Tim McCarver said he wasn’t retiring. Dan Caesar of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports he is going back to where it all started.
McCarver, 72, confirmed Thursday night that he has reached an agreement to do about 30 Cardinals games this season for Fox Sports Midwest.
“The deal has not been completed — but it will,’’ he said, adding that the dates he’ll be working still are to be finalized. “We’ll get it straightened out. I know I’ll be doing Cardinal games, I just don’t know the exact situation.’’
FSM general manager Jack Donovan was unavailable for comment.The pending move, which was reported in December in this space as being likely, follows the announcement this week that Cards radio broadcaster Mike Shannon will drop about 50 road games from his workload. FSM analysts Al Hrabosky and Rick Horton are to replace Shannon, 74, on a rotating basis on those radio broadcasts. That makes it easy to add McCarver to the TV side.
Great to see, and it will be a treat for Cardinals fans.
I really miss Al commentating on the Cardinals game on TV. Tim Carver doesn’t even talk about the game, but comes up with these inane stories. I want Al back. Guess I will have to watch the game on TV and listen to it on the radio.
I agree with Niles, Tim seems to talk to hear himself talk. Bring back Al!