A St. Louis Treasure

Seriously, to be Mike Shannon for a day...

From Deb Peterson's Sunday Column:

OPEN MOUTH, INSERT FOOT: Over the weekend, Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-St. Louis, popped up to the booth in Washington where the long-time voice of the Cardinals, Mike Shannon, was broadcasting the Cardinals game against the Nationals. At one point Shannon asked Carnahan how his dad was doing. Unfortunately, former Gov. Mel Carnahan, his son Randy, and a longtime aide, Chris Sifford, died in a tragic plane crash in 2000. The reaction from Carnahan and others in the press area? Silence.