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Ran across this DC newspaper article while eating lunch:http://www.dailycardinal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1150&Itemid=39 Ending the year with a Pep TalkThe Daily CardinalWritten by Sam Pepper Thursday, 04 May 2006ImageI remember once lying awake at some ungodly hour in high school, unable to sleep and listening to sports talk-radio. With class at 8:15 the next morning—something that will never happen again thank God—the time-range with which I had to work with grew slimmer by the minute. But if I had gone to sleep, if I had rested my eyes, if I had dozed off for even five minutes, I would have missed one of the callers call in and suggest that the Yankees trade for then Mets’ outfielder Timo Perez and play him at third base to replace the slick-fielding Scott Brosius.And while the throw from third-base might be difficult for (a) a left hander to make and (b) a guy who has never played third base before, the callers heart was in the right place.Working at an ESPN sports-talk radio station last summer as an intern, I got the task of screening callers going on the air. Pursuing the job, excitedly at first, I let way too many callers on. But then I realized, I was St. Peter to these guys. I controlled their path to enlightenment. If I could let them loose on the air-waves, then their wildest dream could come true.Some conversations went like this: ...[Click link above for the complete The Daily Cardinal newspaper article.]