I meant to mention this yesterday. If you were in attendance for the last two games and heard a new voice announcing the players, there is a reason.
Dick Sanford, the Marlins' public-address announcer, said he hopes to return to his Dolphin Stadium microphone Friday. Sanford suffered a mild heart attack early Tuesday after returning from the season opener, a 7-2 loss to the Mets. "I think it was too much Johan Santana," Sanford, 58, joked from his room at JFK Medical Center in Atlantis. Sanford said he woke up with a dull pain in his chest. He went on the Internet to research his symptoms, and then drove himself to Wellington Regional Medical Center, where an EKG confirmed a mild heart attack. Doctors implanted a stent. "I feel fine, like nothing happened,'' Sanford said.
Naturally, we wish Dick all the best and a speedy recovery.