Chip Caray

And the biggest mistake I see so many young broadcasters make is trying to copy and be someone else.

I mean, could you imagine being a program director in Los Angeles and they're looking for a fill-in for Vin Scully, the thousands of tapes that people get that sound just like Vin Scully or Dwayne Kuyper or Dave Niehaus or me or anybody else?

Yeah.

Don't do it.

Be you.

Because ultimately, that's what you're selling.

You're selling yourself to an audience every single night.

And some portion of it's going to hate you no matter what you do.

In our family's case, a lot of them hate us because, you know, Harry and Skip did it before us.

Or I'm doing it now.

um but at the end of the day you have to be you you have to be the best version of yourself and you know people are going to uh at least respect the fact that you're trying to do it your way as frank sinatra is saying and not be some cheap imitation of somebody else who's already done this uh dog and pony show so that's what i told him i had served him well i think to this point and hopefully it'll keep serving him well for what i hope will be another 80 or 100 years

I agree.

And this is not a knock on the RSNs because they have a business model and they have a look that they want.

They also want a sound that they want.

But what works in Minnesota is not going to work in Miami.

What works in Miami is not going to work in Houston.

And same in St.

Louis.

And so I agree with you.

I think what harm is there in being yourself?