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Stray Cast: Ranking Chicago sports fans & fishermen

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:

I used to rank the smarts of Chicago sports fans (Fire, Bulls, Cubs, White Sox, Bears and Blackhawks) and the smarts of fishermen (fly, bass, muskie, panfish, ice and hoggers). After the past week, I put Bears fans below even hoggers.

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