No more Braves on TBS
The Braves have played their final game on the Turner Broadcasting Network. This is how Skip Caray said goodbye to the fans.
“The people all over the country who send you Christmas cards every year; the people who when dad passed, 5,000 of them sent notes or condolence cards; when I lost my brother the people all over the country who sent condolence cards as well — how do you thank those people and how do you say goodbye to those people? I don’t know, but I’m trying to do it.
“You all must know how we feel and how I feel about you. You brought me back five years ago when they tried to bury me on television. The executives didn’t [bring me back]; you did.
The Braves were featured on TBS for three decades. People all over the country who lived in areas that didn’t have a team became Braves fans, watching Glavine, Smoltz and Maddux lead the team to the playoffs season after season.
Caray was left off of TBS’s playoff roster. And he was none too happy about it.
“They can do whatever they want to do,” Caray said, “but I’ve done a lot of good work for these people, and it’s hurtful that they apparently don’t think I can do good work anymore.”
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“I feel like I can do a better job than a tennis announcer or a football-basketball announcer,” Skip Caray said. “I’m not knocking Ted Robinson and Dick Stockton, but point of fact is they don’t do baseball anymore and I’m there every day.”
You tell ‘em, Skip.
According to the AJC, Caray plans to be back in the booth next season, working some games on Turner’s Peachtree TV in Atlanta as well as radio.
September 17th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
I\’m going to take a wild guess and say Johnny Damon. Lead-off guy, pretty durable over several seasons, now has several years of good ballclubs behind him since leaving the Royals. Someone has to get the guessing started!
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September 17th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Cal Ripken, Jr?
He must have had a shot, with so many games under his belt.
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September 17th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
Ummm… Pete Rose? Ichiro?
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September 17th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Also, I’m guessing Wade Boggs. (I just realized we had to guess two names.)
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September 17th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
No one’s got it yet.
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September 17th, 2007 at 11:31 pm
Rickey Henderson. He’s like, really old.
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September 17th, 2007 at 11:59 pm
Nope, not Rickey.
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September 18th, 2007 at 12:54 am
I’m pretty sure Willie Wilson still holds the single season record for at-bats with 705 back in the mid-1980s (note to self: if that’s right, remember to thank the 1988 Topps baseball card set in acceptance speech).
Plate appearances? I might’ve guessed Ichiro, but you already said that was wrong, so I’ll go with Juan Samuel.
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September 18th, 2007 at 1:24 am
Willie Wilson is correct. Juan Samuel is not. But Samuel does share some history with the player who holds the record for most plate appearances in a season.
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September 18th, 2007 at 5:22 am
Well, it has got to be a leadoff hitter on a very, very good offensive team. And a guy who never gets hurt or misses any time…
What about Derek Jeter, in one of those seasons back he led off every day for the Yankees?
Although I dont think Jeter has any sort of Juan Samuel connection…
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September 18th, 2007 at 9:09 am
I guess everyone’s playing by the honor system and not looking it up on BaseballReference.com, so I’ll play by that rule.
We already got at-bats…
For plate appearances, I’m going to guess Dave Cash. My second guess is Maury Wills.
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September 18th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Not Dave Cash. Not Maury Wills.
Here’s a big hint. The guy who holds the record for most plate appearances in a season now owns a car wash in California.
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September 18th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
It’s Nails!
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September 18th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
It is, indeed, Mr. Lenny “Nails” Dykstra. Congrats, Paul.
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September 20th, 2007 at 2:09 am
The car wash clue made it too easy. Being from around the Philadelphia area, I hear too many Lenny Dykstra/car wash jokes.
For some reason, I would have never guessed it was The Dude.
Nice trivia question.
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October 3rd, 2007 at 1:58 am
We’re supposed to be upset they cut a Braves homer out of the playoff broadcasting team?
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October 8th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
WHY, WHY, WHY???
What is the Peachtree Network?
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April 4th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
i guess since the braves aren’t going to be on TBS anymore, there is no reason to watch TBS anymore.
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April 5th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
guess it is time to drop tbs, the braves were the only reason i paid for the station.skip caray was my favorite announcer and i will miss hearing him.directv here i come.
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April 6th, 2008 at 5:49 am
Wow, this is terrible. The Braves games were the only highlight of TBS. As a military member moving from state to state I new that TBS would always have my Braves on. I had already stopped watching TBS, due to it’s terrible movie choices, and showing the same movie a week straight, so without the Braves, that means I don’t need cable anymore.
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April 6th, 2008 at 9:52 am
It kind of sucks! What really annoys me more than anything else though, is that TBS will follow ESPN & FOX’s lead & probably televise a lot of Yankee games. The Yankees already dominate the baseball landscape & the television networks who televise baseball games. Now, TBS has just sold out & become just like all of the others. I get tired of seeing the Yankees, Mets, & Red Sox all of THE DAMN TIME on tv. I know they are the largest markets, but how is MLB ever going to grow & become very popular nationwide if all they ever do is televise the New York, Boston, & LA teams? In my opinion, this is what is wrong with MLB. And, for the record, I HATE THE YANKEES & RED SOX! I think MLB & the networks who televise MLB games should be forced to atleast televise each MLB baseball team(all 30 of them) atleast 10 to 15 times a season on the major networks who televise the games. This would not only satisfy the large markets, but it would also bring much needed & deserved exposure to all of the small market teams as well. I also believe that this will make MLB very healthy from top to bottom, from large market cities to small market cities. Baseball in my opinion should be as popular or atleast as close as possible in Tampa Bay, Kansas City, Miami, & San Diego as it is in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, & Chicago
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April 7th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
how dare you take the braves games away from us,,,,,,,remember everybody already sees their home market team,,,the braves gave us a chance to see others considering they were a national league team and the yankees which i do enjoy seeing is an asmerican league team,,,,,and finally the braves haVE BEEN DIVISION WINNWERS AND VERY GOOD JUST ABOUT EVERY YEAR,,,,,,,,,VERY BAD DECISION BY TBS
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May 16th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
TBS NO LONGER NEEDS TO EXIST.
They don’t even show the games on FSN here in NC. The Braves need every game televised!
Go Chipper.
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June 11th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
TBS may as well hang it up. Whoever made the decision to stop airing the Braves games is a complete idiot. I am a military member who also counted on TBS to watch the Braves. I’ve been a Braves fan for over 30 years and have always watched them on TBS. Now I am lucky to 1 or 2 every couple of months on the pro Yankee stations like ESPN or FOX. I will no longer require the services of TBS. So sad. A part of my life has been stripped from me. Some part of it probably looked good on paper, but they don’t see how it affects everyday people. This is what they meant about the lights going out in Georgia. So sad. Adios TBS…
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June 11th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Umm, TBS still gives me Saved by the Bell in the morning. Seeing as I can’t handle watching SportsCenter for more than 5 minutes, I need options.
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