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Stray Cast: Sox/perch, Cubs/minnows

By Sun-Times Wire

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:

The Sox remind me of a guy trying to win a perch derby with an 8-incher. The Cubs? Minnow races.

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