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From Dan Patrick...
"I grew up near Cincinnati. My baseball team was
the Reds. But KMOX was such a strong signal out of St. Louis that I have
been a Jack Buck fan my whole life. His passing is a sad day for anyone
who loves baseball and appreciates the nuances a great announcer can lend
to your enjoyment of a game on radio..."
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From Jim Caple...
"Jack Buck
died Tuesday at age 77. It's odd how sad you can feel at the passing of
someone you never met.
Which is not to
say we didn't know Buck. Or at least feel like we knew him. With a
half-century in the business, Buck's gravelly voice was one of the most
distinctive in sports."
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From Curt Smith...
"Jack Buck
died Tuesday, at 77, in St. Louis -- by any yardstick, a Voice of art and
verve. He segued eight World Series, 17 Super Bowls, and the 1954-2000 St.
Louis Cardinals into a trifecta -- the baseball, football, and radio Halls
of Fame. By reputation, Buck put forth irony, a fluent phrase, and a brave
front under pressure."
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From CNN/SI...
"One of the
most distinctive voices in sports has been silenced.
Jack Buck, who
in nearly five decades as a broadcaster rose from Harry Caray's sidekick
to a St. Louis institution, died Tuesday night after a long hospital stay.
He was 77."
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From Bernie Miklasz...
The great,
familiar, famous voice has gone silent now. For decades, Jack Buck
provided the soundtrack of the St. Louis summer. He brought baseball to
life for generations of Cardinals fans. Each season he took us from April
to October.
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From Kevin Horrigan...
It was an
amazing sight Thursday, those thousands of people marching through the
right field wagon gate at Busch Stadium, filing around the warning track
to pay their last respects to Jack Buck. Jack would have been touched. He
would also have been amused.
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From Bernie Miklasz...
Jack Buck came
home Thursday. Thousands of admirers marched around his casket, many with
tears in their eyes, all with love in their hearts.
And the home plate area of Busch Stadium was the ideal spot for this
ceremony.
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