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Sidebar Notes
I just went through another pass of cleaning up the links on the sidebar, and I wanted to say something nice about Astros blogger Throws Like A Girl. I linked to her back in the playoffs last year, but I was reminded of her on another site, and was rewarded on my return with this sweet narrative of Cubs broadcaster Ron Santo calling a game:
It is hard not to fall completely in love with Ron Santo, who brings a passion and despair to his color commentary for the Cubs which is simply unprecedented in professional broadcasting. Just now, as Jerry Hairston worked on stranding two more Cubs runners in the top of the seventh against St. Louis, he was nearly speechless. After Hairston checked a swing on a low and outside pitch, Pat Hughes, play-by-play guy, asked, "Did he swing?" Ron answered listlessly, "No." Then silence. Then a quiet, "C'mon, Jer." Then more silence. Hairston then looked at strike three, and Ron expectorated a quick, "Jesus!" before catching himself.I've added her to the sidebar links, and I plan on checking in once in a while during the regular season. I recommend you do the same.This is a game that the Cubs are currently leading by two runs. But this is the same man who said last night, in the top of the ninth, that the Cubs needed some more insurance on their 7-1 lead over the Reds.
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