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Chicago Cubs: For Boog Sciambi, Lou Gehrig Day is personal

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There weren’t a lot of moves the Chicago Cubs nailed last offseason, but the one they did was the hiring of Jon ‘Boog’ Sciambi as the new play-by-play man at Marquee Network.

Not only is he a phenomenal presence in the booth, but he regularly uses his position and influence in the game to make the world a better place. When Major League Baseball comes together on Wednesday for the inaugural Lou Gehrig Day, it will mean something more to Sciambi, who watched a good friend lose his battle with ALS over a decade ago.