When a baseball strike is looming, you can simply report it as news, or you can convey the news more poetically, as WMRY's Leo Chears did on August 3, 1985. As soft jazz played in the background, Chears said, "And the Redbird cap is a little bit tilted. The Cardinals were losers this afternoon to the Phillies, now leading the East by a half-game and not knowing what comes after tomorrow. Well, we all hope that baseball continues. The modern sounds will continue, and we hope you stay right here on 101 FM."
Usually, there isn't much common ground between jazz and baseball, so it was refreshing to hear two different worlds cross paths, if only for a minute.
