WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:07.400 You're listening to the Downbeat on ninety seven to one the freak Good morning everyone, 2 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:12.320 or the Downbeat get started at six am every morning. The big story 3 00:00:12.359 --> 00:00:17.519 of the world the Baltimore Bridge collapse. The Francis Scott Key Bridge was hit 4 00:00:17.559 --> 00:00:25.199 by a cargo ship based out of Singapore and it lost power and the ability 5 00:00:25.239 --> 00:00:29.719 to steer. Hits a pillar and a huge bridge collapses over the water, 6 00:00:30.679 --> 00:00:37.000 clearly in Baltimore, and it's has seven people that they're looking for right now, 7 00:00:37.719 --> 00:00:43.280 just seven people. They have detected vehicles underneath the water due to sonar 8 00:00:44.439 --> 00:00:49.479 or with sonar, and they're in search and recovery missions right now for the 9 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:54.799 seven missing. Two bodies or not bodies. Two people were found alive. 10 00:00:55.399 --> 00:00:59.960 It's just a wild scene. You have to see video to almost do it 11 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:04.079 justice to see the bridge. But we have a collar online. Just a 12 00:01:04.079 --> 00:01:10.719 few seconds, we'll get to the new Rangers' Ballpark foods as they released those. 13 00:01:10.879 --> 00:01:14.480 It's a weird transition there, but yeah, they have the big article 14 00:01:14.480 --> 00:01:18.079 every year Evan Grant and Sarah Blaskovich in the Dallas Morning News and all the 15 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:19.519 outlets go out there and try the new foods. We got that, but 16 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:23.040 We also have some things because we've discovered and we're kind of blowing the whistle 17 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:30.280 on this. Some ballpark foods that were up were presented but did not make 18 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:37.239 the cut rejected ballpark fair. Oh boy, that's coming up in a few 19 00:01:37.640 --> 00:01:40.840 but let's talk to talking items all r. Yeah. I got a text 20 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:42.719 while we were talking about that thing earlier. He said, I have family 21 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:48.040 live as a Baltimore native family who can see the bridge. I have some 22 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:51.680 info, Nick, do we have you? Hey, guys, how's it 23 00:01:51.719 --> 00:01:55.200 going doing? Good man? Are you a DFW but a native of Baltimore. 24 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:57.840 Yeah, I'm actually going to Baltimore in about two weeks to see family. 25 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:00.480 So this was kind of crazy to wake up to and see and kind 26 00:02:00.519 --> 00:02:04.959 of just experience. God, I bet. So have you been in contact 27 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:08.319 with family everybody, I mean safe and accounted for? Yeah, everyone's okay. 28 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:12.599 Luckily, it seems like they kind of knew stuff was going to happen 29 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:15.360 if the ship going wrong. So the bridge is kind of cleared. A 30 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:16.879 few hours from now, that'd be a different story. I think it sees 31 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:22.560 here three thousand people an hour during rush hour easily maybe more so. Okay, 32 00:02:22.599 --> 00:02:25.199 so this is because you know, it sounds to us like a bridge 33 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:30.439 near a port, but is this a just a very heavily trafficked roadway that 34 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:36.599 commuters in the Baltimore area use all day every day. So I don't know 35 00:02:36.639 --> 00:02:39.280 if you've ever seen Baltimore, but it kind of has a little bay going 36 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:43.800 in and this is the big bridge that goes across as the Bay Bridge, 37 00:02:44.199 --> 00:02:46.520 and that's one of the largest suspension bridges in the world. This one is 38 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:50.439 more important because it's right at the mouth of the port, and it's where 39 00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:52.919 kind of the ships will go through, Like there's a lot of cruise ships 40 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:55.800 they'll go through there as well as cargo ships. So kind of where it 41 00:02:55.840 --> 00:03:00.520 is, it's more of the fact that it's right over the entrance port in 42 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:04.719 the bay. It's kind of a big commuter bridge that area. Baltimore's more 43 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:08.560 industrial, so then there's different ways. But like for example, growing up, 44 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:12.719 we used it a lot just to avoid Baltimore proper because you know, 45 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:17.400 it's not the safest area. So you mentioned something right at the beginning that 46 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:23.800 they got some wind of the ship and that prevented the amount of traffic that 47 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:27.280 could have been on the bridge. Is that is that what you said, 48 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:30.560 Yeah, it looks like the ship said they were having some compulsion issues, 49 00:03:30.639 --> 00:03:34.919 and in the video you can actually see for a couple of seconds a couple 50 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:38.479 of frames of lights go on and off. Yeah, so it sounds like 51 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:40.960 they were having some internal issues on the ship itself, even from the time 52 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:45.039 that was leaving. So I don't know, haven't really got confirmation. I 53 00:03:45.039 --> 00:03:47.120 can't be told a ton. I do have a lot of family friends in 54 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:52.000 the Department of Natural Resources up there, and that's kind of who handled these 55 00:03:52.039 --> 00:03:57.639 situations a lot too. And it sounds like some word is made to actually 56 00:03:57.639 --> 00:04:00.639 clear the bridge that it could be an issue, could not obviously, I 57 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:04.199 don't know why there weren't guideboats and everything that situation or just calling it off. 58 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:08.639 That's probably for higher powers than me. But yeah, so this this 59 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:12.159 actually they were only on the water. That ship was only on the water 60 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:15.480 for twenty eight minutes. Yeah, left the port at midnight and hit the 61 00:04:15.480 --> 00:04:19.920 bridge at twelve twenty eighth Central time. I'm using our time here, So 62 00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:24.040 the port right there, so it would have been I don't even know if 63 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:26.279 it would have been at full power, but it looks like it hit one 64 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:29.920 of the support beams, so if it lost propulsion, and the way that 65 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:32.759 bay is is they've dug out channels because it does have some areas that are 66 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:36.360 more shallow, So it might have been in one of those channels and lost 67 00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:40.639 propulsion and just kind of kept going. That's kind of what I think would 68 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:43.319 happen. But just a quote on the side of it too, like you 69 00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:46.560 don't realize how big those ships are until you see them in person. They're 70 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:50.399 just absolutely massive. I have a question, So you, knowing the lay 71 00:04:50.439 --> 00:04:56.800 of the land there, would that hip normally be okay to go under that 72 00:04:56.839 --> 00:05:00.120 particular bridge or he had no business being there. No, So that bridge 73 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:04.800 actually covers the entire port. It's got plenty of room under plenty of clearance. 74 00:05:04.959 --> 00:05:09.519 Okay, yeah, plenty of clearance. I'm pretty sure they have naval 75 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:13.120 vessels going and out of there as well. But the issue was that it 76 00:05:13.199 --> 00:05:16.639 actually hit one of the support yeah for it, so that completely wiped out. 77 00:05:16.839 --> 00:05:19.560 But now there's plenty of quick I said, I've been there and you 78 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:25.040 could probably stack two or three ships to go safely through them. That's not 79 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:28.639 the issue. So it's how the candles are dug because the tides are pretty 80 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:32.680 powerful in the chest Peak Bay and so they've got basically and because of how 81 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:36.519 selty and everything is, they have to constantly redredge the channels to keep them 82 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:40.839 open, so they're very narrow shipping lanes to get out of there. So 83 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:43.600 that's probably more what it was is it just got caught up in one of 84 00:05:43.600 --> 00:05:46.959 those lanes and lost propulsion. But how long did it take you to lose 85 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:53.000 your attractive Baltimore accent? I came down here and I was about three, 86 00:05:53.040 --> 00:05:55.399 and I go up there every year, so so I've never had one. 87 00:05:55.480 --> 00:05:58.439 Unfortunately. I know you love the wire. We've talked about it before. 88 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:03.439 So do you say your family can see the bridge? I mean they I 89 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:08.439 have family in Pasadena and I have family all over, but everyone up there 90 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:10.839 has boat because a lot of my family as watermen. They work on the 91 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:14.040 water. So basically, if they couldn't see it, they hopped in their 92 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:15.839 boat and drove twenty minutes to kind of just see what was going on. 93 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:21.720 So God, and you've been over that bridge. I've been over that bridge. 94 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:27.040 My grandfather worked as a bridge inspector when he got back from Vietnam in 95 00:06:27.079 --> 00:06:30.480 the seventies, so I've been over that bridge and heard many stories of it 96 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:33.439 that in the Bay Bridge quite a few times. So damn, that makes 97 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:36.319 it infinitely more creepy. You know a bridge that you've been over. Oh 98 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:41.000 yeah, I'm sure it is definitely, especially I'm going there in two weeks 99 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:45.560 and there's another suspension bridge a couple of miles further south, and that's one 100 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:47.040 of the largest in the world, and it's always crazy. I think it's 101 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:50.839 over a mile long just over the water, and it's one of my favorite 102 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:55.240 things. But now it's going to be very creepy going over it. What 103 00:06:55.480 --> 00:07:00.160 does And obviously it's a back burner priority right now as there's trying to rescue 104 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:10.000 people who are lost, But tell us how much congestion and traffic mayhem I 105 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:15.800 guess Baltimore is facing with this bridge being essentially eliminated from use for god what 106 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:20.199 it will be months and months if not, if not longer. I think 107 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:25.319 conservative estamates on cleanup just for the bridge and reopening the porter three to four 108 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:28.120 months. I know if you look online you can see I think there's over 109 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:31.800 fifteen ships already backlogged in the port. So I don't know if you'll remember 110 00:07:31.800 --> 00:07:35.199 when the ever given got suck a few years back. But it's going to 111 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:39.959 have a very very big ripple effect because not only are these ships not able 112 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:43.759 to doctor going to have to be diverted to other port. So it could 113 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:46.759 be up to a year of just you know, sea traffic, a ton 114 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:49.639 of cruise ships going and out there. The Big three have ships that sail 115 00:07:49.639 --> 00:07:51.800 out of there all the time, so that's going to be affected too. 116 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:56.560 I don't know how many vacations will be affected. And then traffic is going 117 00:07:56.600 --> 00:08:01.560 to be pretty brutal because now it would be like it thirty got destroyed and 118 00:08:01.600 --> 00:08:05.560 everyone had to take twenty. So that's kind of like all the cargo is 119 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:09.319 now going to be forced through downtown Baltimore because they don't have that throat there, 120 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:13.240 and especially because that's the main areas of the port, so the side 121 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:16.079 streets and these are not well maintained streets either. Baltimore doesn't have a lot 122 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:22.000 of money, so it's probably going to be untold. Numerous disasters, are 123 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:26.480 numerous backlog from this. Jesus, thanks for popping on, Nick. We 124 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:30.800 appreciate it, man, and we'll stay in touch with anything where to break 125 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:33.639 if you had some more into man, awesome, thank you all of all. 126 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:37.320 Bye, you love your bonds. Sweet guy. Yes again, he 127 00:08:37.360 --> 00:08:41.519 did say he did say water. He did after he called him out water 128 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:48.039 water, he gave you what it's wood. Yeah, Ding's Morning News eight 129 00:08:48.200 --> 00:08:52.480 thirty will have the Pea Diddy. Yeah we got uh. We haven't really 130 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:56.720 talked much about p Diddy, but we even have more stuff on the Baltimore 131 00:08:56.720 --> 00:08:58.919 Bridge. That is the details are just kind of unfolding as the man. 132 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:01.320 Let's go by, so we'll get you way up to speed on that. 133 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:05.120 All right. I'm Kevin Turner. That's Danny Bayless. Hey Kevin, that's 134 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:09.720 Mike's Roy who just said, hey, Kevin, have JJ here again? 135 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:16.000 He said, So the Rangers yesterday do this, you know every year they 136 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:20.679 invite all the local media out and you get to try some food. Famously, 137 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:26.480 Evan Grant and Sarah Blaskovic of the Dallast Morning News feed each other the 138 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:31.200 you know the food my hand, my hands, and the time you try 139 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:35.600 it. Evan has a beautiful feet, I know, Julie get the Sarah 140 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:39.600 on the speakeasy yesterday, can I talk about it? Sarah was like, 141 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:43.600 I need a nap. I love Sarah. She's so good. Almost half 142 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:46.039 the articles I read, I'm like, oh, this restaurant, Oh cool. 143 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:48.320 And then I checked a little thing. It's Sarah Blaskovin. She's so 144 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:52.759 good with you on the pulse and then you put her behind a microphone and 145 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:58.279 she's good and she's great. What can't she do? So the big news 146 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:03.279 of foods that they were unveiling a couple things. I'll go here. Waterburger 147 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:05.320 has a stand at the ballpark for the first time section one oh five. 148 00:10:05.799 --> 00:10:09.919 First time ever Waterburger at a Ranger games. A thing like that. Yeah. 149 00:10:11.559 --> 00:10:16.320 Uh. Her Tato is back, ditching the Berea the Berea tacos, 150 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:18.919 which is a fan favorite, but it takes too long to prepare. In 151 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:22.519 fact, Brandon Hurtito said, look, we want people to get their food, 152 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:26.000 go back to watching baseball. We don't want long lines because if you're 153 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:31.120 going to a Ranger game, that's there was always a line at the Hertato 154 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:35.519 stand because everyone wants it because it's effing amazing. So like Mega Tray is 155 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:37.480 I don't know, I mean, I could look it up. They have 156 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:41.039 some big we've seen it. We had it delivered to us were the ballpark 157 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:45.960 last year. For opening May. I would wait, and I don't like 158 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:48.600 waiting, but I mean I would probably stand in that line for half an 159 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:52.120 hour. The Dino Bee Frib I couldn't even believe it. They they're adding 160 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:56.559 an express counter in section two oh one serving a couple of menu items up 161 00:10:56.600 --> 00:11:00.960 there. There you go. Sure Toto, news Old and Chick adding the 162 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:05.600 chicken and waffle tacos this year. I bet that's chicken inside a waffle. 163 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:09.279 Do you think the waffle is shaped like a taco the waffle is bent? 164 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:13.799 I bet? Yeah? I bet too? Want hand Hell, that's a 165 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:16.000 sound effect of a chicken. Yes, dow to do a waffle sound? 166 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:26.000 Yep? Is Kevin Turner. The Boomstick triple play is thirty three dollars. 167 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:31.480 It's a foot long chili dog, a plate of nachos topped with chili, 168 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:39.600 and then two cheeseburgers on an eight inch month The inspiration for the boom stick, 169 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:45.159 and that's still around one of our great nicknames of the last twenty years, 170 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:48.879 the boom stick. To call a man the boom stick, What a 171 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:50.840 cool thing. And then to make food. I've never once tried any of 172 00:11:50.879 --> 00:11:56.559 the bit foods at the Ball. I typically eat before I go that. 173 00:11:56.720 --> 00:12:03.559 You know, I would love three foot hot chili and cheese like' like it's 174 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:07.279 just getting bigger. But I have no interest in trying like the child watch 175 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:09.519 by myself. I also don't want to share a hot dog. You just 176 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:13.799 want to take it back to your seat because that feels rude. You know 177 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:16.320 you're jamming up everyone else in your section? Can you get up? Oh, 178 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:18.759 I spill a little bit of chili on you. I'm sorry, here's 179 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:24.039 a napkin. It's just a it's a bad it's just it's there's a lot 180 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:28.720 that would have to go into eating that or some of that. They've added 181 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:35.159 this year Korean pork steamed buns sixteen dollars, interested Cilantro's slaw, Unagi sauce, 182 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:39.000 and spicy mayo. You don't see a lot of Korean fair at the 183 00:12:39.000 --> 00:12:45.039 ballpark. You do this year. Meatball garlic not sliders Mike eighteen dollars meatballs 184 00:12:45.080 --> 00:12:50.720 covered in Marionara sauce and served on three garlic knot buns. Nothing says baseball 185 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:56.519 like meatball garlic not sliders? You mean k n ot yeah, yeah, 186 00:12:56.639 --> 00:13:01.159 yeah, not not sliders garlic knots Okay, with a big old fat meat 187 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:05.320 ballb with Marinara on top of it. To this item, I say, 188 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:11.759 yup. Texas tacos, Mike, okay, fifteen bucks, red colored crunchy 189 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:18.039 taco shells awesome, lined with the soft flower tortilla. Okay, okay, 190 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:20.679 beef grilled chicken. You whatever you want. There's just tacos that are red. 191 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:24.679 Yeah, pretty much. Chicken and banadas are going to the ballpark this 192 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:28.000 year. First time we had chicken and banadas. Fifteen dollars. Good, 193 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:33.559 that's a good hand a handheld food hand banaa hand held the key out here. 194 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:41.000 And then they have a new dog. It's the Rancho Chili Rayano dog 195 00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:45.200 for sixteen dollars. It's an all beaf all beef hot dog with Queso bacon, 196 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:50.480 peppers and grilled onions. And it's on a Martin's potato roll. Danny, 197 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:56.919 there you go Martin's rolls. I didn't have enough time to include rolls. 198 00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:01.200 You can just snap in a character watching rolls. I know it's crazy, 199 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:07.799 all this talent roll So new foods are there. That's what you got 200 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:11.840 a lot of new foods at the ballpark, keV every single year, a 201 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:16.279 lot of exciting new food items out at the ballpark, isn't there guys? 202 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:22.399 Oh my god, Now they didn't just pop these these food items and you 203 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:24.480 know, bam, these the ones are doing. The way this works is 204 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:28.600 you start with a whole lot more, you start with a lot of items. 205 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:30.799 You're like, all right, let's whittle it down. Which ones are 206 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:35.000 or maybe which ones? Yes, which ones are? No? You know? 207 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:41.240 And the truth is a lot of food items get rejected from being you 208 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:45.440 know, for sale out at the ballpark for a ranger season, A lot 209 00:14:45.480 --> 00:14:50.000 of them. Do I hope up, I hope we don't end up like 210 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:54.679 the Boeing whistleblower for what we're about to do. Yeah. So we're just 211 00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:56.799 reading because this is but well, yeah, well this is this is that 212 00:14:58.080 --> 00:14:58.799 a lot of people don't know this. This is not going to show up 213 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:03.159 and have Grant's articles. What I'm saying. So we each have a list 214 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:07.960 of items that were rejected from Globelife field, right, yep. I think 215 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:11.440 we each have a piece of paper with three of them. Yep. Three 216 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:13.120 items that have been rejected that are not going to be served. Yeah. 217 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:18.519 So the chefs that came up with these items had to make a pitch to 218 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:22.039 the powers that be at the ballpark to try to get their menu items included, 219 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:26.679 or at least considered to be part of the twenty twenty four roster of 220 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:30.919 new food items at the ballpark. Yeah, so we're gonna kind of read 221 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:33.519 what these items are, and maybe this is what their pitch might have sounded 222 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:39.000 like when they were presenting them to the panel of people that make these decisions 223 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:43.759 exactly. So, who wants to start? Well, I don't want to 224 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:46.039 go. Would you like for me to start? Yeah? I think it'd 225 00:15:46.080 --> 00:15:48.200 be good if you do that. All right? Hits the music JJ. 226 00:15:58.039 --> 00:16:03.279 At Buffalo Bill's Weird Wings, near section one oh four, you'll find our 227 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:10.799 newest menu item for the twenty twenty four Ranger season, the Bigfoot. No, 228 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:14.600 it's not a foot long hot dog covered in all manner of toppings. 229 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:21.120 It's an actual foot, that's right, a size twelve human foot, seasoned 230 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:26.840 and Cajun spices, then lightly battered and deep fried to golden brown perfection. 231 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:32.720 We then place it on a poppy seed brioche bun, topped with fried green 232 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:38.120 tomatoes, homemade yogurt, dill sauce, melted gray air cheese, served in 233 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:45.399 a commemorative leathered Davy Crockett buckskin boot, just like the ones he proudly wore 234 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:51.960 at the Alamo. The Bigfoot, it's a real kick. Okay, the 235 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:56.399 Texas tie in with the Davy Joe area with the fu Alamo tie all right, 236 00:16:56.720 --> 00:17:00.600 I mean that did make some sense, but I can see how they 237 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:04.799 didn't go with it. It's good to have options. But let me take 238 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:08.440 one that I have because it kind of goes in a similar theme. Okay, 239 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:15.559 good one. You don't find the Bigfoot appetizing, I kind of do. 240 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:22.079 I am hungry this it's a human foot, Mikey, yes, you 241 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:27.920 mentioned uh, I have an item. It was rejected again. This item 242 00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:34.119 not to be served as a tribute to some of MLB's great all time home 243 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:40.039 run calls, along with civil servants who have served the DFW region. The 244 00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:48.240 Rangers were gonna serve the goodbye mister Rawlings good news Cannibals. Former Mayor of 245 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:52.039 Dallas, Mike Rawlings will be cooked on a rotating spit in the left field 246 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:56.680 concourse on opening day. What goes better with home runs? The delicious marbled 247 00:17:56.720 --> 00:18:03.400 mayor Nothing does ninety nine dollars a pound while supplies last for the goodbye mister 248 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:11.720 Rawlings. Her tatoes provides delicious sides. Wow, can't believe they rejected that 249 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:18.640 one. Fantastic It's probably limited amount. Yeah, it's kind of probably gone 250 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:21.880 by the third inning of opening day, right, imagine the line, uh 251 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:25.680 huh, Well, I have one too that didn't make it. This was 252 00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:30.839 up for consideration, Yeah, but they ended up not going with it. 253 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:37.839 Section two ten. Okay, I know that area. The Chicken Finger Blast 254 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:44.640 a sampler platter of not sixteen, but thirty two hot breaded chicken tenders, 255 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:49.200 all in a smattering of flavors like honey, barbecue, buffalo, mild diet, 256 00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:55.720 and Copenhagen, served with an entire loaf of Texas toast and a Ranger's 257 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:59.480 batting helmet full of cream gravy. And try it with the sight of the 258 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:04.039 New City. Addition, fries with zucchini subbing in for potato. The Chicken 259 00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:11.519 finger Blast a great alternative option for the health conscious Rangers fan. I saw 260 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:15.960 fingers. You had me until you've replaced potatoes with squash or trying to be 261 00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:21.799 healthy. Okay, potatoes are not bad for you. I hear the Copenhagen 262 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:27.960 flavored tendees are really unique kids, very popular in the bullpen. Exactly goes, 263 00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:32.319 Well, you just dip it into the big helmet of gravy helmet. 264 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:34.880 All right, I've got another one here, chicken finger blast. Yep, 265 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:38.599 give them a shot. This is kind of adjacent to the chicken finger blast. 266 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:48.200 Because nothing says ranger baseball more than savory seafood. Yeah, so allow 267 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:55.440 us to direct you to the upper decker concession stand where you can enjoy a 268 00:19:55.559 --> 00:20:03.000 fresh bucket of clam crammers, tasty East Coast free range clams, crammed full 269 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:11.079 of all your favorite seafood flavors like minced scallop, microwaved trout, or marinated 270 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:19.720 catfish meat. It's a home run of the sea when when you bite into 271 00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:26.440 these morsels of heaven. So this season, take in some World Series baseball 272 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:34.920 and cram some clams like a real big leaguer growling yep, like a real 273 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:42.240 big leaguer. Yeah, fresh bucket of clam crammers microwave trout. Well, 274 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:47.079 that would be good to have when the Angels are in town. It's a 275 00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:56.480 favorite of Dan McDowell. Yeah, all right, keep going again, this 276 00:20:56.599 --> 00:21:00.440 is not to be Yeah, these are not. They didn't make the cut. 277 00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:04.440 You know what, reminder this is parody. No one needs to These 278 00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:11.000 items are not actually being considered a club playfield anymore. Peruvian, Bolivian, 279 00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:17.240 Colombian. We You just can't decide what type of cocaine goes best with Big 280 00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:21.839 League ball? Why not try them all? With the Josh Hamilton Rod Washington 281 00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:30.279 Commemorative Cocaine Flight. Four hundred and ninety nine dollars get you one ounce of 282 00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:34.440 each of the finest blow in the bigs march right down to your seat with 283 00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:40.079 three of the finest marching powders, served on a Golden Boss Commemorative World Series 284 00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:44.240 mirror. That's yours to keep. The game will feel like it's over in 285 00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:48.480 ten minutes. Plus, you won't spend another dollar on food at the ballpark, 286 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:56.279 guaranteed make opening day a ton more interesting with the Hamilton Washington Cocaine Flight 287 00:21:56.799 --> 00:22:00.319 available in section three thirty three. Wow, right a flight, Huh that's 288 00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:07.240 good, A beautiful flight. You could sample a Golden Bossed commemorative mirror. 289 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:11.480 Yeah, think of all the money you'll save on food. It's good that 290 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:15.160 they, you know, want to honor Rangers greats. I always appreciated that, 291 00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:18.039 and you'd get a piece of memorabilia as well. That's why I love 292 00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:25.559 in section one twenty seven we have the Rusty Greer pork rear. You probably 293 00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:29.319 know that former Rangers outfield or Rusty Grear thrived on effort, hard work and 294 00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:32.440 giving us all in every play, but you may not have known that Rusty 295 00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:37.359 Grear is an avid and dedicated pig farmer. That's why this year, exclusively 296 00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:41.559 in section one twenty seven, you can try Rusty Greer's pork rear. And 297 00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:45.440 because everything's bigger in Texas, we don't serve it by the half or quarter 298 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:49.960 pound. You'll get the whole butt. Seven whole pounds of pork butt exclusively 299 00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:57.000 Globe black Field, Section one twenty seven. Legend number twenty nine Rusty Grear 300 00:22:57.400 --> 00:23:06.680 an entire pork butt. Yep, sounds yummy, Well, Kevin Danny, 301 00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:14.279 When you're taking in some championship level great game and you have a hanker in 302 00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:22.599 for something sweet, why not try a basket of baseball butter bites large sticks 303 00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:29.319 of real pure butter served in a rawlings catcher's mitt sprinkled with powdered sugar. 304 00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:33.200 Now you're gonna want to use the buddy system when you're rounding third base with 305 00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:38.880 this yummy treat, Because this dessert is six full sized sticks of incredible butter. 306 00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:51.960 Try incredible butter. Try one of our home run dipping sauces including Teriaki, 307 00:23:52.079 --> 00:24:00.039 Honey, Oatmeal ranch and Carolina Reaper ketchup. Wash it down with a 308 00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:06.519 seventy two ounce tumbler of Old English and you'll feel like you're at Arlington Stadium. 309 00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:15.640 Basket of baseball butter bites. It's an inside your pants home run that 310 00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:23.200 is a slogan that's incredible. Oh my God, should I go? Yeah? 311 00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:30.400 Yeah, Let's let's end with Mikey. This is served in all sections 312 00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:37.279 through the amazing vendors who work out there. Frank on a frank. You've 313 00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:41.559 heard of sausage on a stick, but this year the World Series champs are 314 00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:45.160 taking it to the next level. It's frank on a frank, one twelve 315 00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:51.160 inch long No One Ryan Ballpark frank serving as a skewer and poked into a 316 00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:55.680 girthy er six inch No One Ryan Frank furter that will leave you asking why. 317 00:24:56.119 --> 00:25:00.720 Comes with a pair of latex gloves and a small ramick of mustard. 318 00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:06.160 Because ketchup is for a lower form of human and again, no breading, 319 00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:11.240 no frank on a frame. It's like a hot dog docking. Yeah. 320 00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:18.279 I like their slogan. Being will leave you asking why walk around with that? 321 00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:22.960 People will wonder if you're compensating for something. I think we have one 322 00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:27.039 more. Yeah, again, these didn't make it. Okay, this is 323 00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:30.880 parody. These are not actual items. That's like that needs to be explained, 324 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:40.640 considered. We're wacky. More food items uh, rejected food items out 325 00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:45.240 at the ballpark this year. Hot dogs, nachos, cotton candy. No 326 00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:49.559 thanks. When your appetite goes beyond the traditional, why not taste something forbidden 327 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:55.400 that you won't find inside any other ballpark in the bigs a high end escort 328 00:25:56.880 --> 00:26:00.880 for three hundred ninety nine dollars purchased the Rangers Grand Slam. Thank you, 329 00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:08.279 ma'am. You get a medium sized hot dog, a medium soda, and 330 00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:15.240 a medium sized international beauty to accompany you for nine exciting innings of baseball medium 331 00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:21.119 sized. What you do, what you do, and where you do it. 332 00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:23.200 It is up to you and your new friend. But the new stadium 333 00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:29.519 provides many interesting nooks and crannies to explore your temporary relationship, and we remind 334 00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:34.759 you suites are available. Visit section one thirty four for the Rangers Grand Slam. 335 00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:41.839 Thank you, ma'am. Wow, I'm sure there will be a line 336 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:48.960 forming on Thursday for openings not available. Did you say one not available? 337 00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:53.200 They voted that down. Good, Okay, voted that down. Maybe next 338 00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:59.720 year though, maybe next year for baseball butter bites and the cocaine flight and 339 00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:03.519 more. Okay, we should go now, but stick around for later in 340 00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:07.440 the week when we do have an updated look at the Rangers promotional items for 341 00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:11.519 the year. That's X and ding goos. Morning News. 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