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It's Bilified the Bill Moran Podcast. Well, hello and welcome. We are
live from Innovative Fields Solar Palooza twenty twenty four. Skycoasters down on the field
playing. Lots of people here, some fantastic outfits already. Dan Mason,
general manager of the Rochester Red Wings, who really put his team behind this.
Man, your team runs like a well oiled machine. I was really
impressed. Like I'm watching these guys. They hustle, they hustle, they
hustle. All I do is like, you know, fan, I have
to go do media stuff and talk on the TV and the podcasts and radio.
It's great. It's been I isn't sure what to expect, and then
when I came here, boy, this is fun. There's a nice energy
here. It's a great vibe in the ballpark right now. There's I mean,
the town is so geeked up now to have so many people, you
know, it's a chance for us, Bill to showcase what a phenomenal city
we live, work and play in. Right, people from around the country
have no idea they think of Rochester and they still think of you know code
right, you know, this is a great opportunity to show what a great
place we live in, you know it is and innovative field. I love
this ballpark. It's such a fun you know, and it's fun to be
in here because it's open space. You're gonna be able to see the sky.
I know there are some clouds where we are. I don't know if
they'll dissipate a little bit. Oh, they're going to dissipate, So get
down here to innovative foot I will say this, it would only add to
the darkness. Oh, it's going to get the whole event, right,
I mean that that's the thing. And it gets you know, totally dark.
And they have the glasses here. If you don't have them, come
and get them. But I got to think, how long was the planning
for this for you guys. It's been probably close to a year. Yeah,
I think, you know. And but it you know, obviously,
as it ramps up towards the event, it gets, you know, we
get more and more serious about it. But yeah, we've been talking about
this for a while, you know, so it's great to see it all
come together. And it's it's been a really crazy week because opening day was
a week ago, yes, opening well, opening Day got delayed. Oh,
it was supposed to be a week ago. It was actually two days
ago. So it's been a whirlwind three days here at Innovative Field. So
with the fifty degree guarantee that you make every year, yes, does that
only go for the day that they actually play, Well, it was the
day that we were supposed to play, okay, And so I promise everybody
it'll be at least fifty degrees on opening Day. If not, they'll get
a free ticket to April, any game in April or May. Right,
So because we rained out on opening Day, I you know, I lost
and so sure, yeah, and it was it wasn't even close to fifty
either, So I got that going for me as well. So, but
the good news for fans is they get a ticket to any game the rest
of the season now, not just April and May. Really, yes,
wow, any game in the whole season. What are you getting soft?
How do I do it? Bill? I don't know how I do Just
give it away? And the Duke of Tapla says the clouds are going away
too, So yeah, I already checked in. I guarantee it the Duke
of Doppler, and I love the moon Rocks. The swag you got the
people can get when they're down here. Yep, we've got Solar Palooza swag.
We also have moon Rocks Drip available in the Red Wings team you say
things like moon Rocks drip. Yes, so, but the moon Rocks swag
has just been We've been selling it like crazy the last two days. You
know, we played yesterday and Sunday and it's been nuts in the team store.
People are really loving it. We've got jerseys, we got hats,
t shirts, hoodies, and then all the food selections that are out of
this world. Oh yeah, we've got that. We've got rocket red hots,
we have planetary plates available okat Space Station Sunday for dessert, Nebula nachos
for a little snack, Pluto's popcorn for a snack. We got alien fingers
available at batter all right, so all kinds of great stuff. Let's see
an asteroid belt roast beef sandwich. So yeah, later, that sounds delicious.
So yeah, we got all it's it's a it's a party, right,
that's what we do. We entertain our fans seventy five times a year,
and uh, this is just another excuse to uh make sure people have
a great time over this incredible, once in a lifetime event. Now they
throw the best parties in town too, you always do. Thank Dead and
Company not available for this, No, they were busy at the sphere.
Now I have a friend who's going out to the Sphere to see Dead and
Company. Yeah, Memorial Day week get all right, well will you be
there? I won't be there Memorial Day weekend because yes, Memorial Day weekend.
Yeah, I'm going to see one of my all time favorites. Another
one of my all time favorites, the Rolling Stones at the meadow Lands or
whatever they call the stadium where the Giants play. Now, Yes, Sunday,
Sunday, May twenty sixth. I think the Stones are playing in New
Jersey and taking my whole family, which is super cool. Yeah that is.
My wife and I have seen them together many times, but never have
my kids seen them. So I might come up with a different graduation present
there. You graduate from colle So when I graduated high school, my parents
got me tickets to see the Stones, and I graduated in eighty nine.
It was October eighty nine, so I waited to the Fall at Shaye Stadium,
oh Man, when it was the old Shade Stadium. And then when
Jordan was graduating McQuaid, the Stones were going to play in Buffalo. So
my brother and I were like, we don't care. Five hundred dollars a
ticket right by that point, so we were going to go, and then
everything world stopped. The wh Yes, yeah, I think I had tickets
to that show too, Yeah did you? I think so, well,
this will be great. You're eighty years old, but you know, just
still going. And I don't know how many times I've said to myself,
well, this is probably it. Yeah, I probably for about fifteen years
I've been saying that. But Mick Jagger is still incredible. Man. See
if you've never seen him live, you got to check it out. And
Keith still belted out. I mean, it's unbelievable. So they just I'm
so psyched, but I'm hoping to go to the Sphere June sixth. Wow,
look at this. You gotta what a pack summer? This is gonna
be well, I gotta work it around. I got a lot of seventy
five games here. I know you got about forty other events here at the
ballpark. So I got a Dark Star orchestra is going to be playing.
Well, stay tuned, Bill, you may hear something about that in the
next couple of weeks. All right, I didn't need to jump ahead.
I know that's okay. Listen. I'm anxiously awaiting announcing something. We're working
with them very closely and hope to have an announcement soon. Yeah. Now,
what is the rest of your day? Like, uh, there's a
lot of running around, justure, putting on fires and not literally feet up.
Yeah. No, I got this point during COVID. We would call
Dan. He was up in his office in his attic. Yes, he
couldn't work here. We would check in. Yeah. It was just myself
and all the Christmas ornaments. Yes, it was great. Yeah, yeah,
and mom. I used to call Tommy Lesorda, who was a very
famous baseball player. But I would call him like at five o'clock in the
morning his time, and he would answer the phone the TV player, and
he'd yell at me and then we play him back. And sometimes you do
it when Dan was in there, and Dan he could made me slightly uncomfortable.
It was always fun. It was always fun. Got rest of soul.
Yeah, Tommy is a great guest. He was a great guest.
He was awesome. Why he answered your calls? I have I know,
we answer and then you'd hear him trying to hang up because it was the
old phone that you put on the cradle. Youre be bouncing around the two
I'll ever call here again, buddy. Tommy tells him once that he's Sandy
Kofax are gonna come over there and kick your ass. Go ahead and try
Kofax. It's like it was all this. It was really really funny stuff.
It was good. It was funny stuff. Well, Dan, I
appreciate it. Thank you for allowing us to be down here for solar Palooza.
It's such a big deal. My mom came up from the Rhinebeck woodstock
sogrates kind of area, and uh, how cool it is here. We
have our glasses, We're ready to go. Yeah, so this is it.
You can see we've got a photo backdrop here to our picture pictures taken.
Looks like the Rochester's Finus are about to get their picture taken over at
the photo backdrop. PD, we did all you got your pictures already.
Then right over, that's a great keepsake right there, and you will see
some out of this world outfits right oh, yes, out of this world
outfits. Yeah, yes there. Now it's funny you say that, Bill,
because I just went back to my office very briefly to drop something off
on my desk, and somebody had put an inflatable astronaut costume with a note
that said, if you get a chance, so please you. Ever,
you never know what you might you never know what you might see later telling
the boss, hey, if you have a chance to get out of ever
forget years ago taking the boys here when they were little, for single Demayo
and there's Dan in I mean, running around but he's got sombrero on and
doing entertaining everybody and just making sure everybody's having a good time. And that
also coincided with Superhero Night. I don't know if you remember that. So
I had my superhero Superman costume on riding a burrow. I trusted Steed into
the ballpark. Is it's amazing. You do such a great job here and
it's such good family entertainment, and I think that you know, it's nice,
it's welcome back. For another season. I'm glad it's underway, no
doubt. And still tickets available for Solar Palooza. Okay, free parking,
Yes, there is a big deal. Tremendous. Yeah, tremendou This food,
parking is are. The traffic is not bad right now either, So
I think a lot of people are scared of the traffic. But don't be
scared. Nope, come on down the innovative field. It's really easy to
get in and out of you. I was oppressed. I had to run
over to the museum to do an interview at like nine fifteen. I came
back and there was people tailgating in the at like nine point thirty. There
was two families out here tailgating. It was pretty cool. This is a
big deal for This is a big deal for a lot of people, and
I think that it is. Well, it's exciting, you know. I
read somebody on ABC News who went in twenty seventeen. Their daughter wanted to
go and see you, like, Eh, Well went down and said,
I'm so excited it's here. I'm so glad I went then to see this.
Especially the totality is amazing. Yeah, and that's everybody says, this
is a WEE event. It's something you should experience with other people. So
it's so cool that you're here with them to experience that and with so many
other people in our community. You know, it's not something that you should
just walk outside your door and sit in your launch here in the backyard.
This is something you should really be with a lot of other people. And
I've heard it's like a religious experience. That's what I've heard as well.
Yeah, yeah, so we'll see. So pretty cool. Well yeah,
well I'll meditate for three minutes. Yeah right, all right, well,
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