“He's going! The pitch is high, the throw is … safe! He stole it! The throw got by the shortstop and Brock has done it! They would've thrown him out, but the shortstop couldn't handle the bad throw and this is it, folks. Brock has now stolen 893!”

— Jack Buck

Calling Lou Brock's career record breaking 893rd stolen base in 1977.
1970s

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American sportscaster 1924–2002

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