Turns out Harry Caray isn’t just remembered by every comic who can bluster the English language.
And it turns out that imitation, no matter how crude, was seen by a lot of folks who answered a recent survey by XM Satellite Radio, as the sincerest form of flattery after all.
Harry Caray, long-time broadcasting voice of the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cubs, sandwiched around stints with the Oakland A’s and the White Sox, was named baseball’s all-time greatest radio announcer in the survey of 2,547 U.S. adults aged 18 and older.
The results, released this week in conjunction with Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game, revealed that radio favorites aren’t forgotten even after their voices are stilled: Caray topped the list, followed in order by Vin Scully, Bob Uecker, and the late Mel Allen and Dizzy Dean. Another Chicago legend, Jack Brickhouse, finished 12th in the voting.
Survey respondents, 831 of whom considered themselves baseball fans, said their favorite memories included seeing their team at home games (60 percent), seeing their teams win pennants and World Series (52 percent, presumably light on Chicagoans) and hearing games on the radio (42 percent).
And, holy cow, when all the votes for most memorable catch phrase were in, the winner? “It might be….. it could be….. it is!”
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