Ex-Cubs broadcaster Chip Caray returns to family’s roots, becomes voice of Cardinals

Chip Caray, left, is shown with his grandfather Harry in a 1991 photo. Chip is returning to where Harry’s career began, calling games for the St. Louis Cardinals. (AP file photo)

Former Cubs broadcaster Chip Caray is taking over as the television play-by-play voice of the St. Louis Cardinals, more than five decades after his grandfather and Hall of Fame announcer Harry Caray became a baseball staple with the same club.

Bally Sports Midwest announced Caray’s hiring in a statement Monday. The voice of the Atlanta Braves is replacing Dan McLaughlin, who left the Cardinals booth in December after 24 years following his third arrest for drunken driving.