It has been 46 years since the Cardinals fired Harry Caray, and it was 18 years ago this month that he died. But Caray’s legacy lives on, and MLB Network looks back on the remarkable career of the one-of-a-kind baseball broadcaster in a fine one-hour documentary that is set to debut at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
The program shines because it addresses the bad with the good. The bulk of the show centers on his days in Chicago, where he became not only a local icon but a national celebrity because his work on Cubs games was telecast across the country via WGN.