Surprising news emerged earlier today that Chip Caray was a leading candidate to take the St Louis Cardinals play by play job. We now have confirmation that Caray will indeed be leaving the Atlanta Braves and heading to St Louis.
Chip Caray is leaving the #Braves TV broadcast booth for a similar position with the Cardinals, sources have told The Athletic. Caray, son of the late Braves broadcaster Skip Caray, was raised in St. Louis and is the grandson of legendary former Cardinals broadcaster Harry Caray.
— David O'Brien (@DOBrienATL) January 23, 2023
Chip Caray has been with the Braves since 2005. He previously worked with the Seattle Mariners from 1993 to 1995. Caray then serve as the MLB on Fox Studio host from 1996-1998. He would join the Chicago Cubs during the 1998 season to work alongside his grandfather Harry Caray. Unfortunately, Harry would pass away during February 1998. Caray would take over for his grandfather as the “Voice of the Cubs.” He would remain for 7 seasons before signing a contract with TBS following the 2004 season.
He would join his father Skip Caray over at TBS and work alongside him until he passed in 2008. In December 2009, it was announced that Caray would be the lead play-by-play guy for all 105 games on Fox Sports South.
Caray has been a fixture on Braves games for nearly two decades. For me personally, I only ever remember Chip Caray as being the guy who called the Braves games.
Now, we move on to a new era. Who will replace Chip Caray in Atlanta? Ben Ingram is a fun possibility. It would be great to see Boog Sciambi return to Atlanta, but the Chicago Cubs job is held in high regard, meaning he will probably stay put. I would love for them to give Brian Anderson or Jason Benetti a call.
Oh well, that will sort itself out. For now, we wish Chip Caray the best as he moves to St Louis. I’ll never forget listening for “bombs away in Atlanta GA” or “HIGH FLY BALL!” Hopefully, there are several balls “belted” in St Louis.