When you listened to Jack Buck call a football game on the radio, you might as well have been watching it...
I was an intern in the news room, and it was kind of cool getting to meet and work with people that I had heard on the radio all the time.
But when Jack Buck walked into the studio, I was absolutely starstruck. He introduced himself to me, as if I needed an introduction, and he ended up buying a pizza for me and the other interns.
By that time, he was not in good health, but he was extremely gracious and respectful. He treated me like a colleague, and I was just a silly news intern.
I've also run into Joe around town a couple times. He's also a very straight forward guy. And one of the things I enjoy about the way he does the Cardinals games is that it's really like being at a game with a friend. Sometimes you're talking about the game, but every now and then something that you might see in the ball park that makes you think of something besides baseball.
I wouldn't go so far as to try and rank any of these guys, but I think the Bucks are truly a St Louis treasure.
“When you listened to Jack Buck call a football game on the radio, you might as well have been watching it...”
Mucho dittos . . . well said . . . used to listen to Hank Stram and Jack Buck instead of that lunatic Howard Cosell years ago for Monday Night Football . . .
Nowadays, with the radios stations way out of sync with the broadcast games (not sure why they do that), it’s hard to shake the TV dudes.
I also have a great respect for Don Crichi (not sure how to spell his name).