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Over the last several years, I have watched a lot of volleyball. Both my daughters play in school and on club teams. The games are wonderful to watch, are great for them and for us as a family. We and our girls have made many new friends through this experience.
So, what does this have to do with basketball announcing legend, Chick Hearn? Just this, many times I have witnessed parents sweating it out on the sidelines when we are ahead by, say, 22-13. I guess in an effort to calm them, and perhaps myself as well, I say, "This is a Chick Hearn moment."
Generally, they look at me blankly for a moment, and then I see the light go on when I recite Chick's famous words, "This game's in the refrigerator, the door's closed, the light's out, the eggs are cooling, the butter's getting hard, and the jello's jiggling." Nobody could call a basketball game like Chick, and those of us privileged to have heard him still miss him.
Of course, if the volleyball game score is 13-22 instead, I yell just as loud any other parent, "You can do it girls!"
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