Broadcaster and former St. Louis Cardinals football player Dan Dierdorf turns 75 tomorrow. After hearing two radio interviews with him in recent days, I've thought, "By all accounts, he's a class act as a person. I'm impressed that he resists writing a book so he doesn't have to violate anyone's confidence and do an apology tour."
It shouldn't surprise me that he's turning 75, but didn't my dad and I just see him on the field, playing for the Cardinals at Busch Stadium? That was just the other day in, um, well, 1980; I mean, only 44 years have passed since then. Besides, didn't I just hear him hosting KMOX's Sports Open Line, opining on the Cardinal baseball team's season so far? That was just--well, in 1985, so a mere 39 years ago.
Apparently, it isn't just 2024 that feels like it's zooming past to me.
