Broadcaster Chip Caray leaving Atlanta for Cardinals job

ATLANTA — When the Atlanta Braves open their 2023 baseball season, not only will shortstop Dansby Swanson be missing from the lineup after signing with the Chicago Cubs, longtime play-by-play announcer Chip Caray is leaving to take a similar position with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Caray joined the Braves broadcast booth in 2005 to work alongside his legendary father Skip Caray. Chip Caray had previously worked for the Chicago Cubs with his even more legendary grandfather Harry Caray. Harry Caray was a longtime announcer for the Cardinals before leaving to go to Chicago. When the season begins, it will be the first time in 46 years there will not be a Caray in the broadcast booth.

One report said “the pull to go home” was the main reason Caray chose to leave Atlanta. Caray grew up in St. Louis when his parents divorced but graduated from the University of Georgia.

Caray will take over in St. Louis for the Cardinals announcer Dan McLaughlin. McLaughlin chose to resign from Bally Sports after his third DUI arrest in December.

No one is yet named as Caray’s replacement in Atlanta.

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