Mike North

For the print edition, it's like 5 in the afternoon or something.

Does that make sense?

Yeah, and it was not a constant litany either.

It was just a one-liner every once in a while.

Now, there were other candidates there, too.

You know, Birdie in his own kind of way –

I remember once, uh, Pearson and Bertie were sitting in front of me in the press box at soldier field.

And, uh, Pearson asked Bertie what he was, uh, uh, going to write.

And Bertie said a finger bleep.

And, uh, and, uh, and Pearson said, Oh good.

I'll stay away from that.

So anyway, Chicago had a great irreverent collection of writers, you know, Holtzman was, I loved Holtzman, you know, he was,

He was just a disheveled genius.

But Bors was certainly a unique character, too, because he was...

you know, he wasn't like a constant chattering guy in the press box.

It was just, but when it came out, it was every three minutes, he'd say something hilarious.

I can't remember generally an insult aimed at the home team.

All right, gentlemen, my sympathies to Chicago.

You're missing a character.

And, uh,