1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Hello. This is the Bloomberg Business of Sports show, where 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 1: we explore the big money issues in the world of sports. 3 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: I'm Michael Blarn, I'm Scarlett Foo, and I'm Mike Lynch. Wait, 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 1: I hear something. I think it's the final out at 5 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: Fenway Park. Oh my goodness, is it? Because that Boston 6 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: and oh my god, they're playing in the a L 7 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: Championship Series. We're gonna speak with Boston Red Sox president 8 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 1: Sam Kennedy. It gets a happy day toward Lynch and 9 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: get I see him dancing over there. Yeah, I'm dancing 10 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 1: on the Charles River. When that song was made by 11 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: the Standals in the nineteen sixties, that joke was that 12 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 1: Charles River is so polluted you could walk across it. 13 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: It's cleaned up now and some of the Red Sox 14 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,519 Speaker 1: going for another big deep run in the postseason, and 15 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: we're pretty excited here in the city of Boston. So wait, Lynchy, 16 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: that's the song that Fenway plays the same way that 17 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: Yankee Stadium plays New York, New York. Yeah, U f 18 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: Sinatra and York New York. And we have the Standals 19 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: with some dirty water in the Charles River. Got it? 20 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: Got it? Okay, what about Sweet Caroline? When when does 21 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 1: that happen? That plays in the middle of the eighth inning? Okay, 22 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 1: win or lose? Got it? Got it? Oh? Wait, so 23 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:14,479 Speaker 1: this is only for games in which the Red Sox win. 24 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: Uh the dirty water Sanya, what about when they lose? 25 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: The silence crickets. Drive safely, people hang their heads and 26 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: shame and walk out quietly, Drive safely. As bar said, 27 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 1: we'll see you tomorrow night. That is straight ahead on 28 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: the Bloomberg Business of Sports show. But first we have 29 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 1: to look at some of the top stories of the week, 30 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: and there were two major stories that dominated the not 31 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 1: just the sports news cycle, but the news cycle in general. 32 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: Let's start with Kyrie Irving. Now, in case people are 33 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: not familiar with it, the Brooklyn Nets are saying, look, Kyrie, 34 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: if you don't want to get vaccinated, that's your thing. 35 00:01:56,920 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: But we have to move on as a basketball team. 36 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: So there we're not going to deal with you being 37 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: on a part time basis because you have to be 38 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: vaccinated if you're playing in New York City. That's the 39 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: rule in the city. And Kyrie Irving is not vaccinated everybody, 40 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 1: So what brings up the next point? To is that, Well, 41 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 1: if Kyrie isn't vaccinated, it's not just New York City. 42 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 1: Let's say, for instance, he was going on the West 43 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 1: Coast and there were some cities on the West Coast 44 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:32,519 Speaker 1: where maybe he couldn't play San Francisco for instance. Yeah, 45 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:36,239 Speaker 1: where does this leave the league, folks? Well, Boston is 46 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: another place he cannot come into, the Boston Garden, that's 47 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 1: the fourth Madison Square Garden, Boston Garden, Chase Center in 48 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: San France, and the Barkley Center. And this is gonna 49 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: cost him roughly seventeen million dollars in salary. Now his 50 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:54,519 Speaker 1: salary for the for the away games still is hanging. 51 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: It will be paid for that, but that that's something 52 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 1: that you know is going to be dealt with with 53 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: the Players Association, and you know, Irving is you know, 54 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 1: it's an act of civil disobedience, he says. He quote, 55 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 1: he says, I know the consequences of the decisions I 56 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: make with my life. I'm not here to sugarcoat any 57 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: of that. So he's ready to take this big financial hit. 58 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:14,839 Speaker 1: What does that mean for the team? Because so many 59 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,839 Speaker 1: people were excited about what this upcoming season would bring 60 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:22,799 Speaker 1: with you know, these incredible players that the Nets have amassed. Well, 61 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: James Harden has already said it's like, okay, look, uh 62 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:30,079 Speaker 1: we respect you, Kyrie. Uh this is your decision, but 63 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: we have to move on as a team. Pretty much 64 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: as basically what he sent. I would think that his 65 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: teammates would see this as an act of selfishness. Um, 66 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: you know, he's not thinking about the team. It's most 67 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: successful teams put we before me, and he's putting me 68 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 1: before we. He reversed it and he's giving up. He's 69 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: set to make forty million dollars this year in total. 70 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: Uh so, And I he can't practice with the team, 71 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: by the way, too, that's another thing. You can't practice. 72 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: So even if he said, Okay, I'm gonna get the 73 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: shot right now, you still got to get into a groove. 74 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: And you better hurry up because preseason is going on 75 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: right now, and there's not too many games in preseason, no, 76 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: And that's why you sort of form your cohesiveness with 77 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,479 Speaker 1: your teammates. Especially there's always one or two new players 78 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 1: that come in during the course of the off season, 79 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: and this is where you sort of, you know, work 80 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: off a lot of the rust and get a little 81 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: bit of chemistry, and part of it is, you know, 82 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: getting along with your players, your your teammates, and being 83 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 1: unselfish and just going for a championship. He says he 84 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: wants to continue to work towards a championship, but he 85 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: may not play this year. Yeah. I don't know how 86 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 1: you do that if you've taken yourself out of the equation. 87 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: And I just want to point out once again I've 88 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 1: I've done in the past. UM, the NBA, the NFL, UM, 89 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 1: these men's professional sports leagues. They are struggling with convincing players, um, 90 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: in many instances, to get vaccinated. I mean, yes, we 91 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: know that for the most part, ninety the NBA is vaccinated. 92 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: But you compare that to the w n B A 93 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: league's players fully vaccinated as of June. So why does 94 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 1: the NBA get it and the NBA at least ten 95 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: percent decide not to do this. It's I don't understand it. Uh, 96 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:21,839 Speaker 1: it's women. Yeah, Yeah, that's pretty much it. We all 97 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: know that women are smarter, and obviously we see why. 98 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: We just I don't understand for your job, and I 99 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 1: guess this gets into the whole political thing all over again. 100 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: And I don't want to get into that. But it's 101 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: if it's your job and it's for your team, I 102 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 1: would think you would do it for your team. Yeah. 103 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: I mean, this is gonna go across all businesses, but 104 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: sports gets most of the headlines right now because these 105 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 1: guys are visible, they're on television, then they're Kyla. Kyrie 106 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:55,040 Speaker 1: Irving is a newsmaker and he's you know, he's been 107 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:58,599 Speaker 1: a recalcitrant um and he made this into a circus 108 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 1: as well. Yeah, he it. You know, he came out. 109 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:03,839 Speaker 1: He he this this latest statement came out on his 110 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: own Instagram and he posted it on Instagram for everybody 111 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: to to read and listen. And he wants the he 112 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: wants he likes being in the news. He played here 113 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: in Boston for a little while and he was really 114 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 1: kind of a pain in the neck. He was just 115 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 1: a contrarian and everything that he did was at the 116 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 1: time that he thought that the Earth was flat. Yeah, yeah, 117 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: thought the Earth was flat, and just he just was 118 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: a bad teammate. And it was a very unpleasant experience 119 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 1: here and people in Boston were glad to get rid 120 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: of people talk about how this is part of their 121 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 1: personal brand. H There was another story and I am 122 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 1: so disappointed. I cannot begin to tell you. John Gruden, 123 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:45,039 Speaker 1: now the former head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, 124 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 1: he resigned because there were several emails that came to 125 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: light and he sent to the Washington football team and 126 00:06:55,800 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: to uh the head Hans shows there and also involved. 127 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: Let's let's put it this way. They were racist, they 128 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: were misogynistic. Uh, they were homophobic. And I put my 129 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: trust in John bruten. I liked him as a coach 130 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 1: when he won for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers the Super Bowl. 131 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: I liked him when he was in the booth, when 132 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: he was calling the games for football. And now I 133 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 1: hear all of this, Scarlett I, I I just shake 134 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 1: my head. Is I don't want to use the phrase, 135 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 1: well you you made a mistake. You made this mistake 136 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: at least for what we know over ten years. Yeah. 137 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: It was also a drip drip trip of bad news 138 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: for him in that the reporting from the Wall Street 139 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,679 Speaker 1: Journal of the New York Times, little bits and pieces 140 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: came out, and as the reporting showed some of the 141 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 1: comments he made, you knew that there was much more 142 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 1: than that. And that's exactly what happened. What what what 143 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 1: I've mind fascinating is the degree to which Um there 144 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: must be so many other people who share similar views 145 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 1: as him, because this had happened years ago, and these 146 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: were just kind of casually included in email conversations, and 147 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: they were uncovered because of something else entirely, right, I mean, 148 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: the NFL was looking into workplace misconduct involving the Washington 149 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: football team. There's nothing to do with John Gruden, and 150 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 1: then they kind of came across this. But this is 151 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: part of um just what's available in the archives, and 152 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: you wonder how much more is in there if anyone 153 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 1: were to dig around. Gruden is not really an outlier 154 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: in the NFL. He's from the system, right, He's homegrown 155 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 1: kind of guys, the son of a football scout and coach. 156 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,679 Speaker 1: He um is one of the most recognizable faces in 157 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:49,439 Speaker 1: the league. He worked for iconic franchises. He was emailing 158 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 1: UM a guy who's also in football, in football hierarchy, 159 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: football infrastructure, a member of a powerful NFL family. It's 160 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 1: it's it's very insidious. Well, I'll tell you what this 161 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: reminds me of, Folks. This reminds me. Let's say, for instance, 162 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 1: you go out and you have several drinks and then 163 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 1: you hop behind the wheel of a car. Now you're 164 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: doing okay driving car. Now someone comes along and, like 165 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 1: you said, Scarlett, this came out because of the Washington 166 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 1: football team. Uh, all that controversy. And then another drunk 167 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 1: driver comes along and hits you, okay that the accident 168 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 1: may not have been your fault. But now you're also 169 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: going to get arrested because you got caught up because 170 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 1: you're drunk. And this is what happened to John Bruten. Uh, 171 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: I don't know what. Yeah, I want to say so 172 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 1: much and I have to bite my tongue line. You know. 173 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 1: This is I'm waiting for Roger Goodell to stop up 174 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: and be a leader in all this stuff that's happening. Um. 175 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 1: There was a story, uh that came out that a 176 00:09:56,679 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 1: female member of the marketing department was offered so hush 177 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:04,560 Speaker 1: money by lawyers representing Daniel Snyder and the Washington football team. 178 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 1: And she was offered to she had to sign a 179 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 1: non disclosure agreement and she's one of forty people that 180 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: have had issues and brought complaints against the Washington football team. 181 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:19,320 Speaker 1: There was an investigation by attorney Beth Wilkinson but you've 182 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 1: got the Washington football team, You've got Jon Gruden, You've 183 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:25,959 Speaker 1: got Urban Meyer, who has video of him groping a woman, 184 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 1: uh in a restaurant in Ohio. Robert craft Is still 185 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 1: was never disciplined by the by the commissioner for his 186 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: foray into the orchids of Asia massage parlor. And where's 187 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,439 Speaker 1: the leadership? I mean, he slaps a four game suspension 188 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: on Tom Brady for a suspicion of of deflating a football, 189 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 1: which is like basically having an overdue library book compared 190 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: to some of these other offenses, where's the leadership? And 191 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people are looking for answers here. Well, 192 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 1: you know, my wife said something and she made up 193 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 1: a very good point. One of the things that uh 194 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 1: that bruten was guilty of he had sent pictures of 195 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 1: cheerleaders only wearing bikini bottoms. Uh. Now, my wife said 196 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 1: something and she said, well, never mind that he sent 197 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: this on an email, why would these women pose like 198 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,439 Speaker 1: that for the picture in the first place? And I 199 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: just and I said, yeah, you've got a good point. 200 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 1: It's there's a lot of guilt to go around here. 201 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 1: In Scarlett, you said it the best we may be 202 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: just scratching the surface. I wonder what is going on 203 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 1: in the in the entire league about all of the 204 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 1: thoughts and that gruten had put out there. And the 205 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 1: irony of the whole thing is Sam Nassa, who plays 206 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 1: for the Raiders, who came out openly gay, and and 207 00:11:56,600 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: then your head coach you find out it's been saying 208 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 1: all of this. Yeah, and ultimately we'll be watching how 209 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: the money reacts. UM. Some of the money is walking 210 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: already right. Sketchers announced that it terminated its relationship with 211 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 1: John Gruden. I wonder if other NFL sponsors might come 212 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:18,319 Speaker 1: out and say anything about this, um, just to protest 213 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 1: the way that the NFL has handled this. It seems 214 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: like anything affiliated with Gruden is kind of shying away 215 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: and and and creating some distance. But the sponsors are 216 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: awfully quiet. And the Athletic is reporting that he will 217 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:33,959 Speaker 1: have to forfeit his salary. Now he signed a ten year, 218 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 1: one million dollar deal. He's in the fourth year of that, 219 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 1: so somewhere a little bit self of seventy million dollars, 220 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 1: according to the Athletic, will be forfeited by John Gruden. Well, 221 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 1: let's let's get to something back to being happy. Yeah, 222 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: let's go. Let's come back to Boston. Yeah, let's go 223 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: back to boss. I can't even do a good Boston Boston. 224 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:57,680 Speaker 1: Leave yeah, poknya and go to family Pod and watch 225 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:01,679 Speaker 1: a game. Coming up today, we're gonna speak with Boston 226 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 1: Red Sox president Sam Kennedy, but we got to give 227 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 1: him a little president first. Let's let's start with the 228 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:12,199 Speaker 1: day that the Red Sox beat the Raise to advance 229 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: for Nandez and the crowd goes wild. Sam Kennedy, thank 230 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:40,960 Speaker 1: you so much for being with us. That had to 231 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 1: be a very happy day. Well, great to deal with 232 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 1: you guys, Mike and Mike and Scarlett, thanks so much 233 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,560 Speaker 1: for having me. I'm sure the only reason you did 234 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 1: that is because we have our hometown long time friend 235 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 1: Mike Lynch in studio, So thanks for that. And see, 236 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 1: this is the part of the show where I'm going 237 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 1: to shut up because you know only a guy who no, 238 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 1: let's say it was w CBB. I think he was 239 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: there when it was black and white, and then he's 240 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 1: been broadcasting in the Boston area for years. Lynchy, Thank you, man. 241 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:17,199 Speaker 1: What I'm gonna sit back and just listen well, Sam, 242 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: this has been some type of ride. Um, you know 243 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: we've seen this movie before, Last Place to first Place. 244 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 1: But just tell me about what's different about this year 245 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 1: in the bump of the business of the Boston Red 246 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 1: Sox as we head into the America League Championship Series. Well, Lynchy, 247 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: you and I have been around a long time. This 248 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 1: is my twentieth year with the organization, and I think, um, 249 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 1: you know, there's a big difference, and that is, Um, 250 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: the appreciation for all that is going on is is 251 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 1: even greater than we've had in the past. And I 252 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: think that's related to the fact that we've all the 253 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: entire world literally has been living with this global pandemic 254 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: and our sense of normalcy has been taken away from 255 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: us and COVID has been so devastating. And um to 256 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 1: play games at Fenway Park with no fans and two 257 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 1: thousand and twenty and across the league in the same fashion, 258 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: and then a slow return to normalcy with limited capacity 259 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 1: around the league and across sports too. To see thirty 260 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 1: eight thousand people at Fenway Park UM against the Yankees 261 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: for the wild Card Game and throughout the Tampus series, Uh, 262 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 1: it was really emotional. And rewarding, and there was an 263 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 1: electricity inside the ballpark that you know, it's got to 264 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 1: be some recency biased, but I don't think we've ever 265 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 1: seen that, even even going back to oh three oh 266 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 1: four and those incredible series against the Yankees. Um, there's 267 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 1: just more electricity and intensity. It's probably because we were 268 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 1: all so nervous as Bostonian's fact three and four, Um, 269 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 1: given it had been so long since we had won 270 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 1: a World Series championship. But a noticeable difference. A younger crowd, 271 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 1: more energy, more electricity, and uh, I think it's a 272 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 1: sort of a perfect storm of factors. But it really 273 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 1: has been a different October and we we just hope 274 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: we can keep it going here against the Astros, it's 275 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: a different October. It also looks like a different postseason 276 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: as well, because you now have the Red Sox wearing 277 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: their their yellow jerseys. Give us the backstory here, how 278 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 1: did that come about? And and I mean, I know 279 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 1: fans have gone bananas over them and you can't keep 280 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: them in stock. Um, I'm sure they're going on eBay 281 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 1: for a pretty penny. What was the genesis behind that? Yeah? Well, 282 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 1: all all the credit to Major League Baseball and and 283 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 1: our partners at Nike. UM. They had the idea, as 284 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 1: we're trying to grow the game, connect the game to 285 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 1: a younger generation of fans and and specifically the cities 286 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: in which we play. UM. The idea was was a 287 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 1: program called City Connect and it was really born out 288 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:08,679 Speaker 1: of trying to create a simple alternate uniform that really 289 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 1: connects the team to the city in which they play. 290 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 1: And our marketing group and partnership group led by Adam 291 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: Grossman and Drupe Parkinson deserved the credit for working with 292 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 1: Nike to come up with UM. Probably the most well 293 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:29,919 Speaker 1: known institution associated with the city of Boston, and that 294 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: is the Boston Marathon. Of course, you know hundreds of 295 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:39,440 Speaker 1: years of history running from Hopkinson to Boston, but obviously 296 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 1: took on a new meeting across the globe when two 297 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 1: thousand and thirteen happened with the bombings at the finish 298 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,880 Speaker 1: line and we all lived through that. So anyway, they 299 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,119 Speaker 1: came up with a look and feel UM that connected 300 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 1: UM the Red Sox to the Great Boston Marathon and 301 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: UM it's just been very received and our players, you know, 302 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 1: the idea was just to wear them on the marathon 303 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: weekend over Patriots Day, which is a huge tradition here. 304 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 1: We have that eleven am start. It's the best sport 305 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 1: today in Boston. But as the team was scuffling, UH 306 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:22,160 Speaker 1: in the second half and especially in September, they decided 307 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 1: to try the uniform time. We're nothing in baseball if 308 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 1: not for our superstition. So they started wearing those yellow 309 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 1: uniforms and we ran off seven in a row, which 310 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 1: really helped as we tried to survive in the American 311 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 1: League East. Oh yeah, and now you have to list 312 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:41,400 Speaker 1: spend the clock forward to this past week. Several days 313 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:45,640 Speaker 1: ago when you had the marathon, you had the Red 314 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,120 Speaker 1: Sox playing at Fenway Park. It was a good day 315 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 1: to run the marathon because getting into the city, you 316 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 1: were doing it best by foot, which is a great 317 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:59,160 Speaker 1: thing because it brought so much to the city and 318 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 1: those local businesses they had to love it. Yeah, it's 319 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 1: been it's been really tough for for all of UH 320 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 1: the entire country and in Boston and New England, Massachusetts 321 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 1: no exception. Uh So to see those runners coming across 322 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:17,159 Speaker 1: the finish line on Boylston Street and to have the 323 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: local businesses, the local economy get going again, just a 324 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 1: huge credit to the way our political leaders, Governor Charlie Baker, 325 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:31,119 Speaker 1: Mayor Kim Janey, the way they've handled COVID, Marty Walls 326 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 1: prior to believing us for the presidential administration. They just 327 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:38,399 Speaker 1: all done a great job. And we actually been opened 328 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,360 Speaker 1: as a city since uh since Memorial Day, going back 329 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:44,720 Speaker 1: to May twenty nine, and we're slowly building back up here. 330 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:46,920 Speaker 1: We know we're not done, but the economy is coming 331 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:50,360 Speaker 1: back and especially important for the small businesses in and 332 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,400 Speaker 1: around Family Park, and we're very mindful of that. Sam, 333 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: let me ask you about Alex core going back to Houston. 334 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 1: He's gonna just face a barage of questions. Obviously, every 335 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,359 Speaker 1: single interview with every camera is going to be locked 336 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,359 Speaker 1: on him all the time. I know he's got the 337 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 1: d NA to handle this thing. What what makes him 338 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:08,879 Speaker 1: so special to be able to handle all this stuff 339 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:10,880 Speaker 1: that's gonna be coming at him? And when they start 340 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:14,440 Speaker 1: referencing back to two thousand, seventeen, etcetera. Yeah, I think 341 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:17,199 Speaker 1: you're right, Manchis, he's the right try to handle this. 342 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: I mean, look, the simple the fact is that Alex 343 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 1: did something wrong. He was a part of a a 344 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 1: scandal that was not a proud moment for him or 345 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:35,119 Speaker 1: for baseball. UM. And you know he handled it exactly 346 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,119 Speaker 1: how you would sort of teach her, teach your kids 347 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: to handle something. When you do something wrong, you admit it. UM, 348 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 1: you apologize, you serve your penalty. UM, and you do 349 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 1: you do it with humility and grace and UM. He 350 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:51,880 Speaker 1: you know, let a lot of emotion out the other night, 351 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:54,879 Speaker 1: Monday night when we want me beat the raised some 352 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 1: with his family. UM. And it's exactly why we brought 353 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:02,359 Speaker 1: Alex Corara back. You know, he he deserved a second chance. 354 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 1: We knew he's look if you go back to oh five, 355 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 1: he's been an amazing member of this organization as a 356 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:11,680 Speaker 1: player and now as our manager. So we wanted him back, 357 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 1: and the way he handled what went down led us 358 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 1: to believe he was the right guy to bring back. 359 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: That doesn't excuse what's happened in the past. And um, 360 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 1: he'll be the first to acknowledge it and admitted. So 361 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:26,680 Speaker 1: my guesses will continue to do what he's done from 362 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:29,880 Speaker 1: the beginning, which is tell the truth, uh, answer every 363 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:34,159 Speaker 1: last question and uh and hopefully then move on and 364 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: keep the focus on the job at hand, which is 365 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:40,439 Speaker 1: trying to be a very very good version of the 366 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 1: Houston Astros. We really have our work cut out for us. 367 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,440 Speaker 1: But there'll be a lot of attention and focus, lots 368 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: of storylines. Um. But but he's the right guy to 369 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 1: handle that and and hopefully we can we can keep 370 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:55,880 Speaker 1: this thing going. Sam, I've always had this idea. I've 371 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:58,119 Speaker 1: said it before and I'll say it again. You guys 372 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:02,159 Speaker 1: need to make many end way parks, and you make 373 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 1: and you make that, I'm telling you it will sell 374 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 1: like gold. I'll be in line when you if you 375 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:12,639 Speaker 1: sell something like that in the souvenir department. Speaking of souvenirs, 376 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:16,360 Speaker 1: that has to be going off the hook right now. Yeah, well, 377 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 1: I'll tell you I might take the rest of the 378 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: day off. That's a that's a great idea, and we appreciate. 379 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: We look for for good ideas from all corners of 380 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:27,400 Speaker 1: the world, so appreciate that. But though it's um. Look, 381 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:34,400 Speaker 1: the business of baseball and our industry um had been 382 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:38,200 Speaker 1: decimated by the impacts of COVID. It's pretty pretty obvious. 383 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,160 Speaker 1: When you don't have fans, you don't have revenue. And 384 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 1: we kept the seasons going, so of course we had 385 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:47,880 Speaker 1: our expense uh base, which is our employees and our 386 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 1: players and um. So we we've navigated a really tough 387 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 1: time as an industry, taken on a lot of debt, 388 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:57,679 Speaker 1: like a lot of businesses, to navigate the pandemic. But 389 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: seeing what's happened of the last couple of months has 390 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 1: been so rewarding. And actually the other night I took 391 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 1: an iPhone video. I never do that. I was with 392 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 1: my kids and I said, you know, what are you doing? 393 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 1: You you don't post things on social media and no, no, 394 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 1: I just want I just want to have this video 395 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 1: of thirty eight thousand people going absolutely crazy so I 396 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 1: can look back on it and December January and when 397 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: it's cold and dark here in New England and remind 398 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 1: myself how far we've come from the days of empty ballparks, 399 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:32,640 Speaker 1: the limited capacity ballparks to a full house. It's it's 400 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 1: just been been remarkable and it's been great for the economy, 401 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:38,959 Speaker 1: great for the baseball business to get going. And we 402 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 1: need to build on that momentum as we go into 403 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,719 Speaker 1: So when you build on that momentum, I'd like to 404 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 1: hear what you're doing, what the what the club is 405 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 1: doing to really bring younger fans into its fold. Um. Obviously, 406 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,200 Speaker 1: we went through a year um in which people weren't 407 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: able to go see games live, and there's a new 408 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,399 Speaker 1: appreciation for being able to get their publicly and share 409 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,479 Speaker 1: the joys of being together in public. How are you 410 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 1: reaching out to this younger fan base and bringing them 411 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: into Red Sox floor. Yeah, I'm glad you asked. There's 412 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,879 Speaker 1: a it's a particular area of focus for us in 413 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 1: our organization, and there's several different initiatives we have. First 414 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 1: and foremost probably the way Lynchy uh And and I 415 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:27,679 Speaker 1: growing up in New England fell in love with the 416 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 1: Red Sox and it's not just the team, but it's 417 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 1: the ballpark. We have got to get young fans to 418 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 1: Family Park to experience the magic of Red Sox baseball, 419 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 1: the magic of Family Park and UM, one reality of 420 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 1: that is price. We have to be affordable. We need fun, 421 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 1: affordable family entertainment. So for the last several seasons we've 422 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 1: created what we call Student nine program. We affirmatively hold 423 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 1: back thousands of tickets every single game for and priced 424 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:01,879 Speaker 1: them at nine hours. So if you are a middle 425 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:05,880 Speaker 1: school student, high school student, a college student, you can 426 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,399 Speaker 1: come to the ballpark the day of the game and 427 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 1: get tickets for nine dollars. It's really important and it 428 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,439 Speaker 1: helps grow that next generation. It's an investment in our future. 429 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:19,240 Speaker 1: We specifically wanted to be less than the cost of 430 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 1: a movie ticket UM, and it truly worked well. We've 431 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,359 Speaker 1: gotten lots of young people into the park. We've also 432 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:30,120 Speaker 1: seen the added benefit. It creates a totally different atmosphere. 433 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:33,680 Speaker 1: The players notice it and notice it on television, UM, 434 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 1: so that's been great. Secondly, where we've launched Fenway three 435 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 1: point oh and we're developing real estate in the neighborhood 436 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 1: anchored by a new five thousand person entertainment venue directly 437 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 1: adjacent to Fenway. It's about a hundred and fifty million 438 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 1: dollar investment. We're going to be opening in September of two. 439 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: We'll have live music, will have e sports, will have 440 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 1: all sorts of different activities for that next generation of fans. 441 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 1: So that will really help. And then third and finally, 442 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 1: we've got to connect to young families and young young 443 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: kids and where they are, and that's on a mobile device. 444 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:14,400 Speaker 1: So we're authenticated streaming games through Nessan on an authenticated basis, 445 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:17,920 Speaker 1: we go direct the consumer um on MLB dot tv 446 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:21,159 Speaker 1: around the country, so so kids can consume games on 447 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:24,159 Speaker 1: their phones and we're working on figuring out how we 448 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,439 Speaker 1: can do that in the market. Is that open to 449 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: all fans that or just fans with tickets? Sam? In 450 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 1: terms of the streaming, it's it's it's open to all fans. 451 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: Anyone who has a phone can access MLB dot tv 452 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:38,240 Speaker 1: if you live. If you're a Red Sox fan or 453 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: any fan of baseball outside of the New England market, 454 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,439 Speaker 1: inside of the New England market, you have to be 455 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:47,120 Speaker 1: a customer of NESS and New England Sports Network. Uh. 456 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:49,880 Speaker 1: And so it's a way to really make sure our 457 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 1: product is seen on where where kids are and that's 458 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 1: that's on their phones, you know, Sam, I think it's 459 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,920 Speaker 1: it's working. I just was watching the replay of the 460 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:01,399 Speaker 1: game the other night, and every time there was a 461 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 1: cutaway in the stands, I said, Oh, there's a really 462 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 1: younger demographic here at Fenway Park now nine. Well, yeah, 463 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 1: and it's working. And I think you made a good point. 464 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 1: I think that's part of the vibe and the electricity 465 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,639 Speaker 1: that's going on in the ballpark. It it really is. 466 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,480 Speaker 1: And I'll tell you I give Alex Cora a lot 467 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:22,320 Speaker 1: of grief. I call him DJ dj a C because 468 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 1: he's been on me for a couple of years about 469 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:29,160 Speaker 1: the music and the traditional organ playing. Don't get me wrong, 470 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:32,400 Speaker 1: Josh Canter is still the organist, does a great job, 471 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 1: but we do mix in um, you know, louder and 472 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:39,400 Speaker 1: more energetic music dicaters to a different generation. So it's 473 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 1: a balance. You know. We've got three million tickets to 474 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 1: sell every year. We want Fenway Park to be the 475 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 1: place to be and it is. Uh. And a winning 476 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:52,920 Speaker 1: baseball team certainly helps sports gambling. Sorry, I get excited 477 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 1: when that comes out because Massachusetts going online now for 478 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:03,119 Speaker 1: sports gambling. Uh, it's something that is taking off around 479 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:08,760 Speaker 1: the nation. Uh. What are your thoughts about gambling online? 480 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 1: Not only obviously is the head of a major sports organization, 481 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:18,920 Speaker 1: but just in general. Yeah. Well, I think that Major 482 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 1: League Baseball, the NBA, the p G A tour Um 483 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:27,520 Speaker 1: have formed a coalition alliance to make sure that sports 484 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 1: betting is handled properly with respect to UH integrity has 485 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 1: been so helpful for those of us individual clubs. You know. 486 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:43,680 Speaker 1: On the Supreme Court, UM overruled the prior legislation that 487 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 1: band sports petting, and we all knew we needed to 488 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 1: get prepared UM. And so the league's mobilized and have 489 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 1: worked on a program to make sure that the most 490 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,920 Speaker 1: important thing is front and center in how all of 491 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 1: this is handled, and that is the integrity of the game. UM. 492 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 1: We've set up controls at the league level to make sure, 493 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 1: UM that that you have integrity, because if you don't 494 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 1: have that, you have you don't have anything in our sports. UM. 495 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 1: As it relates to the business opportunity associated with it, 496 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 1: we see it very much as a positive. Lots and 497 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 1: lots of engagement will come from legal regulated activity UM, 498 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 1: and that's that's a good thing. I also think it's 499 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 1: a good thing that Massachusetts has taken a bit of 500 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 1: a wait and see approach UM, the legislatures studying what's 501 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,960 Speaker 1: happened in other markets and sort of trying to take 502 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 1: the best practices from other markets like New Jersey UM 503 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:45,800 Speaker 1: that have that have legalized. And the Governor, Charlie Baker 504 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 1: has been very thoughtful about it. So there's different bills 505 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 1: being discussed negotiated. That's obviously way above my pay grade, 506 00:29:54,120 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 1: but the House and the Senate will continue to discuss debate. Ultimately, 507 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:04,120 Speaker 1: the governor would sign any legislation into law, and then 508 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,600 Speaker 1: when they do, will be ready to make sure that 509 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:10,560 Speaker 1: we operate under those guidelines. Also, Major League Baseball has 510 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: a whole set of guidelines in terms of security and 511 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:18,440 Speaker 1: the integrity. But it will offer a great engagement because there, 512 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:21,760 Speaker 1: let's be honest, there's there's a listed activity taking place 513 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:26,560 Speaker 1: in a mobile environment offshore betting now in municipalities where 514 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,320 Speaker 1: it's not legal. So to have that regulation will be 515 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 1: a good thing, and to have that engagement will be 516 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:33,960 Speaker 1: a good thing, and it will be a business benefit 517 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:37,239 Speaker 1: to the sports industry for sure. That's where I want 518 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:39,959 Speaker 1: to pick up. You talk about best practices and and 519 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:43,280 Speaker 1: learning from that. What about worst practices? What are the 520 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,560 Speaker 1: things you see out there in other states that alarm 521 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:49,960 Speaker 1: you and that you know would not work in Massachusetts 522 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:55,400 Speaker 1: for your organization. I actually think the municipalities have been 523 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:58,680 Speaker 1: very thoughtful because the you know, they really had the 524 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 1: advantage of of of working with the leagues and also 525 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:08,320 Speaker 1: examining best practices in other countries around the world. So 526 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:12,320 Speaker 1: there's nothing alarming. Um. I think, you know, mobile is 527 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: critically important. That's just just where we are in our society, 528 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:20,080 Speaker 1: UM and so I think that's a critical piece of 529 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:24,400 Speaker 1: any legislation. UM. I do think Commissioner Manfred's has been 530 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:28,440 Speaker 1: really wise in terms of setting up guidelines in terms 531 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:34,160 Speaker 1: of how much sports betting advertising you can take and promote. UM. 532 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:38,840 Speaker 1: I don't think he wants our our industry to be overwhelmed. 533 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,240 Speaker 1: So I think we'll we'll definitely take a walk before 534 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:44,480 Speaker 1: we run approach and study what's what's worked really well. 535 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:47,800 Speaker 1: But there's nothing out there that's alarming or concerning UM 536 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 1: in terms of what we've seen to date. Do you 537 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:52,760 Speaker 1: foresee the day when there there are a chaos inside 538 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 1: the ballpark? DraftKings fan duel or whoever your partner? Maybe? Yeah, 539 00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:01,920 Speaker 1: I do, um Lynchy, we've uh were involved as Sunway 540 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:06,080 Speaker 1: Sports Group. We have ownership of Liverpool Football Club over 541 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,960 Speaker 1: in England and it's common practice over there and it's 542 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:12,320 Speaker 1: all regulated and it works really really well. I don't 543 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:16,160 Speaker 1: see a huge difference from the ability to place a 544 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 1: bet right on your phone, right at your you know, 545 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:22,120 Speaker 1: on your in your pocket UM and versus having a 546 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:26,000 Speaker 1: physical kiosk. Digital world and the and the real world 547 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:29,360 Speaker 1: have become so closely aligned. UM. I don't see a 548 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:32,280 Speaker 1: huge difference between the two, and I think it just 549 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:35,960 Speaker 1: makes sense. You know, once sports betting becomes legal in 550 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:39,880 Speaker 1: a certain jurisdiction, it's legal, and so um, I don't 551 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:43,200 Speaker 1: see a huge distinction between mobile uh and and and 552 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:46,720 Speaker 1: offline or sort of brick and mortar style petting. It 553 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,840 Speaker 1: to me, it's all sort of one and the same. Lindsay, 554 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:53,120 Speaker 1: you gotta give Sam You're a special award. I want 555 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:56,920 Speaker 1: to sit back and here that. Oh boy. Well, for 556 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,920 Speaker 1: about forty years when I was the sportscaster at the 557 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,040 Speaker 1: ABC A phill It in Boston, we had a weekly 558 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,920 Speaker 1: High Five Award, which we gave to a high school 559 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:09,080 Speaker 1: student athlete of the week, and Sam Kennedy has reminded 560 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:12,240 Speaker 1: me several times that he never was selected as the 561 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:16,960 Speaker 1: High Five of the week, although he was an outstanding 562 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,760 Speaker 1: baseball and hockey player at Brookline High School, a stone's 563 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,560 Speaker 1: throw from Fenway Park, and the only requirement for High 564 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:25,160 Speaker 1: five is that you must be in high school. So 565 00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:27,840 Speaker 1: I went through the charter of High five and I 566 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:31,160 Speaker 1: found this little clause if you still look like you're 567 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 1: in high school, and you still act like you're in 568 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:36,680 Speaker 1: high school, you can make an exception and awards someone 569 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:39,240 Speaker 1: who was actually not in high school. So Sam Kennedy, 570 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:42,200 Speaker 1: I am presenting you a year's years later the High 571 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:44,360 Speaker 1: Five Award for this week and for this year, and 572 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:46,200 Speaker 1: for your twenty years with the Red Sox for a 573 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:50,400 Speaker 1: great meritorious service. Here is your high five pill. Uh litch. 574 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:55,600 Speaker 1: You have no idea how how meaningful on behalf of 575 00:33:55,640 --> 00:34:00,200 Speaker 1: all the mediocre to four high school athletes to us 576 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:06,120 Speaker 1: the commonwealth, UM and specifically my old baseball teammate Ceo Epstein. 577 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:08,319 Speaker 1: I think I'll accept it on behalf both of us 578 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,640 Speaker 1: because we used to always look forward to the High 579 00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:16,160 Speaker 1: Five Award and unfortunately knew that neither of us would 580 00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:20,400 Speaker 1: ever qualify. But this means more than you will ever know. Uh. 581 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:22,920 Speaker 1: We still actually have a gathering of a couple of us. 582 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:29,320 Speaker 1: UH were involved in the Booklent High School Barnstable Division 583 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:32,680 Speaker 1: one State ice hockey championship at the Old Boston Garden. 584 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:36,120 Speaker 1: I will tell you that we lost that game, but 585 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:39,319 Speaker 1: we still get together to celebrate as if we won 586 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,279 Speaker 1: that game. So that's how important high school athletics is 587 00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:45,759 Speaker 1: here in New England. Uh, you celebrate even even the 588 00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:49,839 Speaker 1: losses in the state means something. Hey, Scarlett, does this 589 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,399 Speaker 1: sound like one of those Sally Field moments? They like me? 590 00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:58,360 Speaker 1: They really like me, They say, who cares about local? 591 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:01,520 Speaker 1: What are you doing there? This is a long time coming. 592 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:03,600 Speaker 1: I mean, I hear that this has been a friction 593 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:07,560 Speaker 1: point between the two for a while. You know, I 594 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:10,399 Speaker 1: don't think there's any It's impossible to have friction with 595 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:13,400 Speaker 1: Mike Lynch. I grew up here, have been around a 596 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:17,200 Speaker 1: long time. I don't it. With fourteen million crazy sports 597 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:19,640 Speaker 1: fans in and around New England, you can't find anyone 598 00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:25,239 Speaker 1: who doesn't like Mike Lynch. So it's quite an achievement. Well, 599 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:28,440 Speaker 1: I just I'm honored to sit in on this and 600 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:34,040 Speaker 1: it's like the Academy Awards participatory moment. This was great, 601 00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:38,080 Speaker 1: Sam Kennedy one and on it. My goodness and good 602 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:42,840 Speaker 1: luck to you guys as you go on into the series. 603 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:47,520 Speaker 1: And uh, I am delighted for Boston and like you 604 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:51,440 Speaker 1: said at the beginning, uh Boston strong, and now you 605 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:55,160 Speaker 1: guys are super duper Boston strong. And maybe one day 606 00:35:55,200 --> 00:36:00,239 Speaker 1: also you can teach, like your counterparts in foot ball, 607 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:05,440 Speaker 1: how to win a Super Bowl for the Detroit Lions. Uh. Well, first, 608 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:08,919 Speaker 1: we gotta get to the super Bowl, you guys. Yeah, 609 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:12,560 Speaker 1: I know, I'm away ahead. Sam Kennedy, thank you so much. 610 00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:14,960 Speaker 1: The great to be with you guys, Thanks so much 611 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:18,120 Speaker 1: for having me. I still I have to get a 612 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:21,439 Speaker 1: little bit of the goose bumps because I'm I'm still 613 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:25,000 Speaker 1: a fan of sports. Lynch. We talked to Boston Red 614 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:30,600 Speaker 1: Sox president Sam Kennedy. Good guy. Uh grew up in 615 00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:33,640 Speaker 1: the shadow of Fenway Park. As we discussed a little 616 00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:36,160 Speaker 1: bit earlier. He's been with the organization for twenty years. 617 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,440 Speaker 1: He gets it. I mean that this conversation was so 618 00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:42,560 Speaker 1: open and Canada. There wasn't one candid response. There wasn't 619 00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:45,200 Speaker 1: one response that was written up by a PR person. 620 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:48,400 Speaker 1: That's who Sam Kennedy is. And you know, his leadership 621 00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,719 Speaker 1: is really reflective in the ballpark. I mean there's a 622 00:36:50,719 --> 00:36:53,160 Speaker 1: different vibe around there when you walk through there. And 623 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:55,440 Speaker 1: if you watch some of the cutaways next week when 624 00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:58,280 Speaker 1: the when the three games are scheduled in Boston, you'll see, 625 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:01,000 Speaker 1: you know, younger people, a lot of younger people that 626 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:03,759 Speaker 1: are really just interested in this. And and I think 627 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:06,520 Speaker 1: that you know this an initiatively has of nine dollar 628 00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:10,040 Speaker 1: tickets for high school and college students, which it's amazing 629 00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:11,839 Speaker 1: don't normally you'd have to pay like a hundred bucks 630 00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:13,080 Speaker 1: to get in and get a decent seat in the 631 00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:16,600 Speaker 1: ballpark like that, And and they don't need to cut 632 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:18,960 Speaker 1: prices because they sell out every single night. And I 633 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,200 Speaker 1: think that's a great initiative, you know, I wonder And 634 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,160 Speaker 1: this is again something we didn't get to ask him 635 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,520 Speaker 1: because we're so caught up in in just what's happening 636 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,960 Speaker 1: with the Red Sox right now in the postseason. Is 637 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:33,080 Speaker 1: how much money the Red Sox make from allowing I 638 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:36,120 Speaker 1: don't know, movies and TV shows to film at Fenway, 639 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,920 Speaker 1: because it shows up quite a bit in pop culture, 640 00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:41,320 Speaker 1: right It was in fever Pitch, it was in the town, 641 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:45,320 Speaker 1: which of course was directed by local Boston guy Ben Affleck. 642 00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:47,360 Speaker 1: Uh Lynchie, I don't know how you said, Ben Affleck 643 00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:50,680 Speaker 1: in with the Boston accent, but Ben Affleck, Okay, all right, 644 00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:53,400 Speaker 1: there we go. But it shows up a lot, and 645 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:57,080 Speaker 1: obviously someone has to pay, uh, the Boston Red Sox 646 00:37:57,160 --> 00:37:59,960 Speaker 1: something to be able to film their Uh. Fenway par 647 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:04,840 Speaker 1: Park I just realized is registered in the National Register 648 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:07,800 Speaker 1: of Historic Places, but it is not actually a national 649 00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:11,080 Speaker 1: historic landmark on Lake Wrigley. Well, you know, they have 650 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:14,560 Speaker 1: actually three d sixty five days or probably three hundred 651 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:17,560 Speaker 1: sixty three days a year, probably not in Thanksgiving a Christmas, 652 00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:19,879 Speaker 1: but they have tours that you when the Red Socks 653 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:22,000 Speaker 1: are out of town or out of season, you can 654 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,040 Speaker 1: come in. You pay seven or ten bucks and they 655 00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:25,680 Speaker 1: have a tour of fem Way Park and they take 656 00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:27,840 Speaker 1: you every place. They take you into the Green Monster, 657 00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,640 Speaker 1: above the Green Monster, into the bowels of the stadium, 658 00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:34,359 Speaker 1: and it's you know, many many of the game. All 659 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:36,840 Speaker 1: the games are sold out, and I always say that 660 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:38,759 Speaker 1: they could be playing the New York Yankees or the 661 00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:40,719 Speaker 1: Bad News Bears. They're going to bang the place out 662 00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:43,000 Speaker 1: and hit thirty eight thousand people because people just want 663 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:45,360 Speaker 1: to come there and see the place. I remember vividly 664 00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:47,279 Speaker 1: the first time I saw fem Way Park. I was 665 00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:50,640 Speaker 1: with my dad. It was nineteen sixty Ted Williams last year, 666 00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:53,040 Speaker 1: and just walking up the ramp behind home plate and 667 00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:55,560 Speaker 1: the first thing I saw was the Green Monster. I said, 668 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:57,759 Speaker 1: holy mackerel, look at the size of that thing. It 669 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:00,600 Speaker 1: looked like the Umpire State Building to me. It's thirty 670 00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:02,760 Speaker 1: seven ft high, but it looked like, you know, thirty 671 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:04,800 Speaker 1: seven thousand feet high to me in the green grass, 672 00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:06,279 Speaker 1: and we all remember it. The first time we go 673 00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:09,360 Speaker 1: to a ballpark anywhere. I still have to think of 674 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:13,919 Speaker 1: that thought of Cecil Fielder blowing it out finn Wait 675 00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:17,600 Speaker 1: Park and that that was doing something. I'm like, oh 676 00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:22,879 Speaker 1: my goodness, so that's not been dream up some kids. 677 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:24,920 Speaker 1: Feels better to be than one than number five. I'll 678 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:26,720 Speaker 1: wear a number because of Mike. We have a chance 679 00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:28,360 Speaker 1: to go for three and a row. Good numbers are 680 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:30,400 Speaker 1: a good time. When I first started wearing the number, 681 00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:33,440 Speaker 1: how we just have them, proud Bloomberg Business of Sports, 682 00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:38,440 Speaker 1: the number of the week. Time Now for the number 683 00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:42,160 Speaker 1: of the week, y'all, this should just be sponsored by 684 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:48,360 Speaker 1: my clinch. Since we're talking about the Boston Red Sox 685 00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:51,759 Speaker 1: and uh lynchi is hoping that they will make their 686 00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:56,440 Speaker 1: march to the World Series, I want to go back 687 00:39:56,560 --> 00:40:02,640 Speaker 1: in history. October first, nineteen oh three. This was the 688 00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:08,000 Speaker 1: first modern World Series in baseball. It was against Pittsburgh 689 00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:14,759 Speaker 1: and Boston. Game one. I'm gonna ask now Pittsburgh, by 690 00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:17,680 Speaker 1: the way, they won the series, but I'm asking Game one, 691 00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:22,799 Speaker 1: how many runs were scored between Pittsburgh and Boston. Am 692 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:27,879 Speaker 1: I gonna tell you who combined? I mean you either 693 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:34,319 Speaker 1: go really low or really high. Was this when they 694 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:37,880 Speaker 1: played like a best of nine or something like that, Yeah, 695 00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:43,040 Speaker 1: I think that was one in like eight games, Uh 696 00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:49,719 Speaker 1: nineteen o three. They didn't play at Fenway. Um, I 697 00:40:49,719 --> 00:40:54,040 Speaker 1: don't know. Five to four, I'll go, I'll go nine. 698 00:40:55,760 --> 00:41:01,959 Speaker 1: Its Garland. I wish you would have just went one more. 699 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:08,799 Speaker 1: That's my strategy. Before Pittsburgh won Game one seven to three. 700 00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:13,759 Speaker 1: Boston scored three runs back in the day in nine 701 00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:17,680 Speaker 1: o three. But I know Lynch he is thinking, now, 702 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:24,479 Speaker 1: I hope in that the Red Sox just hope playing it. Yeah, 703 00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:29,880 Speaker 1: they're just playing. How about that? I'm with you, So 704 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,960 Speaker 1: nine so nine comes in under by the prices, right, 705 00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:36,800 Speaker 1: the rules, prices right rules. You come up on stage, 706 00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:39,160 Speaker 1: you get to play plinko. Thank you very much. I 707 00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:41,560 Speaker 1: never want anything in my life, and well except for 708 00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:44,560 Speaker 1: Number of the Week, every week, Number the way, which 709 00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:46,879 Speaker 1: nets me nothing but a little the handshaking, a little 710 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:49,680 Speaker 1: clap that's about digging rights among the three of us. 711 00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:51,759 Speaker 1: Copy of the home game. You know it's good, But 712 00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:54,920 Speaker 1: this is the Bloomberg Business of sports show We're here 713 00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:56,880 Speaker 1: each and every week at the same time, plus online 714 00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:59,160 Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts, you can catch those Mondays, 715 00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:01,840 Speaker 1: Wednesdays and Thursday Days. I'm Michael Bar on Twitter at 716 00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:04,400 Speaker 1: Big Bar Sports, and I'm Mike Lynch. Thanks again to 717 00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:08,440 Speaker 1: our good friend Sam Kennedy, President of the Red Sox, 718 00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:10,399 Speaker 1: and good luck socks. Will see at fen Wade Park. 719 00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:13,440 Speaker 1: I'm Lynch. You can follow me Lynch w CVB and 720 00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:18,600 Speaker 1: honorary awardee of the High Five Award. Right yes, Um, 721 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:20,959 Speaker 1: Scarlett Fud you can catch me on Twitter at Scarlett Food. 722 00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:23,600 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us. Tune in again next week for 723 00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:26,160 Speaker 1: the latest on the stories moving big money in the 724 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:28,799 Speaker 1: world of sports. You're listening to Bloomberg Business Sports from 725 00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:30,600 Speaker 1: Bloomberg Radio around the world.