1 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: If you thought four hours a day, minutes a week 2 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: was enough, I think again. He's the last remnants of 3 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: the old republic, a sole fashion of fairness. He treats 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: crackheads in the ghetto cutter the same as the rich 5 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:19,799 Speaker 1: pill poppers in the penthouse. The clearing House of Hot 6 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: takes break free for something special. The Fifth Hour with 7 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: Ben Maller starts right now that it does a special 8 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: furlough edition of the podcast, The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller. 9 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,880 Speaker 1: As we are back at it again because four hours 10 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 1: are not enough. In the middle of the night, we 11 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: are doing this eight days a week. Well, actually not 12 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: this week. It's not eight days a week. More on 13 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 1: that in a different podcast. But this of course a 14 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 1: spin off. As you know, you've downloaded the podcast of 15 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: the Ben Mallory Radio Show, and as you also know, 16 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: it's only available in the podcast format wherever you get 17 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 1: your podcast, powered by the I Heart Podcast Network, number 18 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: one for podcasting and for better or worse yet again, 19 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: joined by David Guest, Yes in the house and happy 20 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: to report that even Apple iTunes has featured sports podcasts. 21 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: The Fifth Hour with Ben Mallor is front and center 22 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: amongst the masses too. How nice is that? Yes, I 23 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: saw that and I thought, no way, there's no way. 24 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: I mean, jeez, there's a billion podcast. But we actually 25 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: got some some feature love, which makes it seem like 26 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 1: it's kind of worthwhile. But' coming to do this crap? 27 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: So uh that's uh, that was that was pretty cool. 28 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: Now this is an interview podcast. This can be what 29 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: our interview podcast where we are not really like we're 30 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: hanging with friends. We'd like to call it hanging with friends, 31 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: not really interview. That's very formal and all that. But 32 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: I'll tell you who we're gonna talk to you in 33 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: a minute before we do that. Shameless promotion. Shameless promotion. Uh, 34 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: if you've not signed up for a cameo, what are 35 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 1: you waiting for? I'm on cameo. You can get a 36 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: special personalized video message. Not free, not very much. I'm 37 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 1: cheaper than everyone else. Uh that matters, Uh Fox anyway, 38 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: Uh so cameo dot com and then just type my 39 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 1: name in Ben Maller and uh I would love to 40 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: do that. I did a couple of last weekend for 41 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:21,079 Speaker 1: Father's Day. Uh did several for for p One's big 42 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: fans of the show, which was pretty cool. I also 43 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: did my first personalized message guests. Somebody wanted me to 44 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: just do my nicknames somebody on camera and I tried 45 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 1: to point out. I was like, you know what, I 46 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: can do that for you. I can run down the nicknames, 47 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: but we don't have the sound effects. You know, I'm 48 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: in my home studio. I don't have access to the 49 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:44,639 Speaker 1: sound effects. But that that was kind of eat and 50 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: we've got some really positive reviews. People really seem to 51 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: enjoy the cameo things. So check that out and and 52 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: just follow follow me on Twitter, Ben Maller on on 53 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 1: that and Instagram, Ben Maller on Fox, and please click 54 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: on those videos I link out. Some video was sporadically 55 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 1: from monologues, little clips. You can get to see what 56 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: it's like when we're making the hot dogs and get 57 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 1: those views up. Share them with your friends those videos, 58 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:12,639 Speaker 1: tell them to watch. It does help us out as well. 59 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: And then Facebook Ben Mallard Show, Ben Mallor Show, and 60 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 1: how can people reach you a Gascon? Same thing on 61 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: Twitter at David JA Gascon. I need to crack the 62 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: egg with cameo, So cameo at David J Gascon. You 63 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: need someone to pop your Chariot Virginize. I will say 64 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: I got some inside intel that you also did a 65 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: special birthday video on camera on cameo. I cannot talk 66 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: about that. The cameo thing is a private thing between 67 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: me and the fans, and I can't get any further 68 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: than that. So I'm on there as well, and then 69 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: on Instagram Att and Dave Gascon. But yeah, I think 70 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:50,839 Speaker 1: I think the biggest reason that we were on front 71 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: and center with the podcast on alp iTunes is the responses, 72 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: the reviews and the ratings from from you the listeners. 73 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: You guys have been active on it, so I appreciate that. Yeah, yeah, exactly. 74 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: I mean it seems like the most benign thing, like 75 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: who the funk cares about the reviews on a podcast? 76 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: But the people that run podcast networks give up. They 77 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: really care. It's a big deal. It's not some harmless thing. 78 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: And so again, if you haven't done that yet, review 79 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: review obviously we prefer positive reviews, five stars, that would 80 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,919 Speaker 1: that would certainly help us out. But yeah, it is. 81 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 1: It's really cool. I was like, Wow, that's like it's 82 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: like the real podcast, Like people are getting getting promotion. 83 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: I think that's more promotion than my radio show has got. 84 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:40,799 Speaker 1: It's more advertising for this podcast, which is a weekend podcast. 85 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: Then we've gotten for the radio show. But but let's 86 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 1: not see we're playing Grabaus now, Guests, We've got to 87 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:49,279 Speaker 1: get right into it. So this is a conversation with 88 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: I'm so excited to have this guy and I met 89 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 1: him several years ago at Dodger Stadium when the Yankees 90 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 1: were in town. John Sterling the voice of the New 91 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:02,719 Speaker 1: York ke Yankees. How important does that sound? How big 92 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 1: does that sound? John is one of the great characters 93 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: in broadcasting. He has tremendous work ethic. He has been 94 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: calling games since before I was alive. He started out 95 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 1: in the early seventies calling NBA games for the Washington 96 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: Actually was a Baltimore Bulls even before they were in 97 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 1: Washington in the NBA, and he's worked for multiple NBA teams. 98 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 1: He had a stint in Atlanta. He's been a long 99 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: time New York broadcaster. He's from New York. But he's 100 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 1: known for his signature home run calls, right, I mean, guys, 101 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:39,679 Speaker 1: that's what he's known for. Guests and all the trades. Yeah, 102 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 1: and a bomb by Rod you know that kind of stuff, 103 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,280 Speaker 1: and I'm so excited to talk to him because, first 104 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: of all, I love broadcasters. I'm a radio geek and 105 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 1: know the art of baseball play by play is one 106 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:55,039 Speaker 1: of the hardest things. You have so much time to kill. 107 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: You're not just calling balls and strikes. You have to 108 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: fill the time, and there's an art to it. When 109 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: it's done right, I feel like it's great. And John's 110 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 1: a wonderful storyteller. But I remember the old days on Fox. 111 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 1: We had Frank Pollock, the late great Frank Pollock, the 112 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: big cod piece may rest in peace, and Frank and 113 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: I we had this bit that we worked out together 114 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 1: on the on the weekend show where we would do 115 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: the Yankee roll call and whatever the box score was 116 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 1: the Yankee day that get the Yankee game that day. 117 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: Frank would go on the archive and pull out all 118 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: the different home run calls, Uh, Georgie juiced it or 119 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 1: juiced one or whatever he said, and he go through, 120 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:33,719 Speaker 1: you know, the gambino and those were the players at 121 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 1: the time, and so I we loved it. It was 122 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: a good bit. People liked it that they were listening 123 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: to you like positive feedback on that. But that was 124 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 1: John Sterling so we're gonna have a conversation with John 125 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: obviously will regain as John, we welcome you in here, 126 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 1: and uh, why don't we start with this? How are 127 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 1: you holding up during the pandemic? Well, it certainly is 128 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:59,919 Speaker 1: the craziest year of any of all lives. Um, you know, 129 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: you do what you have to do. When I go out, 130 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 1: mask and gloves and I'm hanging in there, I'm hanging 131 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: in there. I get to see uh, my kids and 132 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: my family, um, every now and then, and now every 133 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: day I talk on the phone to friends and I 134 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 1: tell him family, and I tell him one thing. If 135 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: we don't get the virus, we've won. So so far, 136 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: so good, And now it looks like I'll be going 137 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: back to work in a few weeks. Be sure to 138 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 1: catch live editions of The Ben Maller Show weekdays at 139 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 1: two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio 140 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: and the I Heart Radio app. That's great, and you've 141 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: been been around for a while. Is is there anything 142 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: that this kind of reminds you of in your life 143 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 1: experience when you were younger or is this totally its 144 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: own entity and it's not close to anything anything that 145 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 1: comes to mind that you said, well, this is kind 146 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 1: of like what happened, you know, back in the days, 147 00:07:55,640 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 1: anything like that. No, Um, I've I've often said that 148 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: not only is this the craziest year of our lives, 149 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 1: and I've got a few years on me, but there's 150 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 1: there's no one nothing in second, there's nothing close. Um 151 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: to think that you can't go out and call up 152 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: your friends and family and say let's have dinner at 153 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: such at such place and so um, No, this is 154 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: this is the wackiest by far. And I don't think 155 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 1: it's over yet. Um. You know, all these sports are 156 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: trying to come back, but you know, the minute they 157 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 1: get a few people who have the virus, um, they're 158 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: gonna need a tremendous amount of testing. That's the biggest thing. 159 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: Testing And if someone tests and positive, they'll be quarantined 160 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 1: for us as long as it takes. That got read 161 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: somewhere where in baseball anyway there. If you test positive, 162 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 1: you quarantine and then you have to test negatively in 163 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:02,320 Speaker 1: two tests before they let you come back. So it's 164 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: it's gonna be such a battle and hopefully we can 165 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:08,560 Speaker 1: get through it. Hopefully we we're gonna have the sixty 166 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: game season and the playoffs culminating in the World Series, 167 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: and I hope be sure to catch live editions on 168 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 1: The Ben Maller Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven 169 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:22,599 Speaker 1: pm Pacific. Yeah, well, what is your John, what is 170 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 1: your level of concern? I mean, you're you know, because 171 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:27,720 Speaker 1: you're gonna have to be in the middle of this somewhat. 172 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 1: I know there's some reports that the broadcasters at first 173 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 1: are going to travel with the Why don't we start 174 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: with it? Is that true? Or have you gotten the 175 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: message with it from the Yankees? Are you gonna be 176 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,080 Speaker 1: on the road, Are you gonna be doing the games 177 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: in a different location. No, as far as I know, 178 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: no broadcasters in any sport are going to travel, or 179 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 1: they try to reduce it as few people as possible 180 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:55,560 Speaker 1: at the ballpark. So we'll do the home games from 181 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 1: Yankee Stadium, which is open and much better for you 182 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: than being in a closed studio. And we still have 183 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: to work out whether we'll do the away games from 184 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: the stadium off a monitor, which I hope, or if 185 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: we'll go to the s studios in um in Stanford, Connecticut. 186 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 1: But then you'd be inside and there's a much greater 187 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:19,839 Speaker 1: chance to catch it if you're inside. So that that 188 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:22,680 Speaker 1: has to be worked out, and we have we have 189 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: about a month to work it out. So we're gonna 190 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: try be sure to catch live editions of The Ben 191 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: Maller Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven p m Pacific. 192 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:35,679 Speaker 1: So so, Johnneth, let's say like the season starts in 193 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 1: late July, and then in like sometime in late August, 194 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 1: baseball the powers that be said, okay, we're gonna let 195 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: the broadcasters travel. Would you have apprehension about that or 196 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: would you be okay with it? Now? I'm a person 197 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: doesn't have a lot of apprehension when I go out 198 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: in old mask and gloves. And if I don't think 199 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: we have to worry about that, I don't think they're 200 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:00,280 Speaker 1: going to do that. And I think there is going 201 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 1: to be the oddest season. And by the way, I 202 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 1: have no idea how they're gonna play football. And um, 203 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 1: I can only tell you one thing I told us 204 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 1: to a buddy the other day. Are they going to 205 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 1: tell the offensive lineman not to breathe on the defensive lineman? 206 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 1: I mean, these be a moss trying to you know, 207 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: destroy each other, you know, six six How can they 208 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 1: How can they do all that without breathing on each other? 209 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 1: So and and in basketball too. I mean, you know 210 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: you've heard this when you played, I played all my life. 211 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 1: I heard it plenty. Get up at them, get in 212 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: his shirt. So I don't know how they're gonna do that, 213 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: but um, I guess they can do it. If they're testing. 214 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: That's a lot of testing. But if they're testing a 215 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 1: few times a week works, and someone comes down with 216 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: the virus so that they larrantine, I guess that's the 217 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 1: way to do it. Fox Sports Radio has the best 218 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 1: sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our 219 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: shows at Fox Sports Radio dot com and within the 220 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 1: I Heart Radio app search f s R to listen live. Yeah, 221 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: And the other thing to John about this is we've 222 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 1: seen in college where there's been a bunch of college 223 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 1: football players that have tested positive. They didn't test positively 224 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 1: at practice. It was out, you know, going to clubs 225 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 1: in the bars and things like that. So which is 226 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 1: you know, you know, you've been around the baseball game 227 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 1: and professional sports, you guys, and the players go on 228 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: the road. They like to go out and enjoy whatever 229 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:36,440 Speaker 1: city they're in. So, and is this going to continue 230 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: where guy's gonna have to stay in their hotels. Are 231 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 1: they gonna be willing to do that? John, You've been 232 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 1: around a lot of athletes over these you think they 233 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:46,640 Speaker 1: can do it. I really don't know. In fact, I 234 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: is funny to bring it up. I read UM something 235 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 1: about basketball that they're going to all go to Orlando 236 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 1: and they're not going to be able to leave the 237 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:01,840 Speaker 1: hotel and they're gonna find hotels that have dining rooms 238 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 1: and they and they want them to eat in their rooms. Hey, 239 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 1: it's very tough if you're a player, broadcaster, writer, or 240 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 1: whoever to go to a place and stay in a 241 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 1: hotel and stay there for a couple of months. So, UM, 242 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: I guess that's it with a guy. And I have 243 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: not read what the procedure is on baseball, UM, but 244 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 1: I gather it'll be about the same. Um. I guess 245 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: they could go out. UM. You know there are there 246 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 1: are a lot of worries, and you guys know that 247 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 1: you hear it and read it and you're on the 248 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: air every day. How about the fact that the virus 249 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:50,319 Speaker 1: UH did not attack UM a lot of the states Florida, Arizona, 250 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 1: Texas and now it's hitting them with a force. And 251 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 1: everyone tells me, I'm sure you've heard the same thing 252 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: that once the weather gets cold, that the virus is 253 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: going to come back. So I think you guys know 254 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 1: already what we need. We need a vaccine, We need 255 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: medicine or a vaccine, and so we can look get 256 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: on them with our lives. And I don't know what's 257 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 1: gonna happen. We've never been through this before, but there 258 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 1: are a lot of health regulations to be enforced if 259 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 1: this thing is gonna work. I think the biggest thing 260 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: that was testing. If you test and you find someone 261 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 1: who has the virus, they get quarantine. John, I guess 262 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: the one thought behind all this, And you mentioned the 263 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 1: testing with Major League Baseball. I guess it is a 264 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 1: twofold question. But when you see them playing overseas in 265 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: Korea and nothing's being done between the league and the 266 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: MLB PA, do you feel like Major League Baseball they've 267 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 1: lost any kind of momentum being the only game in 268 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: town with obviously NASCAR are taking the stage, golf taking 269 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 1: the stage, and the UFC man, do you feel like 270 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball missed the boat on an opportunity to 271 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 1: capture more fans in a in a shorter period of Telly. 272 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 1: I think it certainly it was a black mark on 273 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 1: baseball that the owners and the players couldn't come together. 274 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: In fact, the thing that I thought would be great 275 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 1: for baseball if they had gone to the new rules, 276 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 1: which they haven't, UM, would have been to have sixteen 277 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: teams in the playoffs and in each league you would 278 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 1: have had quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals, the championship series, then 279 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 1: the two winners go to the World Series. I thought 280 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: it would have been that baseball would have occupied center 281 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: stage for that month of October. They're still going to 282 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 1: have the playoffs. Then. I'm not one of those, though, 283 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: who jump on this and say, Wow, people are not 284 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: gonna come back. They're throw with baseball. They're throw are 285 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 1: the owners, They're throw are the players. Um, Baseball is 286 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 1: fabulous and it's been a fabulous game for over a 287 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 1: hundred years, and it's not gonna stop. The Major League 288 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 1: Baseball has so many young players who have such brilliant 289 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 1: futures and that's going to continue. People are always going 290 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 1: to play it and people are to come out to 291 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 1: watch it. So that that doesn't work me, I'm sorry 292 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 1: though that they couldn't um forget their own problems are 293 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 1: the problems in this country. We've we've had a hundred 294 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 1: and twenty thousand people die from this virus, and we 295 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 1: have whatever the number is, thirty forty million out of work. 296 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 1: I wish they had thought of that, but you know, 297 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 1: it's a business, and businessmen want to make the best 298 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 1: business decisions possible. I guess well, speaking of the business, John, 299 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 1: I guess the one thing that I have in mind 300 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 1: is that even though it's a truncated schedule as opposed 301 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 1: to a hundred and sixty two, we get sixty games. 302 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: Um with the way that the season is going to 303 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 1: be a line now, sixty games in seventy days is 304 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:06,199 Speaker 1: the is the best case scenario Dodgers Yankees in the 305 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:08,639 Speaker 1: World Series? Or do you feel like no matter who's 306 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,239 Speaker 1: in the Fall Classic, that's still a win if they 307 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 1: can get back on the field and play at least 308 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 1: the sixty games and get the postseason in um in 309 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 1: long agoray uh. I am the definition of Oscar Hammerstein's 310 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:24,359 Speaker 1: cock eyde optimist. I mean I see the good side 311 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 1: of almost everything, almost and the sixty game season is 312 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:32,879 Speaker 1: going to make the game very important from the start 313 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:38,160 Speaker 1: of the finish. Um. You know, Washington in their first 314 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 1: sixty games they won the championship. They had a terrible record, 315 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:45,400 Speaker 1: they were well under five hundred, and if that would 316 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:50,879 Speaker 1: happen again, they wouldn't make the playoffs. Um. I received 317 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:57,440 Speaker 1: a very big honor last winner from the Baseball Writers Association. 318 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:01,359 Speaker 1: So I was on the dais and also on the 319 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 1: dais was Uh, it was Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers 320 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 1: who was getting the in National League's MVP Award, and 321 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 1: that we kidded on the dais about, Hey, you know 322 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 1: it would be great Yankees, said, Dodgers in the World Series. 323 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:20,879 Speaker 1: And he said, great, I'll sign up for that. So, um, 324 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,440 Speaker 1: you don't know. First of all, I don't know how 325 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 1: anyone could predict a sixty game season, which has never 326 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 1: been played before. You know, that's been always the beauty 327 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 1: of baseball, day by day, grind through the months and 328 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:39,640 Speaker 1: changing your lineup and changing players. And with the Yankees, 329 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: you know, players going on the on the d L 330 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:47,239 Speaker 1: and uh, that's all gone. You better start playing your 331 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:49,879 Speaker 1: best right away, and then the playoffs are going to 332 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 1: be great because their playoffs and people love them. And 333 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 1: you know, one year the Yankees about no, I don't know, 334 00:18:56,480 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 1: three or four years ago, the years old blend in. 335 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I wish I could pick it out for you. 336 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 1: But anyway, they didn't make the playoffs. And and the 337 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 1: Yankees have made the playoffs I think two times in 338 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:13,399 Speaker 1: the last twenty five years, which is exceptional in this 339 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:16,320 Speaker 1: day and age where you don't keep the same team, 340 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 1: not close. Um. Anyway, I went home after the last 341 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 1: game and I watched all the playoffs and I was 342 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 1: just amazed in in every stadium it was filled, and 343 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:35,359 Speaker 1: in every stadium that people are rooting from the first 344 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:39,440 Speaker 1: bitch on and I thought, boyd is baseball looked great. So, 345 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 1: you know, I think we'll see that. Even though it's 346 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: a sixty game season, you know, someone's going to get 347 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:49,240 Speaker 1: through the playoffs. And you know, obviously I hope it's 348 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 1: the Yankees, but but we'll find out. But I don't 349 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:56,640 Speaker 1: I think baseball will become completely reinvigorated if they're able 350 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:58,679 Speaker 1: to play the sixty games and if they're able to 351 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 1: have the playoffs. Well, and John, just the piggyback off 352 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 1: something you said. I know you're aware of this, but 353 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 1: I think it needs to be highlighted the people, and 354 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:08,440 Speaker 1: I I'm upset with the owners and the players, but 355 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,159 Speaker 1: I'm gonna watch. Obviously work in sports radio, and so 356 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 1: I I things to talking about. But there were stories 357 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 1: going back a hundred years ago of columnists writing stories 358 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 1: about how baseball was dying. And it's like every every 359 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 1: year somebody, you know, several people make this claim. I 360 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 1: guess it just won't die, John, because people, the writers 361 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: have been trying to kill it, some of them for 362 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:34,239 Speaker 1: a hundred years, literally a hundred years. It's crazy. Well, 363 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 1: of course, nowadays they have nothing else to write, so 364 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: they have to write features. And I read the same 365 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 1: things you have, and I don't worry about it at all. Baseball, 366 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:46,160 Speaker 1: you know. They they also said that when free agency 367 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:49,400 Speaker 1: came in, that would be the ruination of baseball, only 368 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 1: the big teams would win, YadA, YadA, YadA. Well they 369 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 1: were a hundred percent wrong. It can't be more than 370 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: they were a hundred percent wrong. Since then, base ball 371 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:08,359 Speaker 1: has um become an eleven billion dollar business. And uh 372 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 1: so baseball is actually, um, you know, bigger than ever. 373 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 1: And uh you can't stop the fans, the fans who 374 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:21,920 Speaker 1: are the game. I love it. And then I gotta 375 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 1: listen to those writers. I mean, the writers are writing 376 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:26,919 Speaker 1: for themselves. They have to write something. You might as 377 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:32,200 Speaker 1: well write a very strong anti baseball column. But it 378 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:37,160 Speaker 1: doesn't happen. And I was there in where we went 379 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:43,119 Speaker 1: through the same thing. Um, I think baseball if they 380 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:46,359 Speaker 1: ever would give it a chance, if they hope the 381 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 1: players in and management come to an agreement for a 382 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 1: long contract and then simply build the game. And the 383 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: game has all these fabulous ballparks, all these different ballparks. 384 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:06,439 Speaker 1: Everyone is um different unto themselves, and um, it's been 385 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: a great rebirth I think in in baseball. So you know, 386 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 1: I'm really not worried about the everlasting effect. You know, 387 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 1: we have to get rid of the virus, and that's 388 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: that's really the job we have to do, get rid 389 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:21,280 Speaker 1: of the virus and and get on with our lives. John, 390 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 1: speaking of that, I mean, you've done a lot and 391 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:26,119 Speaker 1: seen a lot. But growing up, was was baseball your 392 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 1: first love or was it another sport? Um? No, I 393 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: have a great ability. Um, what I like, I absolutely love. 394 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 1: What I don't like, I totally ignore. It's like I 395 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 1: put up a wall and it's I guess an emotional 396 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,439 Speaker 1: psychological wall, and what I don't like goes on that 397 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 1: other side of the wall. And so when I was 398 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 1: a kid, um, I love basketball, baseball, football, and hockey. 399 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 1: And now that I've put a little years on, I 400 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 1: love baseball, basketball, football, hockey, so um. And I love 401 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 1: the you know, the the what they call now the 402 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 1: the Great American Songbook, which is to me is just 403 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 1: good music. But you know, Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Sarah Brown, YadA, YadA. 404 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 1: So the things I like I absolutely adore, and I 405 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 1: adore baseball and the other sports was four that I mentioned. 406 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 1: And I played tennis all my life too. I played 407 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 1: basketball all my life. And so what I like I 408 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: like so um. I won't you know how people say, 409 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:43,120 Speaker 1: well throw with baseball. Never not me. I could watch 410 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: a game every day and I do. I actually have 411 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 1: for the past thirty eight years. Yeah, John, you've had 412 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 1: you had that iron man streak of calling Yankee games 413 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 1: over five thousand consecutive games that you had, which is well, 414 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 1: actually actually they were all wrong on that, but I 415 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: didn't correct him. I didn't get anything out of it, 416 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:06,159 Speaker 1: and I never thought of it as a streak. I 417 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 1: never thought going to the ballpark, and I'm gonna add 418 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:12,480 Speaker 1: another game to the streak. I honestly never thought about it. 419 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 1: But actually the streak began in the beginning of November 420 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 1: when I did my first Atlanta Hawks basketball game, and 421 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 1: from then on in November, I never missed a game 422 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: until last summer and I was really sick coming back 423 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 1: from London, and I after a couple of games at 424 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:42,160 Speaker 1: City Field, I took four days off and then added 425 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:43,959 Speaker 1: the four days of the All Star breaks at eight 426 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 1: days off. I got well and made every game from 427 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,639 Speaker 1: from that point on. But yeah, I made every game. 428 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:57,159 Speaker 1: And in um Atlanta, there were five years when I 429 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 1: was doing the Hawks and Braves where I was doing 430 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,400 Speaker 1: about two in twenty games a year. So I never 431 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,880 Speaker 1: missed one, and I never missed one with the Yankees. 432 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,200 Speaker 1: I took a couple of days off in my first 433 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 1: year to put my sister to rest, and so I 434 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 1: don't recall. I don't think of that as missing games. 435 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:21,880 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, well, and anyway, I did make a point. 436 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 1: Until last All Start break in July, I hadn't missed 437 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 1: a game in thirty eight years. You mentioned you mentioned 438 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:31,680 Speaker 1: called the Braves games, and as I remember they were 439 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: not particularly good many of those years in Atlanta when 440 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,120 Speaker 1: you were calling the Braves back then before they had 441 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 1: that run in the nineties, So what is what's the 442 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:43,439 Speaker 1: big difference? Obviously the Yankees every year they have good teams, 443 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 1: and they make the playoffs most years, and you've got 444 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 1: a bunch of World Series rights. Like as a broadcaster, 445 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:53,359 Speaker 1: what's the difference calling a game when you got like 446 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 1: the Braves of the eighties that were pretty miserable and 447 00:25:56,520 --> 00:26:00,400 Speaker 1: compared to some of these Yankee teams, how what's the difference? Like, well, 448 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:03,440 Speaker 1: one thing, when I got to the Yankees they were terrible, 449 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: and one they were awful, And then they hired book 450 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 1: Show Walter as manager and Gene michael is general manager, 451 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 1: and they started building their team. And then in ninety 452 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 1: nine four that quickly from nine they had a six 453 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 1: game lead when that stupid strike was called or whatever 454 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:32,919 Speaker 1: it was called labor problem and which did nothing for 455 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 1: the game at all, did nothing for the owners, et cetera. 456 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:40,200 Speaker 1: And since then the Yankees have been just terrific. Ninety 457 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: five they made the playoffs and and then Joe Torrey 458 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:49,520 Speaker 1: came aboard and and they had that great run in Atlanta. 459 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 1: Tory was the manager and they won an eighty two. 460 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,160 Speaker 1: They won the West in eighty two, and in eight 461 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:59,920 Speaker 1: three they had five six game leader where the Dodgers 462 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 1: and then Horner and Chamblis, the two power guys on 463 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 1: the corners, got hurt and they lost the pet at 464 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:13,360 Speaker 1: eight three by one game. And then Joe Um had 465 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,719 Speaker 1: a team that went five hundred and eighty four. May 466 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 1: got fired and then they really went bad until Bobby 467 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: Cox brought him back in the early nineties. I was 468 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:26,439 Speaker 1: gone by then, but the difference Um now give a 469 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 1: great line from Lindsay Nelson when he was doing the 470 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 1: Mets at the beginning and they're losing a hundred games 471 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 1: a year. Someone said him, how do you do the game? 472 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 1: And Lindsey Nelson said, I never forgot it. He said, 473 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: you make the game that day important. So that's what 474 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 1: you try to do. Obviously, it's much easier to do 475 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 1: a winning team. Every broadcasting wants to do a winning 476 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 1: team because you sound better. You're giving the fans good 477 00:27:55,280 --> 00:28:00,639 Speaker 1: news instead of instead of bad news. So Um, you 478 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:02,639 Speaker 1: know when you're When you have a good team and 479 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:06,680 Speaker 1: your independent race, the games take on even more importance 480 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 1: and I guess that's the difference. But in baseball now 481 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 1: you have a lot of games, and if you're a 482 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 1: lousy in Um in June and you know you're out 483 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 1: of the Pennant race, you've got a lot of games left. 484 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:22,399 Speaker 1: So you know, I try That's what I do. I 485 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,400 Speaker 1: followed the Lindsay Nelson advice, and I try to make 486 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:28,919 Speaker 1: the game that day important, John, since we've had some 487 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 1: downtown with no games being played, like Ben and I 488 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:33,879 Speaker 1: talked a couple of weeks ago about one of the 489 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:40,160 Speaker 1: features with McGuire and so so the summer of when 490 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 1: when you reflect on on that year, what McGuire did, 491 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,320 Speaker 1: what's Socia did with Griffy and the hunt for a 492 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 1: little while, what are your thoughts on it? You know? I, 493 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 1: if I had a vote, which I don't, for the 494 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame, I would vote for Clemens and and 495 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 1: obviously Bonds and and Sisa and all the Rafael Palmero, 496 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 1: all the people who were and I guess properly accused 497 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 1: of taking steroids. I think that was just part of 498 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 1: the game. They've had other problems in baseball, and they'll 499 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 1: have problems in the future too, So I don't look 500 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 1: down as much not the people who took steroids. A 501 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 1: lot of people were doing it to stay in the 502 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:29,840 Speaker 1: major leagues. The money is so much different than the 503 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 1: minor leagues, and the the living is so much different, 504 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 1: And you know, I just kind of accepted it as 505 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,959 Speaker 1: as part of the game. Uh. You could point out 506 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 1: Alex Rodriguez too, who was a friend of mine. I'm 507 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 1: not going to give up on him as a friend 508 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 1: because he took steroids at some point. So, um, I 509 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,479 Speaker 1: I kind of look askance at the home run records 510 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:56,720 Speaker 1: set for that reason, but you know, that was part 511 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 1: of the game, and they still had to do it 512 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:00,760 Speaker 1: and other people. You know what I do think I 513 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:05,080 Speaker 1: think that there were more people taking the juice than 514 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,720 Speaker 1: we even knew of. I think an awful lot of 515 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:12,320 Speaker 1: guys did it, and and um John just to follow up, 516 00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:14,480 Speaker 1: and I mean, there's there are guys in the Hall 517 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:18,880 Speaker 1: of Fame that are suspected of doing steroids. So it's like, 518 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,800 Speaker 1: my I was of the mindset, you shouldn't let any 519 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 1: of these guys in. But then they started letting sporadic 520 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:29,479 Speaker 1: players who had accusations against them, like Plug Rodriguez and 521 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:33,120 Speaker 1: Mike Piazza and Jeff Bagwell, guys like that. So so 522 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 1: now you're like you're excluding certain people but not other people. 523 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:38,640 Speaker 1: Just seems wrong to me the way that this has 524 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 1: been handled by the baseball writers. What do you think 525 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 1: about that? I I agree. I mean if they did 526 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 1: it on the field, other guys were on the field 527 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 1: and they weren't able to do it. And so a 528 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:57,040 Speaker 1: guy was that good, I mean Roger Clemens one, and 529 00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:00,360 Speaker 1: he didn't do it all because the steroids. So I'm 530 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,040 Speaker 1: with you. I will tell you one story though, tell 531 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:06,600 Speaker 1: you how naive I am. Um. I got to be 532 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:10,320 Speaker 1: friendly with the Charlie Naggy, the right hander of the Indians, 533 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:15,000 Speaker 1: and uh, it was now a pitching coat somewhere. And 534 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:19,400 Speaker 1: I used to walk in in Cleveland. Instead of walking 535 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:23,200 Speaker 1: all the way around long walk to the clubhouses, I 536 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 1: would walk through left field. Uh. They opened up an 537 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,560 Speaker 1: area and then they close it right underneath what it 538 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 1: would be the pennant porch down the left field one anyway, 539 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:36,040 Speaker 1: And so I'm I'm walking down and Charlie is out 540 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,440 Speaker 1: there shagging, and he say, come on, did j Alice talk? 541 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 1: Come on? So we went over to the side, sat 542 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:45,880 Speaker 1: on you know, the the front level of the boxes 543 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 1: and were just schmoozing, as they say, and Naggie told 544 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 1: me something. He said, you know, Naggie was tall, but 545 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:57,760 Speaker 1: he's very slim. And he said, look at me, you know, 546 00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:01,000 Speaker 1: and he said, I'm pitching. Um. These guys are coming 547 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 1: up and they had the biggest, strongest looking guys. It 548 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 1: scares the depth out of you. And now I realized 549 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:11,120 Speaker 1: what he was talking about. That he was saying, these 550 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:13,440 Speaker 1: guys come up who all of a sudden that had 551 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:17,880 Speaker 1: very inflated bills, and he was giving that that happened before, 552 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 1: before it became public. And I look back and think, boy, 553 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 1: was I naive. I thought he was just talking about 554 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:28,200 Speaker 1: having to face all these big, strong guys. But now 555 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,520 Speaker 1: I realized what he was saying. John, you uh, you 556 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:38,200 Speaker 1: turn a happy two in July four July? Correct? Right? Um? 557 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:43,120 Speaker 1: With what you've done professionally, is there anything else that 558 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:45,440 Speaker 1: you want to accomplish or you want to do given 559 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,720 Speaker 1: the fact that you have so many chapters to this 560 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:57,120 Speaker 1: belong book. Well, my I obviously do not believe in retirement. 561 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:02,280 Speaker 1: And you know there are people my heroes like um, 562 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:07,600 Speaker 1: like mel Brooks and Tony Bennett and Carl Reiner who 563 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:10,160 Speaker 1: are in their nineties and are still working and will 564 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:14,600 Speaker 1: not retire. But actually, my next thing I have to do. 565 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:17,040 Speaker 1: I have to get my three youngest kids through college. 566 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:21,960 Speaker 1: They're entering their sophomore year this coming year. My eldest graduated, 567 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:24,520 Speaker 1: and so I've got to get these kids through college. 568 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 1: That's the first step, and then we'll we'll look at 569 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:29,720 Speaker 1: what's gonna go on. But I don't feel my age, 570 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 1: and when you use that numbers, it sure is scary. 571 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:35,680 Speaker 1: But I I feel the same way that I felt 572 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:38,400 Speaker 1: the past thirty years or so. And as long as 573 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:41,600 Speaker 1: I have held and as long as I have my pipes, 574 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:46,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep on working. So with that being said, 575 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,360 Speaker 1: I'm curious, can you can you hint for me and Ben? 576 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:53,600 Speaker 1: Can you hint any kind of any kind of quarantine 577 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:56,840 Speaker 1: home run call that you have in the can for 578 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,600 Speaker 1: John Carlos Stanton or anybody else in the Yankees lineup 579 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,880 Speaker 1: for the Stuff something season. Well, I don't have anything 580 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:05,520 Speaker 1: in the can. Well, I just do him live. But 581 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:09,080 Speaker 1: it's a good story, and maybe a good story to 582 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:16,839 Speaker 1: end this this interview on Well, I I did burn, 583 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:21,279 Speaker 1: baby burn, and all of a sudden it became a thing, 584 00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:24,000 Speaker 1: and you know, a bomb from a Rod Robbi kind, 585 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 1: don't you know, and all that nonsense, and it's become 586 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:29,160 Speaker 1: a big thing. And now I have to do it 587 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,000 Speaker 1: for every player on the Yankees, and it's a home run, 588 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:36,400 Speaker 1: which is very tough. So when the Yankees got Stanton 589 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:41,719 Speaker 1: during the winter um, I called up Burlitz and I 590 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:47,680 Speaker 1: asked for the Italian teacher at Burlitz and I am 591 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:51,640 Speaker 1: a gal came on, the lovely, wonderful gal, and I 592 00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:54,439 Speaker 1: said to her, I explained to her what I did 593 00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:58,080 Speaker 1: with the nonsense that I did, and I said, I'm 594 00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:05,000 Speaker 1: looking for something in Italian, Uh, for Gencarlo. And I said, now, 595 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:06,560 Speaker 1: if you want to think, I don't know if you're 596 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:09,320 Speaker 1: old enough for this. Gal's name was Linda more Lowe, 597 00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:11,520 Speaker 1: and I said, I don't know if you're old enough. 598 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:15,720 Speaker 1: But years ago Ronzoni came up with a very quick 599 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:21,120 Speaker 1: um logo and uh, that's kind of what I'm looking for. 600 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:26,279 Speaker 1: And I I said, they said Ronzoni sono boni in 601 00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:29,920 Speaker 1: in the words Ronzoni is so good. And so in 602 00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:32,239 Speaker 1: a couple of days she came back and she gave 603 00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:36,719 Speaker 1: me one and I used that usually for Gencarlo. So 604 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:40,799 Speaker 1: when he hits a home run, it is high, it 605 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:47,040 Speaker 1: is far, it is gone Giencrlo no ci proto farlow, 606 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:54,200 Speaker 1: which means Gian Carlo, you can't be stopped. And and 607 00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:58,000 Speaker 1: uh a writer, a friend of mine, Pete Caldera, writes 608 00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:01,680 Speaker 1: for the Bergen Record and sings a good singer, and 609 00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:04,040 Speaker 1: he knows I love the same music as he does. 610 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:07,359 Speaker 1: And he gave me one for non de mendic car 611 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:14,320 Speaker 1: um non do medic car that ball short travel far 612 00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:18,040 Speaker 1: Gean Carlo anyway, So that's what I do for John Carlo. 613 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:23,360 Speaker 1: And and is it nonsense? Yeah, but I mean it 614 00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:26,440 Speaker 1: sounds good and people love it, and I'm very fortunate 615 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:29,440 Speaker 1: that they do. It's entertaining. Now when did that? Did 616 00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:31,680 Speaker 1: you do that in Atlanta? Or is this a Yankee thing? 617 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:35,080 Speaker 1: Did this start with the Yankees? Well, in Atlanta, I 618 00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:38,080 Speaker 1: did a whole bunch on Dominique. I mean that was 619 00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:41,400 Speaker 1: my We became really good friends, and he loved the 620 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:45,520 Speaker 1: stuff I did. Don Manique is mono fique. And so 621 00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:47,879 Speaker 1: I've kind of done it over the years, but only 622 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:50,879 Speaker 1: every now and then. And then it's become, as I say, 623 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:55,640 Speaker 1: a thing, a cottage industry with the Yankees, and you 624 00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:59,120 Speaker 1: know it's a it's a different thing. Uh. And you 625 00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:01,040 Speaker 1: know you can say to me, John, some people don't 626 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:02,879 Speaker 1: like it. What are you gonna do? Some people don't 627 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:06,560 Speaker 1: like everything. Yeah, well that's absolutely true. And I gotta 628 00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:08,920 Speaker 1: I can't not talk to you and asked. When I 629 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:10,480 Speaker 1: was growing up, one of the reasons I fell in 630 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:13,240 Speaker 1: love with baseball was this Weekend Baseball with Mel Allen. 631 00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:16,000 Speaker 1: I read that you worked with Mels. That true back 632 00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:19,160 Speaker 1: in your career. Yes. Yeah, I was at w m 633 00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:22,120 Speaker 1: c A in New York doing three hour talk show 634 00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:25,200 Speaker 1: every night, and the Yankees were on the station, and 635 00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:27,000 Speaker 1: I was also doing that's where I did the Nets 636 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:31,600 Speaker 1: and Islanders basketball and hockey as a very busy little boy. 637 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:35,360 Speaker 1: And uh. And during the fall, I was doing Morgan 638 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:37,440 Speaker 1: State football out of Baltimore, So I mean I was 639 00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:40,120 Speaker 1: really working. But anyway, and the Yankees all of a 640 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:44,640 Speaker 1: sudden started making the playoffs seventy seventy seven, seventy eight, 641 00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:51,000 Speaker 1: and uh and um, this is all now. You guys 642 00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:55,400 Speaker 1: know this because you're on the air. Being on the 643 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:59,879 Speaker 1: air is not important. Selling the spots is important. As 644 00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:01,440 Speaker 1: you know, the first thing you have to do is 645 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:06,520 Speaker 1: sell the soap, and so they sold long pre and 646 00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:09,520 Speaker 1: post game shows and they hired Mel to go on 647 00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:14,960 Speaker 1: with me, and he was a lovely gentleman and we 648 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:17,360 Speaker 1: got to be very good friends, and we had we 649 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:19,520 Speaker 1: had a really good time. And after one of the 650 00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:26,200 Speaker 1: World Series victories, we did a show and George Sheinbrenner's office, 651 00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:30,200 Speaker 1: and we've kept bringing in all these big guests, including Cavalry, 652 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:34,480 Speaker 1: Graham and um. And for years later, even when I 653 00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,640 Speaker 1: got the Yankee job and Mel would see me, said 654 00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:38,640 Speaker 1: we we got to get a tape of that. We 655 00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:41,880 Speaker 1: had all these starts on. We never did get the tape, 656 00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:45,000 Speaker 1: but anyway, UM, yes, I did work with Mel and 657 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:48,920 Speaker 1: it was a big thrill, awesome. Don't forget. Don't forget that. 658 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,000 Speaker 1: I grew up listening to Mel Allen. He was one 659 00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,160 Speaker 1: of my heroes. Not my only one, but he was 660 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:56,520 Speaker 1: one of them. Yeah, he was one of my heroes. 661 00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:59,320 Speaker 1: So I love this weekend baseball every week it was 662 00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:02,800 Speaker 1: must watch television before cable and internet and all that stuff. 663 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:05,640 Speaker 1: So I loved it too. I love seeing all the 664 00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:09,960 Speaker 1: ballparks and uh, and I love Mel. I'm not I'll 665 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:12,120 Speaker 1: give you a cute Mel Allan story that you love. 666 00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:16,560 Speaker 1: I don't know. It was seventy seven seventy eight Yankees 667 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:20,160 Speaker 1: and Dodgers, that's for sure. And I had a buddy 668 00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:25,000 Speaker 1: who you listen to regularly over the years, Dick Stockton, 669 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:30,640 Speaker 1: and we would meet at a restaurant very late called 670 00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:37,160 Speaker 1: Christo's and it was right off like mom and between 671 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:40,360 Speaker 1: Lex and Third, great old steakhouse gone now of course, 672 00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:44,120 Speaker 1: and you could have dinner there in the early hours 673 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,600 Speaker 1: of the morning. It was great. So after one of 674 00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:52,280 Speaker 1: the World Series games, I met Stockton at Christo's. Well, 675 00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:55,160 Speaker 1: the Dodgers came in, you know, three or four of 676 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:58,040 Speaker 1: them were their rives, and one of them was Don 677 00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:04,600 Speaker 1: Sutton for Cleo Alabama. And that was the first time 678 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:07,760 Speaker 1: I met him, and then we really became friends. Uh 679 00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:11,800 Speaker 1: as he got into broadcasting after his career. Anyway, Don 680 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:16,080 Speaker 1: Sutton came over to the table and he said, you know, Mel, 681 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:20,239 Speaker 1: you know I'm a big fan of yours. You know, 682 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:24,040 Speaker 1: I'm an Alabama boy, and and would you come over 683 00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:26,040 Speaker 1: to the table and say hello. They all want to 684 00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:29,720 Speaker 1: beat you. And uh, mel Allen had come in. Layton 685 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:32,279 Speaker 1: was sitting with us, and Mel Allen went over and 686 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:35,440 Speaker 1: was very gracious, and they all loved it. You know, 687 00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:38,560 Speaker 1: an Alabama boy coming over to speak to an Alabama boy. 688 00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:40,920 Speaker 1: So I thought that was a great story. That was 689 00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:44,480 Speaker 1: off the record, you know, no one was there, didn't 690 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:47,640 Speaker 1: make the newspapers, and I thought it was very nice. Well, 691 00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:49,879 Speaker 1: that's great to hear. John will let you go. We've 692 00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:53,000 Speaker 1: kept you for a long time here. I appreciate it. Continued, 693 00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:55,480 Speaker 1: good health, good luck with the Yankees this year, and 694 00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:56,960 Speaker 1: we'll talk to you down in the line. Thank you. 695 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,000 Speaker 1: I hope you do talk down the lot. I'd love it. 696 00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:01,839 Speaker 1: Thank you very much, appreciate it.