Sports' Most Memorable Characters

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CHAPTER 1 HARRY CARAY He wore oversized glasses With his gravelly singing voice he led the crowd in Take Me Out to the Ballgame And when his team made a big play on the field he shouted his catchphrase Holy cow Harry Caray was unique among baseball announcers His colorful style in broadcasting games made him famous He adopted sayings that were all his own When a player hit a ball that was destined to be a home run he screamed It could be It might be It is He made the sport more fun to watch on television Caray began broadcasting games on the radio in 1945 for the St Louis Browns and St Louis Cardinals His career also included stints with the Oakland Athletics and Chicago White Sox But he became a beloved national figure while calling Chicago Cubs games on WGN-TV from 1982 to 1997 WGN was a superstation that was broadcast on cable television throughout the country Caray made fans from coast to coast feel as if they were part of the festivities at the Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field How beloved was Caray After he returned to the booth following a serious illness in 1987 he received a call on the air from