Harry Caray - Gabby Street, 1950

[jingram058]

Here is a clip I found of a radio broadcast game between the Phillies (the Whiz Kids) and the Cardinals from 1950, Harry Caray on play-by-play and Gabby Street doing color. I wish the whole game was available to listen to. This is probably the only broadcast or clip in existence of Gabby Street when he was a sportscaster. It's like having my t205 card come briefly to life. Priceless, as they say. Now I wish I could find audio of Harry Heilmann when he, too, was a sportscaster...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk817KdZZAA

[triwak]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

[jingram058]

Gabby Street was quite gabby behind the plate, caught Walter Johnson, and caught a ball (on the 15th try, I think) dropped from atop the Washington Monument.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by jingram058

Gabby Street was quite gabby behind the plate, caught Walter Johnson, and caught a ball (on the 15th try, I think) dropped from atop the Washington Monument.

Cool history. Cool audio and great looking card.

Thanks all for sharing love THD history especially

[jingram058]

Here is Harry Heilmann interviewing Hal Newhouser:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNPHKowKo7k

[nolemmings]

Notice at the 1:35 mark or so there is a pic of the two announcers, presumably from around that 1950 time, that has a fantastic piece with all sorts of T206s (and some Colgan's) arranged beautifully on the wall behind them--looks like Rube Geyer right over the top of Harry's head.

[jingram058]

I read on Wikipedia that Wilbert Robinson (Uncle Robbie) also caught a "ball" tossed from great height, but it turned out to be a grapefruit dropped from an airplane that exploded upon impact with the catcher's mitt, covering poor Robbie in juice and pulp, and the impact drove him to the ground. According to Wikipedia, this is how the Florida spring training "Grapefruit League" actually got it's name.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

Notice at the 1:35 mark or so there is a pic of the two announcers, presumably from around that 1950 time, that has a fantastic piece with all sorts of T206s (and some Colgan's) arranged beautifully on the wall behind them--looks like Rube Geyer right over the top of Harry's head.

That framed piece with the t206s and Colgan's chips is just insane! You never see anything even remotely like that.

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by jingram058

Gabby Street was quite gabby behind the plate, caught Walter Johnson, and caught a ball (on the 15th try, I think) dropped from atop the Washington Monument.

Gabby, he certainly was, and could handle WoJo's heater, but you would have to say a weak bat.

[jingram058]

Gabby was a weak bat, but check out Bill Bergen, the weakest hitting regular playing ballplayer of all time:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bergen

[trdcrdkid]

Here's Harry and Gabby's 1948 baseball guide:

[FrankWakefield]

Thanks for posting that link.

Derek, that 1945 radio schedule would look wonderfully marvelous and at its best in a toploader among my other schedules, should a day come when you're ready to let go of that. Thanks for posting it!!

[h2oya311]

Here's a nifty 1945 St. Louis Cardinals/Browns Pocket Schedule w/ Caray and Street:



I assume this is one of Caray's earliest images as an announcer...and this item fits nicely in a normal-sized top-loader.