CHICAGO — Here's what we're reading today.
Hear Hear: Senior editor Andrew Herrmann is reading the New York Times obit of Yankee star Yogi Berra, which includes one of the funnier stories in baseball lore, a tale connected to the White Sox (that may or may not be true.) In August of 1964, the Yankees had been swept in Chicago. On the bus on the way to the airport, reserve infielder Phil Linz was playing "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on a harmonica and an angry Berra, by then the manager of the team, told the player to knock it off. Linz, though, wasn't sure he had heard Berra correctly. A mischievous Mickey Mantle told Linz: "He said, 'Play it louder.'"
Fists — and the harmonica — flew.
Yogi Berra and Phil Linz later got a good laugh over the fight in Chicago. [eBay]
It's Baking Season: As excited as she is for La Boulangerie French bakery to open in Lincoln Square, and as much as she's obsessed with PBS' "Great British Baking Show," reporter Patty Wetli loves nothing more than old-school, non-fussy American desserts. The cooler the weather gets, the more inclined she is to turn on the oven and whip up a treat. This recipe for Corn Cake, posted to a blog run by the owners of Baked in Brooklyn, looks like just the ticket for this weekend.
The Avenger: Ken Dornstein has spent decades trying to find the men who killed his brother in the 1988 Lockerbie boming. Reporter Kelly Bauer is reading a New Yorker story that chronicles Dornstein's investigation into the unsolved bombing and his journey as he attempted to track down the Libyan officials he believes are behind the attack — and how he tracked down one man he believes is responsible who even the U.S. government had trouble reaching. A three-piece documentary about Dornstein's work will premiere on "Frontline" in Sept. 29.
Better Late than Never: The escalator that was damaged in April 2014 after a CTA train operator fell asleep and crashed into the O'Hare terminal — running off the tracks and up an escalator, causing $9.1 million in damage and injuring 32 people — is back in action. Streetsblog Chicago reports that the completion of the construction "brings closure to an unforgettable chapter in local transit history" and rejoices on behalf of lazy travelers everywhere.
Have You Heard About Climate Change?: It might seem like an obvious question, and yet even some politicians don't seem to get that climate change is a major, urgent problem. Reporter Ariel Cheung hopes maybe a moving poem and accompanying video might help highlight the nature of the issue. In "Mother's Cry," a New Jersey college student calls out to Americans to make change in a rousing performance interspersed with some fantastic shots of what this world has to offer.
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