Caray Quotes & Sayings

We all know the moon isn't made out of blue cheese ... but if it was made out of bbq spare ribs would you eat it? — Harry Caray

I would always sing it (Take Me Out To The Ballgame) because I think it's the only song I knew the words to. — Harry Caray

Would you eat the moon if it were made of ribs? — Harry Caray

I don't know what the big deal about Cracker Jack is. Did you ever go buy a pack of Cracker Jack, thinking you'd get a prize and find no prize in the box? (pause) Here's the pitch ... — Harry Caray

Skip Caray was my favorite announcer as I grew up listening to the Braves on TBS and on the radio. One night, listening to a game that was headed into extra-innings, the broadcast was just breaking away to commercial when Skip said, 'Free baseball in Atlanta!' One of the best lines I've ever heard. — Tucker Elliot

I've only been doing this fifty-four years. With a little experience, I might get better. — Harry Caray

When I die, I hope they don't cremate me 'cuz I'll burn forever. — Harry Caray

Not only do I like to go to bars because I like to drink, I do like to drink, but I go because who do you see there? Baseball fans. — Harry Caray

What does a mama bear on the pill have in common with the World Series? No cubs. — Harry Caray

Someday the Chicago Cubs are going to be in the World Series — Harry Caray

They (Expos fans) discovered 'boo' is pronounced the same in French as it is in English. — Harry Caray

My whole philosophy is to broadcast the way a fan would broadcast. — Harry Caray

If Vin Scully calling a game is just as good in 2013 as he was in 1963, that's the way a game should sound. If Jack Buck were around today, I don't think anybody would ask him to change his style. My style has always been a little bit of a combination of old and new, if only because my frame of reference, personally, was different than that of Ernie Harwell or Jack Buck or Harry Caray. I was a younger guy. Just as Joe Buck's frame of reference is somewhat different from mine. But the nuts and bolts of how to call a ballgame well, I think remain the same. — Bob Costas

Oh, I get a little tired now and then, but knowing my lifestyle, that's only natural. — Harry Caray

Hello again, everybody ... It's a bee-yoo-tiful day for baseball. — Harry Caray

Aw, how could he Jorge Orta lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico. — Harry Caray

Everything good that has happened to me has happened as a direct result of something bad. — Harry Caray

Booze, broads and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need? — Harry Caray

I have observed that, generally speaking, network sports announcers did not tend to live to a ripe old age. On the other hand, I had noticed that baseball announcers seemed to go right on forever. Bob Elson has been calling balls and strikes since the beginning of time. Harry Caray must have started with Abner Doubleday, and was still going strong. — Lindsey Nelson

I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more. — Harry Caray

You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games. — Harry Caray

Now, you tell me, if I have a day off during the baseball season, where do you think I'll spend it? The ballpark. I still love it. Always have, always will. — Harry Caray

You know Alou's name spelled backwards is Uola? That sounds like a first name, Uola. — Harry Caray

You could tell he (President Ronald Reagan) was an old radio guy. He never once looked at the television monitor. — Harry Caray

It might be, it could be ... it is! A home run! — Harry Caray

I know it is the fans that are responsible for me being here. I've always tried in each and every broadcast to serve the fans to the best of my ability. — Harry Caray

Scott Bullett, as he takes left field, is getting congratulations from everybody. He and his daughter are parents of a new baby. — Harry Caray

I knew the profanity used up and down my street would not go over the air ... So I trained myself to say 'Holy Cow' instead. — Harry Caray

It could be, it might be ... It is, A home run! — Harry Caray

It's the fans that need spring training. You gotta get 'em interested. Wake 'em up and let 'em know that their season is coming, the good times are gonna roll. — Harry Caray