1969: Harry Caray, play-by-play broadcaster for the St. Louis Cardinals, is fired by team's owner

Harry Caray, the play-by-play broadcaster for the St. Louis Cardinals since 1945, was fired by the team's then-owner, Anheuser-Busch, on Oct. 9, 1969. During a visit to Busch's Grove in Ladue, Missouri, on the day he was fired, Caray told KSDK sports reporter Ron Jacober that he couldn't understand why he was fired-while drinking a can of Schlitz, a beer made by an Anheuser-Busch competitor.
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[@kove]

Hard to complain as a St. Louis fan, but damn we missed out on more years of him.

[@frankjenny6332]

The famous interview of Harry Caray after he got fired by Gussie Busch, drinking a rival beer after all his years of selling Busch. No, he wasn't fired because he wasn't a good beer salesman. The real reason was never revealed, but there were plenty of rumors.

[@darrenlivingston2550]

Sleeping with the Owners wife will get you terminated every time.