a fine anecdote

Robert Elisberg passes this along, in a tribute to the greatness that is Ron Santo, the should-be-a-Hall-of-Famer who announces Cubs games with Pat Hughes:

Ron Santo is a force of nature. One night in Milwaukee, Santo saw an opposing pitcher and was reminded of another player. For 10 bewildering, frustrating minutes, he kept trying to think of the name, getting more maddened by each agonizing minute. Finally, he realized who it was the pitcher reminded him. It was – the pitcher himself! Pat Hughes politely chimed in, “Proving once again, folks, that we do this live.”