The Braves Being on TBS and being really good for an NL team is what created a massive fan base in the 90s I used to be a massive David Justice fan and then Chipper took over
I remember growing up in northwestern Pennsylvania in the 1980s and 1990s, when our cable company carried both WGN and TBS. I got to watch father and son whenever their respective games were on. Not only that, we also had both WWOR and WPIX out of New York carrying both of THEIR teams, plus the regional affiliates of the Indians and Pirates. Lastly, whenever the weather was good I was able to get Tigers games from the Detroit stations via a rooftop TV antenna. All that variety, and I end up becoming a Cincinnati Reds fan. Lol.
From Ohio and I grew up a Braves fan because of (W)TBS. I grew up watching NWA wrestling, cartoons, and old sitcoms on TBS and that led into watching the Braves games as a teenager and young adult. Baseball hasn't been the same for me, or for the Braves as a team, since they left TBS.
WTBS kept Andy Griffith in rotation. Great times. I remember being a kid and everyone was so stoked to get a 4th tv channel with TBS. Channel 17. And yes wrestling was a huge part of their programming
Growing up in Pennsylvania I remembered "Superstation WTBS" for two things: Braves baseball, and that "150 Music Masterpieces" mail-order advertisement they used to air during practically every commercial break. Lol.
The twins of Chip Caray have just been hired as a duo for the Double A team of the Diamondbacks, the Amarillo Sod Poodles. They haven't fully graduated college yet and have already gotten full time jobs, 138 games I think starting soon. Sounds like the general manager of that team was at the world series near the twins, mom and sister when one of the ushers pointed out to him that was Chip Caray's wife. He always wanted to meet Chip as he had met the 2 elder Caray's. They talked about the double A team and that they wanted to call games together one day. Sounds like in 2 weeks the job opened up and he hired them. So sweet to hear!
I remember watching Braves baseball on TBS hearing skip Carey along Pete Van Wiern with my late grandparents in Columbus Ga during the summer also the Chicago cubs on WGN with hall of fame Harry Carey Holy cow on the broadcast chip Carey was broadcasting Orlando magic basketball
I've been a diehard baseball fan since 1995. I've watched countless games on WGN (and made me a die hard Cubs fan), and many games of TBS. I'm not even a Braves fan and I watched a ton of games on their Superstation. Brilliant move making these games nationwide. I grew up in California and New Mexico and watched more games from the teams located in Chicago and Atlanta than my local teams. Made a lot of new fans that way. Including myself.
If it wasn't for TBS the Braves might not have had as many fans what they do. I am from Arkansas and I still get TBS but no longer get Braves games as often. But to be fair the Braves have done well by the fans. But 3 generations of broadcasting took place with in one family Harry Carey Skip Carey and Chip Carey and we had the pleasure of witnessing most of it. I don't think that you can talk about the Baves and not mention Skip Carey when it comes to broadcasting. Not to leave out others either.
TBS was the best superstation showing Braves Baseball but reruns of family matters,saved by the Bell and world Championship Wrestling on Saturdays at 6:05pm the main event on Sundays at 6:05pm if the Braves were home or playing the mets,phillies,expos and pirates if the Braves played out in Los Angeles,san Francisco or San Diego it wasn't coming on after captain Planet at 5:30pm
A personal thrill for me was after the 13-1 loss in Game 5 last season in the NLDS (go figure). I came to the game in my UGA shirt. Chip, after the game and post-game, was gracious enough to pose for a photo with me with the Bulldog connections. A good dude.
Does anyone know where I can find the actual tribute that TBS did that they were about to show in this video before it got cutoff? I never got to see it. Never even got to see this game because it was on a Sunday.
nintendonerdsvideos he's announced for both teams. He took over for Harry in the Cubs' booth when he died, but then he later went to the Braves and got to do games alongside his dad. I always loved hearing them on the air and how he would still address him as "dad" even in the booth.
Did you ever confirm this date? That was what I wanted to know... When the beast took them off TBS ? If accurate... Skip dies less than 1 year later..Aug '08
