Skip's Memorial Service

A couple of things I thought were funny:

http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/braves/stories/2008/08/11/car...memoria

When his broadcast partner Pete Van Wieren got to the punch line of a
story about how he flubbed an announcement at his first event with
Skip 33 years ago, he quoted Skip as telling him "You're doing a hell
of a job so far."
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John Smoltz represented the Braves as the last of six speakers to make
remarks. He paid tribute to a man who used to kid him about his lack
of hitting.

"I'm batting higher than I ever did in my life," Smoltz said. "I'm
batting sixth."

Smoltz got the laugh of the day when he told the story about what Skip
used to say about Ryan Klesko after the Braves moved him from first
base to left field.

"Ryan is running the right routes, we just can't get the ball to him,"
Smoltz said.