FRED HICKMAN, CNNSI ANCHOR: Harry had a personality that was totally unique. I remember listening to him growing up in St. Louis, when he was a broadcaster for the Cardinals long before he came to the Cubs, and so I have listened to him for years, and he has always just been this guy -- you know, it is just like could pick any guy out of any bar and sit him in front of a microphone. And you know, you felt right at home listening to Harry Caray. And I think that was his whole schtik. I think the fans loved him because they could relate to him. You know, here was a guy that wasn't in great shape, he didn't play the game, and he wore these thick glasses, and he wasn't a great-looking guy. He was a normal guy, an everyday Joe. And I think the fans related to that. He didn't take himself seriously. He could poke fun at himself. He made mistakes on the air that were just laugh-out-loud mistakes, and half the time you would just listen to just hear him butcher a guy's name or do something like that. He was an awful lot of fun to listen to. When you are doing a game or you are at an event or something like that, people basically go to enjoy themselves. They don't go to be bummed out. They don't go to hear bad news. And they want to see the police blotters and all that kind of stuff. They want to have some fun and enjoy themselves and be distracted from the everyday life, and nobody was better at that than Harry. So Harry made the game fun, win or lose, pennant race or no pennant race, you were going to have a good time.
CNN 20: Harry Caray Dies, February 18, 1998