Harry Christopher "Chip" Caray III (born February 27, 1965) is an American television broadcaster for

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and

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's coverage of the

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baseball. Chip is also known from his time as a broadcaster for the '' Fox Saturday Game of the Week'' and as the television

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broadcaster for the

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from to . He is the son of broadcaster

Skip Caray Harry Christopher "Skip" Caray Jr. (August 12, 1939 – August 3, 2008) was an American sportscaster, best known for his long career as a radio and television play-by-play announcer for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball. He was the son ...

and the grandson of broadcaster Harry Caray.

Biography

Education and early career

Caray attended Parkway West High School (Missouri). Caray graduated from the

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in 1987 with a degree in journalism. Well before his first big job with

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, he worked with local television stations in Panama City, Florida, and Greensboro, North Carolina. He was the play-by-play broadcaster for the

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of the

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from

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

. He worked on baseball games for the

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of the

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from to . While broadcasting with the Mariners, Caray received a two-game tryout with the St. Louis Cardinals. After the 1994 season, he was expected to sign with St. Louis, but chose instead to remain with Seattle. Caray was also a broadcaster for the first edition of '' Major League Baseball on Fox'' in .

Chicago Cubs

In 1998, Chip Caray was hired to work alongside his grandfather as broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs. Harry Caray died in February 1998, and Chip stayed with the team and took his grandfather's place as "the voice of the Cubs." He would go on to serve as their announcer for seven seasons, with Steve Stone providing the color commentary for most of those years. In 2004, both Caray and Stone left the Cubs booth after the season.

TBS

On the final day of the 2004 season, Caray announced that he had signed a long-term contract with both TBS and Clear Channel to work alongside his father,

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, broadcasting games for the

, staying closer to his family, who lived in

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. Chip Caray also became a broadcaster for TBS's

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coverage of the Big 12 and

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. In 2007, there was a major shake-up of the Braves broadcasters: Don Sutton departed to be the full-time broadcaster with the

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and Pete Van Wieren went to the Braves Radio Network full-time, and Joe Simpson signed with

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to be a color analyst on FSN South and Sports South, and also signed to call a limited schedule of games on TBS with Chip Caray. It was announced that Caray would be a broadcaster for TBS and also would be the main play-by-play broadcaster for TBS during its coverage of the

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. TBS would cover all Division Series games and the National League Championship Series.

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player Tony Gwynn called the playoff games with Caray. Caray was criticized for making factual mistakes during postseason broadcasts on TBS. In response to such criticisms, Caray said, "It wasn't the job that I had when I came here in the first place. It would be like being a pinch-hitter or being a relief pitcher that works once every 10 days. I'm better when I work more."Caray to cover Braves for FOX Sports
/ref> On November 30, 2009, TBS announced that Caray and the network decided to part ways.

Fox Sports South

On December 21, 2009,

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and

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announced that Caray would be the play-by-play announcer for all 105 Braves games on the networks. The deal also includes selected college basketball games on the

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Career timeline

* 1989–1998:

Play-by-playChip Caray
* 1991–1992: Atlanta Braves play-by-play on TBS and

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* 1993–1995:

Play-by-play * 1996–1998: '' Major League Baseball on Fox'' Studio host * 1999–2000: '' Major League Baseball on Fox'' Play-by-play * 1998–2004:

Play-by-play on

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and

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* 2005–2009:

Play-by-play on TBS,

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and

* 2007–2009: ''

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'' Lead play-by-play * 2010–present: Atlanta Braves Baseball TV play-by-play on Bally Sports

Family

Chip Caray's grandfather, Harry, was a broadcaster famous for calling games of the St. Louis Cardinals,

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and Chicago Cubs. His father,

, was the longtime broadcaster for the

until he died in

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. Chip Caray occasionally imitates his father with sarcastic comments made in a high, nasal voice. Caray also has a half-brother, Josh, who is the play-by-play announcer for the

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(the Class AA affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels). Chip is married to Susan. They have three sons, Christopher, Stefan, and Tristan, and a daughter, Summerlyn. Caray's twin sons, Christopher and Stefan, attended the

, and began their professional sportscasting career with the Amarillo Sod Poodles, a minor league team.

Notes

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