Every time Braves player Will Koch comes up to bat and I reflexively yell, "Go Will," I think about Willie Stargell, a great slugger for my hometown team, the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Stargell owned a chicken restaurant in Pittsburgh's Hill district, and the restaurant had a standing promotion that if you were buying chicken in the place when Stargell hit a home run, you got your chicken free.
Pirates announcer Bob Prince (the Pittsburgh equivalent of Bob Uecker or Vin Scully, but even more fervent) used to shout this catchphrase when Stargell would come up to bat: "Spread some chicken on the Hill with Will!"
Thanks for indulging a little nostalgia. We now return you to regular WFBLL Braves programming.
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