Chicken noodle soup when you have a cold.
An electric blanket the first night of winter.
A lover’s touch after a challenging day at the office.
The things that we take comfort with in life are varied, but the feelings are not – the shared humanity is what makes humans bond. The soul is bathed in happiness and dried with gaiety.
With this brutal winter ceasing to abate, we – all of us – needed something to bouey our spirits and remind us that the spring is here and the boys of summer will indeed usher in ambient degrees that reach above 40.
Intrepid St. Louis Post-Dispatch media columnist Dan Caesar is our savior, our bouillon base.
When it was announced that Tim McCarver had been added to 10 more Cardinals broadcasts in 2015 than he appeared on in 2014, we knew that Dan was going to have a wordgasm.
He didn’t disappoint:
But now, at age 73, he isn’t pulling back — quite the opposite. Although it became known in January that McCarver would come back, the plan was for him to have the same workload as last season.
But that now has been expanded, with the schedule being set at 40 games this season. And that’s a welcome development for those fans who appreciated his no-nonsense, candid commentary last season, a refreshing development for a lineup that often seems afraid to offer much negative analysis about the Cardinals when it is warranted.
AHHHHHHHHHHHH.
Feels good.
When a man loves another man so thoroughly – so deeply – it welcomes us all to better every single relationship we have in our lives. Every. Single. One.
Here’s some recent McCaesar work:
The ‘He’s coming back in 2015‘ announcement.
“Tim McCarver provided a big boost to Cardinals’ telecasts last year with his sugar-free commentary, as he served as analyst for 30 games on the team’s local productions on Fox Sports Midwest.”
Here’s Dan on Tim from his year end recap in 2015.
“His no-holding-back analysis was a refreshing addition to a booth that often is too “rah-rah Redbirds” when it comes to giving objective commentary.”
And here’s Dan on Tim from August 8th 2014:
“If Tim McCarver had any doubts about his big career change at age 72, they quickly faded. And he’s been a monumental addition to Cardinals telecasts this season.”
Tear.
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