Oh, and in case you were wondering, Step Brothers was actually a pretty solid return to form for all parties involved.

Caray was 84 years old when he died, which is impressive; that's about 25 years longer than you might have thought he would have lived. There's something blissful about Harry's inherent Chicago-ness; we would never have believed he ever broadcast for teams other than the Cubs if we didn't know better. In an age of expendable, interchangeable talking heads, Harry was uniquely Harry. We can't imagine him broadcasting for anyone other than the Cubs.

Everybody has their great Harry stories, and here's one of our favorites. Here's a rundown of great Harry moments. The man will never be forgotten, and will always be loved, even by this Cardinals fan.

Hey! Holy cow!

Hmmm. I thought Bush said that the U.S. doesn't torture?

Harry Carey In Iraq [College Humor.com]

First off, the last home Harry ever called was by Dave Hansen. Trivial! It's more fun to witness Harry's final malapropisms.

What's so funny about the name of pitcher Ryan Karp? "Ya know, you would expect that his name should be Karp Ryan...

Of course, just because some Caray statements failed to start with "Ya know" didn't mean they lacked any comedic weight. "Tony Gwynn... his average is point three six nine nine (.3699). Second, is Larry Walker at point three six nine six (.3696). What are those, hundreds of thousandths to the fourth..."

Even though he was a Cub — though a Cardinal first! — we will always miss Harry Caray. Someone's gotta do a better job with Harry on YouTube; it's pretty tough to find anything.

Welcome Back To The Ballpark [Joe Sports Fan]

For some reason — perhaps it's the Cardinals-Cubs series tonight — but we started becoming rather nostalgic and wistful about Harry Caray today. We're not sure why. Jack Buck was always our favorite announcer anyway. Maybe it's just because we don't have many Harrys anymore; people who are liable to do and say anything, and do and say it in as entertaining a way as possible. Maybe if they let Rick Sutcliffe do all the games drunk, maybe. Or maybe we're just vanilla Jim Nantz/Joe Buck/Greg Gumbel-ed out.

Anyway, we were hoping to find a video of Harry pronouncing "Grudzielanek" or explaining how Dawson spelled backwards was Nosewad, but, alas, we could only find this Rapping Harry commercial from the mid-80s. For now, we guess, it will have to suffice.

And Here's Your Rick Sutcliffe Video [Deadspin]

Well, according to a new autobiography from longtime announcer Milo Hamilton, there was plenty of reason not to like Harry. In fact, he says, he was a real dick.

Hamilton's relationship with Caray and [then-Tribune Broadcasting president Jim] Dowdle reached its low point at the start of the 1982 season, when [Hamilton] was hospitalized with a recurrence of leukemia. Dowdle visited him at Northwestern Memorial, "almost as if he was dropping in to see if I was really that ill, if perhaps I was faking it," Hamilton writes. "I could sense that from his body language. Can you imagine anyone being that inconsiderate?"

Caray's response to his illness, Hamilton says, was to say on the air that he never had missed any games and he "couldn't understand how a guy can take time off during the season." Later, he boasted to a reporter that he never had missed an inning in his career, "unlike some other broadcasters I know."

Hamilton goes on to trash Caray for 4,000 words in one chapter, saying that he turned the entire Cubs organization against him. If you'll forgive a Cardinals fan an easy joke, we thought the only way you could turn the Cubs organization against you was impersonating a World Series trophy.

Sorry.

Book it: Hamilton Still Harried By Caray [Chicago Sun-Times]