1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:03,559 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: Sports Radio Our two. 3 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 2: On this Wednesday, Dan and The Dan Nz Dan Patrick Show. 4 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:10,559 Speaker 2: John Smoltz on the call of the All Star Game 5 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 2: last night. Smoltze Will Joint is coming up here shortly, 6 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 2: as will The founder of Fanatics, Michael Rubin, used to 7 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 2: own the seventy six Ers and also the New Jersey Devils. 8 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 2: Speaking of the seventy six Ers, Should Joe Ellenbiid be 9 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 2: playing in the Olympics now, I'm not talking about for 10 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 2: the team USA. He's from Cameroon, but he grew up 11 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:36,239 Speaker 2: here in the United States, so it's not that he 12 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 2: has every right to play for his country play for 13 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 2: the United States. Probably has dual citizenship. I think he 14 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 2: has a French passport. But I don't think he's healthy 15 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 2: right now. I don't think he looks healthy right now. 16 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 2: And they had him out there. He fouled out in 17 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 2: about twelve minutes. You get five fouls, and this was 18 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 2: a couple of games ago, and I just go, I 19 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 2: don't know if he's great, great shape right now. 20 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 3: Now. 21 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 2: I don't know if he should. It's sort of what 22 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 2: I saw with Kawhi Leonard. Should you be out there, 23 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 2: and I'm watching Joe el Embiid and I just I 24 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 2: don't know if he should be out there. 25 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 4: Yes, Mark, Yeah, And if you're a Sixers fan or 26 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 4: Sixers general manager or whatever, he was hobbled during the 27 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 4: next series in the first round of the playoffs, yes, 28 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 4: I will. 29 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 2: You're playing real hard. 30 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 3: For Team USA. 31 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 4: You should probably be getting healthy, especially since Paul George 32 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 4: is coming in. There's some real expectations. Well, you guys 33 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:27,279 Speaker 4: this upcoming season. 34 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 2: Well, you know, he was playing with one good eye 35 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 2: and one good leg in that series, and I just 36 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 2: I watched him. He doesn't look comfortable out there. But 37 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,559 Speaker 2: Kevin Durant don't know if he's gonna play. Does Jalen 38 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 2: Brown get added to the roster? 39 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:41,399 Speaker 3: You know what? 40 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 2: You know what we can do, Caitlin Clark can go 41 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 2: to Team USA with the men's team, all right, yeah, yeah, 42 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 2: I'll make a spot for That'll solve all the problems there, right, 43 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 2: Team USA versus Serbia today and Team USA favored by 44 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 2: I think fifteen and a half fifteen and a half 45 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 2: with Serbia. 46 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 5: Yes, Pom, is there a point I know the question 47 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 5: answer that your team has to be locked, Like let's 48 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 5: say Joel Embiid rolled as ankle was gonna be out 49 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 5: for four to six weeks today. Can we get a 50 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 5: sub from America and send them over now, I know 51 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:15,959 Speaker 5: Derek White just went over. 52 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 2: I don't know when it's officially official with your roster or. 53 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 5: Do you have to have sometime maybe alternate list and 54 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 5: it's right up into the day of the Olympics. 55 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 2: We're gonna check, well, Caitlin Clark is an alternate right now? 56 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 5: Right well, what would be the last day she was 57 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:34,239 Speaker 5: eligible would be the day before the Olympics would be real. 58 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 2: I don't know. 59 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 3: We'll check. 60 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 2: Get some of my best people on that. Stat of 61 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 2: the Day brought to you by Panini America, the official 62 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 2: trading cards of the program. Also the Open Championship. It 63 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 2: will be starting tomorrow morning. You can stream it live 64 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 2: from Thursday until Sunday on Peacock. Also NBC will have 65 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 2: that Golf Channel will have coverage as well. It's Royal 66 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 2: Troon in Scotland and yes I have I've played it. 67 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 2: I should say the course played me. I played there, 68 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 2: but the wind and there are times when you're on 69 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 2: the tee and you look out and you go, where 70 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 2: am I hitting it to and you know that's where 71 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 2: you have a local caddy'll say, you know, he'll he'll 72 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 2: give you a sight line like aim for that because 73 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 2: you're out there and you're going, I have no idea 74 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 2: where I'm going, where I'm hitting it to. And then 75 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 2: you have the postage stamp that's one hundred and twenty 76 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 2: yards and it looks like it is that looks like, well, 77 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 2: worst case scenario, get a par you go up there 78 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 2: to the left side of the green. They have a 79 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 2: coffin bunker that looks like that's where you put a coffin. 80 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 2: They dug it out just in case somebody dies on 81 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 2: the course. You can get buried there and it would 82 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 2: look like it would fit a casket there. That's but 83 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 2: it's you know, wonderful. It's on the water. But the 84 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 2: wind will play a large role in this eight seven 85 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 2: seven three DP show email under a s DPA Dan 86 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 2: Patrick dug Twitter handled the DP show. Good morning, if 87 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 2: you're watching on Peacock, thank you for downloading the app. 88 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 2: Our radio affiliates as well. We'll come up with a 89 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 2: poll question for hour or two. We make way for 90 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 2: the Hall of Famer John Smoltz, who was on the 91 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 2: call MLB on Fox last night. How you feeling, John. 92 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 3: Early morning back in Atlanta. I'm doing okay, I'm doing 93 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 3: all right. 94 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 2: What was your expectation last night going into that game, 95 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 2: starting with Paul's schemes. 96 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 3: Well, I was excited to see him live for the 97 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 3: first time I've watched him on film. Pittsburgh has probably 98 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 3: the best picture they've ever had in a draft, and 99 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 3: we all know they've had a lot of pictures. There's 100 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 3: a lot of pictures in the rest of Major League 101 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 3: Baseball that used to be with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and 102 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 3: hopefully they can do something to keep him and do 103 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 3: something to get in the postseason. Because I don't say 104 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 3: this very often about people, but he could throw all 105 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 3: four scene fastballs in a game. If let's just say that, 106 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 3: he couldn't throw anything but a fastball, and he could 107 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 3: win a lot of big big league baseball games. There's 108 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 3: not many people. There's a handful of people that can 109 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 3: do that. Jacob Degram is one of them. You know. 110 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 3: I said that I wouldn't get caught up in the 111 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 3: Stephen Strassburg hysteria when I did his debut for the 112 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 3: MLB Network, and I got caught up in it. It 113 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 3: was electric, and I think this young man has the 114 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 3: same capabilities. Now, my biggest wish and hope is that 115 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 3: he stays healthy. But can you imagine, you know, Pittsburgh 116 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 3: hasn't been relevant for a while, and that's a team 117 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 3: you don't want to play in a wild card scenario 118 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:54,159 Speaker 3: if they were to get in with their young pitching. 119 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 2: But John, how does he avoid not getting hurt? I mean, 120 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 2: your arm is built to only be able to do 121 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 2: so many things at so many angles for such a 122 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 2: you know, a certain amount of time. 123 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 3: Well, the one thing I like about him is he 124 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 3: does a lot of good things in his mechanics. Now, 125 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 3: everybody to your right, you're one hundred percent right. One 126 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 3: hundred miles an hour is not normal. But you know, 127 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 3: he's got a big frame, six foot six. I actually 128 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 3: loved that he was throwing a football before his game. 129 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 3: I think those are one of the look we haven't 130 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 3: We have not even come close to perfecting how to 131 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 3: keep pitchers healthy. Matter of fact, I could do a 132 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,799 Speaker 3: whole show on it, and nobody talks about it because 133 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 3: they just realized people are going to get hurt. And 134 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 3: it's a financial model that analytics is running their whole 135 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:50,919 Speaker 3: grid on. But what I hope we don't do is 136 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 3: just be so obsessed with, you know, amount of pitches 137 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:57,679 Speaker 3: or the amount of innings. You've got to let your eyes. 138 00:06:57,720 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 3: You've got to be able to watch a guy. If 139 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 3: he's not having a lot of stress, if he's repeating 140 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 3: as mechanics, a lot of good things can happen. And 141 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 3: you know, he's big, he's strong, And I'm hoping. I'm 142 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 3: crossing my fingers because i know the rhetoric out there is, well, 143 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 3: when's the date going to be? You know that he 144 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 3: has Tommy John, which drives me crazy. So I'm hopeful 145 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 3: that he'll be He'll be pitching for a while. 146 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 2: And we've accepted Tommy John is if that comes along 147 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 2: with the position. I mentioned a story a physical therapist 148 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 2: that I work with. He works with major leaguers, and 149 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 2: he had two separate situations where parents of their son 150 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 2: and they were both teenagers, they wanted to have Tommy 151 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 2: John surgery before they needed Tommy John surgery. And it's 152 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 2: gotten crazy John that you go in and it's basically 153 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 2: you know, your fifty thousand mile check up with your car, 154 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 2: or it's like Yep, you're gonna need Tommy John. All right, 155 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 2: we'll see you in a year. How did we get here? 156 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, it's the best and worst thing that's ever 157 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,239 Speaker 3: happened to this sport. I think we're approaching the fifty 158 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 3: year anniversary of Tommy John, and you know I it 159 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 3: was so important to me that I spent time in 160 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 3: my Hall of Fame speech to try to address this matter. 161 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 3: And since then, nobody's paying attention. Doctors have tried their 162 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 3: best to disprove all these different myths that are out 163 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 3: there about to Tommy John surgery. It was never intended 164 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 3: to twelve year old, sixteen year olds, eighteen year olds. Never. 165 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 3: And that's to your point. It is a byproduct of 166 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 3: I call it a hypnotism, of people just talking about 167 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 3: something so much that you end up believing it. And 168 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 3: if you talk about it enough, even though it's not true, 169 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 3: you'll just buy into the narrative. And that's one of 170 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 3: the narratives that is an absolute worst case scenario. Oh 171 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 3: you'll be fine. Look at this guy. Look at John Small, 172 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 3: look at this guy. It's so false. But yet people 173 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 3: have had enough evidence of the elite pitchers coming back 174 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 3: from it that they think it's like a band aid, 175 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 3: and you know, I speak to it every time I can, 176 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 3: and I think, you know, it just goes over people's heads. 177 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:22,079 Speaker 3: And as I said, as I've watched more baseball, I'm 178 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 3: approaching watching more baseball than I did playing it. I 179 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 3: just hate to see these young players in the big leagues. Look, 180 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 3: there will be another Tommy Zahn recipient that goes into 181 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 3: the Hall of Fame. But when I made this statement 182 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 3: that they're there, won't be because I saw this epidemic 183 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 3: and people are having two of them and three of 184 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 3: them in the big leagues. Just think about that that 185 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 3: that one is one is bad enough and one should 186 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 3: save your career. Two should not be. More of the 187 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 3: conversation we're talking about. And so the reason there will 188 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 3: be another Tommy Zahn recipient in the Hall of Fame 189 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 3: is because there's going to be so many of them 190 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 3: that so sooner or later, you're going to get one 191 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 3: of those that has had the career long enough to 192 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:07,079 Speaker 3: be able to this was supposed to be later in 193 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 3: your career, not to start your career. And here's the 194 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 3: other thing. There hasn't been many pitchers that have lasted 195 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:19,559 Speaker 3: more than seven years to date on a Tommy John recovery. 196 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 3: And that's the one thing that we will have to 197 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 3: see as it plays out, if that becomes some of 198 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 3: the benchmarks for the length that it takes Tommy John 199 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 3: before they have another one. 200 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 2: He's John Smoltz, a Hall of Famer, on the call 201 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:35,199 Speaker 2: for the All Star Game last night. Then he had 202 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:39,440 Speaker 2: Mason Miller come in fifth inning. John, he was throwing 203 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 2: almost one oh four. 204 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean they've mastered Look again, it's a definition 205 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 3: of insanity. They've mastered the ability to throw hard, there's 206 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 3: no doubt about it, but they have not even come 207 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:56,440 Speaker 3: close to be able to match the help with it. 208 00:10:56,920 --> 00:11:01,319 Speaker 3: And hitting is way beyond the ability to match this 209 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 3: velocity that they're teaching. You have to sacrifice something to 210 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 3: throw that hard, and we all know what that is. 211 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 3: That's sacrificing length of your career and sacrificing command. But 212 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 3: when you see a young man that looks pretty effortless 213 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 3: throwing the ball the way he does, all I can 214 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 3: think of because it is the Oakland A's and they 215 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 3: are notorious for trading these kind of players for a 216 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 3: plan that nobody is able to figure out. Yet the 217 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 3: amount of players that normally a closer would demand is 218 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 3: not that high. He could demand a pretty good package 219 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 3: if they decide to trade him to a contending team. 220 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 2: But what he's gone, he's going to be good. He's 221 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 2: going to be traded. You know, they're just I. 222 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 3: Mean, that's just the guy that Oakland usually has. 223 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 2: You face a lot of great players, you face Bonds 224 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 2: and Maguire, and we can run down the list here. 225 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 2: But when Otani comes to the plate, who's he remind 226 00:11:59,520 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 2: you of? 227 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 3: You know, that's a great question. It's not quite Verry Bonds. 228 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:10,440 Speaker 3: Of course, Barry Bonds never missed a pitch in his heyday. 229 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 3: He just he didn't get many to hit, and when 230 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:19,079 Speaker 3: he got them, he obliterated him. It's kind of a combination, 231 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 3: maybe even a hybrid, between a Helton and a Bonds. 232 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 3: Helton was one of the best peer hitters. I know 233 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 3: everyone's going to say he played a lot of it 234 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 3: in Colorado, but that the swing path and the way 235 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:37,840 Speaker 3: that they get to a baseball is similar, and I'm 236 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 3: just enamored with the power. Look, Otani has holes, there's 237 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,679 Speaker 3: no doubt, but he's sued them up. You know, he's 238 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:48,520 Speaker 3: only had to concentrate on hitting this year. Imagine you know, 239 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 3: the guy has had a break from pitching, and his 240 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:55,559 Speaker 3: power is just so raw, and he goes through little 241 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 3: streaks where you're like a Bond's where you're not getting 242 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 3: the ball buy him. And then there's times where you 243 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:04,439 Speaker 3: can get that down and in up and in type quadrant. 244 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 3: But what an incredible first year of a monster contract 245 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 3: that we hope he's going to pitch the majority of 246 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 3: that contract and play or and hit at the same time. 247 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 2: Let's get to the serious topic, the All Star Game uniforms. Yeah, 248 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 2: what do you think? How would you feel wearing that? 249 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 3: Be honest with you. First thing I said, when I 250 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 3: got to the National League side, they got the better draw. 251 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 3: There's no doubt they got the better draw of the uniforms. 252 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 3: I just I saw Bruce Botchie in that uniform and 253 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 3: I'm like, vote and you can just see him. I 254 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 3: don't know, man, it has. 255 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 2: Been but it's an easy pick. 256 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 3: But he thinks that it is an easy fix. I 257 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 3: think that's going to be next year in Atlanta. The 258 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 3: rumor is, I think that's going to be back to 259 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 3: wearing the jersey tops of your team. Somebody thought it 260 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:10,559 Speaker 3: was great. So so they you know, it's like, look, 261 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 3: I mean we all get get dressed and get in 262 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 3: the mirror and we're like, man, this is a great outfit. 263 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 3: And then somebody sees us and goes, did you get 264 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 3: dressed in the dark? So yeah, that's that was. That 265 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 3: was I was. I thought they were when I first 266 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 3: saw them. I thought it was the VP, you know, 267 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 3: kind of like the batting practice. You just go out 268 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 3: there and yeah, change into something. But no, they didn't. 269 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 2: How many All Star Games? 270 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 3: Eight? Eight? Yeah, and I was. I got in six 271 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 3: of them, and I had the great, great timing of 272 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 3: giving up two runs and getting two losses. Those are 273 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 3: only two runs I came up, I got two losses. 274 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 2: Okay, would you rather get in and get the loss 275 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 2: or not get in an All Star Game? 276 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 3: Probably get in and get the loss. You know. I 277 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 3: was fortunate enough to get one win in ninety six, 278 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 3: But there was there was the craziest scenario in Chicago 279 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 3: when I was closing, and I was going to close 280 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 3: out that game, and I had two of the greatest 281 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 3: doing their jobs in Wagner and Ganye pitched the seventh 282 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 3: the eighth, and I was going to pitch the ninth 283 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 3: we had a four or five run lead, So that's 284 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 3: a one hundred percent guarantee that I'm going to pitch. 285 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 3: And what unfolded in the seventh and eighth inning. Ganya 286 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 3: had never given up a run yet alone blown to 287 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 3: save that year, and both of them ended up giving 288 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 3: up some runs, and I was sitting down there, you know, 289 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 3: didn't get in. So that was one of them. But yeah, 290 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 3: I'd rather probably participate, even if it's you know, given 291 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 3: up giving up a run to to lose the game. 292 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 3: The first one I gave up. I was the youngest 293 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 3: player to ever get the loss in eighty nine, and 294 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 3: Roland Ryan was the oldest player to ever get the win. 295 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 3: So I got that going for me. 296 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 2: Congratulations, Joe, he's the Hall of Famer. Good to talk 297 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 2: to you, John, Thanks for joining us as always. Right 298 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 2: same here, Dan, that's John Smoltz on the call last night. 299 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 2: Leave it to me. Let's talk about the negatives of 300 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 2: your Hall of Fame career. Michael Rubin, he is the 301 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 2: founder of Fanatics CEO. Speaking of uniforms, we'll talk to 302 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 2: him about the uniforms Fanatics. Are they making these uniforms? 303 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 2: I'd like to what's the role that Fanatics has in 304 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 2: these uniforms? Are they selling the uniforms? Does Nike make 305 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 2: the uniform That. 306 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 5: Was a big deal before the season because Fanatics is 307 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 5: selling them, but not necessarily creating, and they or you know, 308 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 5: Nike was involved. Fanatics is involved in MLB's involved. 309 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 2: Tory Lavello, also the nationally gold Star Miniager, will join 310 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 2: us a little later on as well. 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Listen to Unbreakable with Jay 323 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 6: Glazer and Mental Wealth podcast on the ieartradio app, Apple 324 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 6: podcasts or wherever you get podcasts. 325 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:50,160 Speaker 2: He is the founder of Fanatics CEO. They Got Something 326 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,360 Speaker 2: Special taking place in New York City August sixteenth through 327 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 2: the eighteenth the Javid Center, and fans have a chance 328 00:17:56,760 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 2: to meet sports heroes. There's a rare cards, memorabile limited 329 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 2: edition merge, and a lot of interactive experiences. As we 330 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:08,439 Speaker 2: welcome in Michael Rubin, Michael, thank you for joining us. 331 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,880 Speaker 2: I can imagine what your business card reads, but when 332 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:15,399 Speaker 2: you explain to somebody this is what my job is, 333 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 2: how would you do that? 334 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:18,359 Speaker 3: First? 335 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 7: How are you doing great? To be with you today? Second, 336 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:23,200 Speaker 7: I'd say I got the greatest job on the plan. 337 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 8: I get to work around one hundred million plus incredible 338 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 8: sports fans, most passionate fans in the world, thousands of athletes, 339 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 8: and you know, it's the it's kind of a it's 340 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 8: when you're a kid you dream of doing something. If 341 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:37,200 Speaker 8: you're not athletic like me, and you actually suck at sports, 342 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 8: then you know you love an opportunity to work around 343 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 8: sports and do what I do and kind of help 344 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:43,640 Speaker 8: build kind of the digital sports ecosystem. 345 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:46,119 Speaker 7: So I don't have business cards by the way. 346 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:48,479 Speaker 8: I haven't had business cards for probably fifteen years, so 347 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 8: that's the good thing. 348 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 7: So but I'm honored to lead Fanatics. 349 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:54,200 Speaker 8: And really excited to talk about everything we're doing with 350 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 8: the Fanatics Fest as well, which can be like a 351 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,600 Speaker 8: never been done, first of a kind sports festival going 352 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 8: on in New York City August sixteenth or eighteen. 353 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 2: But you were in the repurpose business when you start 354 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:06,159 Speaker 2: her down right, when you were. 355 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 8: Long ago, When I was a child, about thirty five 356 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 8: years ago, I actually was in the visit of buying 357 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 8: and selling close out skis and close out but where 358 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 8: that's where I got my big start from. I was, 359 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:18,119 Speaker 8: you know, I started with ski shops when I was 360 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:21,400 Speaker 8: a teenager, opened my first one when I was fourteen, 361 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 8: had five by the time I graduate. 362 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 7: High school, nearly went bankrupt a few times, and I went. 363 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 8: When I nearly went bankrupt once I learned about buying 364 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 8: excess merchandise at very diskound of price, and that got 365 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,400 Speaker 8: me into the close up business. 366 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 2: But just going through the bankruptcy, like, how does that 367 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,679 Speaker 2: impact you? Like you never want to go through that, 368 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:42,199 Speaker 2: But what do you mean? 369 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 8: It was a blast I had when I was sixteen 370 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,160 Speaker 8: years old. I tell this story all the time. This 371 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 8: is not an exaggeration or embellishment in any way. I 372 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:55,880 Speaker 8: got sued probably one hundred times as a sixteen year old. 373 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 7: The sheriff used to show up before I went to 374 00:19:57,800 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 7: high school. 375 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 8: Each day she comes. She I'm at like seventh and 376 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:03,359 Speaker 8: I was stild at home. She's like, here at today's lawsuits. 377 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 8: I give her a hug, she said, hi, and she 378 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 8: give me the day's lawsuits. But you know what it 379 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:11,360 Speaker 8: teaches you. It teaches you that each failures to turn 380 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 8: into your next success. And so for me, having almost 381 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:16,359 Speaker 8: gone bankrupt and then figure out how to settle my 382 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 8: desk because I wasn't even old enough to incur a debt, 383 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:21,640 Speaker 8: that taught me about how do I turn that into 384 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:26,880 Speaker 8: my next success? And honestly, about a few months later, 385 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:29,200 Speaker 8: I found a ski shop that had two hundred thousand 386 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 8: dollars merchandise to get auctioned off for thirteen thousand dollars, 387 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 8: and I bought it. And that got me in the 388 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:36,440 Speaker 8: business buying selling clothes out. So to me, any entrepreneur 389 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 8: who tells you they haven't had lots of failures in 390 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,280 Speaker 8: their life, I think they're full of it. And you 391 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 8: got to take those failures and learn from them and 392 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 8: have them make you a better person. Just you know, 393 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 8: learn from all your mistakes is what I do every day. 394 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:46,440 Speaker 8: I make lots of mistakes. 395 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 2: What do you miss about being an owner? You own 396 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,880 Speaker 2: the seventy six ers in the New Jersey Devils. What's 397 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 2: the one thing? 398 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 8: Well, what I missed was I never got to help 399 00:20:57,359 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 8: bring a championship to Philadelphia. And I think when you 400 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:01,399 Speaker 8: own a sport, which see you have one job, and 401 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 8: one job only had to win a championship for your city. 402 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 7: And we failed. 403 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 8: We never did that when I was with the Philadelphia 404 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 8: six Ers. Look, I you know, I'm so fortunate to 405 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 8: work around all these sports teams and the leagues and 406 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:16,439 Speaker 8: the players and the players associations. So like the reason 407 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 8: for me was as fanatas kept getting bigger, we grew 408 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:22,399 Speaker 8: just merchandise where we started to having a fast grown 409 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,399 Speaker 8: sports betting business, a fanatic sportsbook, to have the trading 410 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:26,159 Speaker 8: card business. 411 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 7: With tops and all these direct relationships with athletes. 412 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 8: You can't do deals directly with athletes when you own 413 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 8: a team, and you can't take bets on your own team, 414 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 8: And so kind of made it impossible for me. So 415 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 8: it was a great one hundred probuge to be part 416 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 8: of the Sixers organization, and you know, it was time 417 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 8: for me to move on and put all of my 418 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 8: effort into building Fanatics. 419 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 2: He's Mike Rubin, the Fanatics founder and CEO. Give me 420 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 2: the celebrity you met first time you met, and maybe 421 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 2: you were out of sorts, maybe you weren't quite sure 422 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 2: what to say or not say. 423 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 8: Well, I've got a lot of things that suck out, 424 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,440 Speaker 8: a lot of weaknesses. Being shorter words is not one 425 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 8: of them. So I can't think of the time ever 426 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 8: that I was shorter of words. Maybe I spoke too 427 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 8: much or said too much, but I don't know. You know, look, 428 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:10,720 Speaker 8: if you grow up working in the business the way 429 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:12,400 Speaker 8: I do, you're in the sports business. 430 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 7: Like I've been around this my whole life, it's kind 431 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,160 Speaker 7: of just, you know, it's kind of what I do. 432 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 8: So I don't think it's you just get used to it, 433 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 8: and as we get bigger, the people you work around 434 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:24,679 Speaker 8: get bigger. But it's not something that I've ever been 435 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,119 Speaker 8: uncomfortable with. I have more for me. I have so 436 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 8: many questions that I want to learn from people I 437 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 8: have so many things I want to absorb from people. 438 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 8: So for me, it's about how can I learn from 439 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:33,879 Speaker 8: the people that are around me. 440 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 2: I don't know what you can see. I have an 441 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:39,199 Speaker 2: ultimate man cave here, but. 442 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:44,359 Speaker 8: Your crusher, you're like the model Fanatics customer. I see 443 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 8: so many different pieces of memorabilia, so many cool things 444 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 8: in your office. 445 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 7: I was taking note of it all. 446 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:51,680 Speaker 2: I don't know what. I don't know what thing or 447 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 2: things are worth. I know a lot of that is 448 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 2: what is it worth to you personally? But like I 449 00:22:56,840 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 2: have assigned Kobe Allstar jersey where he calls me the Mamba, 450 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 2: but it's to me so like it's personalized. A lot 451 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 2: of guys personalized autographs. Now what's that do to the 452 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:10,679 Speaker 2: value of that merchandise? 453 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 8: Yeah, well that's an incredibly valuable jersey and but more importantly, 454 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:15,879 Speaker 8: it's probably an. 455 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 7: Incredibly valuable memory for you. 456 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 8: Look our business, we have you know, pretty you know, 457 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 8: we own tops are pretty big trading card business that's 458 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 8: really driven by rookies and driven by moments in sports. 459 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:29,640 Speaker 8: We have a big memorabilia business as well. I'll tell 460 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 8: you what I keep trying to do is learn from 461 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 8: the art market and take the learnings we have an 462 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 8: art and bring them to memorability and trading cards. Because 463 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,360 Speaker 8: if you think about the way great artists sell art, 464 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:44,639 Speaker 8: you could take so many learnings from that and use 465 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 8: that to build the memorabilia business and trading card business. 466 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 8: And I think you see that in the way we're 467 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 8: creating scarcity with tops. A lot of the marketing and 468 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,120 Speaker 8: a lot of the building we're doing are taking things 469 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:55,399 Speaker 8: that we learned from the art market and building. 470 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 2: Explain that, though, Michael, what what what is the art 471 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:01,119 Speaker 2: business doing that equates to what we're doing in memorabilia. 472 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 8: Well, first of all, art is a you know, there 473 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 8: are hundreds of billions or even trillions of dollars of 474 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:11,119 Speaker 8: art owned. It's an enormous uh industry with you know, 475 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 8: just incredible asset values. You know, I'll give you an example. 476 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,679 Speaker 8: I remember hosting dinner at my house maybe a year 477 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:22,439 Speaker 8: or two ago, and Jonas Wood, who's a you know, 478 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:26,359 Speaker 8: well known artist who's done a lot of pieces of 479 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 8: sports art. We're talking about how he goes to market 480 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 8: and the way he'll you know, show the art first, 481 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:36,639 Speaker 8: build a lot of demand for it, and then he 482 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 8: sells you know, you know, kind of one piece of 483 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:40,640 Speaker 8: a time that because I want to make this piece 484 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:43,919 Speaker 8: of incredibly valuable. First, an athlete generally keeps all the memorabilia, 485 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:46,920 Speaker 8: and then they need money, and then that memorabially starts 486 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 8: being sold in bulk, and you kind of hurt your 487 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 8: own market. So, you know, one learning I guys, just 488 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:54,120 Speaker 8: how do you market memorabilia. 489 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:54,920 Speaker 7: And do it in a smart way. 490 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 8: I think if you copy the art market, you're going 491 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 8: to create a lot more value versus you flooded the market. 492 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 8: That's just one example I took from that dinner I 493 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 8: had with. 494 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 2: Jonas would what role did fanatics play in Major League 495 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 2: Baseball's uniforms and what role will you play can you 496 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 2: play moving forward? 497 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:10,920 Speaker 3: Yeah? 498 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 8: Look, I think anytime anything goes wrong for a player 499 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:18,600 Speaker 8: or a fan and we have any part of it, 500 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 8: we feel some responsibility. 501 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 7: Certainly. 502 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 8: I think it's well known at this point that you know, 503 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:25,920 Speaker 8: we've been making the jerseys for you know, eight years 504 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:27,879 Speaker 8: in the factory that we own, and the factory that 505 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:29,880 Speaker 8: we own has been making the jerseys for more than 506 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 8: twenty years. I think both Fanatics and Nike each want 507 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 8: to innovate as much as they can. I think this 508 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:38,119 Speaker 8: particularly a case Nike want to innovate the jersey and 509 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 8: not everything work the way they want it. By the way, 510 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 8: we've had the same thing happened with us when not 511 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 8: everything that we want to innovate works the way we want. 512 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,920 Speaker 8: The good thing is we listen to players, we listen 513 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:51,640 Speaker 8: to fans, and now we're going back to the bigger letters, 514 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 8: the bigger numbers, the tailor pants, and fans are excited. 515 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,160 Speaker 8: So that's the great thing about sports fans. They're super passionate. 516 00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,399 Speaker 8: They got When you do well, they're gonna tell you 517 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,600 Speaker 8: did well. When you do poorly, they're going to speak. 518 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 7: Loud, and I like that. That's what makes us a 519 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 7: better company. 520 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 2: I think we got to go back to the players 521 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 2: wearing their jerseys at least the tops in the All 522 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:12,480 Speaker 2: Star Game because there were thirty two first time All 523 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:16,359 Speaker 2: Star players. Michael, we need branding like you're not just 524 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:18,919 Speaker 2: an All Star. I want to equate that, Oh you're 525 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:22,360 Speaker 2: with the Guardians. You know not everybody everybody knows show. Hey, 526 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,919 Speaker 2: everybody knows Aaron Judge. But if you're selling baseball, you 527 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 2: got to sell more than just you know, the tree 528 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:30,680 Speaker 2: top here with the stars. 529 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 3: Yeah. 530 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:34,440 Speaker 8: Look, I think you could say in several sports, maybe 531 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 8: other than the NBA, that marketing the stars is a 532 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:39,399 Speaker 8: big opportunity. 533 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:41,600 Speaker 7: And for us, what I always. 534 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 8: Say is I wouldn't have the privilege of working twenty 535 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:46,920 Speaker 8: two thousand incredible team members every day that I work 536 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 8: with and leading facts if it wasn't for the incredible 537 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 8: players do what they do on the field, on the ice, 538 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:51,359 Speaker 8: on the court. 539 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:53,879 Speaker 7: And I think marketing of these players is so important. 540 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 8: We spend a lot of energy and thought, money and 541 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 8: marketing and by the way, that's honestly what came to 542 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 8: the idea of how. 543 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:01,840 Speaker 7: We created Fanatics Fest. 544 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 8: Like I, you know, I grew up a collector, Like 545 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 8: I grew up going to you know, different collecting shows, 546 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,479 Speaker 8: and then when we bought Tops and One a lot 547 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:13,640 Speaker 8: of the rights to the trading cards industry, I went 548 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:15,640 Speaker 8: to the National Trading Card Show in Atlantic City three 549 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,919 Speaker 8: years ago and I had like two reactions. One was, 550 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 8: I couldn't believe there were more than one hundred thousand 551 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,439 Speaker 8: incredibly passionate collectors this show, and I was like so 552 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,399 Speaker 8: excited by that. The second thing was I was like this, 553 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 8: this hasn't changed a lot since when I was in 554 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 8: high school. You know, I don't want to say how 555 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 8: long ago I was in high school. 556 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:35,480 Speaker 7: It's a long time ago. 557 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,320 Speaker 8: I was in high school and went to these trading 558 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 8: card shows and that gave us the idea to create 559 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:41,640 Speaker 8: fanatics fest. Now, how do we bring all these star 560 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:44,160 Speaker 8: athletes together to showcase them, how do we let them 561 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:45,359 Speaker 8: connect better to their fans? 562 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 7: And what we're going to do? 563 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:49,479 Speaker 8: All the sixties to eighteenth that the Japson in New 564 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 8: York City. No one's ever tried this in sports. And 565 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 8: do you think about this? You have in all the 566 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 8: other industries, right, you have comic Con. Have you ever 567 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:56,399 Speaker 8: been to comic Coon? 568 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 2: I have done? 569 00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 7: Okay, when you go. 570 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 8: To comic Con, you'd be like, this is crazy, hundreds 571 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,679 Speaker 8: of thousands of people dressed in their favorite character. You 572 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:05,880 Speaker 8: go to music festivals like I go to Coachella every year, 573 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 8: or you go to south By Southwest, and you see 574 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:10,720 Speaker 8: incredibly passionate fan bases within an industry. 575 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 7: Sports there's nothing like that. 576 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:14,160 Speaker 8: So, like I've been to you know, the Super Bowl, 577 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 8: the NBAL Star Game, Major League, you know, Baseball Star Game. 578 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:18,399 Speaker 8: You look at say, they all do these fan festival. 579 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 8: Why can't we create one event. We have the best 580 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:22,639 Speaker 8: athletes in the world to come through and we're doing this. 581 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,720 Speaker 8: By the way, we got like Stephen A. Smith interviewing 582 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:29,680 Speaker 8: Tom Brady, and we've got you know, Big Poppy interviewing 583 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 8: Derek Jutter, And we've got Eli and Peyton Manning, and 584 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,959 Speaker 8: we've got Kevin Durant coming, We've got Anthony Edwards. You 585 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:36,919 Speaker 8: have two hundred of the greatest athletes in the world 586 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,959 Speaker 8: coming for three days to celebrate and create this kind 587 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,200 Speaker 8: of sports festival, which when it works, I want to 588 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 8: do this everyone in the world. Like I want to 589 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 8: create the greatest sports festival in the world. And so 590 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 8: I couldn't be more about all the leagues will come 591 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:49,959 Speaker 8: and you'll be able to run the forty yard Dasherman. 592 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:51,960 Speaker 8: I can't do that because I'm very uncoordinating, can't run 593 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 8: very fast. But you're each league will have an activation there. 594 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 8: So it's kind of taking the best of all the 595 00:28:56,840 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 8: sports leagues, the teams, the athletes collect in all one 596 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 8: place and kind of create the ultimate sports festival. 597 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 7: So like, that's about marketing stars. 598 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 2: And if you want to have somebody who can do 599 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 2: really good interviews, let me know next time. I'll be available. 600 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 7: You know, we got to get and by the way, 601 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 7: we want you. 602 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 2: We got to get you in there. 603 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 7: Let's let's let let's go. 604 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:16,200 Speaker 3: All right. 605 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:19,560 Speaker 8: This is really about bringing everyone together and we're doing 606 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 8: we have We have so many different people just creating 607 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 8: great content. 608 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 7: So we need you. That's your call out. You just 609 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 7: commit it. 610 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:26,640 Speaker 9: Thank you. 611 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 2: By the way, what's the web what's the website or 612 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:31,720 Speaker 2: is there? How do people get information? 613 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:34,520 Speaker 8: Yeah, you go to Fanaticsfest dot com. They'll tell you 614 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:36,440 Speaker 8: about all the different athletes we have. We keep adding 615 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 8: people every single day and they'll tell you about all 616 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:39,719 Speaker 8: the different activities you can do. 617 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 7: But this will be a one of a kind of 618 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:41,800 Speaker 7: sports festival. 619 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 8: If you live anywhere near New York City, whether it's Pennsylvania, Washington, 620 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,600 Speaker 8: to see Boston, if you like sports, this will be 621 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:51,720 Speaker 8: something that you can never do except the Fanatics Fest. 622 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:54,480 Speaker 8: So check out the site. You know, we can't wait 623 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:56,440 Speaker 8: to host you. I got one goal. I want every 624 00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 8: sports fan to come through there and say, like, this 625 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:01,240 Speaker 8: is the most fun I've ever had, you know, just 626 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:03,080 Speaker 8: as they got to do so many different things in sports, 627 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,080 Speaker 8: and we had a lot of surprises plan for people. 628 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 7: If there's one thing I'm not bad at it's throwing parties. 629 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 7: This canna be Alba party. 630 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:12,680 Speaker 2: The NHL on ice uniforms, that's next season. 631 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:16,440 Speaker 7: No watches this season. We unveiled them at the draft 632 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:17,240 Speaker 7: a few weeks ago. 633 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 8: The reception was spectacular and you know, really what we learned, 634 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 8: it's you know, we took so much input from the players, 635 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:25,920 Speaker 8: so much input from the equipment managers. Well, they told 636 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 8: us they loved the jury they have, but they didn't 637 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 8: really like the dimples. They needed some reinforcement in the sleeves. 638 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,440 Speaker 8: We basically just enhanced the existing jersey and the reception 639 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:34,200 Speaker 8: was ten out of ten. 640 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 2: Perfect, awesome or you're a busy man. Good luck with 641 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:39,920 Speaker 2: this coming up next month. Thanks for joining us. 642 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 7: Michael, Hey, thanks for having me. I appreciate it. I'm 643 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:43,720 Speaker 7: gonna see it from as Fest. 644 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 2: That's Michael Rubin, fanatics founder and CEO. A lot of 645 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:51,240 Speaker 2: energy there. Got Steve and A asking the questions. All right, 646 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:54,920 Speaker 2: he wants to upgrade next time, Then we'll upgrade and 647 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:58,760 Speaker 2: I'll see if I can make myself available. Just joking 648 00:30:58,920 --> 00:30:59,440 Speaker 2: steven A. 649 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:04,240 Speaker 5: However, uh yeah, you're as a dad of a teenager, 650 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,320 Speaker 5: I don't feel so bad if my kid gets in trouble, 651 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:08,200 Speaker 5: like there's not supenis at my house. 652 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,240 Speaker 2: She hasn't. Yeah, she hasn't been bankrupt or people suing 653 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:14,000 Speaker 2: her yet at the same age that he was being sued. 654 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 3: It's a good story. 655 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 2: Yeah. Let me see Doug in North Carolina. Good morning, Doug. 656 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 10: Well, dad, I have two boat names for you. But 657 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:25,520 Speaker 10: before I give you those, it's just a little bit 658 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:30,160 Speaker 10: of history. Walter Cronkite was a famous salesman. I guess 659 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:32,640 Speaker 10: he's not salesman, but he owned a sailboat and he 660 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,480 Speaker 10: called it. He had one that was called assignmon So 661 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,560 Speaker 10: is still an anchor? Could say Walter's on assignment today? 662 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:47,840 Speaker 10: But for you, how about Keith Oberboard or simply sports anchor? 663 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:54,840 Speaker 2: Ooh sports and then anchor? Okay, all right, Doug, I 664 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:59,560 Speaker 2: write that one down leader in the clubhouse? Is is it? 665 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 2: Mother ship? What was the other one that we got 666 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:06,040 Speaker 2: that was great? Somebody's supposed to be writing these things down. Yeah, 667 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,280 Speaker 2: I got a whole list of them right here. There 668 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:11,680 Speaker 2: were two different versions of these nuts. Now these nuts, 669 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 2: these nuts, no, no, these knots. Somebody had one earlier 670 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:23,320 Speaker 2: today section row C. See that's really good. 671 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:27,160 Speaker 11: Nice's real nice. I like that sports anchor. I like 672 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,560 Speaker 11: we had the D D C S E S E 673 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:36,080 Speaker 11: A very nice. Yeah, stay in your shipping lane. That's 674 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:38,719 Speaker 11: pretty funny, pretty funny, Jenny. Oh, sorry, that one's off 675 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:41,240 Speaker 11: the list. I know my brother got a big kick 676 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:46,160 Speaker 11: out of Jenny Bochie. I said, don't encourage them, Dave No. 677 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 2: I think that's funny, Jenny Bouchie, because my brother well 678 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:56,600 Speaker 2: versed in the Batchy family, the Lord, the daughters, yes plural, yes, 679 00:32:57,640 --> 00:32:59,640 Speaker 2: all right, Well, if you have a name for my 680 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,520 Speaker 2: pun tune, vote, you can email, you can tweet, you 681 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:05,120 Speaker 2: can dialos up. We'll take a break. We're back after this. 682 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:07,920 Speaker 1: Be sure to catch the live edition of The Dan 683 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:11,640 Speaker 1: Patrick Show weekdays at nine am Eastern six am Pacific 684 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:14,880 Speaker 1: on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio WAPP. 685 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:22,640 Speaker 2: Michael Rubin pretty meteoric rhymese there. When you're selling ski equipment, 686 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:27,080 Speaker 2: you're bankrupt, you're being served papers, being sued, and all 687 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:29,080 Speaker 2: of a sudden you're worth a few billion dollars. And 688 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,880 Speaker 2: then he has this white party where he just had 689 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:36,520 Speaker 2: this in the Hamptons and everybody who was anybody was there, 690 00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:43,240 Speaker 2: even the Kardashians were there, probably jay Z and Beyonce, Like, 691 00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:45,840 Speaker 2: it's one of those that I could say that I 692 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:49,800 Speaker 2: was there, and then people might say, oh, how was it, 693 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:52,600 Speaker 2: instead of thing you weren't invited in to the White Party, 694 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:56,360 Speaker 2: I could just say that I was, But then did 695 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:57,280 Speaker 2: you get any pictures? 696 00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:57,440 Speaker 1: No? 697 00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:00,640 Speaker 2: I didn't want to do that to the other celebri there. 698 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:04,960 Speaker 2: We don't do that. No, no, no, no, we don't. 699 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:09,080 Speaker 2: Oh my god, jay Z, will you stop wanting to 700 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:13,040 Speaker 2: get a picture? Hi, Kim Hi Chloe. 701 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:14,239 Speaker 3: Yes. 702 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,040 Speaker 5: I thought it was a nice reverse psychology move by 703 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:18,000 Speaker 5: you to not ask. 704 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:18,520 Speaker 3: I don't. 705 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:21,839 Speaker 2: Yeah, most people make that mistake, like I didn't get 706 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:26,239 Speaker 2: my invite. No, we don't do that. We don't do that. 707 00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:29,439 Speaker 2: We have to get invited to the fantasy. Yeah, of course, No, 708 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:32,000 Speaker 2: I just no. I wanted to interview Tom Brady. 709 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:32,600 Speaker 10: Like. 710 00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,759 Speaker 2: If if you want somebody who's going to ask great questions, 711 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:39,800 Speaker 2: then you have me. If you want a popular person 712 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:41,320 Speaker 2: on stage, then you have Steven A. 713 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:41,760 Speaker 3: Smith. 714 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:48,439 Speaker 2: There's a difference. I asked questions for a living Let 715 00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:51,799 Speaker 2: me see Michael and fort Wayne him. Michael, how are 716 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:53,359 Speaker 2: you hey. 717 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,959 Speaker 12: Good morning, Dan, Thanks for taking my call. Two quick 718 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:59,520 Speaker 12: thanks for you starting with a small boost to Marvin's day. 719 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,319 Speaker 12: I watched a couple episodes of The Receiver by your 720 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:05,720 Speaker 12: recommendation last night, and upon first glance thought he bore 721 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:09,359 Speaker 12: a slight resemblance to Debo Samuel. 722 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:15,879 Speaker 2: Marvin and Devo Samuel. Okay, obviously we're best friend. Well, yes, 723 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:19,640 Speaker 2: the super Bowl in Arizona. You two really hit it off, 724 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:22,960 Speaker 2: great chemistry. Yeah, what else, Michael? 725 00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:24,359 Speaker 13: Yeah. 726 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,719 Speaker 12: Secondly, a boat name for you, a nod to the 727 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,480 Speaker 12: late Stuart Scott, who, like you, was a big part 728 00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:32,000 Speaker 12: of my childhood in the morning booie. 729 00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:40,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, uh, Brian in Baltimore. Hi, Brian in Baltimore. 730 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:46,279 Speaker 9: Hey Dan and Danet's Brian in Baltimore and sixty three 731 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:50,799 Speaker 9: two oh three, And just got a quick boat name 732 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:53,520 Speaker 9: for you. How about going, Going Gone? 733 00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:55,200 Speaker 3: What do you think of that? 734 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,600 Speaker 2: Well, that's probably not a good sign for a boat, 735 00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:03,600 Speaker 2: you know, don't want it have that sinking feeling. Sports 736 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:07,480 Speaker 2: anchor is pretty good, mothership is pretty good. 737 00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:10,440 Speaker 11: Yeah, somebody just sent in a great one high cheese 738 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:14,560 Speaker 11: instead of I H cheese is very funny. 739 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:23,160 Speaker 2: How about here's one instead of Bayeau. 740 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:25,600 Speaker 5: I looked up a list of the most common boat 741 00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:28,000 Speaker 5: names of people give their boats a lot of times 742 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:32,560 Speaker 5: to play on retirement, you know, things like that. But Aquaholic, 743 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:38,760 Speaker 5: Happy Hour, Seize the Day, sea s not on Call, 744 00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:43,280 Speaker 5: can o t carpaid DM is very popular about time, 745 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:45,640 Speaker 5: those are the most popular. They did a study of 746 00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:46,480 Speaker 5: registered boats. 747 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:52,200 Speaker 2: Aquaholic, Aquaholic, Okay, Bob and Missouri? Hi, Bob, what's on 748 00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:52,920 Speaker 2: your mind today? 749 00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:54,640 Speaker 9: Damn? 750 00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:58,440 Speaker 14: How you guys doing the damn that. I'm glad this 751 00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:03,640 Speaker 14: first time long time from the very beginning six one 752 00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:13,439 Speaker 14: three plus, Hey, I have the name for you since 753 00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:16,960 Speaker 14: your show is so zany and crazy and you do 754 00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:21,320 Speaker 14: off the wall stuff and I love it. How about 755 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:23,880 Speaker 14: looney tunes? 756 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:34,719 Speaker 2: Okay, Looney tunes? 757 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:38,840 Speaker 3: M Don, what's the play on? Like boats in the 758 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:39,600 Speaker 3: sea and. 759 00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:42,160 Speaker 2: I'm not quite sure, not quite sure. 760 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:44,640 Speaker 5: It's like he tanked that call. 761 00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:58,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's all boats. Okay, that's all boats. Kyle and Charleston. 762 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:01,719 Speaker 2: Hey Kyle, Hey. 763 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:03,959 Speaker 3: Dan, how's it going? The first time? Long time? 764 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:10,640 Speaker 13: Five ten? I heard Marvin saying that it was on 765 00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:13,200 Speaker 13: his bucket list to go to an SEC football game, 766 00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:16,799 Speaker 13: and I'd like to extend the invite to any South 767 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:19,840 Speaker 13: Carolina game cox game of his choice. We'll cover the 768 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:23,600 Speaker 13: tickets and the once in a lifetime til getting experience. 769 00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:27,400 Speaker 2: Marvin, are you interested in going to see the game Cocks? 770 00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:29,680 Speaker 13: You know what? 771 00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:33,200 Speaker 2: No that I'm gonna try it again, because that's not 772 00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:34,320 Speaker 2: how you start your answer. 773 00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:37,160 Speaker 4: No, no, no, this is a This was a pathetic way 774 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:40,080 Speaker 4: for me asking for any hookup for the Georgia Alabama game. 775 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:43,759 Speaker 5: It's Uscaloosa, Yeah, Paul, Marvin, I think you have to 776 00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:45,600 Speaker 5: wean yourself up to it. You have to go to 777 00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:49,160 Speaker 5: like a nice Kentucky you gotta graduate right then maybe 778 00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:52,160 Speaker 5: hit some Arkansas, then go to a nice Old Miss 779 00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:55,360 Speaker 5: afternoon game, and then you step up to like LSU 780 00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:57,280 Speaker 5: night games or Alabama Auburn. 781 00:38:57,480 --> 00:38:59,120 Speaker 7: You got to ease up. You gotta work your way up. 782 00:38:59,160 --> 00:38:59,960 Speaker 4: Oh they never mind. 783 00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:03,160 Speaker 3: Then a long process. 784 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:06,560 Speaker 2: Although I can hook you up with Darius Rucker because 785 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:10,200 Speaker 2: he's got one of those this cabooses the train cars 786 00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:13,200 Speaker 2: and then they trick those out and it's a great 787 00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:16,040 Speaker 2: tailgate place. You do that and then you walk over 788 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:19,960 Speaker 2: to the stadium. Jimmy in Indiana, Hi Jimmy, what's on 789 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:20,400 Speaker 2: your mind? 790 00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:21,960 Speaker 3: Good morning? 791 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:30,440 Speaker 15: Dan six foot two hundred. Since I grew up in Indiana, 792 00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:33,840 Speaker 15: basketball was my first love, But like you, I really 793 00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:38,560 Speaker 15: enjoyed Big Red Machine. I grew up in that area. Okay, 794 00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:43,000 Speaker 15: you were talking about some pictures. I'm going to give 795 00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:45,960 Speaker 15: you some stats about a picture from that era, and 796 00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,520 Speaker 15: I'm pretty sure you're going to be able to get it. 797 00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:54,239 Speaker 15: But these are kind of amazing. Seventeen year career, two 798 00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:59,880 Speaker 15: time Cy Young winner, two time MVP of the World's 799 00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:06,960 Speaker 15: over three thousand strikeouts and here's the kickers. Two hundred 800 00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:12,080 Speaker 15: and fifty five complete games. One season he had twenty 801 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:15,799 Speaker 15: eight complete games. Yes, Fritzi, I said, twenty eight? 802 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:16,920 Speaker 14: Who is it? 803 00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:17,239 Speaker 9: Dan? 804 00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:22,160 Speaker 2: Bob Gibson Absolutely all right. 805 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:26,000 Speaker 15: How does someone do have that kind of longevity? You're 806 00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:29,120 Speaker 15: talking about Tommy Johns and stuff. How fast do you 807 00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:30,600 Speaker 15: think Bob Gibson threw the ball? 808 00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:36,400 Speaker 2: He probably threw it in mid nineties. He threw hard. 809 00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:41,520 Speaker 2: What I loved about Bob Gibson is that he was 810 00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:44,000 Speaker 2: in control when he was on the mound, and by 811 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,440 Speaker 2: that I mean he dictated if he was going to 812 00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:48,719 Speaker 2: throw inside it you he did, and nobody was going 813 00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:52,040 Speaker 2: to challenge Bob Gibson. He's one of the most intimidating 814 00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:55,920 Speaker 2: pitchers I ever saw. I couldn't imagine facing him, and 815 00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:59,000 Speaker 2: there are other guys who threw harder. It's just where 816 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:02,520 Speaker 2: he threw his pitch and that is the inside part 817 00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:06,440 Speaker 2: of the plate that's mine. Nowadays it belongs to the 818 00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:11,120 Speaker 2: hitter with Bob Gibson. Nope, that's not the case. One 819 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:14,960 Speaker 2: more hour to go. National League All Star manager Tory 820 00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:17,520 Speaker 2: Lavello will join us. More phone calls as well.