11-16-2007, 10:44 AM
A sad, sad day for the City if Cincinnati.
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I can't even begin to estimate how many hours I listened to this man's words as they filtered into my transistor radio, night after muggy night, summer after hot summer.
I never met the man, but I was probably more familiar with Joe, the man, than I was with either of my own grandfathers. I'll always have a special place in my heart for The Ol' Lefthander.
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I can't even begin to estimate how many hours I listened to this man's words as they filtered into my transistor radio, night after muggy night, summer after hot summer.
I never met the man, but I was probably more familiar with Joe, the man, than I was with either of my own grandfathers. I'll always have a special place in my heart for The Ol' Lefthander.