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Post by Timmy on Jun 11, 2024 14:36:49 GMT -6
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Post by oldiesfunhouse on Jun 21, 2024 9:02:00 GMT -6
I've been out of town so pardon my delayed response. Friends, this was a gut punch. Steve Klauke was a class act. I don't even like baseball that much but I tuned into Bees games frequently just to hear Steve call the games. He was THAT GOOD. Jazz PBP man David Locke said on his Locked on Jazz podcast that Steve was a nice guy in a world that didn't reward niceness. According to David, Steve applied for the Jazz PBP job. David said, and I agree, that Steve would have been better at it than David is. I was always under the impression that Steve enjoyed baseball so much that he wasn't interested in the Jazz job. It's a shame he didn't get it, in my opinion. I believe Steve was planning to continue calling the Weber State games. Now, tragically, Weber State will have to find a new announcer. It will be interesting to see who steps in. I think the worst part of this is that Steve and his wife Sue had some big travel plans for the summers that Steve would have opened up for him after retiring from calling Bees games. A friend of mine runs a little hobby internet station and Steve spent over an hour with him on Zoom letting my friend interview him. When I was in junior high, a buddy of mine and I were doing a research paper on radio broadcasting. Steve was kind enough to give us an interview by phone for that paper. It is such a shame that this happened. All the words that have been used to describe him--legend, icon--all well-deserved and to have him taken like that ... just really sucks. If heaven is looking for a PBP man, they just got one of the best, and much sooner than they should have. RIP, Steve Klauke.
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