interview program, The Tim McCarver Show, from 2000 until 2017. Criticism During the 1992 National League Championship Series, McCarver criticized Deion Sanders, who also had become an NFL star, for playing two sports—football and baseball—on the same day. For his criticism, on October 14, 1992, after Game 7 had concluded, Sanders dumped a bucket of ice water on McCarver three times while covering the National League pennant-winning Atlanta Braves' clubhouse celebration for CBS. After being doused with the water, McCarver shouted at Sanders, "You are a real man, Deion. I'll say that." Also during the 1992 post-season (when McCarver worked for CBS), Norman Chad criticized McCarver in Sports Illustrated by saying that he's someone who "when you ask him the time, will tell you how a watch works," a reference to McCarver's habit of over-analyzing. In October 2008, just before the 2008 NLCS, McCarver made public his feelings about Manny Ramirez, calling him "despicable" and criticizing him for his sloppy, lazy play in Boston and how he had suddenly turned it around in Los Angeles. Ramirez declined to comment. In 2010, McCarver compared the New York Yankees' treatment of former manager Joe Torre to the treatment meted out by Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia to generals who fell out of favor with their leaders. After receiving negative comments about his position on the topic, McCarver apologized. Music career On October 9, 2009, McCarver released a cover album of jazz standards entitled Tim McCarver Sings Songs from the Great American Songbook. Personal life McCarver married his high school sweetheart, Anne, on December 29, 1964. They had two daughters. McCarver died of heart failure in Memphis on February 16, 2023, at age 81. Awards and honors Baseball Two-time World Series champion Two-time National League All-Star 2010 Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame inductee. Broadcasting Three-time Sports Emmy Award winner (Outstanding Sports Event Analyst) 2012 Ford C. Frick Award – National Baseball Hall of Fame The minor league baseball stadium in Memphis was christened Tim McCarver Stadium in 1978; it was replaced by a new downtown stadium (named AutoZone Park in a naming rights arrangement) in 2000. Works Tim McCarver and Bob Levenson (1987). Oh, Baby I Love It! : Baseball Summers, Hot Pennant Races, Grand Salamis, Jellylegs, el Swervos, Dingers, and Dunkers, Random House See also List of St. Louis Cardinals team records List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders List