WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:05.519 This is High on the Ball with Steve Rivera and Jay Gonzalez on Fox Sports 2 00:00:05.519 --> 00:00:11.119 fourteen fifty. Subscribe now to the podcast on the iHeartRadio while just Surgery I 3 00:00:11.320 --> 00:00:15.519 on the Ball. Welcome back to on the Vulkan of Fox Sports fourteen fifty 4 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:18.199 am. Your host Ja Gonzalez. Steve will be up for the rest of 5 00:00:18.199 --> 00:00:21.839 the week, but I do have Henry here, and Henry's got breaking news. 6 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:28.039 This is Eye on the Ball breaking news on Fox Sports fourteen to fifty. 7 00:00:28.559 --> 00:00:33.039 Well the first set of breaking news. Former Rutgers right handed pitcher Christian 8 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:38.159 Coppola has committed to Arizona with two years eligibility. He was named the freshman 9 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:42.039 All American and All Big Time First Seamer in twenty twenty three, but he 10 00:00:42.159 --> 00:00:46.320 struggled last year with the seven six year already my sophomore year. Interesting. 11 00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:50.920 You know, you take a guy he's got experience, so that always helps, 12 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:55.640 regardless of you know, what you've done recently. We'll see how that 13 00:00:55.640 --> 00:01:00.240 adds up for Chip Hale and pitching staff. You know, he's got some 14 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:03.600 guys that are gonna be He's he's gonna have replace some guys. They had 15 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:06.879 a really good pitching staff but guys who are probably all you know, all 16 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:10.959 going to be out of here, so we'll see what happens. Uh. 17 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:12.640 So you know, go get go, get go, get some guys. 18 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:17.359 It never hurts. It never hurts to have pictures, right, you need 19 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:19.599 lots of them. And so, uh, if Chip thinks this guy can 20 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:23.439 contribute, then more power to him. So we'll wait and see what it 21 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:26.799 looks like. So there you go. Uh. Former Arizona diver Delaney Schnell 22 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:30.719 will be representing Timyosa in the Olympics and this will be her second Olympics. 23 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:36.359 Right. She won a silver battle in the last Olympics in the synchronized dive. 24 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:38.439 She's in the same uh, in the same event this year, So 25 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:42.760 we'll see if she can get up that to a gold. We had her 26 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:47.200 on after her silver medal and she was understandably very giddy about it. But 27 00:01:47.519 --> 00:01:49.120 now you know that she's got a sight set on some more. So we'll 28 00:01:49.120 --> 00:01:52.840 see how that goes. But you know, you have to you have to 29 00:01:52.879 --> 00:01:55.599 say that. You know, there's been some Olympians from Tucson, you know, 30 00:01:55.680 --> 00:02:00.640 and and and uh, you know, she's a two time Olympia now, 31 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:05.680 so she's up there among among the group that has come from here and 32 00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:08.039 been in the Olympics, and we'll see what she can do, but certainly 33 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:14.120 keep an eye on her in that in that event. According to Ross Dellinger, 34 00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:17.879 the NCAA presents a new basketball tournament model that would expand the field by 35 00:02:17.960 --> 00:02:27.400 four eight teams starting in the twenty six season. I'm so against this. 36 00:02:27.840 --> 00:02:31.120 Yeah, you know, I understand what they're doing. I'm so against them 37 00:02:31.199 --> 00:02:36.400 messing this up. You know, the the first four okay, you know 38 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:38.240 the extra four teams that they put, you know, to make it go 39 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:44.520 from sixty four sixty eight. I've come to like the NCAA tournament starting on 40 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:49.400 that Tuesday. It's fun. I watch those games. I know there's you 41 00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:53.719 know, people gamble on those games. That's that's great. You know you 42 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:57.039 get two games, you got two games on Tuesday, two games on Wednesday, 43 00:02:57.439 --> 00:03:00.199 and then the you know, then the brackets really get going on on 44 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:05.120 Thursday. Why do we need to do mess with that? I don't understand 45 00:03:05.159 --> 00:03:09.479 it. I'll never understand it. Uh, you know, is somebody not 46 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:15.520 getting There's always gonna be somebody not getting in right, You're still gonna have 47 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:20.280 controversy over the next the you know, the next four out. I really 48 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:23.560 really really wish that some smart people and these are smart people too, but 49 00:03:24.520 --> 00:03:28.319 I don't know what they get caught up and that they feel like, let's 50 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:30.080 mess with this some more. It's too good right now, so let's mess 51 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:34.520 with it's more. I don't understand it, and I don't understand why we 52 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:37.879 feel we have to keep doing that. Look, was I happy? Am 53 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:42.000 I happy with the twelve team football playoff? One hundred percent? You know? 54 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:45.639 It should have been eight a long time ago instead of four, And 55 00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:47.240 if it had been eight, maybe it would it would still be eight. 56 00:03:47.759 --> 00:03:51.479 Twelve is a great number, you know. I thought, if you're gonna 57 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:53.840 go to twelve, go to sixteen so that nobody gets a buy. But 58 00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:58.319 they didn't, so they're at twelve. And I was a proponent of that 59 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:03.039 because I didn't think four was an enough Sixty eight is enough. Sixty eight 60 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:06.439 is enough? Why do we need to do this? And I don't get 61 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:12.120 it? And I really really hope that somebody steps in and says, let's 62 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:15.120 not do this. I know that, you know, the money aspect of 63 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:23.199 it is just irresistible. Please don't mess this up. The tournament is great. 64 00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:26.319 Just the way it is. Leave it like that. Well, we'll 65 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:28.759 see. I don't know. I really hope they don't do this. I 66 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:30.680 mean, what do you I mean, yeah, I just think the math 67 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:33.800 with sixty four makes a lot more sense. I like the first four idea, 68 00:04:34.120 --> 00:04:36.920 right, that was great. When they first did it, I didn't 69 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:41.720 like it. I've come to like it. It's only two games, right, 70 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:43.959 I've come to like it, like I said, because you know, 71 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:46.920 you get to selection Sunday and then there's games on Tuesday already, and I 72 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:49.480 think, okay, that's cool. Now you've got a whole week of games 73 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:54.399 there at night, so you go home from work or you're at work. 74 00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:57.920 You know, they come on when we're still on the air. That's great. 75 00:04:58.079 --> 00:05:00.959 I love that. I love those. I love those two games on 76 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:04.240 Tuesday, two games on Wednesday. I don't like I wouldn't like it if 77 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:08.639 Arizona was in those games, right, But you know what some teams have 78 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:11.680 done well coming out of there. Ucla got to a final fri out of 79 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:15.720 that. I think it was Virginia Commonwealth, I think got you know, 80 00:05:16.399 --> 00:05:20.839 yeah, they got in there from the from the first four. So I'm 81 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:25.120 I've come to like that. But that's it. Stop there, just leave 82 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:30.920 it. Always upset exactly and is it is it the conferences to say I 83 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:31.720 want a little bit more, I need a little bit more money, we 84 00:05:31.720 --> 00:05:35.000 need to get a couple more teams in there. Just stop, just stop. 85 00:05:35.040 --> 00:05:40.759 I hate this. So let's see what happens. LA sparts rookie Cameron 86 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:46.199 drink tour ha cl yesterday. Terrible, yeah, awful news. She's she's 87 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:50.759 that player from Stanford, Arizona ran into her in the in the championship of 88 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:58.439 the of the NCAA tournament back in twenty twenty one. Really good player. 89 00:05:58.519 --> 00:06:01.759 All American this year, top player in the country. And already you know, 90 00:06:02.879 --> 00:06:05.399 you know, in her first season she blows out a knee and she's 91 00:06:05.399 --> 00:06:10.439 out for the year. Just a really good player. And you hate to 92 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:15.680 see something that happen to those players, you know, And and I don't 93 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:17.160 know, you know what, I don't know what it is that with you 94 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:21.120 know, with knees for for you know, some of these female players. 95 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:25.199 You just see so many of them. Uh, it's crazy. You know, 96 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:28.360 my daughter blew out her knee playing volleyball. You know, it just 97 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:30.759 happens, seems to happen a lot, and for a player like Cameron Brink 98 00:06:31.120 --> 00:06:34.519 you feel bad for her, so too bad. And she was supposed to 99 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:39.680 play in the Olympics on the three by three women's national team, so they 100 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:43.600 now will be looking to replace her. Gosh again, that's too bad, 101 00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:48.800 all right. And then reigning al say On Garrick Cole will be making his 102 00:06:48.879 --> 00:06:55.639 season debut today versus the Oreoles. Get him out of here. You're a 103 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:59.519 Yankee fan or two? Yeah, you're happy with that. You're happy with 104 00:06:59.560 --> 00:07:03.600 that, all right. I'll let you have that one. Henri Lla, 105 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:10.240 you have that one, okay. That's all. That's all you got, 106 00:07:10.519 --> 00:07:15.920 all right. Just something that came came across a few minutes ago. At 107 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:21.079 Tennessee in the College World Series, they beat Florida State seventy two, so 108 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:26.639 they they've won that. They've won their fourteen bracket in the College Royal Series, 109 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:29.680 so they'll be going on to play for the national championship. I think 110 00:07:29.720 --> 00:07:33.480 it's Florida. Florida's playing Texas A and M in take Yeah, they play 111 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:39.399 tonight. If Texas A and M wins, they're in Florida wins. They've 112 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:42.759 got to beat Texas A and M tomorrow. So we'll see how that goes. 113 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:46.199 I've lost interest in the in the College World Series, although I was 114 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:49.160 at lunch today Bob Dobbs and the game was on, so we were watching 115 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:55.279 it, and h and Florida got out. Tennessee got out in front of 116 00:07:55.319 --> 00:07:59.680 them, and you know, never gave it up. And so they're the 117 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:03.079 vault sort in the in the championship game, I think I don't think they 118 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:05.879 were. Were they the number one seed? Do you have that? They 119 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:09.079 were either one or two seed? They were the one seed? Okay, 120 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:11.160 so they were supposed to get there and they have. So we'll see how 121 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:18.040 that goes. And then the three game series starts on Friday. Things starts 122 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:22.240 Friday. What's today? Today's Wednesday? Right, and so it starts on 123 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:26.480 Saturday. Yes, okay, so it's and it's a best of three. 124 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:30.199 So we'll see if that. When that ends, maybe we'll be talking about 125 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:33.120 it here on Monday. But yeah, all right, Tennessee is in it, 126 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:37.240 so let's see what happens. What else. There were a couple of 127 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:41.399 things, and I you know, it's I hate this because I don't write 128 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:43.279 this stuff down. I don't jot it anywhere. And then I get up 129 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:48.360 here and I forget about it. But uh, oh well, you know, 130 00:08:48.440 --> 00:08:50.960 so we've been having some interesting conversation over the last the last few days 131 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:54.720 about Ariazon football. You know, I met with my not met with but 132 00:08:54.759 --> 00:09:00.440 I had lunch with my with my Wednesday group. These guys are giddy waiting 133 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:03.159 for the season to start. I think we're all kind of moved on now 134 00:09:03.399 --> 00:09:07.440 from the PAC twelve. It's it's over with and talking about this season coming 135 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:11.320 up. I kind of talk to these guys because they're a couple of over 136 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:13.759 the top kind of guys that think Arizona is going to go and defeat it 137 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:16.840 every year stuff like that. But uh, you know, a lot of 138 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:22.000 a lot of excitement, a lot of feeling that you know, obviously Arizona 139 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:24.360 needs to win those first two games New Mexico and NAU. And actually said, 140 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:30.519 look, even if we don't beat Kansas State and we as in there, 141 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:35.360 excuse me, as in Arizona. Even if Arizona doesn't win at Kansas 142 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:37.480 State, if they put up a good showing, uh, you know, 143 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:41.679 because Kansas State is one of the favorites in the league, they'll be happy. 144 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:43.559 And I'm like, okay, that seems reasonable. You guys are you 145 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:46.720 guys are like, you know, in a in a good spot as far 146 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:50.519 as that goes. But you know that that as we get closer to that, 147 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:54.320 that's gonna be a fun and interesting game that I think it's going to 148 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:58.840 tell us a lot about Arizona. Yeah, yeah, so I'm u. 149 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:05.200 You know, there's still a mystery on on t MA Max foot or leg 150 00:10:05.279 --> 00:10:07.399 injury, whatever it is. If it's an ankle, we don't know if 151 00:10:07.399 --> 00:10:09.320 it's an ankle, if it's a foot, what it is. Uh, 152 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:13.679 you know, I think last anybody saw he was still on a walking boot, 153 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:16.200 uh in it. So we'll see. But I think, uh, 154 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:20.840 yeah, you got plenty of time. But man, when you're talking about 155 00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:24.480 a foot on a receiver, that's uh, you never know. So we'll 156 00:10:24.519 --> 00:10:26.840 see. We'll see how that thing turns out. Brandon Brent Brannan has said 157 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:30.600 that he's going to be okay, So we got to take him at his 158 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:35.440 word until we hear otherwise or no or no otherwise. But uh, you 159 00:10:35.480 --> 00:10:39.200 know, I think there's a lot of excitement building for this football team. 160 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:43.639 Should be a lot of fun. I think that it's uh, it's it's 161 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:50.879 gonna be something that uh you know, Arizona fans, we're waiting for the 162 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:54.440 for the shooter drop right. Every ten I've mentioned a number of times, 163 00:10:54.440 --> 00:10:56.519 every ten win season has been followed by a not so great season. I 164 00:10:56.519 --> 00:11:05.399 mean the best of the the best of those seasons was after Rich Rodriguez' ten 165 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:07.759 win season. Arizona did go to a bowl game and won their bowl game, 166 00:11:09.159 --> 00:11:11.080 although you know, the a lot of injuries during that year and didn't 167 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:15.200 get to where you thought they could get to after winning the Pack Croff South 168 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:22.559 the previous year. In ninety three, Arizona goes ten and two, ten 169 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:26.159 and two, When when's the festival? Next year, they won eight games, 170 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:30.600 ended up in the Freedom Bowl, lost a tough one to a horrible 171 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:33.080 game to Utah and the Freedom Bowl Utah was in the whack at the time, 172 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:35.840 or to the Mountain West at the time. They'd lose that game. 173 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:39.480 So that wasn't a good season. The season after the twelve and one year 174 00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:43.679 was awful. They went six and six and didn't even go to a bowl 175 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:52.120 game, got blasted by Penn State in the opener of that year and had 176 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:56.639 a horrible year. And a year after that, Dick Toomi was gone, 177 00:11:58.159 --> 00:12:03.559 so the record has been good after the ten win season, so some of 178 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:05.600 us who have seen that, we've got some angst about what's gonna happen this 179 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:09.600 year. You feel like it's it would be just like Arizona to go have 180 00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:13.440 a horrible year, or if not even horrible, just not a great year. 181 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:16.840 There is a you know, there is a coaching change. Regardless of 182 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:20.440 how much we like or think Brent Brannan is, you know, can do 183 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:24.440 a great job, there is a change. These guys are going to go 184 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:26.840 into into that first game against New Mexico and it's going to be different, 185 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:31.440 uh, you know, a different coaching staff, different way of doing things. 186 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:37.279 We talked to Justin Spears on Monday, talked about the fact that, 187 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:39.120 you know, Brent Brennan's not gonna be calling the place like Jed Fish called 188 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:43.679 the plays for the three years he was here. Jedfish was the offensive coordinator, 189 00:12:43.720 --> 00:12:48.480 he called the plays. He was essentially the quarterbacks coach. Brent Brandon 190 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:50.919 is more of a hands off guy. He's got Dino Babers to run the 191 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:54.720 offense. I trust Deno Babers. Guy's been a head coach. He did 192 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:58.960 a nice job at Syracuse until he didn't in his back here at Airs. 193 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:03.120 He was a great offensive coordinator here at Arizona. So you trust that he's 194 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:07.519 gonna, you know, take care of business and Brent Brannan is going to 195 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:11.879 let him run the show. And that's a way different approach than either Jeed 196 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:16.440 Fish or before that, rich Rod when rich Rod was here. So we'll 197 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:22.200 see. But you know again, and you gotta like having Dwayne and Keena 198 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:28.720 as a defensive coordinator. I created Duayna Keena for a lot of what happened 199 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:33.159 with the defense last year. Johnny Nansen great scheme. He's a really good 200 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:39.200 coach. He's a co defensive coordinator now at Texas. But I think the 201 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:43.759 emotion and the fire that that defense played with last year had a lot to 202 00:13:43.799 --> 00:13:48.440 do with having Dwayne and Keena on the field. That's what he brings now 203 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:52.279 is the defensive coordinator. You hope that that continues. And you know, 204 00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:58.279 Dwayne's been a great coach for a really long time, including here at Arizona, 205 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:01.720 So we'll see how he does. All right, let's go take our 206 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:05.559 break. We're to come back. We have an open segment because we're getting 207 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:09.919 get Judy McDermott on at four thirty five. So we'd love to take your 208 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:11.879 call five two zero four one six seventy four forty five and give us a 209 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:15.720 call and talk about anything that's on your mind. 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I have Henry here 280 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:15.119 running the board and joining in on the conversation. We're another segment away from 281 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:21.119 Judy McDermott joining us. She's the executive director first T two Son. She'll 282 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:25.240 be joining us at about four thirty five. So we've got another segment open. 283 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:26.400 If you want to give us a call five two zero four one six 284 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:30.039 seventy four forty we'll we'll take your cause. And we have a caller right 285 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:33.920 now, So let's take this call. Hi, you're on the ar and 286 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:37.880 I on the ball. Hey, Jay, how you doing good? Good? 287 00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:41.720 Hard? What's up? I'm really not into Facebook, but I saw 288 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:47.119 that Steve's mom passed. That's what. Yeah, what you're doing really go 289 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:49.799 selling blessings out to him and his sons and the rest of the Rivera family. 290 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:52.400 Yeah, we appreciate that, and I'm sure he appreciates it. We're 291 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:56.920 getting we're getting some some emails and some text messages and that kind of thing. 292 00:19:57.000 --> 00:20:00.079 And you know, I haven't even had actually talked to Steve. We've 293 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:04.160 just exchanged some text messages. I'm trying to kind of leave him, you 294 00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:07.960 know, let him, let him be with this, and we're here if 295 00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:10.920 he needs us, because he's he's getting inundated, and he's a guy, 296 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:12.440 got a plan, the schooner. They got to do everything right right. 297 00:20:12.839 --> 00:20:17.119 All those things are tough. So anyway, I guess that's pretty much all 298 00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:19.839 I had and just think it short and sweet. Okay, Well, we 299 00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:25.039 appreciate the thought. Hey, we'll talk to you guys when Okay, do 300 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:27.559 that give us a call. Thanks a bunch. Yeah, so that. 301 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:30.200 Yeah, a lot, a lot of a lot of messages for Steve, 302 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:34.319 a lot of stuff on Facebook and and and Twitter, people giving you know, 303 00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:37.960 giving Steve some condolences for the loss of his mom. So we appreciate 304 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:41.559 all of that. We know he's got a lot of friends and a lot 305 00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:45.079 of support in this town. Steve's been here a really long time and he 306 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:48.079 deserves all of that and he's getting it. So that that's great for Steve. 307 00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:51.319 So we'll, you know, I'm sure there'll be a time when we'll 308 00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:55.200 we'll, you know, get him back here and see see how he see 309 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:56.799 how it goes from there. So we're just not going to press anything. 310 00:20:56.960 --> 00:21:00.319 Just let him, let him take whatever time he needs. Means okay, 311 00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:03.880 so let me get back to the NCAA tournament, because we we finished the 312 00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:10.279 breaking news with that, I went during the break and read Ross Ellinger's story 313 00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:15.960 from Yahoo Sports on this. Nobody's saying what the how it will look right 314 00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:21.319 in terms of specifically how the BRAC would look. But you're they're saying that 315 00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:23.319 it looks like, I mean, if you're going to add four or eight 316 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:29.559 teams, you're gonna have to have another first for sight. Uh so uh, 317 00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:33.880 they're saying that the sixty four team bracket will stay. Let's take this 318 00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:37.599 call. Hi, you're on the air and on the ball. How are 319 00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:41.720 you doing today? What's up, Brian? How are you well? Just 320 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:45.400 calling about uh Willie Mays. I was luckily I got to see him play 321 00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:49.359 when I was a kid. Yeah wait a minute, when you wait, 322 00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:56.119 when you were a kid, Brian? You were never a kid? Okay, 323 00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:59.279 sorry, anything to do, you know, get out of get out 324 00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:03.400 of high school or yeah you know, then go ahead over the high corb 325 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:07.640 field watch the games. Yeah, yeah, you know. And and that's 326 00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:10.000 the thing I mean, he was here, you know, the the Giants 327 00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:12.119 spring training was that was in Casa grand and they came here all the time 328 00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:15.079 to play. I'm sure there's a lot of people in Tuson out there who 329 00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:18.839 got to see him play. Like I said, I think I think I 330 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:21.359 saw him play, but I can't. I don't have a specific memory of 331 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:23.400 it. You know, one thing too, is I think, you know, 332 00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:27.680 if there's anybody close to being what me, he's the greatest player I 333 00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:30.799 ever saw, right, but the closest one to him would have to be 334 00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:40.000 Ken Grif correct correct, had all the injuries, maybe he might have passed 335 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:44.119 because he was applied to a player right right, right, you know when 336 00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:48.359 the way Ken Griffy attacked the outfield, you know, you know, going 337 00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:51.680 to the fences. So that's what that's what Willie Mays did. And you're 338 00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:56.200 right. If there's one guy that you put sort of in that classification, 339 00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:59.920 it was him, And you're correct. If not for all the injuries, 340 00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:03.079 uh, you might have you know, he might have been more on par 341 00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:07.400 with what with what Willie Mays did. But that's who he was. Right 342 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:11.240 For somebody who saw Ken Griffy play, you say, Okay, Willie Mays 343 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:15.640 was him with a little bit more, right, but a lot more flair. 344 00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:18.839 I mean, even though Willie Mays had flair for I mean, considering 345 00:23:19.359 --> 00:23:23.799 nobody had flair really back in the sixties, right, sure, Drysdale and 346 00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:29.759 Gibson trying to kill people exactly, but William Mays, you know. But 347 00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:33.079 but watch Willie Mays play. It was like, I mean, it was 348 00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:36.839 like amazing. He could just do everything. Yeah. Well, and then 349 00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:38.960 remember, right, Willie Mays was the one who perfected the basket catch. 350 00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:42.920 And we all tried it, and how many of us got hitting the you 351 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:47.680 know where's or you know, or hitting the or hitting the shoulder, hitting 352 00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:52.440 the chest or even in the head trying to make that basket catch and your 353 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:55.559 coach would say, what the hell are you doing? Catch the ball? 354 00:23:56.079 --> 00:24:00.200 You know, and he, you know, don't have to worry about that, 355 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:03.240 you know. You know what, remember did you grow up playing playing 356 00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:07.720 five hundred or you know, yeah, you know, you play five hundred 357 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:11.839 with the guys right where you're somebody's hitting balls to you. And if you 358 00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:14.400 catch a ground ball and a couple of bounces, you get points, or 359 00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:17.519 you catch a fly ball, and that's when we would try the basket catch, 360 00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:19.880 right, and then you drop the ball or or it would hit you 361 00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:22.640 in the head or hit you on the side, and you thought, how 362 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:27.000 does he do this so well? Right? You know? And if you 363 00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:30.240 look Okay, you look at the catch he made against Vick Wurtz and center 364 00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:36.880 Frail. Okay, you know now, I mean basically what he did now, 365 00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:40.039 he did that a lot of players can do now, but the much 366 00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:41.920 you know, they're great athletes, right, but he was the one who 367 00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:45.799 kind of said, oh, you can play with some player and play the 368 00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:48.880 game, you know, right, and just makes the game a little more 369 00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:52.880 exciting. Yeah yeah, Brent, I know we've talked about this, but 370 00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:59.640 you're growing up, you were a fan of who Cardinals, the car even 371 00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:03.079 back then. Okay, so so you're Bob Gibson was your guy, right 372 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:10.759 and so right, okay, yeah, Lou Brock so but so to me 373 00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.839 as a Dodger fan, you know, the Dodgers and the Giants were huge 374 00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:15.759 driver. But as a Cardinals fan, how did you see Willie Mays? 375 00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:19.000 How did you look at Willie Mays and the Giants? Just just amazed to 376 00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:22.480 watch him play? You know, people had to remember to back in those 377 00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:26.640 days. Unfortunately, we only got one game a week, right, right, 378 00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:30.119 you know, the Saturday afternoon game. Right. It was not like 379 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:34.119 now where every every game is on TV. So it was a treat when 380 00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:38.359 the Giants rough you know, Giants and Dodgers. You know, it was 381 00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:41.279 just it's fun to watch. Yeah, you know, the Giants were coming 382 00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:44.240 on, and even if you didn't like the Giants, you were going to 383 00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:47.640 go watch that game because there was a chance to see Willie Mays, Willie 384 00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:51.960 McCovey. As much as I hated Jan Marshall for clubbing John Roseborg with a 385 00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:56.000 baseball bat, you know, I wanted to see him pitch because I wanted 386 00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:59.039 to see him get rocked. Uh. You know, so you would watch 387 00:25:59.079 --> 00:26:02.759 guys for those reasons and because you didn't get to see them all the time. 388 00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:07.079 You know, it's funny if you ever seen the movie City Slickers where 389 00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:12.119 Billy Christ talks about going to Yankee Stadium for the first time and it was 390 00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:15.359 the first time first you could see he said, you could smile the grass. 391 00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:18.119 It was the first time I had seen the game in color, right, 392 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:22.000 And you think about that, and you go, it was a special 393 00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:26.799 thing to see a baseball game on TV. You know. I remember my 394 00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:32.160 my very first Major League baseball game ever went to Uh I'm not a Dodger 395 00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:37.079 fan, but I went to see the Dodgers and the Cardinals play, and 396 00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:41.680 in Dodger Stadium, yep. And you know that to me, that was 397 00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:44.400 like the biggest treat ever. That was the coolest thing. Right. Mine 398 00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:48.160 was dodg Mine was Dodgers and the Reds at Dodger Stadium. And I got 399 00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:52.400 to see Cofax throw and I still remember that. I can still remember from 400 00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:56.559 from the seat that I was in and watching him wind up and throw. 401 00:26:56.759 --> 00:27:00.480 I have that vivid memory. And I was six years old when that happened, 402 00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:03.480 right, Yeah, I got to see Bob Gibson pitch, you know, 403 00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:07.799 and it was like it was amazing and and and they right, and 404 00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:10.400 they were our heroes, right. You went and saw those guys, and 405 00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:14.799 it was a special deal to see those guys. I go to I go 406 00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:18.759 to a Diamondbacks game now, and you know, if they play the Dodgers, 407 00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:21.359 I know some of the Dodgers. I know zero of the Diamondbacks. 408 00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:23.759 You know, I don't know who they are. That's that's basically every team 409 00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:27.279 now. It's we're really sad, yeah, you know. And that's what's 410 00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:32.400 differentically, who can afford the best players now? Right, it's different from 411 00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:34.480 it's different from the way we got to see it. And I feel like 412 00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:37.519 it's a little more romantic the way we got to see it. But that's 413 00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:41.079 right. You know, at least my son has been able to see baseball 414 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:44.960 because we you know, we've been involved in so long, right, you 415 00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:47.720 know, you know, back when he was you know, five six years 416 00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:49.519 old, you know, go out, we go out the Dodgers stadium and 417 00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:53.640 watch games, and you know, he could see baseball what it really was 418 00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:57.039 back in the day. Yeah, yep, until all the free agency stuff 419 00:27:57.079 --> 00:28:02.319 took over everything, yep, exactly, and fantasy baseball that changed it all 420 00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:04.640 too all right, Brian, Hey, thanks so much, man, I 421 00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:08.400 appreciate it. Okay, we'll talk to you later. Okay, there you 422 00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:14.039 go, a couple of guys commiserating on what baseball used to be. Not 423 00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:15.880 look, and I love I still love baseball now. I watch the Dodger 424 00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:21.279 games every single day. And I like the fact that I can go home, 425 00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:25.839 put on the MLB app and watch the games and I get to see 426 00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:29.200 the games. Saw this game last night. That was an incredible game that 427 00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:33.799 the Dodgers. Dodgers played unbelievable. I know, people get tired of hearing 428 00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:37.519 about my Dodger rants and my Dodgers updates. Here we've got another caller coming 429 00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:40.319 in. Let's take that exactly. Hi, you're on the arm and eye 430 00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:45.599 on the ball. All right, appreciated. Hello, you're on the air. 431 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:52.160 Hide Jim, Hey Jen, what's up? Well? I was going 432 00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:56.400 to tell you about memory I have. My dad I was eleven years old, 433 00:28:56.519 --> 00:29:02.119 put me in the car one night from South side of Indiana and we 434 00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:08.039 drove down and watched the Chicago Cubs play the Cincinnati Reds in one of the 435 00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:17.759 last games in Crossley Field, the old field. Oh my god, oh 436 00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:21.279 my god. You who are the who are the players that that that you 437 00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:26.920 that you remember from that game? Ernie Bank and Billy Williams. Yep, 438 00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:30.599 yep, let's play too, Yeah, let's play too. Yeah. You 439 00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:34.519 know again, as I was, Tom, Tom Brandt serve a romantic time 440 00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:38.920 for us, right, we absorbed baseball differently than the way you absorb it 441 00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:41.599 now. And it's kind of like it was real special to go catch a 442 00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:49.799 game. Uh yeah. It's really commercialized now and at a high pig and 443 00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:55.160 the game now your Dodgers that you love so much, that's nothing but a 444 00:29:55.240 --> 00:30:02.519 money machine. Yeah, but who can pay for the players? And it 445 00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:06.079 would like it would be like you remember, we used to pick teams in 446 00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:10.079 the neighborhood and you'd use the bat, yep, and hand over hand, 447 00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:12.200 and whoever got the thumb on the knob got to pick right, right, 448 00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:18.119 right right. Well, the way the Dodgers are doing it, it's like 449 00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:22.240 they get every hand on the bank every time. Yeah, well they are 450 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.799 money machine. But you know what, they're my money machine, and I'm 451 00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:27.039 just kind of okay with it for now until they win another World Series. 452 00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:30.880 And that's why it's going to be. Well, you make one, you 453 00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:34.960 make one. Now, I think there's two. I think my son is 454 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:37.480 one is one of those as well, so there's two of us. The 455 00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:41.079 other one that The other thing I'd like to bring up while Steve is out 456 00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:48.000 is fantasy baseball. Yes, I have the Woo's hitting Fantasy baseball, not 457 00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:56.559 that I've ever had I've ever seen. I thought the worst team this year 458 00:30:56.680 --> 00:31:02.079 doing something with the baseball this year, I thought I had the worst fantasy 459 00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:04.599 team, Jim, I'm in last place in my league by a lot. 460 00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:10.079 Yeah, I'm in third place because I do a good job picking pitchers. 461 00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:11.319 Well, there you go. That's it. That's the key. My pitching 462 00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:15.880 staff sucks and that's just the way it is. So there you go. 463 00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:21.079 Hey, Willie Mays. Willy Mays memories only a couple. He was, 464 00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:23.839 you know, from Indiana. He was not in the market on TV very 465 00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:27.880 often, so I didn't have but I saw the big cats you're talking about. 466 00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:33.359 Yeah, and you know he's a guy hit six and sixty home runs 467 00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:37.920 and patrolled the outfield the way he did that right there, create the ends 468 00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:41.839 of both ends of the specum right right, he could do everything. He 469 00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:45.640 was a six tool player. Yeah, exactly, exactly, all right, 470 00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:47.920 Jim, appreciate it. Thanks so much for the call. Talk to you 471 00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:52.720 soon, all right. Yeah, so yeah, no again, you know 472 00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:56.480 we talked with you know, talking about Brian and you know you went and 473 00:31:56.519 --> 00:32:00.079 saw a game and it was it was a special deal. Again. The 474 00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:05.440 first time that I went to Dodger Stadium, my family was in California, 475 00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:07.519 went to two games. I saw a Gofax throw, saw him throw the 476 00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:10.279 next year on the road in Houston because we had gone to Texas where my 477 00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:14.839 dad's where altis living, I saw a game in the Astrodome and I have 478 00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:17.559 very vivid memories of those and I don't know if the vivid memories come from 479 00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:22.400 the whole movies that we have from that. But I have a real picture 480 00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:27.839 of watching watching him throw, and you know, to me, the greatest 481 00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:31.400 picture of all time. Although you know his again his career got cut short 482 00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:36.759 by his arm problems, but you know, it was a romantic time for 483 00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:42.000 us for baseball. And do I love the fact that you can watch whatever 484 00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:44.279 game you want to watch? Now? Yeah, it's great. I love 485 00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:47.480 doing that. But I think also at the same time, was you know 486 00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:52.599 that Saturday game. There was one game It came on tuson time. It 487 00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:57.400 came on at eleven o'clock in the morning, and so you'd watch your cartoons, 488 00:32:57.759 --> 00:33:00.000 have your breakfast, get your chores done, turn on the TV and 489 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:04.920 sit down and watch the game. And it could be the Reds and the 490 00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:09.319 Cubs. It could be the Yankees and the and the uh you know whoever, 491 00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:15.519 the Yankees and the Red Sox, or you know, you picked up 492 00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:17.880 the TV guide when it came in on Monday, you immediately turned to the 493 00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:21.920 Saturday page, c who's the game this week? And if it was the 494 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:24.640 Dodgers, you were like, Okay, clear the decks for Saturday, I'm 495 00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:29.839 watching the Dodger game, and that's how that's how we grew up watching baseball, 496 00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:36.279 you know. And yes, you know what's happened with with its availability 497 00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:39.319 now the money that comes into it because of that great it's made the game 498 00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:44.680 great. It's it is a great game still despite the fact that a team 499 00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:46.640 like the Dodgers can do what they're doing with all the money that they have. 500 00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:50.640 But you know what, the money isn't guaranteeing anything. You still got 501 00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:52.240 to go play the games. You know we're talking. I was talking about 502 00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:55.000 this game last night with the with the Rockies the Dodgers. You know, 503 00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:59.799 had youh rally scored seven runs on the top of the ninth inning to be 504 00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:05.359 to beat the Rockies, should have lost the game when there was a check 505 00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:12.159 swing by Taoskar Hernandez who should have been out, should have been the third 506 00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:15.920 out. Instead he was not called out. On the next pitch he hits 507 00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:17.480 a three run homer to win the game. Those are my Dodgers. I 508 00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:20.840 loved watching that. It was great. Okay, let's go and take a 509 00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:23.760 breakword and call Judy McDermott from First t tusaon where you give her a buzz 510 00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:29.239 and talk about her program. A golf program coming up, so stick around. 511 00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:31.320 If you're an Arizona men's basketball fan, you know it's been successful for 512 00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:36.000 nearly forty years. Now take a look back at the Ludolsen era in my 513 00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:37.559 new book, Lessons from Loot. It was a labor of love through the 514 00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:42.480 eyes of twenty five former players, coaches and friends to give insight to the 515 00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:45.960 coach and the man who led them, competed against them, and inspired them. 516 00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:50.519 Twenty five chapters for his twenty five years as Arizona's beloved coach. 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Steve is out for a few more days, and on phone 557 00:37:53.679 --> 00:38:00.840 got Judy mcgermott, executive director of First t Tucson, come off of a 558 00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:04.360 tournament, a youth tournament here in the last couple of days, but running 559 00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:07.079 a great program out there at First Tea for kids who want a golf and 560 00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:10.400 it's as simple as that. So Judy, welcome to the show. Thank 561 00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:13.840 you so much for having me. Jay, So I asked you, you 562 00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:15.519 know, as you came on, you're out of the sun, but you 563 00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:19.679 had a tournament for the last couple of days. Tell us a little bit 564 00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:22.800 about the tournament and the kinds of things that you know, some of these 565 00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:30.159 kids that get into your program can participate in absolutely well several several years ago, 566 00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:32.880 unfortunately I don't even remember what year now, but First t Tucson took 567 00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:38.199 over the Ricky Brareck Junior Golf program, which was a big part of Tucson 568 00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:44.559 for seventy years. And so Ricky Bareck Junior Golf is basically developmental, just 569 00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:49.400 fun golf tournaments for kids six years old all the way up to eighteen years 570 00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:52.159 old. And with their two day tournaments on Mondays and Tuesdays in the summer 571 00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:58.159 in June and July. And this week we played Oral Valley Country Club. 572 00:38:58.559 --> 00:39:00.880 It was a real treat on Monday, yeah. And then we played the 573 00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:05.119 Views Golf Club on Tuesday, oh man. And so we had about we 574 00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:09.480 had about seventy kids to participate, all ages and had a ball and everybody 575 00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:13.480 gets to Hot Doug lunch when they're done with their ground, which is toward 576 00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:16.119 the treat. Yes, yeah, so wow. And we played the nice 577 00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:21.880 courses yeah, and we charged very little. Luckily, our program is subsidized 578 00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:24.440 by our great sponsors and the tushnkin Keys stores and the Cooligard Classics. So 579 00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:29.360 a long time ago, the two hunkn Key stores promised Ricky Rareck when they 580 00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:31.199 took over the Tucson Open from him, that they would make sure that the 581 00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:36.840 Ricky Rare Junior Golf program lived on. And so that is pretty amazing when 582 00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:38.800 you think about, you know, the program has been around for seventy years. 583 00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:43.199 Very very cool. So in addition to the tournaments, right, you 584 00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:45.480 said it. Mondays and Tuesdays, You've got you've got some instruction programs that 585 00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:49.360 are when you're doing sign ups. Right now, tell us a little bit 586 00:39:49.400 --> 00:39:52.239 about the sign ups. So our first tea programs for the summer, we're 587 00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:55.519 doing summer camps. We just completed a summer camp at El Rio Golf Course, 588 00:39:55.519 --> 00:40:00.360 which is our home. But we are at about ten locations. Summer 589 00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:05.559 camp coming up the end of this month at Cricketry. Unfortunately that's full, 590 00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:08.480 so nobody can sign up for that. But we do have a summer camp 591 00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:15.559 at El Rio July tenth, eleventh, and twelfth from eight am to eleven 592 00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:20.840 am those three days. And it's only sixty dollars for those three days of 593 00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:25.000 camp for all three days, so cheaper than cheaper than babysitting. Yeah, 594 00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:30.400 especially the day. We have a ball with the kids and our coaches do 595 00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:32.400 a great job. You know, we have water balloon fights. You know. 596 00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:37.679 Obviously we teach golf skills and life skills, and we're we have clinics 597 00:40:37.719 --> 00:40:40.639 to teach chipping and putting. But we make everything a fun contest and we 598 00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:45.280 sometimes have a Hawaiian theme, dress up, you name it. We just 599 00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:49.840 make camp fun. And that's for aged kids seventy seventeen. So you won't 600 00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:52.960 take a sixty five year old guy for the chipping and putting tighty clinics. 601 00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:58.800 You know what I can tell you right now, you do not want me 602 00:40:59.039 --> 00:41:04.360 coaching shipping. You don't. You don't have coach shipping. But you know, 603 00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:07.159 I think you could teach them a few other things. Yeah, well, 604 00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:09.119 and and again those are some things you probably don't want them to be 605 00:41:09.199 --> 00:41:13.639 taught either. So but but you know, it's a fantastic program and and 606 00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:17.239 I love it. I know one of my one of my niece's daughters went 607 00:41:17.320 --> 00:41:21.519 through first team. She's she's in on the in the high on the high 608 00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:25.000 school golf team at Sunnyside. Learned a lot from your program. So I 609 00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:30.039 do I have some personal knowledge that this thing, that this thing works and 610 00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:31.440 and it's and it's great for the kids. And as you said, you 611 00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:35.599 know, just just go out and play, you know, get outside, 612 00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:38.599 play, have a great time. It's meant to just you know, golf 613 00:41:38.639 --> 00:41:42.000 of the game meant to be played and have fun. And that's what we 614 00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:45.719 do here is we try to make it as fun as possible and don't make 615 00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:49.280 it all about left arm straight and all that stuff. Funny time for that. 616 00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:53.320 Yeah, So, so how many kids you have in each in each 617 00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:59.559 camp like this real camp coming up, they get to come through sixty kids, 618 00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:01.880 you know, to make the quality obviously good. And we can do 619 00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:06.639 a lot more at a Rio summer camp because we have our nice learning center 620 00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:09.880 here and we have the entire use of the range with three part three holes 621 00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:14.360 within it. We are going to have a camp at fred Inink Golf Course 622 00:42:14.559 --> 00:42:17.280 in July July twenty fourth, twenty fifth, twenty six. That'll be from 623 00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:21.880 nine am to twelve pm, and that's still open for registration as well, 624 00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:24.960 and we'll probably we'll probably have about fifty kids in that camp. And I'm 625 00:42:24.960 --> 00:42:30.119 presuming that everything, all of our info is at first T twoson dot org. 626 00:42:30.239 --> 00:42:34.960 And that's first T spelled out right, not the number so fi R 627 00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:38.400 s T and tee two sun dot org. And I'm presuming that you know, 628 00:42:38.760 --> 00:42:42.239 you can come to a camp even if you've never played golf right. 629 00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:46.360 The idea is to learn play right correct correct. It's a fun instruction and 630 00:42:46.719 --> 00:42:50.360 the best part about it is I see all the kids just meeting each other 631 00:42:50.400 --> 00:42:52.079 and having fun. I mean, you know, what we do on the 632 00:42:52.119 --> 00:42:55.280 golf course of adults is network and this is just networking for kids. And 633 00:42:55.400 --> 00:42:59.000 like I said, we make it all friendly. And it's not like you're 634 00:42:59.440 --> 00:43:01.239 waiting to be picked on a team and you know, being the last kid 635 00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:05.079 to be picked, and it doesn't work that way here. Everybody's treated to 636 00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:07.880 be coolly no matter their golf skill. And they you know, they just 637 00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:12.079 have a good time and we give them a few snacks and enjoy everything. 638 00:43:12.119 --> 00:43:15.079 And like I say, the water balloon fights are pretty popular. That's that's 639 00:43:15.239 --> 00:43:19.039 well. You probably need to be cooled off several times a day. So 640 00:43:19.639 --> 00:43:22.599 talking me, when you know, the first morning of a camp, how 641 00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:25.159 does it work, What what do they do? What can the kids expect 642 00:43:25.239 --> 00:43:29.480 to see when they show up, say at the Crooked Tree camp on the 643 00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:32.280 twenty sixth. Every camp is a little bit different. We do mix it 644 00:43:32.360 --> 00:43:36.480 up a little bit, but for the most part, when they arrive, 645 00:43:36.599 --> 00:43:40.119 obviously we do meet and greet and we do introductions and we do a little 646 00:43:40.159 --> 00:43:44.360 warm up. But then we have a chipping station, a pitching station, 647 00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:47.599 a putting station, driving station, but everything we do contests so the kids 648 00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:51.760 have a chance to win a prize. So we have like a softa Cup 649 00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:53.880 game and the kids get collings under the salta cup if they hit the ball 650 00:43:53.960 --> 00:43:58.599 into the soft cup, and we play you know, home run derby with 651 00:43:58.840 --> 00:44:01.320 in golf, you know, like with baseball. And so our coaches do 652 00:44:01.440 --> 00:44:05.880 a really good job making it fun and creating different games that they'll play. 653 00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:08.199 So it's not just the golf. There's a game and then like say, 654 00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:13.360 we have points and we put everybody in teams, so there's contests and then 655 00:44:13.400 --> 00:44:15.360 we have prizes at the end of the camp to see, you know, 656 00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:20.800 who won the prizes of who finished with the highest point total, you know, 657 00:44:21.360 --> 00:44:22.920 unlike our golf score when you want it low, but we do highest 658 00:44:22.920 --> 00:44:27.519 points total when we're doing the clinics in the camp. Well, if you 659 00:44:27.559 --> 00:44:29.840 look at my card, you think I'm trying to shoot high, because I 660 00:44:29.920 --> 00:44:34.199 do every time. It's bad. It's bad sometimes. So now, first 661 00:44:34.239 --> 00:44:37.480 he's a national program, right, but it's got local chapters like like Tucson. 662 00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:40.119 Is that how this works? Correct? And what's a neat thing? 663 00:44:40.159 --> 00:44:44.239 There's aout one hundred and fifty chapters across the nation. But right now we 664 00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:50.599 have two kids. They're at our Leadership Academy in Atlanta, and they are 665 00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:54.679 Arthur Blank, who owns the PGH We're superstores. He sponsors these leadership summits. 666 00:44:54.760 --> 00:44:59.159 And so these kids from all over the country are now in Atlanta and 667 00:44:59.239 --> 00:45:02.719 they are getting to go to the PGA Tour Superstar headquarters. They're going to 668 00:45:02.960 --> 00:45:08.760 see the soccer team stadium. Obviously Arthur Blank also owns the Atlanta Falcons. 669 00:45:08.800 --> 00:45:12.800 They go to the Atlanta Falcons Stadium. And then all these people that are 670 00:45:12.840 --> 00:45:15.239 in the sports industries and CEOs, they have all these panels for these kids 671 00:45:15.679 --> 00:45:19.559 and so they just have a great experience. So Jojo Munoz who's in our 672 00:45:19.599 --> 00:45:22.800 program, and Aidan Howe right now they are in Atlanta. Wow. And 673 00:45:23.360 --> 00:45:28.599 then in August, Oliver de Gia and Frankie Felix are going to be going 674 00:45:28.679 --> 00:45:34.239 to the leadership Summit in Montana at Arthur Blank's ranch there. And then we're 675 00:45:34.280 --> 00:45:37.199 waiting to hear for our kids that applied to go to Pebble Beach if they're 676 00:45:37.239 --> 00:45:39.760 going to get to go to Pebble Beach. And then Jojo Munoz, who 677 00:45:39.760 --> 00:45:44.559 I've already mentioned, she just got accepted to go to the Game Changers Academy 678 00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:50.199 in Minneapolis. So the neat thing about First Tea is there's national opportunities that 679 00:45:50.280 --> 00:45:54.559 they can apply for when they're high school aged and the teenage, and they 680 00:45:54.719 --> 00:45:58.960 just have, you know, amazing workshops for these kids. But what's really 681 00:45:59.039 --> 00:46:02.519 neat is how these kids make friends with kids from other chapters across the nation 682 00:46:02.719 --> 00:46:06.320 at these events. So I'm sure there's you know, one hundreds of kids 683 00:46:06.400 --> 00:46:08.679 coming through this program. Do you get to you know, do you see 684 00:46:08.719 --> 00:46:12.519 them down the road, you know, whether when they're playing high school golf 685 00:46:12.599 --> 00:46:15.159 or maybe even college golf for that kind of jas in the high school golf. 686 00:46:15.239 --> 00:46:17.440 We do a lot with high school golf here trying to help kids. 687 00:46:17.480 --> 00:46:20.679 We give them free golf clubs. A lot of the kids that are playing 688 00:46:20.760 --> 00:46:22.800 high school golf now might be new to the game and they don't even have 689 00:46:22.880 --> 00:46:27.559 golf clubs, so we give them free golf clubs. And we're very lucky 690 00:46:27.599 --> 00:46:30.440 that Don Pooley, the PJ pro that lives here in town, that played 691 00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:34.119 the Tour and the Champions Tour, he comes and even gives instruction to these 692 00:46:34.239 --> 00:46:37.599 kids. I mean, he's very kind, and so we do a lot 693 00:46:37.639 --> 00:46:40.079 with the high school golf programs to help the kids with their games and giving 694 00:46:40.159 --> 00:46:46.880 them equipment, and we do it basically practically no cost. We're financial aid. 695 00:46:46.960 --> 00:46:52.599 We we do provide, but we do keep our prices really low, 696 00:46:52.679 --> 00:46:54.239 so a lot of times people don't even have to ask for us. Right, 697 00:46:54.639 --> 00:46:58.360 that's so cool. What do you think is the best part of this 698 00:46:58.519 --> 00:47:01.559 for you? You know, at you doing this, what gives you the 699 00:47:01.679 --> 00:47:08.199 most satisfaction, enjoyment, whatever, however you want to put that. The 700 00:47:08.519 --> 00:47:13.239 best part for me is obviously for me just getting to know the kids, 701 00:47:13.519 --> 00:47:17.360 and it's hard to see them when they graduate. You know. One of 702 00:47:17.440 --> 00:47:22.119 our huge success stories is James Lbucas who got to play at Pebble Beach last 703 00:47:22.199 --> 00:47:25.719 year, but he also has been caddying at Tucson Country Club with our program 704 00:47:25.800 --> 00:47:30.840 that we started with them, and he actually received the Evan Scholarship. Okay, 705 00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:32.599 yes, I've heard about it here. So he's going to be going 706 00:47:32.639 --> 00:47:37.639 to Northwestern University to study mechanical engineering, and the Evan Scholarship is basically a 707 00:47:37.719 --> 00:47:43.039 full ride, and he worked hard with his caddying at Tucson Country Club to 708 00:47:43.840 --> 00:47:46.559 get enough rounds in to be able to even apply for the scholarship and it's 709 00:47:46.679 --> 00:47:51.440 very competitive, but you know, the financial need has to be there to 710 00:47:51.559 --> 00:47:55.639 receive this scholarship through the Evan scholars Foundation as well. But stories like that 711 00:47:55.800 --> 00:48:00.960 are obviously, you know, amazing. But just the kid in maths is 712 00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:04.559 just so fun to see them enjoying the game of golf that I grew up 713 00:48:04.599 --> 00:48:07.719 to play. And we encourage kids here that don't be a one sport person. 714 00:48:07.840 --> 00:48:12.119 Play all the other sports, but learn golf when you're young, as 715 00:48:12.159 --> 00:48:14.599 we tell them. You know, you look at somebody like Steph Curry, 716 00:48:14.639 --> 00:48:17.800 professional athletes play golf in their off time, and you know it's their hobby, 717 00:48:19.280 --> 00:48:21.559 right, It's really important to learn how to play the game when you're 718 00:48:21.559 --> 00:48:23.519 young, because it's a heck of a lot easier when you're older if you 719 00:48:23.639 --> 00:48:27.119 learned it when you're young, exactly, you know, and from a you 720 00:48:27.159 --> 00:48:30.159 know, from a purely selfish stample. And my son has been golfing since 721 00:48:30.199 --> 00:48:32.800 he was five, and we we golf together now and we you know, 722 00:48:34.039 --> 00:48:37.960 right and you know, he we're at each other's uh, you know, 723 00:48:37.360 --> 00:48:40.519 first golf partner. We're the first one that we each call to golf. 724 00:48:42.599 --> 00:48:45.159 Anytime you get four or five hours out there with your kid or him with 725 00:48:45.239 --> 00:48:49.159 his dad. You know, it's a thing that you know, you get 726 00:48:49.159 --> 00:48:51.079 to be an old guy like me. You can still play. You might 727 00:48:51.199 --> 00:48:53.000 suck, but you can still play and you have fun. And I watch 728 00:48:53.079 --> 00:48:55.079 him, you know, beat the hell out of me. But we have 729 00:48:55.199 --> 00:48:59.280 a great time. Every time we play. We have a great every time 730 00:48:59.360 --> 00:49:02.360 we play. Never never had. One of my favorite things is just the 731 00:49:02.480 --> 00:49:07.079 Ricky Rareck tournaments. We do not allow spectators and because that was a tradition 732 00:49:07.239 --> 00:49:10.280 that Ricky Rarek had, and it's just fun to see the kids out there 733 00:49:10.320 --> 00:49:14.639 getting no one another and just having fun on the golf course without their parents 734 00:49:14.719 --> 00:49:17.000 watching them. Right, and you know, the drive there's no drive home 735 00:49:17.079 --> 00:49:21.840 saying why did you do this? You know, it's it's just meant to 736 00:49:21.920 --> 00:49:25.480 be fun and to socialized with your friends and get you off that darn cell 737 00:49:25.519 --> 00:49:29.519 phone for a little bit. Exactly, yeah, exactly, all right, 738 00:49:29.760 --> 00:49:31.760 Judy, thank you so much. It's first T F I R S T 739 00:49:32.440 --> 00:49:37.400 t ee dot org. Right, Tucson, first T two two sun dot 740 00:49:37.519 --> 00:49:39.960 org. Okay, all right, first T two sun dot org. You're 741 00:49:40.000 --> 00:49:45.880 trying to get information again. There's a camp coming up next month at Elrio. 742 00:49:45.079 --> 00:49:49.760 So, uh, forrage, I'm looking at it and says for ages 743 00:49:49.800 --> 00:49:52.719 seven to seventeen. So a lot of a lot of different ages out there. 744 00:49:52.760 --> 00:49:55.440 So congratulations on what you're doing, Judy. This is this is awesome. 745 00:49:55.960 --> 00:50:00.159 All right, appreciate you joining us. Talk to you soon. All 746 00:50:00.239 --> 00:50:04.719 right. That was Judy McDermott from First t Tucson. Again. There's nothing 747 00:50:04.800 --> 00:50:07.880 like for me. You know, my son is thirty one years old and 748 00:50:08.000 --> 00:50:13.159 we the time that we spend golfing together is quality special time for us. 749 00:50:13.679 --> 00:50:15.639 You know, he kind of wants to be around me to golf with, 750 00:50:15.760 --> 00:50:19.880 and he loves playing well, he loves kicking my ass, which he does 751 00:50:19.920 --> 00:50:22.400 every time now. But we you know, we're competitive with each with each 752 00:50:22.440 --> 00:50:25.039 other, but we both understand where we play. He's, you know, 753 00:50:25.119 --> 00:50:28.880 he's on the blue te's. I'm on the silver teas. But we have 754 00:50:28.960 --> 00:50:30.159 a great time. And so as I mentioned, we were out there on 755 00:50:30.840 --> 00:50:36.159 last Saturday out at Ventana Canyon getting getting heat stroked. But we had a 756 00:50:36.199 --> 00:50:38.559 great time. All right. We've only got a couple of minutes. We 757 00:50:38.639 --> 00:50:42.639 had a person who called during the break if you want to give us a 758 00:50:42.679 --> 00:50:45.239 call real quick. We've only got a few minutes. I think you might 759 00:50:45.280 --> 00:50:49.000 have had some comments on us. We had to clear the phone with Judy, 760 00:50:49.079 --> 00:50:51.519 so we're ready to take your call, but we've only got about three 761 00:50:51.519 --> 00:50:52.719 minutes. Let's take this call. HI, You're on the air and I 762 00:50:52.800 --> 00:50:57.800 on the ball. Hi, this is Jonathan. I've been listening to your 763 00:50:57.840 --> 00:51:02.280 show for a long time and some part time caller. I was calling because 764 00:51:02.800 --> 00:51:09.119 all those baseball memories about dad and the Dad's been my first baseball game when 765 00:51:09.199 --> 00:51:15.159 I was like seven. It was the Days taking on the Yankees opening. 766 00:51:16.960 --> 00:51:22.079 Halfway through the seventh or eighth inning, it starts raining, plooring, people 767 00:51:22.239 --> 00:51:25.599 leaving the stadium, and it got to the point where we were the last 768 00:51:25.800 --> 00:51:30.440 like five fans in the stadium. It's one in him and finally a guy 769 00:51:30.599 --> 00:51:34.559 comes over and says, they called the game. You gotta go home. 770 00:51:35.159 --> 00:51:39.360 And I've looked on baseball ever since. One of them comments to the first 771 00:51:39.400 --> 00:51:43.119 team thing, it's my dad taught me the game of golf when I was 772 00:51:43.239 --> 00:51:45.480 younger, but didn't put me in first team. But I've met a lot 773 00:51:45.519 --> 00:51:52.480 of kiddos through teaching that are in first team and their golf was had improved 774 00:51:52.719 --> 00:51:58.199 greatly because they were in first team. He goes beyond just dad teaching me 775 00:51:58.320 --> 00:52:00.039 the game. So I think it's a very good program. And I really 776 00:52:00.199 --> 00:52:04.760 liked listening to that last day. Well. Great, We appreciate, appreciate 777 00:52:04.840 --> 00:52:07.360 you listening to this. I love the memory. You know, right, 778 00:52:07.440 --> 00:52:08.599 you go to a game and it's a special thing and you don't want to 779 00:52:08.639 --> 00:52:12.760 leave the stadium, right, uh? And and that that that's too cool. 780 00:52:12.880 --> 00:52:15.800 So what was that game in New York or in Oakland? No, 781 00:52:15.039 --> 00:52:19.280 it was back in Oakland, Okay, in the area. Okay, my 782 00:52:19.480 --> 00:52:25.679 dad's saying, son, I paid for twenty seven outs and seven out and 783 00:52:25.960 --> 00:52:30.320 that's not with me because he's going to these games and it's like people are 784 00:52:30.480 --> 00:52:32.880 leaving in the third corner or the eighth minute or whatever. I'm like, 785 00:52:32.960 --> 00:52:37.159 you paid for the whole ticket. Why aren't you leaving exactly? That? 786 00:52:38.480 --> 00:52:44.800 Great stuff? Great stuff, Jonathan? Why is great? Yeah? He 787 00:52:44.960 --> 00:52:49.000 comes here, he comes here once a year golfh in Tucson, and it's 788 00:52:49.360 --> 00:52:52.119 the most fun we have once a year in our golf. That's too cool, 789 00:52:52.440 --> 00:52:57.440 Jonathan. We appreciate the calling as always, appreciate you listening. Thank 790 00:52:57.480 --> 00:53:00.639 you so much. Yeah, I'll say listening, all right, that was 791 00:53:00.679 --> 00:53:05.079 Jonathan, So yeah, you know again the thing ie we'll runn out of 792 00:53:05.079 --> 00:53:07.280 timing. But the thing I hated most is going to a Dodger game and 793 00:53:07.360 --> 00:53:08.519 have it to be a two hour game. I'm like, I want my 794 00:53:08.639 --> 00:53:15.679 time there, right. I hated that exactly, all right, Henry hey 795 00:53:15.719 --> 00:53:19.840 Man, thanks a much for this nice job today running the show and joining 796 00:53:19.880 --> 00:53:23.480 in on the conversation. Thank you to Judy McDermott for information on the first 797 00:53:23.519 --> 00:53:28.119 T two son and thanks to Jody Aaylor for the insight on those Phoenix suns 798 00:53:28.159 --> 00:53:31.119 in the NBA. So we'll be back tomorrow for with some more great guests. 799 00:53:31.119 --> 00:53:35.480 We'll be sure to get to come around and we'll take your calls and 800 00:53:36.159 --> 00:53:37.920 join in on the conversation. So we will see you to tomorrow