But no one in the congregation had a Caray story like [Rick] Camp's. Convicted of federal money laundering charges in 2005, he spent two years at Montgomery (Ala.) Federal Prison. He was only paroled last October. Caray, first with a letter and then with personal visits, had been one of the few people to stay in contact with him.

"When you go to prison, you can put your friends on about one hand," Camp said. "You get in a situation like that, these guys over here will fade away real quick. But then you got your real friends like Skip Caray... I had five, six guys I could depend on and come and see me. It's different. It's totally different."

Skip could stir hearts, souls and minds with the best of them, said Schuerholz, the general manager and architect of Braves teams that won 14 consecutive division titles and who became close friends with Caray.

"But I’m also reminded of caustic, acerbic, offensive and ticked off," Schuerholz said. "He had all the tools in the toolbox."
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His favorite foil was his producer of many years, Glenn Diamond.
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"He’d like to ask me on the air, ‘Glenn, what’s coming up after the game’ – we’d have a one-sided conversation, with him repeating to the audience what I was saying.

"Tonight, we have a movie, Skip, called ‘Encino Man.’ He said, ‘Encino Man?’ He goes, ‘All right, fans, tonight is an ESPN SportsCenter night.’ I don’t think the executives at TBS were too excited about that. But the fans, they loved him."