Gentle friends,

if any such folks are reading, I wish to make it clear that during my 22+ years of writing this piece, I have avoided ever using “bad” words. If any sneaked in, they were mild, never thrown carelessly around like many words crossing the lips of broadcasters, particularly in the sports world.

Admitting digression here on the sunrise of my latest column, I’ll leave today’s topic briefly, taking a side road to congratulate two well-known “goldy-throats” whom I’ve never heard resort to even mild profanity. They are Jim Nantz, longtime network sports icon, and Dave Raymond, play-by-play guy for the Texas Rangers. There are a few others, I’m sure, but the list is short.

Now, with such attention paid to my “keeping-it-clean” allegiance, I admit–up front–that within a few paragr

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