game 7 of the 1992 NLCS against the Pirates.

But there were so many other.

Good night, Skip.