Jack Buck, RIP
Jack Buck passed away earlier.
Jack Buck was one of the truly great baseball announcers, a real legend in a time when the term has been devalued.
When I lived in southwest Missouri, you could count on finding Jack Buck on Cardinals radio somewhere. He was almost always on at my favorite Chinese takeout place, because the patrons wanted to hear him.
I was never a huge Cards fan, and thus didn't listen as closely to Buck as many. But I listened enough to think his passing is a sad day for baseball.
[Posted at 01:18 CST on 06/19/02] [Link]