June 19, 2002

Longtime St. Louis Cardinals and NFL radio broadcaster Jack Buck has died at age 77.

posted by rcade to general at 09:28 AM - 4 comments

I was more familiar with Buck's gravel-voiced brilliance from his CBS Radio work on NFL games than his baseball broadcasts. I don't think anyone could call a football game like Buck and Brad Sham, an on-and-off-again broadcaster for the Dallas Cowboys. With Buck's death, I'm wondering which of the baseball announcing greats from my '70s childhood is still working. Is Vin Scully still doing Dodgers games?

posted by rcade at 09:30 AM on June 19, 2002

As a Twins fan, I will never forget his call of Kirby Puckett's home run to end Game 6 of the 1991 World Series. "Into deep left-center, and we'll see you . . . tomorrow night!"

posted by emoeby at 09:45 AM on June 19, 2002

i used to listen to the cbs radio nfl broadcasts during my stint as a pizza delivery driver. jack buck was simply terrific and i found myself slacking during a pizza run, just to catch a few more minutes of his broadcast, whether i cared about the game or not. brilliant indeed. yes, that's why you pizza was late. you weren't going to tip me anyway you cheap bastard.

posted by lescour at 01:21 PM on June 19, 2002

Sad. I grew up listening to the Cardinals on the radio. There's just nothing quite like listening to Jack Buck on a warm summer night.

posted by gyc at 05:06 PM on June 19, 2002

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