WEBVTT - Trailer | The Move

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<v Speaker 1>It's been forty years since the Colts packed up in

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<v Speaker 1>the middle of the night and moved from Baltimore to Indianapolis.

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<v Speaker 1>But why exactly did the Colts leave Baltimore and how

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<v Speaker 1>did they end up in Indianapolis. I'm JJ Stankowitz, and

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<v Speaker 1>over four episodes of The Move, a new podcast I'm

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<v Speaker 1>hosting on the Colts Audio Network, we will answer those

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<v Speaker 1>questions about maybe the most infamous move in American professional

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<v Speaker 1>sports history. You'll hear from those who lived it, including

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<v Speaker 1>jim irsay, Rick Venturi, John Zeeman, Debbie Knox, Tom Griswold,

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<v Speaker 1>and several others. In Baltimore, if you were a cult player,

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<v Speaker 1>you were king.

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<v Speaker 2>The Baltimore Colts established the NFL. To go back and

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<v Speaker 2>look at those three years where they had a really

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<v Speaker 2>good team, About half the games were sold out, a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of games to forty five thousand, Memorial Stadium was shot,

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<v Speaker 2>And again I reiterate, that's the only thing I'll agree.

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<v Speaker 3>With the bother saying this went on for years. The

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<v Speaker 3>tale of the team.

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<v Speaker 2>We were told, don't go anywhere this weekend because we're

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<v Speaker 2>probably going to become the Arizona Colts when Indianapolis shows up.

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<v Speaker 2>You're like, they're not an NFL city, how can they

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<v Speaker 2>take this team? The nickname was Knaptown, which was that

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<v Speaker 2>sleepy little town in Indiana. It was the Inny five hundred,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was basketball when they.

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<v Speaker 1>First started talking about building the dome and and all

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<v Speaker 1>that sort of thing.

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<v Speaker 2>And you're kind of like, yeah, right, okay, you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have a team. Really, what's this going to look like?

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<v Speaker 2>So I called my dad in the morning. Dad, Frank

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<v Speaker 2>and I are in Indianapolis. What do we do?

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<v Speaker 3>Now?

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<v Speaker 2>What are you doing in Indianapolis? What the hell is

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<v Speaker 2>going on?

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<v Speaker 3>I go?

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<v Speaker 2>You told me to go to Indianapolis with Frank Hush.

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<v Speaker 3>I saw my father cry twice in his life. My

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<v Speaker 3>father was born in nineteen nineteen. He died in ninety two.

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<v Speaker 3>I saw him cry when his sister died, and I

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<v Speaker 3>saw him cry when the Colts left down.

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<v Speaker 2>The truth is he had to move there threatening them

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<v Speaker 2>in at domain.

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<v Speaker 1>There no stadium deal to go that was even close

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<v Speaker 1>to being worthwhile.

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<v Speaker 2>So you had to move.

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<v Speaker 3>I told you how angry it made me just to

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<v Speaker 3>see the worship.

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<v Speaker 1>People were cheering.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything that would cheer. Everything didn't matter. It was clear

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<v Speaker 2>to all I knew was a had an NFL team.

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<v Speaker 1>The first episode of the Move, which explores the rise

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<v Speaker 1>and fall of the Baltimore Colts, will be released on Monday,

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<v Speaker 1>June twenty fourth. Subscribe to the Colts Audio Network on

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