Harry Caray Fired By Cardinals ... Learns About It On the Air

Today's announcers stink compared to the old timers. Harry was one of the best. RIP Harry

It's still sad to me even after all these years as a Cardinal's fan. It was a tremendous loss for the fans.

I met Harry at his restaurant in Chicago. Was eating and in he walked, greeting everyone at each table. Got his autograph on the back of my business card….

"If the moon were made of ribs, would you eat it?"

The greatest line I ever heard him deliver was at a game at Wrigley Field on WGN-TV when he announced to viewers that due to the length of today's game...SOUL TRAIN has been derailed.

Not a big baseball or football fan but announcers like Harry Carey and John Madden made the games more interesting.

First time I ever heard this. Born in raised St. Louis, South Side. Harry Caray WAS the Cardinals. His call of the Cardinals winning the pennant on the last day of the 1964 season was a classic. We worried he was going to die of a heart attack, he was that excited! There was actually a phonograph record made that I got and played over and over to relive the moment. In my neighborhood, Harry was a like a member of everyone's family. I got drafted in 1968 and sent off to the war and didn't return to St. Louis. Harry's one of the few things from the place that I miss.

Harry's son Skip was one of the greats too. Miss them both R.I.P.

I remember Skip Caray calling a game where one-time Cub pitcher Steve Trachsel started for the Mets. Caray said, "When he pitched for the Cubs, Trachsel worked so slowly he drove my father to drink -- more."

Such honesty, raw moment. RIP, Harry…

There's a certain charm that we miss nowadays without radio: intermittent pink slips notwithstanding.

So the guy sleeps with the boss' wife, gets fired, gets a better job, more money and more fame. The Busch family really taught him a lesson. 😂

The rumor at the time was that Harry had an affair with Susan Busch, the daughter in law of Cardinals owner and Anheuser-Busch CEO Gussie Busch, and that's why he was fired. Not long after that, Susan Busch was divorced from August Busch III and Harry moved on first to Oakland then Chicago. In the 80s, after Harry was happily married to Dutchie, Harry kind of admitted to the affair and confirmed that's why he was fired from the Cardinals.

Well, his Cards and the Phillies gave him three extra innings with his team. And going out with a Bob Gibson win is the best way, if you have to go.

Then onto the Oakland A's for 1970. Used to listen to him on KNBR with Monte Moore.

Harry was the best, Great voice, Loved him with STEVE STONE & THE CUBS. A one & A Two TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME. 🙏🙏➕➕

Schtupping the boss' daughter-in-law does tend to limit your career in an organization.

I work in Oakland and work indirectly with Harry's great grandson Chris who is the A's TV play by play announcer what a good broadcaster he is. Harry did the Oakland A's broadcasts for one season in 1970 and I was hoping they'd keep him but he got fired from that job. He sure made out alright in Chicago though.

Side note.....If you noticed, Bob Gibson was pitching in the first inning for the Cardinals. At the end of the game, he announces that Bob Gibson was the winning pitcher....in a 12 inning game! The game has been ruined. 😢

He and legendary White Six organist Nancy Faust made "Take Me Out to The Ball Game" a part of every baseball game in America. Nancy started it and Harry immediately made it legend.