This is Day Four of a Cubsmas Advent Calendar. You can read the explanation for the project and Day One here.
Every year as the snow begins to melt (before second or third winter, when we’ll wait for the snow to thaw again, but I digress) Cubs fans who have been desperate for baseball during a long Chicago winter are greeted with one of the greatest lines in sports: “Chicago Cubs baseball is on the air!”
Since 1996, Cubs fans following the team on the radio have been blessed with one of the greatest play-by-play callers in sports.