It is with great sadness that we interrupt this interminable sequence of Tony La Russa pitching changes to inform you that longtime Atlanta Braves broadcaster Skip Caray has died at the age of 68.
Caray is best known in the circles in immediate proximity to TOOOAST!!! as the object of the worst voice impression in the history of American comedy, which Matty and I have been performing for the past way-too-many years.
It's fair to refer to Skip's voice as inimitable, and Matty and I sure as hell couldn't imitate it. In fact, our efforts were so ludicrously off-base that absolutely no one ever who ever heard them so much as recognized them as Skip Caray impressions. This, despite the fact that the phrase we most commonly uttered in Skip's trademark low-emoting tone was "there's a base hit for Chipper Jones..."
I think we persisted doing the impressions strictly because they were so horrid. Matty's sounded like Ted Koppel with some sort of palsy, and mine sounded like Bob Dole after inhaling the entire contents of the Goodyear Blimp.
Well, now they're not only pitifully lame, our dueling Skip Caray impressions are also in poor taste. So we'll spare everyone... for a while at least.
Rest in peace, Skip.
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