In which I respectfully disagree with my friend

My good friend Buckeyenewshawk is a Democrat, but he is a reasonably sensible guy and we agree on most things. Far worse than his creeping socialism, however, is his blindness to the virtues of Gus Johnson. Listen to this and tell me that Gus is not one of the most excellent announcers in the business. A great moment calls for a great call, and Gus delivered. I can only imagine what Joe Buck would have come up with: "Hmmm, Brandon Stokely seems to have the ball. How about that, Troy?"

Detroit Labor Day Parade

No word in this story about whether or not anybody looked around and saw what the crown jewel of American industrial unionism was like today.