1 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 1: Hello, I'm Scott Sash, I'm Evan Novi Williams, and I'm 2 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:08,719 Speaker 1: Michael Barr. And this is the Bloomberg Business of Sports podcast, 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: where we explore the big money issues in the world 4 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: of sports today. We begin with a proposed arena to 5 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: come to Long Island. So now let's talk about this. 6 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:21,279 Speaker 1: What is this all about, Scott, Well, yeah, yeah, a 7 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: little confusion here because I thought we already had one 8 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 1: proposed arena that would be the New York Islanders in Elmont, 9 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: New York. But apparently the folks in Suffolk County feel 10 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 1: left out here and they want a billion dollar arena 11 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:44,879 Speaker 1: by the Ronkonkoma train station out in Suffolk. And Ray Partozac, 12 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: who is a part owner of the Yankees, who was 13 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: in on trying to get a team in an arena 14 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 1: in Seattle, is going to partly fund this thing but 15 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: privately financed in an attempt to lure a professional sports 16 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: team to Suffolk County on Long Island. If you're not 17 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 1: familiar with that. That's east of New York City. So 18 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: I don't know what teams available and and how many 19 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: clubs would go out there. A billion dollar arena just 20 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: seems odd. I have so many questions. Let's not forget 21 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: that Nassau Colisey and the old home of the Islanders 22 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 1: just went through a two hundred and sixty million dollar renovation. 23 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: It's owned by Michael Proper. There is a lot not 24 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 1: far from the Nassau Quarter. Yeah. There there are a 25 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,960 Speaker 1: lot of going to be too essentially brand new arenas 26 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: out there, one of which used to have an NHL franchise. 27 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: The other one is going to the one in Elmont. 28 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: Uh what is what professional franchise is going to move out? 29 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: Even further We're talking I don't know thirty miles east 30 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: of even Hempstead, where the Islanders used to play. You're 31 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 1: building an arena and you don't have a sports team 32 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: at all to come to this arena. That happens all 33 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: the time. Look at Kansas City right now. I mean, 34 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: Kansas City has a beautiful arena that they built several 35 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: years ago in an attempt to lure a team. Let's 36 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: look at Louisville. You know that was supposed to be 37 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: for it for the Young Center, was supposed to be 38 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: for an NBA franchise. They wound up taking the University 39 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: of Louisville. But that's not what it was built for. 40 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 1: So this happens all the time. Yes, it does happen 41 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: all the time. But we're in Kansas City. Yes, because 42 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,920 Speaker 1: you don't have all the four major food groups here 43 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: in New York. Not only do you have the four 44 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 1: major food groups, you have double the helpings as it 45 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 1: comes in with hockey teams. So you're asking what's the 46 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 1: appetite and it's more than that, right, don't. Don't all 47 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: these teams have territorial rights to New York. But you 48 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: wonder how there's territorial rights to Long Island at the 49 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 1: very least, right I I don't know. I can't imagine 50 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 1: there's there's an NBA or NHL. But they're talking about 51 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: the second team in Ontario, second NHL team that always 52 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: comes up, and surely the Maple Leaves have those have 53 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: those rights. You just wonder what's the distance. There probably 54 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: is a specific mile marker, but like on the Long 55 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: Island Expressway or Distressway, one big lie is anyone who 56 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: grew up there and had to drive god forsaken place 57 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: knows worth mentioning. I've applaud them for doing this privately, 58 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 1: I assume you could not get this publicly financed. But 59 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: in an era where you know, the public consistently gets 60 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: asked to put up heavy, heavy, heavy amounts of billion 61 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: dollar arena, it's gonna be it's gonna be nice. It's 62 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: gonna be nice. But there is it's near the train station, 63 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: So I mean you do have that component, which is 64 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: always essential. But I boy, I don't know. Well, I 65 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: like to see anybody in business do well. I just 66 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: have my fingers crossed on this one. So let's see 67 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: the next story. Connor McGregor, and I don't know what 68 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: to make of this. Um, you you hit the jackpot 69 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: when you had the flight, the fight with Floyd Mayweather, 70 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden this happens. And if 71 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: anybody doesn't know, apparently Connor McGregor through a dolly if 72 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: you want to call it that at a bus with 73 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: other fighters in it, and the glass broke and it 74 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 1: injured two fighters and now he's in big trouble. He 75 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: this could be the end of his career. Well, just 76 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: the fact that he did it, I just in in 77 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: a way I thought it is this staged, was this 78 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 1: part of the gig, Like he just didn't really mean 79 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: to hurt somebody, but he was supposed to be there 80 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: and cause this ruckets to get people talking about the 81 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: upcoming about and talking about him again. So that's always 82 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: odd when I really didn't know. But then you look 83 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: past that and you figure now, right Evan, that no, 84 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: it wasn't staged, and no, he should not have done this. 85 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 1: He certainly didn't expect to be arrested, like you don't 86 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: think he meant to do that. But reputational damage to 87 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: Connor McGregor, I kind of think this this fits in 88 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: with the reputation of what I would expect Connor McGregor 89 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 1: to be. Yeah, if you followed his career, this is 90 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 1: a step further than he's gone before. But this is 91 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,040 Speaker 1: no surprise. You know, this is a guy who a 92 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: couple of years ago slapped a ringside official. He's throwing 93 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: water bottles, He's used racial and ethnic slurs. He has 94 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 1: consistently pushed the envelope, and UFC has not fully punished 95 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: him at all for a lot of these antics. This 96 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 1: is seems like to me, the natural progression, the next 97 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: step of him kind of pushing that envelope. Obviously he 98 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:23,480 Speaker 1: went too far. This puts the UFC in a tough position. 99 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: He is the unquestioned only star right now within you. 100 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 1: I'll talk some names that you guys. Stop me when 101 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: when when I Demetrius Johnson, p J. Dillashaw, Max Holloway, 102 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 1: steep A Mio chich Tyrone, Woodley Cobb, Darko Milan, I 103 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 1: gave you Detroit. That was very good, but I gave 104 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 1: you Detroit. Those are your top five UFC fighters. Without 105 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: Connor McGregor. You can't build a huge national pay per 106 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: view card really around any of those guys right now. 107 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: You ever get the sense when when a guy does 108 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:04,839 Speaker 1: something wrong, you know how in one of the big leagues, 109 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: he'll do something wrong and then the team waits for 110 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: the league to take action because they don't want to 111 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: be the punishing force. You get the sense UFC can 112 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: sit back here and see what the athletic, the legal system, 113 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 1: and what sort of the licensing federations do. They can 114 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,280 Speaker 1: say you can't fight in Vegas for X, or you 115 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: can't fight like Let's put the onus on them, because, 116 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: as you said, UFC is in a tough spot here 117 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 1: because this is their biggest star. You don't want Connor 118 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 1: being mad at Dana White and the other UFC bosses, 119 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: because you know you need the guy. Dana White went 120 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 1: on TV a couple of days ago and said, in 121 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,719 Speaker 1: the history of UFC, this is the worst thing that's 122 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 1: ever happened. I'm not sure if I believe that. And 123 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 1: if you were to tell me that in December Connor 124 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: McGregor would be headlining a UFC event against one of 125 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: those guys I just mentioned, I would not be surprised 126 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 1: in the least. Well, I have to ask, first of all, 127 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 1: why was Connor McGregor's title stripped in the first place. 128 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 1: Don't the details, but he hasn't defended it. I mean, 129 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: they have a certain time to defend this in a year, 130 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 1: year and a half plus since he's fought at all period. Um. 131 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: And this happens because a lot in boxing as well. 132 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: If you don't defend your title, um, they'll they'll put 133 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: it back up. And by the way, I should add, 134 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: this was before this incident happened his title was stripped. 135 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: So but I go back to it, and I go 136 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: back to what you were saying, Scott. At first, I thought, well, okay, 137 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: this is staged, but then you injured two fighters and 138 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: they had to be taken off the cars were canceled 139 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: because of this. I mean, that's not exactly what UFC 140 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: wants that some of their big events at a big 141 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: New York City Barkley Center Mark Marquee event doesn't take place. 142 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: That's that's not That's when you realize, okay, this, this 143 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: was not what everybody intended. Again, I would imagine a 144 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: lot of McGregor fans watched that and loved every minute 145 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 1: of it. You know that that is exactly the brash 146 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: no holds barred will do anything fighter that they appreciate. 147 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: That's the problem I have. When do people get desensitized 148 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 1: to the normal press conference fadder where they push and 149 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: yell and the entourages get closed and nothing happens. Right? 150 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 1: Do you get desensitized where that is no longer enough, 151 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: where the appetite of the consumers like, oh I don't 152 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: need to see this again, it's boring. You know, we 153 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 1: know what's going to happen. All of a sudden, something 154 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:37,439 Speaker 1: amped up happens and you pay attention again. So if 155 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 1: that's the case, well what's next after this? That that's 156 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: the part that's that's troubling. We'll see. I mean, I 157 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: am on record right now saying I believe he will 158 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: fight again. I don't believe too much, but but we'll see. 159 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 1: Let's talk about hey, oh Tony and the marketing for 160 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: the Angels. Yes, he's the real deal, folks. Yes, spring 161 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 1: training make your doubt whether and this is a I 162 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: guess that's one of those cautionary tales where it's like relax, people, 163 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 1: pump the brakes. Remember when it when it wasn't great 164 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:09,200 Speaker 1: in spring trainings. Oh, this guy's a bust. He can't pitch, 165 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:12,959 Speaker 1: he can't, can't anything, or the flip side John Carlos Stanton. 166 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 1: All of a sudden, you know it's the Bronx is 167 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: burning because he struck out a few times in a 168 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: couple of games. So clearly, though, what was the attendance 169 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: here for thousand, the most since nine to see a 170 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,839 Speaker 1: Los Angeles Angels game? Because this guy was on the mound. 171 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: That's what we're talking about here. Now, let me add 172 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 1: something in case you're not familiar with Shoheia Tani. What 173 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 1: makes him special is that not only is he on 174 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 1: the mound, but he can hit, He can do it all. 175 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 1: He was called He was called the Babe Ruth of 176 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: Japan for guys or girls who don't know Babe Ruth history. 177 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:55,839 Speaker 1: He was a pitcher before he was the home run king. 178 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: He could do both and there was some doubt as 179 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 1: to how effective this guy would be, but it right now. 180 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: He looks. He looks good in in all parts of 181 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: the game. Oh, Tony's last five games, he had a 182 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 1: home run, next game, home run, next game, home run, 183 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 1: next game he had to take off because he was 184 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 1: pitching the next day. And when he pitched, he took 185 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: a no hitter into the sixth innings. I mean, that's 186 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: what And let's he's being paid five dollars this year. 187 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:23,199 Speaker 1: I mean they put up a twenty million dollar posting 188 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 1: fee to get him out. But he is. Because he's 189 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: so young, he is getting essentially the league minimum for 190 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: someone his age. He is an incredible bargain. And when 191 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: we talk about marketing him, we saw his first the 192 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:37,559 Speaker 1: first time he pitched, I believe was in Oakland. Oakland 193 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: sold Japanese ads day of behind home plate. Everybody, there 194 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: is going to be an option here. You talked about 195 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: the attendance bump for for home games at Angel Stadium. Um, 196 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: there's gonna be a tennis pump. Everywhere. You know, I 197 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 1: think that he is going to draw both Japanese Americans 198 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 1: and non Japanese Americans almost everywhere he pitches because he 199 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: has a sensation. We haven't seen anybody in baseball that 200 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,439 Speaker 1: is like this in a long time. By the way, 201 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 1: I gotta vent I must vent and and Otani. In 202 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:09,680 Speaker 1: my fantasy baseball league. He was out there and I 203 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: was like, I don't know, I don't gamble on rookies, 204 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:17,680 Speaker 1: bloody blah blah blah. One that was a horrible mistake 205 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 1: that I made. And two, which is what I'm about 206 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 1: to rant about right now, if you play fantasy sports, 207 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 1: I lost this week. You know why I lost this 208 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 1: week because I didn't read the blasted rules of my 209 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 1: league and I put in too many pictures because you're 210 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: a terrible yeah, and I there's words I can't even 211 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 1: use right now that you've got okay, you've got to 212 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: read the rules unlike I've been doing this for almost 213 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: thirty years. And I thought as like, I went in 214 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 1: all cocky, like I know the rules, and I started 215 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 1: too many pictures and took a zero. All of my 216 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 1: scoring went to you know what in a hand bass 217 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: get and I got to zero. Your league has a 218 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 1: maximum innings picture. There's a maximum for the pictures that 219 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 1: you have in the league. And and I misread the rules. 220 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: I thought it was for transactions, not a cap on 221 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: starting pictures itself. Even if and I didn't pick up anybody. 222 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,320 Speaker 1: On the plus side, we know how one Michael Barr 223 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: drowns his sorrows. In such cases, it's not the local tavern. 224 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 1: Michael can go to Perkins. He can get himself a 225 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 1: short stack. Yes, we have a Perkins by our kmart. 226 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: It's a great Perkins. People at Perkins. I love you 227 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 1: all quick, Oh Tawny. Question for your fantasy wise, did 228 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 1: your league break him up? Is he a picture and 229 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:48,839 Speaker 1: a hitter or is he all rolled into one? He's 230 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 1: all rolled in the very valuable to though, because like 231 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: you just said, he doesn't play the day before he 232 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: pitches others. Right, But this has a little bit of 233 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: a Jeremy Lynn Field to it. During insanity when and 234 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: I was in the office of the CEO when the 235 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 1: phone call came in and Coca Cola wanted to change 236 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: the signs at Madison Square Garden into um Chinese letter 237 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 1: into Mandarin uh Mandarin characters because people around the world 238 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: we're watching. This isn't about the number of people who 239 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: go to the stadium and watch. We've We've said this 240 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 1: a million times in our interviews with guests. You know, 241 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 1: the number of seats versus or times a number of 242 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 1: people and games, that's a finite number. What you're looking 243 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 1: at here is global scale. How many people are gonna 244 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 1: see highlights and clips and pieces of this where his 245 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 1: at bat is going to be beamed around the world 246 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: and you see that right behind home plate, And I 247 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: can't imagine what this is like in Japan right now, 248 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: I've covered Yankee opening day when Tanaka's pitching, and the 249 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: the Japanese media is everywhere, and I'm so young. He's 250 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 1: like Tanaka. In my mind, I think he's gonna say 251 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: matt Sui and then before that, I think he's gonna 252 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 1: say Dice k Matsuzaka. But even sure he knows who 253 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 1: Dice came up who. Well, Yeah, the coin is that 254 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 1: there are NBA. They're based stars that have been of 255 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 1: course a huge deal in Japan. Uh and and Otani 256 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 1: has the potential certainly to be even bigger than almost. Hey, 257 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: you Gawa know you're Okaygawa a lot of money, made 258 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 1: a lot of money to go to Scritton, back and forth. 259 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 1: Medina's got it right, You are lying man. And on 260 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: that note, this is the Bloomberg Business of Sports podcast. 261 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: I'm Michael Barr. Thank you for letting me been about 262 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: my fantasy team. Along with Scottsnik and Evan W. 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