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I was able to have 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:36.640 Calvin Henneck on the show to describe his experience and also, 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:39.200 you know kind of what maybe behind some of this. 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:41.440 So I'm excited to bring that conversation to you guys. 0:01:41.600 --> 0:01:44.760 We also, as always my boy Donnie Burns, my NBA 0:01:44.880 --> 0:01:50.120 playoff correspondent, We're gonna talk about this uh Rocket Spurs 0:01:50.120 --> 0:01:52.280 series that seems to be going back and forth. The 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:56.000 Spurs took Game two, but now without Tony Parker, We're 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:58.640 gonna find out if Donnie Burns thinks that this series 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:01.160 is over and then fat. That is a poll question 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:03.120 that I have up there right now that you can 0:02:03.200 --> 0:02:05.480 participate in. I want to know who do you think 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:07.400 it's gonna win this series? Do you think it's gonna 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:10.400 be the Rockets in seven or in less than seven? 0:02:10.680 --> 0:02:13.080 Do you think it's gonna be the Spurs? In seven 0:02:13.440 --> 0:02:15.720 or less than seven. Remember I had this poll up 0:02:15.760 --> 0:02:19.200 after Game one, and sixty one percent of you said 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:21.239 you think the Houston Rockets would advance to the Western 0:02:21.240 --> 0:02:23.400 Conference Finals. I want to see if that's when you 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:27.440 guys still think. We also have more information, more news 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:30.920 from Lonzo Ball and those shoes. We're gonna tell you 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:33.440 how much they're being sold for and why don thinks 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:36.520 it's absolutely ridiculous. Come on back, we got all that 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:39.160 and a whole lot more. 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The Seahawks Pete Carroll, head coach, now 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:07.960 says that the Richard Sherman trade socks are apparently quote 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:10.960 unquote dead. Remember now that the draft has settled and 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:13.920 trades were not necessarily made. Now you gotta start o 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:16.520 T A s and so these guys are now welcoming 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:18.680 these people back into the fold, people that had trade 0:04:18.760 --> 0:04:21.239 rumors around them. Remember I reported the same thing about 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:24.560 Malcolm Butler for the Patriots earlier this week. Head coach 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:28.480 of the not San Diego the Los Angeles Chargers, Anthony Lynn, 0:04:28.680 --> 0:04:32.000 he says that Philip Rivers has three to four years 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:34.159 left in him, and I think That's an interesting quote, 0:04:34.360 --> 0:04:36.760 timing wise, because remember what I've been saying about that 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:39.960 class that you know, the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted Josh Dobbs 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:43.040 potential era apparents of Big Ben. The New York Football 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:46.839 Giants drafted David's Webb potential era apparent to Eli Manning 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:50.160 charges didn't necessarily do that, So head coach Lindn coming 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:53.200 out saying he still believes in Philip Rivers and also 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:55.880 sad news to report Doug Martin was in a car 0:04:55.920 --> 0:04:59.360 accident today. Tampa Bay running back Doug Martin. His car 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:02.040 was knocked off the road. This is a fairly recent, 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:05.400 uh accident. They are saying, though that Doug Martin only 0:05:05.400 --> 0:05:09.200 has minor injuries. Speaking of injuries in Major League Baseball today, 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:12.000 Bryce Harper, this is a big one. Bryce Harper left 0:05:12.040 --> 0:05:14.919 the game verse Arizona today after striking out in the 0:05:14.920 --> 0:05:17.279 sixth inning. They say he might have pulled a groin. 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:19.640 We're definitely gonna keep an eye out on that. I'll 0:05:19.640 --> 0:05:22.520 give you an update for sure tomorrow on the fantasy Freestyle. 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:25.799 Ian Kennedy also left his start today in the fifth 0:05:25.800 --> 0:05:29.440 inning with a trainer against the Chicago White Sox. Keep 0:05:29.480 --> 0:05:32.480 an eye out. We'll see if Ian Kennedy misses anytime. 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:35.279 Last night, Marcus Stroman of the Blue Jays left his 0:05:35.400 --> 0:05:38.360 start in the third inning due to arm tightness. He is, however, 0:05:38.400 --> 0:05:40.360 saying that they think he will be able to make 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:43.800 his next start. Ian Kinsler also left the game last 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:47.960 night early with a hamstring injury, and uh Dodger's second baseman, 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:51.000 Logan Foresight. They say he's eligible to come off the 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:54.320 d L tomorrow, but he will not be getting activated. 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:57.760 We do think Jack Peterson and Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez 0:05:57.839 --> 0:06:02.440 will be getting activated for their weekend series. Let's keep 0:06:02.440 --> 0:06:05.000 it moving here in the cipher, Donnie Man. We got 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:07.960 an interesting development in the NBA playoffs. Remember we've been 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:10.440 talking about how the Rockets. You've been saying about their 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:12.600 three point shooting, that they need to you know, shoot, 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:15.560 they need to make twenty three pointers. Well, that's not 0:06:15.600 --> 0:06:18.880 what happened in Game two against the Spurs. The Spurs, 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:21.400 you know, kind of the pendulum swung the other direction. 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:24.479 The Spurs look good in winning game to one, twenty 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:28.960 one to nineties six last night. And here's your critical number, Donnie. 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:33.159 The Rockets went eleven for thirty four from three point range, 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:37.400 not enough attempts, not enough makes, and only remember they 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:40.000 hit something like twenty two three pointers in that big 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:43.440 time Game one win. But here's the thing. The issue 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:45.520 to me is they are now saying Tony Parker, though 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:48.040 I think it's a quad, that he's gonna be out 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:52.040 for the rest of the year, and that severely hampers 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:54.880 what the San Antonio Spurs can do. Remember, we have 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:58.320 been talking that LaMarcus Aldrich has been nowhere and that 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:01.040 you know, Kawhi Leonard really needs some support, and if 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:04.080 he does not have Tony Parker, the question is where 0:07:04.080 --> 0:07:07.160 will he get that from. So I asked you guys. 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:10.840 I asked you guys after Game one, and sixty percent 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:13.400 of you said that you thought the Houston Rockets would 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:17.680 go to the Western Conference Finals. Right now, after the 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:20.840 Spurs win Game two, we gotta pull up. And of 0:07:20.880 --> 0:07:23.040 you still think that the Rockets will win this series 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:26.760 in less than seven games. Of you have it as 0:07:26.880 --> 0:07:29.760 Rockets and seven, so fifty three percent of you have 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:33.600 the Houston Rockets moving on, have the Spurs in less 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:37.480 than seven games? Have the Spurs and seven, so forty 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:42.680 seven percent think the spurscent think the Rockets. That's down 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:45.840 from the last time I asked this question. But without 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:49.200 Tony Parker, I think it's a long, hard road for 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:52.920 the Spurs. Put me down for Rockets in less than seven, 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:56.800 especially with that shift series shifting to Houston. Donnie Burns, 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:58.600 are you with me now? You're gonna have to give 0:07:58.640 --> 0:08:04.280 me the Spurs in seven? Seven? Parker? Yes, here's why. 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:07.680 To me right now, Tony Parker is a game manager. 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:10.840 He's not that. He's not that twenty eight point uh 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:13.440 you know, point guard scoring. He he doesn't do that anymore. 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:15.880 And a lot of people are saying, you know, they 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:17.960 have Kawhi Leonard and Lebron James is the best two 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:20.440 players in the NBA. If you were to pull Lebron 0:08:20.520 --> 0:08:22.400 James on the Spurs team right now, you'd have them 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:24.440 going to the West, the Western Conference Finals, and even 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:27.920 the NBA Finals. So if the story stands like that, 0:08:28.400 --> 0:08:30.360 I still have Spurs and seven. I think this goes 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:33.000 to seven. I don't think there's any way it's six. 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:35.760 The way the it was a twenty point game that 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:37.520 first game, and now that's a twenty point game in 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:40.120 the other way. So it's just you know I have 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:43.240 the Spurs and seven. All right, listen, Dona, we need 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:46.280 to start adding to our bet wall. The bet walls 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:48.120 pretty bad. We need to start adding to the bet wall. 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:50.120 I hope, I hope you're keeping tracking this. And anybody 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:52.400 who's out here who listens to the Fantasy Freestyle, let 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:54.880 me tell you something. If you want to track this 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:57.559 for us, make like a fake, make a Twitter account 0:08:57.640 --> 0:08:59.760 very much or something like this. We would not only 0:08:59.800 --> 0:09:01.520 love it, but if you come over here to rock 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:05.080 and Riley thirty four, you gotta drink on me on 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:07.280 speedis of spitting statistician if you want to maintain this. 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:09.600 But I feel comfortable we could add this to uh 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:12.800 we could add this to the betwall. Do I will 0:09:12.840 --> 0:09:15.440 take the rocket and the Wizard. I will take the rockets. 0:09:15.920 --> 0:09:18.040 You can take the Spurs. In this series, I think 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:21.520 Houston is in fact ready for lift off. The Calves 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:24.600 win a big game. Also to one oh three, Lebron 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:27.760 James goes for thirty nine point six rebounds. Four it says, 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:30.400 and it kind of feels like a like a whole 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:32.800 hum effort, like there was not that big of a deal. 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:36.680 You see any reason that the Raptors will start to uh, 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:38.679 you know, turn the light switch on when the series 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:41.160 shifts to Toronto. I do, actually, and here's why. I 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:43.679 was watching an interview with DeMar deroson the other night 0:09:43.800 --> 0:09:46.439 and he kind of made it a point to say, 0:09:46.480 --> 0:09:48.559 you know, Lebron's gonna do what he does. He shows 0:09:48.640 --> 0:09:50.760 up big time in playoffs. Here's what they have to 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:53.600 stop doing. They can't let Channing Fry get like twenty 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:56.440 points off the bench. That's something that they need to 0:09:56.960 --> 0:10:00.400 you know, relinquish. And DeMar deroson recognizes that he's their 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:03.640 team leaders. So I feel, I don't feel great about 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:06.200 the Raptors, but I feel decent enough where they could 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:08.760 take a game or two, especially at home. All right, 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:10.920 well yeah, I mean I I put me down for 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:14.120 Calves in five or six as well. Um, you know, 0:10:14.200 --> 0:10:16.400 I do remember last year they did, you know, they 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:19.360 did cause some concerns, and this year with Serge Ibaka 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:23.280 that uh you know, that is very very possible. We're 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:25.800 gonna keep an eye on that. Also. If anything happens 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:29.000 in this Rangers Ottawa Senators game this hour, I'll certainly 0:10:29.080 --> 0:10:31.079 let you know. There are definitely people here at Rock 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:33.640 and Riley's who are gearing up to go to Game 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:37.080 four of the Eastern Conference Semifinals between the Rangers and 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:40.440 the Ottawa Senators. UM. The other poll question that I 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:42.760 have up, Donnie, I'm very interested to see what the 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:46.160 people say. UM. The question is quite simply, do you 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:49.800 feel comfortable taking your young child to a pro sporting event? 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:51.160 And that comes out of some of the stuff that 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:54.000 we've seen at Fenway Park. That we've seen at Fenway 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:57.880 Park UM this week. Obviously, first all the stuff UM 0:10:58.080 --> 0:11:01.360 said in the direction of Adam Owns and then even 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:03.520 the peanuts being thrown at him, and obviously this has 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:06.280 been in the news. While I had the opportunity to 0:11:06.400 --> 0:11:09.920 interview a fan at Fenway named Calvin Henneck. Kelvin Hennick 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:13.120 was the Boston fan who did in fact report a 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:17.199 racial slur being used the following night at Fenway Park 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:21.600 while he was there with his family, including his now 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:24.160 six year old son. So I had a chance to 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:26.960 interview him, and I think it's really interesting. We're gonna 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:28.880 be playing that coming up out of break when we 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:31.800 come back on the Fantasy Freestyle, and then we'll have 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:33.800 a little bit of time to react to it as well, 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:36.000 but I'm reminded earlier in the week when i asked 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:38.800 you guys on the poll question, does buying a ticket 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:41.679 give you the right to do or say anything as 0:11:41.720 --> 0:11:45.800 a fan? And of you guys said no. That means 0:11:45.880 --> 0:11:48.680 fifteen percent of you guys did say yes amidst the 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:52.000 conversation that was happening. So I'm interested to see how 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:53.960 this poll goes. I asked, do you feel comfortable taking 0:11:53.960 --> 0:11:57.360 your child to a pro sporting event? The options are yes, no, 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:01.480 and then always also depends on the sport and depends 0:12:01.800 --> 0:12:04.320 on the city. And a lot of people are wondering 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:07.320 right now if Boston might be one of those cities 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:12.240 that it depends on that it may not be taking Uh, 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:15.000 you know, you may not feel comfortable there. Right now, 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:18.880 seventeen percent of you guys out there say no, that 0:12:18.920 --> 0:12:21.240 you do not feel comfortable taking your child to a 0:12:21.280 --> 0:12:23.800 sporting event. I can kind of understand why I'm not 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:26.520 even a parent. We're gonna have Calvin Henneck when we 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:30.200 come back, talking about his experience, especially as it relates 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:32.679 to the events this week. I'm very excited to hear 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:34.920 what he had to say and then also react a 0:12:34.960 --> 0:12:37.520 little bit. Remember I've been comparing this to UH soccer 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:41.880 hooliganism all weeks, So come all right back insightful interview 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:45.120 with Calvin Henneck, a fan at Fenway Park with his family. 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:48.920 You're listening live to the Fantasy Freestyle with Dane Martinez 0:12:48.920 --> 0:13:05.800 here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Welcome back to 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:08.480 the Fantasy Freestyle here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:11.400 On your boy, Dame Martinez speeds the spitting statistician. That's 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:13.640 what I was saying before the break. The story has 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:16.880 gotten a lot of traction. I've seen in the Boston Globe, NPR, CBS, 0:13:16.960 --> 0:13:21.319 the Bleacher Report, Washington Post, ESPN, and other places right 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:23.800 after the incident with Adam Jones on Monday night. It 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:28.319 was Calvin Hennick that reported this incident on Tuesday while 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:32.119 he was there with his six year old son. Um, 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:35.439 let's get to my conversation earlier today with Calvin Hennick. 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:38.400 I'm really excited to have Calvin Hennick, who I saw, 0:13:38.760 --> 0:13:40.960 you know, as a friend, to be honest, post his 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:44.280 experience the day right after all the drama with Adam 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:47.079 Jones at Fenway. And what I felt was really interesting 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:49.760 is that you know, he actually took his son as 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:53.280 as his as a birthday present, and it's memorable for 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:56.200 different ways. Calvin as as someone who we used to 0:13:56.200 --> 0:13:59.440 work together in schools in New York. First, thanks for 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:01.439 coming on the show. Oh and also, uh, if you 0:14:01.440 --> 0:14:05.400 don't mind explaining what happened on Tuesday, Yeah, day make 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:08.480 for hav me. So Tuesday was the day after Adam 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:11.640 Jones had you know, faced these these racial taunts and 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:15.080 had you know, objects thrown at him at Fenway um. 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:17.480 And I had just happened to have ticket to the game. 0:14:17.559 --> 0:14:19.280 I was going with my son and my father in 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:21.640 law and my my wife's a patients so my father 0:14:21.680 --> 0:14:24.800 in law is black and my son is half black. Um. 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:26.760 And I was just kind of like, so this is uh, 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:28.400 it's a weird time to be going into a game. 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:30.240 And I, you know, I started thinking for the day, 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:32.560 is there a way to like support Adam Joe's I 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:34.440 hadn't heard about the key bad you know, saying that 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:36.880 that people should do with standing ovation, which people did 0:14:36.920 --> 0:14:39.360 and that was nice, um, but it was just sort 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:41.240 of on my mind already. And then we get to 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:45.400 the stadium and uh, this young Kenyan woman does the 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:48.040 national anthem and right as soon as she's done, this 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:51.480 white stand next to me leans over to me and said, uh, 0:14:52.000 --> 0:14:54.520 she's saying too long and she and worded it up 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:57.360 like used the flour is kind of a herb to 0:14:57.440 --> 0:15:00.560 describe her singing style, which was just and that even 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:03.000 something that occurred before let alone, you know, it was 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:06.040 shocking for content, but then I needed linguistically. I wasn't 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:10.360 used to that. So, I mean, one of the things 0:15:10.400 --> 0:15:12.560 that you know, we we even talked about is this idea. 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:14.120 And one of the things I've mentioned here on the 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:17.320 Fantasy Freestyle before is that, um, you know, one might 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:20.080 argue that over the last six months, this this which 0:15:20.120 --> 0:15:23.760 has been around, has been somewhat emboldened in in our society. 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:26.600 What I want to know is really what what did 0:15:26.640 --> 0:15:28.680 the rest of the people in the section, because you know, 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:32.040 you've got security and then as I understand then he 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:34.640 kind of denied it originally to authorities that this is 0:15:34.640 --> 0:15:37.160 what was happening. What what what was the tone like 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:40.320 in this section? Did other people kind of back you up? 0:15:40.600 --> 0:15:42.600 Or was everyone just kind of quiet and looking the 0:15:42.640 --> 0:15:45.080 other way? What was what was the section like? Because 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:46.800 that's what I think about when I when I see 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:50.520 things at stadiums occur. Well, like he didn't scream it out. 0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:53.000 I've been at stadiums for people who like really shouted 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:55.640 homophobic explorers and the players and stuff like that, and 0:15:55.640 --> 0:15:57.720 I've called people out for that too in the past. 0:15:58.000 --> 0:15:59.840 But then it is kind of we know, where did 0:15:59.880 --> 0:16:02.760 it to me. It's possible that people behind me hurt me, 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:05.320 but I hurt him, But I don't know. I was 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:07.280 kind of seeing read at that point. I was I 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:09.440 was just like, you know, I was just focused on 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:12.720 handling the situation, and so I asked him to repeat it, 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:16.240 because I you know, I thought maybe I misheard him, like, 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:18.440 it is so incredible that he would say this. He 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:20.800 repeated it, and I said, I repeated and I said 0:16:21.040 --> 0:16:22.600 this way. He tended to be clear. This is what 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:24.880 he said, and he said yes, and I stand by it, 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:28.880 and uh, which I mean it isn't a cowardly thing 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:31.160 to say, because he of course didn't stand by it eventually, 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:35.200 once you know, the family security team got ahold of him. Um, 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:37.880 but after everything, he stood by and I just immediately 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:40.040 excused myself and went and found a nutter because I 0:16:40.320 --> 0:16:42.880 wanted to get my family in that situation was sort 0:16:42.880 --> 0:16:44.400 of my first goal there, and I kind of wasn't 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:47.440 thinking about who might have heard it or who didn't. 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:49.680 I just wanted to you know, I wasn't thinking about 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:51.200 it becoming a big into then. I just want to 0:16:51.200 --> 0:16:53.480 get my family out of the way of that. Yeah, 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:55.600 And I know, um, one of the things I saw 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:57.560 actually from your Facebook post was that on some level 0:16:57.600 --> 0:17:02.400 you were conflicted about actually posting this. Now that you're say, 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:04.399 you know, forty eight hours removing, I know it's been 0:17:04.440 --> 0:17:08.480 a whirlwind for you, but um, how how has the 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:11.560 response been and do you think that, Um, it's it's 0:17:12.200 --> 0:17:13.840 you made the right choice to kind of get this 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:16.800 out there, especially in this way this week, when the 0:17:16.800 --> 0:17:19.240 conversation has been you know, it's such a spotlight on 0:17:19.280 --> 0:17:22.359 this conversation. Well, I mean I do think, you know, 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:26.040 kind of I'm a former journalist, Um, sometimes journalists still 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:28.080 and I think that, you know, it's the old cliche 0:17:28.200 --> 0:17:30.359 istry that some light is the best disinfect and I 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:33.560 think it's important, um, to sort of bear witness to 0:17:33.920 --> 0:17:36.359 things as they are in the world, is not sort 0:17:36.359 --> 0:17:38.159 of you know, we think some of the road The 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:40.800 thing that I worried about once it became kind of 0:17:40.840 --> 0:17:43.320 a media thing with you know, it saves my son's 0:17:43.400 --> 0:17:46.760 six birthday, um, And this is how I've spent his birthday. 0:17:46.800 --> 0:17:49.399 It's cool, but you know, I've been his parts just 0:17:49.400 --> 0:17:51.280 sitting downstairs waiting to be open. And I've been doing 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:54.639 media interviews about somebody dropping an end bomb right in 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:56.479 front of them, you know, or right next to him, 0:17:56.480 --> 0:17:59.160 and quite here it um. And then today I had 0:17:59.200 --> 0:18:01.800 to you know, here we were in the Boston Globe. 0:18:01.960 --> 0:18:03.560 We were in the front page of the Boston Globe 0:18:03.600 --> 0:18:05.760 this morning, and I didn't know whether that might get 0:18:05.800 --> 0:18:07.600 brought up to him at school. I felt like I 0:18:07.600 --> 0:18:09.199 had to prepare him to that, and so I had 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:11.879 to have a conversation with him in very broad, de 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:16.560 rated terms about what sorts of things this man said 0:18:16.560 --> 0:18:18.480 and white he got kicked out, and why people thought 0:18:18.480 --> 0:18:20.359 that that was worth writing a news story about it. 0:18:20.440 --> 0:18:23.240 And you know, my son was kind of upset. He said, 0:18:23.280 --> 0:18:26.560 I thought, you know, we were talking very broadly about racism, integregation, 0:18:26.640 --> 0:18:29.760 and he said, I thought that it was over about 0:18:30.000 --> 0:18:32.640 white people and black people not getting along. And I said, 0:18:32.840 --> 0:18:35.640 you know, it's that it's not over. People. Some people 0:18:35.680 --> 0:18:40.240 are still angry about things wow. Um, you know, to 0:18:40.359 --> 0:18:44.560 participate in that lesson must be an incredible experience. Colvin, 0:18:44.560 --> 0:18:46.440 I only have like one more question for you, and 0:18:46.480 --> 0:18:51.080 thanks again for taking the time to talk with me. Um. 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:54.359 I guess it's you know what. You know this this 0:18:54.440 --> 0:18:57.240 incident has happened, This one person is gone. But is 0:18:57.280 --> 0:19:00.480 this a Is this a bigger issue at Fenway Park 0:19:00.640 --> 0:19:02.520 in Boston? I know, I know, I don't want to 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:04.760 paint anything with a broad brush, right, but you hear 0:19:04.840 --> 0:19:06.560 other athletes have come out and say that this is 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:09.359 just something acknowledge that they deal with all the time. 0:19:09.560 --> 0:19:12.280 What has your experience been, I mean, someone who has 0:19:12.440 --> 0:19:14.720 been spent time in New York and now in Boston 0:19:14.760 --> 0:19:16.359 and maybe other places in the city, is this is 0:19:16.480 --> 0:19:21.120 a particular challenge that you face. You know, it's hard 0:19:21.160 --> 0:19:23.080 for me to say, especially as a as a white 0:19:23.080 --> 0:19:25.080 man in Boston. I mean, if you have a personal 0:19:25.119 --> 0:19:27.280 color who goes to Fenway all the time, they might 0:19:27.359 --> 0:19:29.919 be able to give you a clearer picture of what 0:19:30.040 --> 0:19:33.240 they see. But Um, from my perspective, it almost is 0:19:33.280 --> 0:19:36.119 beside the point, Like like words matter, and these incidents 0:19:36.160 --> 0:19:38.440 do matter, and pints for the thing they reported on, 0:19:39.000 --> 0:19:42.240 But racism doesn't start and stop with an ex alert. 0:19:42.320 --> 0:19:46.040 You know, Boston is a largely segregated city with um, 0:19:46.080 --> 0:19:50.880 you know, not equal access to quality affordable housing, help care, education, 0:19:51.000 --> 0:19:52.960 things like that. And it's that's not you need to 0:19:53.040 --> 0:19:56.600 Boston events, large cities all for out America. UM And 0:19:56.640 --> 0:19:58.879 I think that if we're gonna have these conversations that 0:19:58.960 --> 0:20:01.800 can't they can't stop once we're done talking about a 0:20:01.920 --> 0:20:04.800 slur the word. If we're really address racism, you know, 0:20:04.840 --> 0:20:07.800 there's this mythic national conversation about racism we need to have. 0:20:08.400 --> 0:20:09.960 And if we're gonna have, it needs to be honest. 0:20:09.960 --> 0:20:11.920