[Speed Gibson,
Sunday March 27, 2005 at 6:23am]
Bob Casey, Twins Announcer, passes away
Perhaps Easter, with its promise of life and redemption, is a good time to die, if there is such a time. Bob Casey, the Minnesota Twins' public address announcer for all 44 seasons to date, died last night of liver cancer. He was 79.
One by one, so many of the names and faces I grew up with are passing on. I think I started noticing this in 1957. I remember to this day Douglas Edwards on the CBS Evening News noting the death of Oliver (Norville!) Hardy. I must do a post or two about Mr. Hardy and Mr. Laurel sometime, the best comedy duo of all time, IMO.
It will be a little different at the ball game this year, even on the broadcasts. But I guess even announcers have to eventually hand the bat to someone new.
One by one, so many of the names and faces I grew up with are passing on. I think I started noticing this in 1957. I remember to this day Douglas Edwards on the CBS Evening News noting the death of Oliver (Norville!) Hardy. I must do a post or two about Mr. Hardy and Mr. Laurel sometime, the best comedy duo of all time, IMO.
It will be a little different at the ball game this year, even on the broadcasts. But I guess even announcers have to eventually hand the bat to someone new.