Tuesday, July 15, 2014

A St. Louis Treasure Turns 75

More than any other sport in America, baseball is the one that seems to nurture special relationships between broadcasters and fans. Perhaps it’s because the season is so long — the games taking us from the late-winter cold, through the first break of spring, deep into summer’s swelter and into the early frost of autumn — it’s only natural that we are tied so closely to the sound of a baseball broadcaster’s voice. For the better part of the past four decades, Mike Shannon’s rumbling voice and devilish cackle have served as the familiar soundtrack for this baseball-obsessed town.

Post-Dispatch

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