Minnesota Twins' Public Address Announcer Dies Today.

Published on March 27, 2005 By Jamie Burnside In Sports & Leisure

Bob Casey, the 44-year veteran PA announcer for the Minnesota Twins died today at 80. The most famous announcements of my lifetime probably came with how he called Kirby Puckett's name. Casey was a fixture with the Twins, and his absence will definitely be felt.

As a teenager I didn't really care for Casey's over-the-top announcements. As I approached my current age, I began to appreciate the unique charm that Casey brought to the Twins. He added a little bit of atmosphere to a stadium that is basically devoid of it.

I wonder who is the heir apparent to the PA job. My top choice would be Jim Cunningham. (He leads some of the in-game festivities.) Cunningham has a unique voice and could probably eventually become part of the Twins' identity, as did Bob Casey.

Comments

Iron Rob

on Mar 29, 2005

I heard about this on the news. So sad for Twins fans! What I also heard was that they have some of his announcements on tape (they mentioned the "No smoking in the metrodome") and they are going to try to figure out a way to play them during the games. So, he's not gone!

Nancy

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