Superstation's voice of the Braves dead at 68

If you watched the Atlanta Braves on the Superstation anytime in the last 30 years - and there are many of us out there - you knew the voice.

Skip Caray wasn't as boisterous or famous as his father, Harry Caray, but was just as beloved in the South as one of the voices of baseball in the summer. Skip Caray passed away in his sleep Sunday at age 68. He had hoped to return to call home games later this year, but had been in declining health.

Skip had a sarcastic side that made Braves games a little more interesting, especially in the team's lean years. "And, like lambs to the slaughter, the Braves take the field," he once said during a pronounced losing streak.

The voice was a little nasally and easily parodied (Rich Eisen in his ESPN days pulled out a great Skip on "SportsCenter"), and I still hear his voice in my head announcing some obscure TBS movie that followed the broadcast.

That voice will be missed. He's survived by his wife, Paula; four children, Chip, Cindy, Shayelyn and Josh; and seven grandchildren.