[musicman]

Skip's father is the reason I am a St. Louis Cardinals' baseball fan, when by pure chance I picked up the Cardinal's 1967 opening day (actually evening) radio broadcast on KMOX on an AM GE clock radio from 400 miles away in Michigan.

Even though the signal faded in and out at times, Skip's father Harry along with Jack Buck, even though I was not actually in attendance, made me feel that I WAS at the game.

IMHO, Skip also did a wonderful job of calling games with the Braves, and he will surely be missed by this baseball fan.

[Non-Sequitur]

Even though the signal faded in and out at times, Skip's father Harry along with Jack Buck, even though I was not actually in attendance, made me feel that I WAS at the game.

I'm too young to speak from experience, but I've heard that when Skip and his brothers were younger whenever their father was broadcasting from the road he'd interrupt the play by play at 9 PM and say 'Goodnight' to his boys.