Spring is finally here, and that means the baseball season is upon us. When I was much younger I played a lot of baseball and have the physical scars to show for it. I’m also a lifelong fan of the Chicago Cubs (third generation) so I have the emotional scars to go along with those physical ones.

But in all honesty, I don’t follow the game as closely as I used to. I still have a lot of friends who live and die by the box scores, but for me, it’s simply a quick glance at the online headlines every day.

But…. there is still one thing when it comes to the game of baseball that will stop me in my tracks. If I’m clicking through the TV channels and come upon the movie Major League, I stop what I’m doing and watch. Some of that has to do with the 10+ years I spent in Northeast Ohio. I nearly lived that movie!

Major League is one of those movies where I can quote most of the lines. But the line that makes me laugh out loud every time I hear it, is delivered by the Tribe’s play-by-play man Harry Doyle.

Doyle is played by legendary broadcaster (in addition to many other things) Bob Uecker, and while you might have noticed this line in the movie, anyone who has ever worked in broadcasting truly relates to the extra ‘broadcasting school’ dig that he delivers…just click PLAY below to hear this legendary commentary.

I think it’s time to break out the Cracker Jack!

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