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Stray Cast: Game 7s & low-head dams

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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It only seems apt to run the Stray Cast here.

After all, this Web log is named for the Stray Cast, which has snapped off the end of the outdoors column in the Sun-Times on Wednesdays since April 2, 2003.

Here’s today’s:

Game 7s are like paddling into the backwash of a low-head dam.

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