Chip Caray: Consummate Professional

As TBS changed it’s baseball setup to go national, Braves games have been few and far between, more so since Atlanta’s local TBS changed to Peachtree TV. But here in Charlotte we need not fret anymore, as Time Warner Cable struck a deal to create a Braves specific channel that shows these games. And for some reason the “national” game against the Dodgers was blacked out on my TBS, so I switched to this channel and got more than I bargained for…

Firstly, no adverts. It was like a direct feed from the production truck, complete with Chip Caray pulling a face after handing back to the studio.

Then we were treated with some interesting chatter before and during the national anthem, like comments about Dodgers pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, saying how they shamed Turner Field for having the clock in the outfield 15 minutes slow, thoughts on the ending of Major League that was on TBS at the time, Chip saying that Steve Lyons loves “face time”, singing along to the anthem and eventually good places to eat BBQ in Philadelphia…

It was very strange, but interesting to see “behind the scenes” as it were.