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We're at the Cincinnati Tax Resolution powered by Toke Sheldon Broadcast Area, 9 00:00:52.799 --> 00:00:57.640 live from the Holy Grail Banks. This is seven hundred WLW, the 10 00:00:57.759 --> 00:01:00.560 home of the Cincinnati Reds. All right, let's do this. We are 11 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:03.760 live from the Holy Grail Banks. Let me have from everybody. Yeah, 12 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:10.120 Holy Collos place is up for grabs. It was that way early this morning. 13 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:14.200 It'll be that way throughout the day. I'm Lance Bacallister. He is 14 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:15.959 Eddy Fingers. Let me say up front, now, I'm gonna have to 15 00:01:15.959 --> 00:01:19.439 make some adjustments here because usually over the past two decades, I've sat with 16 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:23.959 an individual who has incoherently rambled for two hours, right and then rolling out 17 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:26.879 the same tired speech at the end. So if you'd like to do that 18 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:30.959 to make me feel comfortable, that would be great. Or we can go 19 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:34.200 in a different direction. I can ramble incoherently. Oh you need me to, 20 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:40.200 but I won't be making a gia tribe that will be cut off because 21 00:01:40.239 --> 00:01:44.799 I ran out of time. Unbelievable. Want to see what a vibe I 22 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:49.599 have walked the banks this morning to get here. This day is unlike any 23 00:01:49.599 --> 00:01:52.319 other day, not just around here, but around the country when it comes 24 00:01:52.359 --> 00:01:53.959 to baseball. And what a pleasure to have our leadoff hit? Or do 25 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:57.519 you want to introduce you want to do the honors of this because this is 26 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:01.439 loyalty wing off the bat. This fellow right here, I've known for how 27 00:02:01.480 --> 00:02:06.159 many years? A long time? Long time. Let's leave it at yah, 28 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:09.400 Josie Jose are using the PA guy for the Cincinnati Reds. You know 29 00:02:09.479 --> 00:02:13.800 the voice. Yes, it's nice to be here. It's like there's something 30 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:17.520 going on downtown today and it never gets old, doesn't I mentioned that before. 31 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:22.840 It's amazing with opening day and you come down here around this environment and 32 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:27.000 even though you know what it's gonna be, it is still just something that 33 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:29.960 hits you, like, my goodness, gracius, this is incredible. Well, 34 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:31.599 it's going to be a beautiful day too. Yes, and that's gonna 35 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:35.919 cause I mean, if you don't, if you don't have tickets, come 36 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:39.039 down or the parties happen in big time anyway, exactly. Now, for 37 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:43.280 those who don't know the background, tell a story here. Because you you 38 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:45.560 grew up a Reds fan, you grew up in northern Kentucky, went to 39 00:02:45.639 --> 00:02:52.240 crosley Field probably many opening days, probably heard Paul summer Camp's booming voice. 40 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:54.719 And now you're the booming voice at this ballpark for this tea. What is 41 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:58.319 that like? I mean, the hare's got to stand up on your arms. 42 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:01.039 Well, it is pretty I mean to hear my name mentioned in the 43 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:04.879 same one as Paul summer Camp. Because when you're a kid, and I 44 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:07.039 did. I went to crosley Field when I was very young, and even 45 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:10.080 when I was in high school, we were still going there. Never any 46 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:14.840 opening days, I was never quite at that level. But I mean Paul 47 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:17.599 Summer Camp, it was just something when you walked in, you knew where 48 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:23.759 you were, and he was thirty years he did it something like that. 49 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:29.520 And even to this day when people say, hey you Paul Summer Camp, 50 00:03:29.560 --> 00:03:30.919 it's kind of it's like, thank you very much. And one thing I 51 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:36.520 didn't know until I started doing the announcement, the announcing here at the ballpark. 52 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:40.479 John Popovich called me up when we were talking and he says, well, 53 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:44.240 you know, you guys went to the same high school. And I 54 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:47.120 didn't realize he was a coveted Catholic graduation. Is that right? Absolutely? 55 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:52.479 Which I thought that was pretty cool too now at different times, right obviously. 56 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:54.639 But no, man, it's it is a thrill doing what I do. 57 00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:57.599 I mean, you just you know, you kind of pinch yourself. 58 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:00.400 I'm blessed. And how long you've been doing it now, Joe, since 59 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:03.280 Great American Ballpark open? This will be what would that MAGA twenty two seasons 60 00:04:03.360 --> 00:04:06.919 now heading into the twenty second season, and we were talking before we've went 61 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:12.599 on it and you're still loving it. I know what's not to like exactly? 62 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:15.600 I mean, you know when you're doing something like this. It's not 63 00:04:15.720 --> 00:04:18.319 like you wake up in the morning, especially a day like this, but 64 00:04:18.439 --> 00:04:21.079 any day and say, oh, man, I have to go to the 65 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:26.720 ballpark today to watch a baseball game. Really no, I mean the day 66 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:29.759 that and that'll never happen. But the day that that happens is the day 67 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:30.920 I'll say, Okay, I think that's enough. Now. I know, 68 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:33.800 and I've heard you talk about this before, But as cool as it may 69 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:39.319 be to announce voices as they come to the play like a Joey Bodder with 70 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:43.120 the greats over the years, how cool is it to do the hometown heroes 71 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:46.959 portion Oh, it's incredible when they started doing that, and it's amazing. 72 00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:54.240 Immediately fans start started really knowing that this was something special, and it is 73 00:04:54.360 --> 00:04:58.680 and what happens and some of them, especially in all of them, are 74 00:04:58.759 --> 00:05:00.920 special and important. When you get down to some of these World War Two 75 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:05.240 guys, yep, and there's still some of those that are around Vietnam veterans, 76 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:09.480 And then you keep on going up. People respond to them, even 77 00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:12.639 the players in the obscene umpire. The players come up to the steps the 78 00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:15.279 umpire, they applaud is just a really cool ste absolutely and some of the 79 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:18.600 stories, like they said, they're all special, like I said, but 80 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:23.000 every once in a while you get one, uh, like you know, 81 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:26.839 maybe somebody that flew with the Tuskegee Aramon or something like that, and you 82 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:30.959 just realize, okay, today is a little special. But all of them 83 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:34.240 are. And it's an incredible feature that the ballpark has. Or you're talking 84 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:41.240 about calling these games, announcing these games, and we were talking also about 85 00:05:41.240 --> 00:05:45.000 this team is if they if they're not turning the corner this year, they're 86 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:47.439 right on the cusp man and he said, I don't want to retire because 87 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:49.879 of my free As soon as I retire, they're gonna win a championship. 88 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:53.639 And then I had to come down and say, hey, one of those 89 00:05:53.639 --> 00:05:57.759 World Series rings set us up? Well where were you? But nam? 90 00:05:57.959 --> 00:06:00.839 I mean? And it is this is a team that you have to like 91 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:04.680 what you see in some of the additions, like on the caravan this year, 92 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:11.199 Frankie Montez, he was with us and to see him interaction interacting with 93 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:15.319 a couple of our top draft picks, and to see just his interaction with 94 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:18.959 the fans, uh and just the type of person that he is. He's 95 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:21.439 a pretty special guy, and he's going to be one of those guys in 96 00:06:21.480 --> 00:06:26.319 the clubhouse that are going to really add to what they have along with Brent 97 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:30.519 Souter Luke Maylor last year, the same thing. You hear anybody in that 98 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:34.560 clubhouse talking about Luke Mayley and the contribution that he made last year. But 99 00:06:35.279 --> 00:06:40.839 you know, you got Ellie, you got unfortunately with McClain and the situation 100 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:44.920 there. But you have a group of young guys that are incredible. Uh. 101 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:46.839 And it's one of those things you walk into the ballpark and you never 102 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:49.199 know what you're going to see. All right, you'd be perfect to ask 103 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:55.040 because you're obviously a stickler for anunciation. Pronunciation. I've seen a I've seen 104 00:06:55.079 --> 00:06:58.879 the players do the video card of they they pronounced their last name, and 105 00:06:58.920 --> 00:07:02.279 I've heard one player particular say it one way, and I've heard broadcasters say 106 00:07:02.319 --> 00:07:08.720 it another. So I defer to you it is Frankie Montas or Frankie Montass. 107 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:11.439 You know, that's the second time I've been asked today. And a 108 00:07:11.519 --> 00:07:14.199 quick story about Frankie. When we were on the caravan, We're out to 109 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:16.959 dinner one night and I see Larry Herns and Tommy thrall. They're off to 110 00:07:17.040 --> 00:07:20.800 the side and they're like in a corner with Frankie, and they're looking at 111 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:24.279 me and they're saying, he's going no man, no man. And so 112 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:27.000 finally they kind of can tell something's going on here. He looks at me 113 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:31.160 and says, say, man, look, you mispronounced my name. I 114 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:33.720 said, well, no, that didn't happen for one thing. But when 115 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:38.279 and he said, well, he said the Futures Game, twenty fifteen All 116 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:43.120 Star Game. You mispronounced my name, and my dad was here, and 117 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:46.199 he was heartbroken. Now they were messing with me, but at the time, 118 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:49.680 also on the roster, he was listening as Frank Montas. Now, 119 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:54.399 I always got in the habit of saying Montas on the caravan, but I've 120 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:58.279 heard people say it differently. I'm going back again and I will listen to 121 00:07:58.319 --> 00:08:01.839 his pronunciation before the game. You I now remember this because I have listened 122 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:07.000 to repeatedly. Like put my ear to my computer. He says montas like 123 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:09.639 you would think it looks. I've heard others sayt Montas, and I said, 124 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:13.160 I don't see where it's coming from. So I'm going montas until you 125 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:16.480 correct me with the text well, you know, I was gonna go down 126 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:20.279 and ask him because I told him actually when he told that story, I 127 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:24.240 said, wait until opening day. Frank Montees, I said, right, 128 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:30.600 I said, no, no, you do it. That's beautiful, beautiful, 129 00:08:30.680 --> 00:08:33.879 So Joe, We're gonna have to let you go, unfortunately, but 130 00:08:33.759 --> 00:08:37.919 the pleasure we could talk to you all day, man, I would enjoy 131 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:39.399 that. I really would be fun. Why don't we get together and do 132 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:43.240 that sometimes? I would like that. I really would enjoy the day, 133 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:46.320 guys. And uh like I said, it's special weather, it's beautiful. 134 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:50.720 Yep, nothing like Opening Day in Cincinnati. Absolutely, Joe z Joes are 135 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:54.960 using pa Guy for your Cincinnati reads. Here on opening Day twenty twenty four, 136 00:08:56.200 --> 00:09:01.919 we are alive at the Holy Grail. Makes some noise boom, It's 137 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:05.399 it's crazy down here. Lance. It is absolutely nuts. Yes, and 138 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:09.799 we will take a break here at the Home of those red seven hundred w 139 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:13.320 LW. HI. This is jabers. Remember there's just one place to hear 140 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:16.840 the Reds. Seven hundred WLW, the Home of the Cincinnati Reds. 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I enunciated right down 150 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:11.919 the right is a pro moved tirn right. I should record it so I 151 00:10:11.960 --> 00:10:16.240 don't have to say it and mess it up the next time. Welcome back 152 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:18.919 to the Holy Grand Lance. McAllister Eddie Fingers. And what a treat now 153 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:24.399 the executive director of the Reds Hall of Fame Museum. They've got a really 154 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:28.840 cool new exhibit tied in with opening day today. Let's talk all about that 155 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:31.200 with Rick Walls. Good to see you. It's a wonderful day. I 156 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:35.240 look forward to this day every year after the last pitch of the previous season 157 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:39.639 were like winds opening day, and it comes around faster than you think it 158 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:43.720 does. Yeah, and what about I mean from all the upgrades over the 159 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:46.000 season. Yeah, there's been some injuries along the way, but the track 160 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:50.639 this team is on, this organization's on the youth and the excitement. What 161 00:10:50.679 --> 00:10:54.159 a what an exciting season it is. And I can tell in the museum 162 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:56.759 by the fans coming in how excited they are. And fans are smart, 163 00:10:58.039 --> 00:11:01.799 they can tell when the trend is going the right direction, the plan that's 164 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:05.039 been put in place. People to understand it now. I think maybe you 165 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:07.039 didn't. You know years ago you trade away some of your favorite players, 166 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:11.200 but you built this team. There's the depth now. And we've suffered some 167 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:13.960 injuries, but the depth is there now that can help us get through this 168 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:16.399 period of time. I thought of you before I walked in here. I 169 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:20.200 was just minding my own business on the side of the curb, and I 170 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:24.360 watched a grandfather walk by with his grandson, and I overheard their conversation and 171 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:28.960 the grandfather is explaining to the grandson that the Reds had a picture named Johnny 172 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:33.600 VanderMeer who threw back to back no hitters. He's the only one who's ever 173 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:37.279 done it. And the grandson's eyes lit up and he said he did, 174 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:39.919 And I get chill saying that, and I'm guessing you do, because that's 175 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:43.919 the essence of Reds Baseball in the Reds Hall of Fame. You hit it 176 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:48.759 on the nose and that kid and that reaction is what we love to see 177 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:52.399 in the museum because we get surprised every day. But I will hear a 178 00:11:52.399 --> 00:11:54.840 story from a from a Reds player and I'm like, oh my gosh, 179 00:11:56.039 --> 00:11:58.759 we didn't know that. And then we try to bring that to life through 180 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:01.759 the exhibits and the story telling. I mean, we're storytellers. That's what 181 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:05.840 the exhibits try to do. And sometimes the families do it just as well 182 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:07.919 as we do, because the kid will listen to your grandpa, listen to 183 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:13.960 grandma, mother, son, daughter. The connecting of the generations and sharing 184 00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:18.840 those experiences is what it's all about. So the museum brings that all life 185 00:12:18.320 --> 00:12:22.960 every day, and not just baseball season. Out of season, people asking 186 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:24.200 you, like, what's your favorite season? Fall, winter, spring, 187 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:28.279 what's baseball season? Right? When are the most bodies moved through there? 188 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:31.639 When did they move through when. Yeah, definitely during the summer. I 189 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:33.600 mean Saturday again to day on a day like today, you, I mean, 190 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:37.480 well, today's not going to be quite as busy. This is a 191 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:39.720 celebration. I don't expect it to be passed. And it's also a beautiful 192 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:43.639 day, so a lot of people you can see outside this building. If 193 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:46.879 you had a little rain going on and maybe tea, we might have more 194 00:12:46.919 --> 00:12:48.559 people in there. But this is kind of the kickoff. We join in 195 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:52.000 the celebration. I see this like a big family reunion. This is where 196 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:56.639 everybody comes back. Everybody's optimistic, and you know, I'm excited about welcoming 197 00:12:56.720 --> 00:13:00.799 this family back and growing this team. And look down the road, the 198 00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:03.039 next few years look really fun and I think for the museum that bodes well 199 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:07.879 too. You talk about connections, And I had Brett Boone on the show 200 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:09.679 earlier this week, and he's going to be making an appearance at the Reds 201 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:13.159 Hall of Fame next week. But I always love talking with the former players 202 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:16.960 who go into the Hall of Fame for the first time and see what's there 203 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:20.799 and are blown away that they wore the uniform they played for the franchise. 204 00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:26.559 But even they see stuff that they didn't know existed and took place in this 205 00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:30.559 franchise's history. It's eye opening. I'd love to follow along. Yes, 206 00:13:30.679 --> 00:13:33.159 I don't interrupt. I let them take a look at the things, and 207 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:37.360 then all of a sudden stories formulate in their mind. I remember this jersey, 208 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:41.519 this photo, of this moment, all that person came up to me, 209 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:43.720 And even fans will approach and do you remember me? And they will 210 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:46.120 remember. Now. I know sometimes you might be like, oh, they're 211 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:50.320 just saying that, but I think they do. And it's amazing the recall 212 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:52.879 that they have, whether it's a specific game, a moment, or even 213 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:56.279 off the field interaction, maybe along the sidelines where they came over and signed 214 00:13:56.320 --> 00:14:00.679 autographs. Because if he signs an autographer a kid, that kid never going 215 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:03.320 to forget for sure, absolutely never even leaving here with Sean Casey, Sean 216 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:07.559 Casey and I are talking about, you know, all the photos he took 217 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:09.360 photos with everybody as he left here, and I said, Sean, fast 218 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:13.360 forward twenty five years from now, what do you think the reaction will be 219 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:16.720 like when you walk in the Holy Grail on opening day? And He's like, 220 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:18.559 yeah, no, as many people are going to know me. That's 221 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:22.080 why they take advantage of this. Now. That's why he does what he 222 00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:24.720 does. Now, that's why he's the mayor, and that's why we love 223 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:26.480 him as an ambassador, no doubt, no doubt, and the fact that 224 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:31.159 he still has that in them. He has not lost that enthusiasm. Man, 225 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:33.320 that's just the guy that he is. He's fired up all the time. 226 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:35.080 I mean, we walk out, he's a little bit. He takes 227 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:37.960 a diva. I made it, got through it, but he said let's 228 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:41.320 do it again. You know that's Sean Casey. You've opened up a new 229 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:46.480 exhibit as if this past Friday, the Reds Hall of Fame, a museum 230 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:48.320 with a home run history of the Reds. We talked about it a little 231 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:52.039 bit on Sports Talk, but kind of lay out the idea behind it and 232 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:54.480 what the presentation is. Yeah, we've had some great exhibits in the space 233 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:58.600 that we call the Changing Exhibits Gallery over the last few years, and we 234 00:14:58.639 --> 00:15:01.360 want to do something very Reds Center. We know the home run is a 235 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:05.720 spectacle now, the celebrations, the fireworks, the walk offs, and last 236 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:09.039 year was a great example of young guys and energy coming through. So we 237 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:13.159 wanted the museum to have that energy to make you feel like you were immersed 238 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:16.639 into this exciting moment, the celebration. So you can see highlights, audio 239 00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:22.120 calls, video calls, historic artifacts. You know, we have fifty game 240 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:24.679 used bats on the wall below. For the fifty, well, it's forty 241 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:28.720 nine. I'll give you the story there, forty nine of the fifty home 242 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:31.799 run hitters in Red's history. And Casey's number twenty three with one hundred and 243 00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:35.440 eighteen home runs. And I showed him his bath this morning. He's like, 244 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:37.279 give me a picture of that. You know, he sends it out 245 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:39.919 on Instagram and everything. So we have those bats. You got Johnny Bench 246 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:43.600 stuff, Eric Davis, Brandon Phillips, Vada Pence, and Ted Klezuski. 247 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:46.840 Is a big exhibit there. George Foster, the single season home run hitter. 248 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:50.960 Back to the forty nine bats, why don't we have fifty? Well, 249 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:54.519 number forty nine on the list is a guy by the name of long 250 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:58.000 John Riley that played in the eighteen eighties. So we're looking for that back. 251 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:03.000 Good look, long joints. That's gonna be really we're gonna be looking 252 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:07.480 for a long time, aren't we. And where do But let me ask 253 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:10.159 the story quick, good answer. Where do you guys get this stuff? 254 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:14.559 Is it from families, is it archives someplace within the organization, or is 255 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:17.240 it just a combination of ball Well, you know they did start collecting things. 256 00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:19.080 You know, the ball club didn't do that right until at crosley Field 257 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:22.679 you come over to Riverfront. Then there started to be this idea we maybe 258 00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:26.759 we should keep some of these things. So the club did keep things through 259 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:29.519 the nineteen nineties. We have stuff there, but things prior to that. 260 00:16:29.559 --> 00:16:32.240 We go out the lenders in the community, We find out who has these 261 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:36.240 things. We have a strategic plan where we try to collect what we can. 262 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:40.240 We get donations. Things stay in the archives because ultimately, once somebody 263 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:42.600 loans something to us, often they'll say I like it on display there much 264 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:47.519 more I get my basement and a door. It stays there and then it 265 00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:49.000 ends up being part of the permanent archive. All right. I meant to 266 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:52.159 ask you this the other night. I do this every year at the All 267 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:56.399 Star break and I do a topic about the most impactful significant home runs in 268 00:16:56.440 --> 00:16:59.639 Red's history. I'm going to present you four and I want you to pick 269 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:00.600 one. Are prepared to do that, I am prepared. Here are the 270 00:17:00.679 --> 00:17:07.519 four Eric Davis Game one, nineteen ninety World Series, Johnny Bench Game five 271 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:15.039 NLCS in nineteen seventy two, tied the game, Tony Perez Game seven of 272 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:18.880 the seventy five World Series starts to rally from down three to nothing in the 273 00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:23.400 sixth and Jay Bruce's clench miss in twenty ten. That's a variety of homers 274 00:17:23.400 --> 00:17:29.359 that tied put them ahead. Regular season NLCS, World Series, World Series, 275 00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:32.119 the game seven World Series Game one. If I ask you to pick 276 00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:34.559 one, which one would it be the most important one? Yeah, Tony 277 00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:37.880 Perez. If Tony Perez doesn't hit that home run just to get him back 278 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:41.119 in the game, would agree in Game seven? If we don't win the 279 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:45.000 seventy five World Series, who knows what seventy six looks like? And then 280 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:48.279 the big Red machine doesn't exist. The legend that we live by right now 281 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:52.079 is not the same. Yes, if Eric doesn't hit the home run, 282 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:53.160 we may still win that World Series. You have a sept that's own. 283 00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:56.680 If Jay Bruce doesn't clench it on the home run, we're gonna win the 284 00:17:56.680 --> 00:18:00.400 division. Probably yep. And my last one was my other one that I 285 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:04.240 denied bench seventy five. That's unbelievable. Didn't win the World Series in seventy 286 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:07.039 two. Seventy two, I remember that we didn't win the series, but 287 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:10.960 they did get us to the pennant and won the pennant. So after that 288 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:12.759 he tied the game. Yep, you don't have that. You know, 289 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:17.839 seventy two had ended anyway in the series. But I can see where Tony 290 00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:19.599 perez and why. That's why we have a statue right out here to our 291 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:23.400 left that depicts that home run, and on top of this building is a 292 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:30.480 baseball showing the ball that flew out of Fenway Bar. I didn't know that, 293 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:33.200 Yeah, I know, it's almost the trajectory of the home run. 294 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:37.400 We tried to get the trajectory from the statue to the top of the building 295 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:41.000 out here and looked straight up, you'll see a ball extending off the route. 296 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:44.519 How did I not know that? That's awesome? So Bill space manly 297 00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:49.119 through the epis to Perez right and flew out over the double clutched and bam. 298 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:52.920 Because you're you're so right, Because I mean, you know that the 299 00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:56.599 pressure that it mounted after seventy lose into the Oros and seventy two to the 300 00:18:56.640 --> 00:18:59.920 A's and they'd made changes and they brought a players and and and seven. 301 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:02.839 If that doesn't happen, I mean, who knows. Maybe they go a 302 00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:06.359 different direction from Sparky. Maybe they trade off players. I mean, yeah, 303 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:07.960 I would agree with But those were four good what's worth they those are 304 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:12.079 the best. And when we had Dave Stewart in an event with Eric Davis 305 00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:17.880 two years ago, listen to them talk about that home run and the way 306 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:21.119 Eric stared him down, it was pretty cool. Oh all right with that, 307 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:22.880 Rick, we got to let you go. It's great. Thanks for 308 00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:26.240 stopping by, man, all right, thank you guys. Happy opening day 309 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:30.799 back at his son. Rick Walls from the Reds Hall of Fame with us 310 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:37.599 as we were broadcasting live ed Fingers Lance McAllister the Holy Grail of the Banks 311 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:44.839 seven hundred WLW. 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We're 326 00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:11.319 at that Cincinnati Tax Resolution powered by Top Sheldon Broadcast Area Live from the Holy 327 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:18.400 Grail Banks. This is seven hundred down LW the home of the Cininnati reds 328 00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:22.680 all Right Bank with any fingers Lance McAlister. We are live at the Holy 329 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:29.160 Grail at the banks. Hey, let me hear from everybody. It's crazy. 330 00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:32.759 Hey, let me say this, give a shout out to the crew, 331 00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:37.279 the staff who's pulling this off today at the Holy Grail. I marvel 332 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:40.720 every year. I don't know how they do it. It's organized chaos. 333 00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:44.480 But this crew, this staff behind the bar of the servers, they are 334 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:48.039 amazing every single time. And the very well done, well done. I 335 00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:52.279 don't know how they do it. So Lance, we are an official holiday 336 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:56.640 here in the big town, of course. And there I ran into a 337 00:21:56.680 --> 00:22:00.920 guy today and I thought of you immediately, because when on my way here 338 00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:03.440 and the building where I live, I'm taking an elevator down to the parking 339 00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:07.759 garage with my levely wife and she's got all read it out, she's got 340 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:11.319 her gear on. Man, and there was an older gentleman in the elevator 341 00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:17.400 and he looks at her and goes, oh, rids huh. She goes, 342 00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:23.079 uh yeah. He goes, are you going to a game play? 343 00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:26.640 Mc Gunnar's over there in a backhand of that dude. You know, he's 344 00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:30.559 like not from around here, huh. You know, it's funny to say 345 00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:34.200 that because I try to tell people who aren't from here about it, right, 346 00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:37.680 and they just don't. It's truly one of those things you don't get 347 00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:41.920 unless you've been in it and experience. If you hear about it from the 348 00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:44.000 outside, you think, all right, it's great, it's opening Day. 349 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:45.000 Everybody has an opening Day, And I say, no, you don't. 350 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:51.880 You don't understand. You have to be there in it to understand why Cincinnati's 351 00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:56.200 Opening Day. It sets itself apart from everybody else see it to believe it. 352 00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:59.640 Yes, after our words were never spoke. Absolutely Hey. Earlier in 353 00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:02.400 the week, I had a chance to talk with Brett bood the Red's form 354 00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:04.240 or second base. But he's coming back to town next week. He's going 355 00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:07.920 to be at the Reds Hall of Fame on April the fifth and April the 356 00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:11.000 sixth, and I asked him about his memory of his time with the Reds, 357 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:12.720 and I asked him about the team, and he also tells a wonderful 358 00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:17.720 story about merg shot in shot. See here's a little bit of my talk 359 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:19.759 with Brett Boode, who's coming back to town, about being a Red. 360 00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:25.680 You know, most people know me from my Seattle years, but I have 361 00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:29.119 a lot of fun at Cincinnati, and those Reds teams are the early nineties. 362 00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:33.279 You know, mentioned coming in that ninety five season, we were good 363 00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:36.799 and we were wired to wire. We got beat by a really tough Braves 364 00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:40.160 team that that year went on to win the World Series. But nineteen ninety 365 00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:41.599 four, and I know a lot of teams were crushed by that year. 366 00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:45.599 That was the strike year. Man, we were really good that year too. 367 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:48.960 So I have fond memories of my time in Cincinnati. I'm looking forward 368 00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:52.960 to coming back to Cincinnati. Brett. It's it's funny. I was looking 369 00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:56.839 through some photos of you today and I saw a photo during the ninety five 370 00:23:56.920 --> 00:24:02.359 playoffs. This was batting practice. You and Hal Morris to the side of 371 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:06.119 the cages and you're on one knee and you're pitting shots. Ay Marge's dog 372 00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:10.160 was down on the field with you guys, and I just laughed because that 373 00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:14.160 was margin. That was shots. He wasn't it, Believe me, that 374 00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:15.599 was a part of it. I remember coming there, you know, I 375 00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:19.119 was a young player, you know, I just came over from the Mariners, 376 00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:22.720 and Lark was my double play combo guy in the middle. He was 377 00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:26.519 a veteran player, kind of the the man on that team. And I 378 00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:32.160 remember every time the dog came around, he would accasingly, ceasingly kind of 379 00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:34.079 give me a look like, hey, you better bet that dog want that 380 00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:38.599 multi year contract. To believe me, every time he gave me that look, 381 00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:42.960 I bet that dog Marge used to have. She'd have as you know, 382 00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:47.319 back in the day, she'd have parties at her house once a year, 383 00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:49.759 and she was big with the Cincinnati Zoo. She'd bring out all the 384 00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:56.400 animals. And once again there's me the young the young player, and guys 385 00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:59.200 like Hal Morris, Barry Gone, Andy Bret, you better get up on 386 00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:03.359 that elephant. What the multi year doing so amos was for that multi year 387 00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:07.039 cloud drought. But yeah, I had a lot of fun back of those 388 00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:10.480 notes. Give me just an impression of this twenty twenty four Reds team and 389 00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:14.400 maybe your your expectations or thoughts on it. I've been watching this Reds team. 390 00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:15.559 I watched him a year ago. They were a great story. You 391 00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:18.559 know, they ended up petering out a little bit finished eighty two and eighty. 392 00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:22.319 But I think there's a lot of promise on this team. A lot 393 00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:25.480 of young players, obviously, the guys like laed La Cruz comes on the 394 00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:29.319 scene and I already see in spring training he's shortened that leg kick. I 395 00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:32.200 think that's huge. I think for a young player to be able to recognize 396 00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:34.559 that he's looking for more contact. We know he has a light tower power. 397 00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:40.039 I think he stole thirty four bags last year in limited at bats, 398 00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:42.680 but he's got to get that strikeout total down and I think, you know, 399 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:48.000 and that's a young player. This guy has got that world class ability, 400 00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:51.559 kind of a Tatis type of ability where he can do it all. 401 00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:53.440 And you know, he's got the look as well, so he's got that 402 00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:56.559 rock star look. He's that guy that if if he gets it all together 403 00:25:57.039 --> 00:26:00.359 and keeps learning and keeps making justins, he has a chance to be one 404 00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:03.920 of those guys that's on the on the cover of the The Reds movile guy 405 00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:07.680 for a lot of years. So you got him, you got Steer, 406 00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:11.359 who's going to be in the outfield this year. The young kid McLain at 407 00:26:11.400 --> 00:26:15.759 second base. I really like him, and and Karnashion. You know euliminated 408 00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:18.559 bats last year what he did, so I think there's a lot of promise. 409 00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:22.000 This team's gonna run the base and that led the league and stole bases 410 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:25.440 last year. He added a couple guys. He added Montoss. I'm really 411 00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:29.240 interested how Montoss is gonna work out to the Reds. You know, he 412 00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:32.759 had some real good years in Oakland, had some tough years in Oakland, 413 00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:36.079 went to the Yankees last year, got hurt, was out the entire year. 414 00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:38.119 He'll be back. Interesting to see how he does. And I think 415 00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:41.119 Pegan you got from Minnesota, is going to be a real bolster to that 416 00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:48.880 bullpen. Another year for that young starting rotation under their belt and out of 417 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:53.799 everything I said right there, that National League Central Division probably the weakest in 418 00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:57.920 baseball. I don't think the Brewers got any better than Burns or number one 419 00:26:57.960 --> 00:27:02.400 starter. He goes the way. The big hooplah was Counsel moving and going 420 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:04.079 to the Cubs. I don't know how much, how big of the deal 421 00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:07.839 that is, But when I saw the Burns move, I thought, Wow, 422 00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:11.480 that Brewers team as a challenged offensive team to begin with, they're based 423 00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:15.640 on pitching. With that Burns woodrof one two. Now all of a sudden, 424 00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:18.480 you don't have Burns, one of the best pitchers in baseball, probably 425 00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:21.920 gonna, want to say, a young one day Pirates. I don't know. 426 00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.880 They were a little bit better a year ago. They got out of 427 00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:26.759 the block, they were a feel good story. They faded the thing. 428 00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:29.160 To me. The Cubs, I think they're gonna be the same team that 429 00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:30.119 they were a year ago. I think they're gonna be good. You know, 430 00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:33.200 they're gonna be a middle of the road team. Cardinals last year. 431 00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:37.000 The Cardinals of that team, like Tampa Bay Rays, they always find a 432 00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:42.519 way year for some reason to be in that playoff hunt. I think it's 433 00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:45.440 gonna come down to the Reds and the Cardinals this year. I like the 434 00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:48.799 youth on the Red side and I just like to look at this ball of 435 00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:53.200 if all these things can pad out with these young players coming along and continue 436 00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:57.440 them to mature and become established, big leaders, I think they've got a 437 00:27:57.480 --> 00:28:02.920 good chances of anybody that the Bison former Reds All Star the second base with 438 00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:06.319 the gold Glove winner Brent Boone joining me on Sports Talk earlier in the week, 439 00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:07.920 and you know, it's funny, as we talk about you don't understand 440 00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:12.359 Opening Day until you've been here. You don't understand Merge and Shatzie as a 441 00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:17.599 player until you join the Rads. I'm sure the other players in the league 442 00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:21.559 heard the stories. But once you got here and saw there actually was an 443 00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:23.359 owner who had a dog and the dog was on the field, and you 444 00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:26.279 had to make friends with that dog or you were not friends with the owner, 445 00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:30.559 it was a whole different world. Well, you know as well as 446 00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:34.799 I do. Anytime you would traveled around that time, I don't care if 447 00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:40.960 I was in Timbuctoo, New York City, it didn't matter. As soon 448 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:42.920 as I said I was from here. It was always like, was it 449 00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:49.039 the one mard Man, no doubt. And I have a quick story on 450 00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:55.839 that myself. Back in the day, my old partner, my first partner 451 00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:59.759 actually Marty Bender, when I was a ninety six rock Bender and Fingers and 452 00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:06.519 Marty and I were in a kid glob whatever celebrity quote unquote game and we're 453 00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:11.160 riding the elevator down to field level and Marge and her assistant and the dog 454 00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:15.640 are on there. So Marty and I are just, you know, we're 455 00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:19.160 kind of ambling little kids, and Marty leans over to pet the dog and 456 00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:29.319 the assistant goes, don't pet the dog. I looked at him like don't 457 00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:33.720 pet the dog. You know, I had I had Dimitrion a couple of 458 00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:37.640 weeks ago, and he referenced Opening Day and and the elephants in the parade. 459 00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:41.240 And and to hear Dimitri Young say, yeah, you have elephants pooping 460 00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:44.759 in the parade. And I again, I say, you know, only 461 00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:48.880 Cincinnati has elephants pooping in the in the paraid. Can I give you can 462 00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:51.119 I give you my stat of the day, Because you know I'm a numbers 463 00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:53.279 guy. I'm gonna give you one stat to remember. And you're gonna hear 464 00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:56.680 this a lot. This team needs to get off to a good start. 465 00:29:56.799 --> 00:30:02.279 They have not had a winning record after the first full month of the season 466 00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:06.599 since twenty thirteen. Now, think about that for a second. Have not 467 00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:10.920 had a winning record after the first full month of the season since twenty thirteen. 468 00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:14.480 They went to the playoffs that year. This team doesn't necessarily have to 469 00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:18.880 have a fast start. They can't have a slow start. Last year they 470 00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:22.519 started seven and fifteen. Two years ago they started three and twenty two and 471 00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:25.720 it was done three weeks into the season. It this is a matter of 472 00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:30.240 I think for the first three weeks they need to survive get the guys back 473 00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:34.039 healthy. Eventually TJ's gonna be here, maybe Matt's here at some point, 474 00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:38.119 but we're looking at Nicolodolo's back by April the tenth, and probably Alex Young 475 00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:44.519 and probably Sam mall and and there's gonna be reinforcements coming. You just kind 476 00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:48.160 of kind of kind of hold down the fork and survive for three weeks and 477 00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:51.839 then they get a chance to kind of rock and roll and take off from 478 00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:53.759 there. You just can't. You just can't dig such a hole that you 479 00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:57.079 can't get out. There's my stat of the day. How's that real quick? 480 00:30:57.119 --> 00:31:00.519 You're assessment of what Red Boone said about this division. I think he's 481 00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:03.079 right. I think there there isn't a team that scares you. I think 482 00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:06.559 because of that, the Reds are gonna be able to hang around even during 483 00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:08.839 the injuries, and I think it's going to be a scrum of teams maybe 484 00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:11.480 outside the Pirates, that battle right around the top, and I think that 485 00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:15.279 gives him a chance. I loved his his assessment of the Cardinals, because 486 00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:18.920 it's true. It is every freaking year they're like the Steelers. You think 487 00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:22.359 they're dead, they just come back in and lit the and the the coffin, 488 00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:26.559 and they're alive again. So all right with the with that, we're 489 00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:30.160 gonna take a little break. We are live at the Holy Grail at the 490 00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:34.000 Banks. I'm Dy Fingers, He's Lance McCallister. It is Opening Day here 491 00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:40.240 in the big town. Seven hundred w l W. Opening Day plays on 492 00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:44.039 the Home of the Reds. Seven hundred w l W. If your GP 493 00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:47.480 or truck needs it high lift off road does it? Visit the off road 494 00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:53.200 pros at highlft off Road dot Com, Traftsman Electric, Craftsman Electric dot Com 495 00:31:53.400 --> 00:32:00.640 twentyard awkward Proofs can help. At the Holy Grail at the Banks, Eddy, 496 00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:05.480 the Reds Community Fund is in the house selling tickets. They're directly in 497 00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:07.039 front of me. If they'll turn around, I was gonna quote the prices, 498 00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:10.480 Hey, Red's Community Fund, little split split the pot, Hey split 499 00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:14.200 the pot, Reds Community Fund turn around, turn around. I was gonna 500 00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:16.839 I'm gonna hold, they're not listening to me. I know, it's uh 501 00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:20.039 turn that bord around. I was gonna read it on the air. Here 502 00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:22.799 we go, Here we go right now. Pricing split the pot on the 503 00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:27.279 scene, five split the pot. Tickets for ten dollars. Hold that steady 504 00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:30.319 so I can read it. Please Old game forty four tickets for twenty dollars 505 00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:35.680 to day La Cruz Deal, one hundred tickets for forty bucks and three hundred 506 00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:38.400 tickets for one hundred bucks go to Reds fifty to fifty dot com. Redch 507 00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:43.160 Community Fund is fantastic. We love Charlie Frank and the Gang, so support 508 00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:45.759 the Reds Community Fund on the spot right now. There you go big time, 509 00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:52.240 and this place is jumping lance. It's uh, there's a vibe here. 510 00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:53.759 It's unlike any other day of the year. And so I got here 511 00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:58.519 early to walk the banks and uh, you can just feel it. It's 512 00:32:58.640 --> 00:33:04.640 uh it's basebook. Uh look, it's a beautiful day. Like I said 513 00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:08.039 before, maybe if don't have tickets to the game, there's a real like 514 00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:10.799 Lance. We're just saying there's a real vibe down here. Then I just 515 00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:15.599 you just can't beat it. This is a party now. I know part 516 00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:20.000 of the vibe has been dulled because of all the injuries. They'll start the 517 00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:24.119 season with seven guys on the il Friedol and Williamson and McLean and Lodolo and 518 00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:30.440 Jibo and Young Mal and Martell obviously suspended. I had a chance last night 519 00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:32.920 I talked with the Reds team physician, doctor Andrew Rossano, and I asked 520 00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:37.640 her for a brief kind of two minute drill on what Matt McClain is facing 521 00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:42.880 and what TJ. Friedel's facing. And while he can't talk specifically about their 522 00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:46.640 injuries, he can talk about a torn labram and the displaced fracture of the 523 00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:52.200 fracture of the risk. Here's the Reds team position doctor Andrew Rossanno of Beacon 524 00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:54.480 a two minute drill on the injuries they're dealing with. Take a listen, 525 00:33:54.839 --> 00:34:00.880 tell us about a labrum injury and what a surgery general entails to repair one. 526 00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:05.079 Sure, So, the labrum is a kind of a ring of cartilage 527 00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:09.760 around the socket for the shoulder joint, and when you have a sublictation or 528 00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:14.800 dislocation event, sometimes you can tear the labor or peel it off the socket, 529 00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:17.760 and a surgery for that is usually done to repair the labrum back to 530 00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:22.039 its native position and give that shoulder joint stability, decrease pain, and allow 531 00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:24.199 athletes to go back and do all the things that they need to do. 532 00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:30.199 It is his non throwing shoulder the left shoulder. I would assume that's a 533 00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:34.679 good sign. But in terms of rehab, does rehab for a surgery like 534 00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:37.239 this begin right away? Do you have to wait? And what is that 535 00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:40.800 rehab like ultimately? Well, you begin right away because you want to get 536 00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:45.480 that joint mobilized and get some normal motion through the shoulder joint itself. You 537 00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:49.280 just have to protect it, you know, you have to protect the repaarallel 538 00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:52.760 and to heal in and in healing usually you know, takes about ten twelve 539 00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:57.599 weeks, but still the rehab goes way past that just because get the strength 540 00:34:57.639 --> 00:35:00.519 of the muscles and get the joint moving normally and get all the motion that 541 00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:04.639 you need to be a baseball player. So healing is one thing, but 542 00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:07.960 rehabs a complete different issue. You know, you got to get that short 543 00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:09.960 rate to be able to swing a back, be able to field the ball, 544 00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:13.440 do all the things that he needs to do to be the player he 545 00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:15.400 is, doctor Rizano. Let me let me turn to you on this one. 546 00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:20.320 And it's a term I heard applied to TJ. Friedel's injury, and 547 00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:24.599 again not talking specifically about him, but when you hear a non displaced fracture, 548 00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:30.360 what does that term mean it is that good news in the grand scheme 549 00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:32.280 of breaks of a wrist. No, it's great news. It's great news. 550 00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:36.440 So that basically means the bones in perfect alignment, so you don't have 551 00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:37.559 to do anything with it. You just have to let it heal. So, 552 00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:43.480 having a fracture that is completely non displaced, it's in perfect alignment. 553 00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:45.159 You just have to let the body do what it does. And you know, 554 00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:49.199 the benefit for us is we're dealing with the lead athletes. They do 555 00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:52.239 such a good job at healing and rehabbing that, you know, for for 556 00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:54.119 a non displaced fracture, that's a wonderful thing for us to have is we 557 00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:58.599 don't have to do any type of surgery here aunt. We just have to 558 00:35:58.599 --> 00:36:02.639 watch it and make sure it heals appropriate. Doctor Andrew Rosato, the Reds 559 00:36:02.679 --> 00:36:06.719 team physician, talking about some of the injuries, and one of my pet 560 00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:08.719 peeves is and I know, because we're here, it feels like all the 561 00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:13.079 injuries only happened to Reds players. But Eddie I looked it up earlier in 562 00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:16.280 the week and as of Monday, there were two hundred and sixty six players 563 00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:22.000 in Major League Baseball dealing with some level of injury that was listed by the 564 00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:25.719 team, including the Pirates who have fourteen guys who It's not just the Reds. 565 00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:30.400 It's part of my bigger crusade than I think six weeks of spring training 566 00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:32.639 is way too long, and I shorten that and hopefully shortened some of the 567 00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:37.360 injuries. But speaking of injuries, my hope is that our guy Sean Casey 568 00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:40.719 does not get injured today. And I told him, do not tear your 569 00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:45.119 rotator cuff, do not tear the ucl and your elbow. He's throwing out 570 00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:49.559 the first pitch, and earlier this week on sports talk, I challenged him. 571 00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:52.519 I told him where he better throw that pitch from. Take a listen, 572 00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:57.440 you better be throwing that thing from the mound and on the rubber. 573 00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:01.880 I didn't sleep last night, I swore the guy. I woke up to 574 00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:05.360 go to the bathroom about three am. All of a sudden it came back. 575 00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:07.119 I was like, oh my god, do I have to throw from 576 00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:09.679 the bounder? Can I throw them front the mouth? So honestly, I'm 577 00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:13.920 honestly stressing out about that. Now that you say that, I'm probably gonna 578 00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:16.000 have to throw to the top of the rub and went a rip to nothing 579 00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:20.360 could be worse than the mayor of Cincinnati, the real mayor. So I'm 580 00:37:20.360 --> 00:37:22.239 coming in. I can only do better than throwing it at forty five feet 581 00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:27.639 to Eric Davis's left. You know, I was thinking about the opening days 582 00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:31.719 that you experienced yesterday and I had forgotten in two thousand you actually missed the 583 00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:37.400 opener because Will Clark lined a shot off your thumb. I think in an 584 00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:40.159 exhibition game like the weekend before the opener, isn't that right? We have 585 00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:44.599 the craziest story era. Will Clark was my idol growing up. Literally, 586 00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:46.440 I just wanted to be Will Clark. I wanted to play the game the 587 00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:51.079 way he did. I always posters sports illustrated articles, everything like that. 588 00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:54.400 And Greg Lynn, who was our trainer time, was San Francisco's trainer back 589 00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:59.159 in the day in the eighties nineties with Will the Thrill. So we're playing 590 00:37:59.159 --> 00:38:01.599 that exhibition and Chatt Newg'll go to the Double a REGs affiliate. We're playing 591 00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:06.119 the Chatt Neo the Lookouts or whatever. So before the game, Greg WANs 592 00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:07.159 that case you want to meet the Thrill, I'm like, let's go. 593 00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:09.679 I mean, I was so excited to meet Will Clark. I can't even 594 00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:12.559 tell you. And you know, Lance, I don't know if you've ever 595 00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:15.239 met your idol before. But you're like, man, I don't know if 596 00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:16.639 I want to meet him because if he's not a good dude, Like, 597 00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:22.599 it's gonna ruin my chals. I'm like, the last thing I need is 598 00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:24.599 to ruin my childhood right here. But we meet Will Clark and he big 599 00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:29.159 leaves me. It turns out we have a great exchange with him. He 600 00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:31.920 couldn't be nicer. I'm like thinking Greg went up and down, so fired 601 00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:35.920 up. First thing comes you know, here comes Will Clark. Dude. 602 00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:37.760 I'm like, look at that swing, you know, ron balloons on the 603 00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:42.400 mountain. Now we're I believe when the next day is opening day. I 604 00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:45.800 think we're stopping here and the next day's open there and you know Red's opening 605 00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:47.800 day, dude, Like you're so excited. You know, you just want 606 00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:51.880 spring training to end, but you want to get the Cincinnati you want to 607 00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:53.960 get to the fans, the parade. You know. It's it literally like 608 00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:59.239 we're we're just as excited the players as the fans off opening day. So 609 00:38:59.360 --> 00:39:00.639 like I'm so I said, I just want to get this game over with 610 00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:04.920 get a couple of AB's beat done, move on. Will Clark comes up 611 00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:07.159 mind below, throws a heater up and then bam, he turns on this 612 00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:10.880 heater lance and it comes from me. It's a one hot bullet. It 613 00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:15.280 shoots up bob ricochet's off my thumb and I'm like, oh man, you 614 00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:17.840 know it hurt. It definitely hurt. But I'm like, I'm good up 615 00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:22.239 taking shots. Jack McKenna takes me out of the game through my I go 616 00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:23.280 to the clubhouse. Will Clark, you know, comes out of the game 617 00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:27.079 a couple of days later, brings me over a bat and he's like, 618 00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:29.639 how's your saw many. I'm like, oh man, you know it's gonna 619 00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:31.159 be fine. It's gonna be fine. Brings me a signed bat while I 620 00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:34.280 still have it this day. So I was fine about that. Then I 621 00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:36.760 go get an X ray and they say it's broken. I mean, you 622 00:39:36.760 --> 00:39:40.679 want to talk about devastations, devastation. I honestly was devastated that I was 623 00:39:40.719 --> 00:39:45.440 gonna be an opening day with a freaking broken thumb. I was so mad, 624 00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:49.079 But at least I got a Will Clark signed bat and he was nice, 625 00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:53.800 I love it. I love it. Alright, you were a grand 626 00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:59.360 marshall of this parade back in twenty seventeen. Dmitri and Poky are doing it 627 00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:02.239 this year. Tell me about those two a IS teammates, oh man. 628 00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:06.840 First off, I am so fired up to see Dimitrian Poky. I love 629 00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:09.480 those guys so much, and I'm so excited to see them. There were 630 00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:12.719 some of the greatest teammates ever. I mean, Dimitrion is one of the 631 00:40:12.719 --> 00:40:15.719 greatest years I've ever played with, and he and I were both pig wrestling 632 00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:19.119 bands, so we always kind of enjoyed that together. And Pokey is, 633 00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:22.760 to this, to my twelve year big league career, the greatest defender I've 634 00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:27.039 ever seen. He had my right fully covered, he had up the middle 635 00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:30.280 fully covered. He had short center field and short right field cud. I 636 00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:32.519 never see anything like it. It was like he was a theonce Sanders at 637 00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:37.360 second base. It was incredible. And so those two or two of the 638 00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:40.400 greatest teammates I've ever had. I'm so grateful when I look back at those 639 00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:44.280 years that I got a chance to play with Pokey and Dmitri, and I 640 00:40:44.280 --> 00:40:46.199 am so excited to see them on Thursday. All Right, you know the 641 00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:50.440 Reds have been dealing with some injuries of late. Unfortunately, there's some concern, 642 00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:52.960 maybe some panic within the fan base. How do you feel about this 643 00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:57.280 twenty twenty four Reds team? Yeah, I mean, honestly, anytime you 644 00:40:57.639 --> 00:41:00.800 see Matt McClean and those injuries, that makes you a little just because I 645 00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:02.840 feel like that guy is going to be a bonify All Star, you know, 646 00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:06.639 every year, and I think they're gonna be good. Man. I 647 00:41:06.679 --> 00:41:09.320 just think this team tops the bottom. I think Christian and Canassio Strand is 648 00:41:09.320 --> 00:41:13.840 gonna have a monster year. I really do. Dale Cruz and that guy 649 00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:16.440 is just literally at a different level tool wise, so it'd be interesting to 650 00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:19.880 see if he can keep the consistency over the course of the year. But 651 00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:22.440 there's so many good players that like Spencer Steer and Jake Fayle and then a 652 00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:25.840 lot of different guys. And then you look at the rotation with Green and 653 00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:30.760 Lodolo and Abbott and Frankie Matos coming in. I mean I like that rotation 654 00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:34.519 a lot. I think Nick Crawl has got a great job of piecing this 655 00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:38.280 team together. Being at Redstests this year and seeing the excitement of the fans, 656 00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:42.320 I just yeah, there's there's there's real reason to be excited and uh 657 00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:50.800 for the Cincinny rank in twenty twenty four Sean Casey. 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