WEBVTT 1 00:00:24.039 --> 00:00:28.359 Good evening everybody, and welcome to another episode of Fire Up. 2 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:31.839 I hope you are fired up as we are at 3 00:00:31.879 --> 00:00:35.679 this late hour tonight. How are you guys tonight. 4 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:46.759 I'm good, Ralph, Ralph, You're good, so. 5 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:50.359 Doing real well? Thank you. I'm good, thank. 6 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:52.759 You, good good good well. 7 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:55.000 Yeah, I'm here, I'm good, thank you. 8 00:00:56.399 --> 00:01:00.240 I have to say the title says it all. The 9 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:05.799 streak for Florida hockey teams continue. This is the sixth 10 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:12.359 straight Stanley Cup Finals that Florida hockey team will be 11 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:17.200 playing in. The first three were the Lightning, the last 12 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:23.840 three have been the Florida Panthers. And with that in Walks, Samir, 13 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:29.000 Good evening, sir, good, how are you good? 14 00:01:29.519 --> 00:01:30.120 Perfect time? 15 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:34.760 We just started, We really just started. So my first 16 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:36.920 thing we were just gonna quick talk about we were 17 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:40.640 gonna is talking about how the streak for Florida hockey 18 00:01:40.719 --> 00:01:45.400 teams continues because this is the sixth straight Stanley Cup 19 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:48.959 Final that will have one of the Florida teams. The 20 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:51.680 first three where the Tampa Bay Lightning, and then the 21 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:54.920 last three now have been the Florida Panthers. Who would 22 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:58.400 have guessed one of the teams from one of the 23 00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:03.319 warmest cities, warmest states, and we are in the sixth 24 00:02:03.359 --> 00:02:08.120 time were what I would consider a cold weather sport 25 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:12.680 on the ice, any of your any thoughts from. 26 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:15.719 Any of you, I mean, I think it just goes 27 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:19.879 to show what and this follows for any sport, what 28 00:02:19.960 --> 00:02:25.080 the right ownership can do, because especially with the Sun 29 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:32.000 Belt teams like the Florida teams in Carolina, it shows 30 00:02:32.039 --> 00:02:37.039 what the right ownership can do. And with that being said, 31 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:40.039 and regarding the subject of the success of the Sun 32 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:46.680 Belt teams, there's been some chatter around Atlanta potentially getting 33 00:02:46.680 --> 00:02:52.199 a third try at the NHL. And obviously the Flames 34 00:02:52.240 --> 00:02:54.719 weren't here very long in the seventies and eighties. They 35 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:59.039 went to Calgary. The Thrashers were here for eleven years. 36 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:02.439 They only made the Playoff. Swans, their owners in the 37 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:06.759 Atlanta Spirit Group could care less about the team. They 38 00:03:06.759 --> 00:03:09.000 were too busy fighting each other more than they were 39 00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:13.120 about investing in the team, and attendants was bad team 40 00:03:13.159 --> 00:03:16.319 one very successful. They end up going to Winnipeg and 41 00:03:16.360 --> 00:03:19.599 they are now the Jets. So look, I know it's 42 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:24.080 a long shot. I know recently the commissioners said they 43 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:30.439 weren't looking to expand anytime soon, but I wouldn't rule 44 00:03:30.479 --> 00:03:33.319 out Atlanta potentially getting a third shot at the NHL. 45 00:03:33.759 --> 00:03:36.199 And I feel the same way about Arizona. I know 46 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:39.039 they just lost their team and they had issues with 47 00:03:39.159 --> 00:03:41.960 ownership and the arena situation. But I feel like with 48 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:44.199 the right ownership group, as you're seeing in these Sun 49 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:54.800 belt cities like Tampa, Florid, Miami, the Miami Fort Lauderdale area, Carolina, 50 00:03:56.520 --> 00:04:02.479 the right ownership can work. So that's my takeaway from it. 51 00:04:02.599 --> 00:04:03.719 Penn's been in your thoughts. 52 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:08.439 It seemed like to me that I don't like them. 53 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:12.800 I don't like them, but when you get into the playoffs, 54 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:17.160 it's a whole new season. They limped into playoffs, and 55 00:04:17.240 --> 00:04:20.920 when they played the playoffs, they seem to get hotter 56 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:24.959 as that as every series happened. So I thought they're 57 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:27.000 gonna I thought the Capital is gonna be at the 58 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:32.319 Stanley Cup. I thought they were gonna lose to the 59 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:37.160 Florida for the Florida Panthers, and then they just kept going. 60 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:40.959 And then Carolina they seemed like they're a fighting team, 61 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:46.279 but they fell apart. So like a good goaltender gets 62 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:49.399 you where you need to get to. So I give 63 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:52.959 credit to the Florida Panthers. Ralph. 64 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:56.879 Your thoughts, well, Florida has always been a fighting, pretty 65 00:04:57.000 --> 00:04:59.800 type of team. The Lightning have all have been in 66 00:04:59.839 --> 00:05:03.480 the Stanley Cup and have won some. So you know, 67 00:05:03.879 --> 00:05:06.480 it's no surprise that these two teams, and they have 68 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:10.560 good coaches as well, uh you know, some some pretty 69 00:05:10.600 --> 00:05:14.519 decent coaches that they've managed to have that have been 70 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:18.399 able to keep these teams in the hunt every single season. 71 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:23.040 And you know, there's times when I've watched the Lightning 72 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:25.480 play the Penguins and the Panthers play the Penguins, and 73 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:28.920 the Penguins struggle against both of these teams because both 74 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:33.000 of these teams are are gritty and or you know, 75 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:35.639 and have you know, and been in and out of 76 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:38.079 these playoffs and the Stanley Cups. They and they know 77 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:40.240 how to win. I mean, you know, you have to 78 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:41.959 know how to win. There's a way to do it. 79 00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:45.800 As far as winning goes, the. 80 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:50.839 One thing I will say is it doesn't it doesn't 81 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:55.160 matter your regular season record. What matters is getting into 82 00:05:55.240 --> 00:05:58.439 the playoffs, especially for the NHL, and being hot at 83 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:01.199 the right time. The Panthers, they take it to a 84 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:04.680 whole new level when I think from the regular season, 85 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:10.720 they've been doing really well, and it most definitely matters 86 00:06:10.800 --> 00:06:14.040 who's between the pipes, because, let's face it, if you 87 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:20.560 watched the Panthers series with Carolina, until Carolina made the 88 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:25.360 switch and behind the pipes, everybody thought the Panthers could 89 00:06:25.720 --> 00:06:30.560 sweep them, and they didn't. They lost the game when 90 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:37.759 the pipes went to somebody else. But yeah, Burgowski is 91 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:44.240 he is a really good goal tender, and he's resurrected 92 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:48.480 his career and he's gonna go down as one of 93 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:55.120 the best. I would say. Now, still kind of speaking 94 00:06:55.399 --> 00:07:01.319 of a little bit about hockey, but I found this 95 00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:06.560 and I thought this was really interesting. The Minnesota Timberwolves 96 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:10.439 were eliminated by the Thunder in the Western Conference Final. 97 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:19.360 It has now been thirty four years since an MLB, NBA, NFL, 98 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:24.879 or NHL team from Minnesota has won a championship. No 99 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:30.720 other city has a current drought of more than twenty years, 100 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:35.040 So the Minnesota Wild have zero Stanley Cups in their history, 101 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:41.399 Minnesota Timberwolves have zero NBA championships, the Minnesota Vikings have 102 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:45.639 zero Super Bowls in their team's history, and the Minnesota 103 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:51.199 Minnesota Twins the last time they won in the World 104 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:57.360 Series came back in nineteen ninety one. What are your 105 00:07:57.439 --> 00:08:03.720 thoughts about Minnesota and this drought. Who'd like to go first? 106 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:14.160 I guess say, well, Gay, go first, go ahead, Smar. 107 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:18.519 Yeah, I mean I guess it shows that as an 108 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:22.480 Atlanta sports fan who has endured his own fair share 109 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:29.560 of sports pain and getting close and not quite getting there. 110 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:34.679 I guess it shows that we're not alone. That's my 111 00:08:34.919 --> 00:08:36.240 that's my only takeaway from it. 112 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:39.519 Mm hmm Okay, Ralph. 113 00:08:40.559 --> 00:08:44.240 Yeah, you know, it's hard to come back from a deficit, 114 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:48.600 and it's really hard if you are, you know, in 115 00:08:48.759 --> 00:08:51.679 that hole. I mean, it's not easy. And if it's 116 00:08:51.720 --> 00:08:54.559 been since nineteen ninety one that they've come back or 117 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:57.639 even won a championship more or less, uh, you know, 118 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:00.399 this is this is something to what I use what 119 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:02.679 somebody used to say to me when they didn't know 120 00:09:02.799 --> 00:09:04.480 they weren't familiar with something. They used to call it 121 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:08.559 genera because they weren't familiar with it. Maybe they're you know, 122 00:09:08.639 --> 00:09:11.759 they're not familiar with this. This is something that's new 123 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:15.000 to them now and it's been a long time. So 124 00:09:15.120 --> 00:09:16.960 let's see if they can come back and do and 125 00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:20.600 win and do some and really do something here that 126 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:23.440 would be an interest that would be very interesting to 127 00:09:23.559 --> 00:09:23.919 see that. 128 00:09:25.559 --> 00:09:25.879 Pens. 129 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:32.039 Then your thoughts, The Minnesota Twins have bullpen problems. They 130 00:09:32.159 --> 00:09:35.720 need to get the bullpen situation fixed. They need to 131 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:41.519 get they need to draft players. The Minnesota. Minnesota Timberwolves 132 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:45.039 are getting closed. They keep making the playoffs, but they 133 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:49.720 just can't find the finishing touch to get to the finals. 134 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:53.759 And the Minnesota while they went out and got Mark 135 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:57.519 Andre Fleury and then you saw what he did in Pittsburgh, 136 00:09:57.600 --> 00:10:01.360 but and you saw what he did Las Vegas. Something's 137 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:03.559 not right with the Minnesota. While if you get more 138 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:06.559 country flory between the pipes and you can't win there, 139 00:10:06.639 --> 00:10:09.919 there's gotta be something wrong. So I think Minnesota is 140 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:12.799 getting closer. They just need these little touch ups to 141 00:10:12.919 --> 00:10:13.320 get there. 142 00:10:15.279 --> 00:10:19.720 And my take is, considering I'm from Wisconsin, I don't 143 00:10:19.759 --> 00:10:23.480 really care if Minnesota wins or not because they're always 144 00:10:23.559 --> 00:10:28.080 against us. So you know, for me, well, I'll let's 145 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:30.200 put it this way. The Twins are an American League team, 146 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:33.759 so they don't really go against MI Milwaukee Brewers. But 147 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:36.559 obviously the Vikings, playing the same division as the Packers. 148 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:39.600 The Vikings can stay in the bottom, that's fine. Where 149 00:10:40.240 --> 00:10:42.960 the background at the bottom, that's fine with me. Minnesota 150 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:46.159 timber will, Yes, they're much improved. I think over the 151 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:49.200 last couple of years. Do they have enough to get 152 00:10:49.240 --> 00:10:52.480 them over the hump? I'm obviously they didn't this year. 153 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:56.480 So in the wild have tried, but they just couldn't 154 00:10:56.480 --> 00:11:01.279 get it done this year either. So, but that no 155 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:05.080 other city has had has quite the drought is kind 156 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:09.240 of I thought, very interesting. Let's move a little over. 157 00:11:09.679 --> 00:11:11.759 Since we've talked a little bit about the twins, let's 158 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:14.240 let's talk a little bit of I have an interesting 159 00:11:14.519 --> 00:11:23.720 stat The payroll of the LA Dodgers injured pictures one 160 00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:27.919 hundred and two million dollars and injured pictures is more 161 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:32.480 than the total payroll of six teams, the Guardians, the Rays, 162 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:35.679 the Pirates, the Athletics, the Marlins, and the White Sox. 163 00:11:37.559 --> 00:11:41.360 Thoughts about how much payroll is sitting on the injured 164 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:42.960 list with the Dodgers. 165 00:11:44.480 --> 00:11:48.039 Well, that happens. That happens to the Dodgers every year, Candy. 166 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:51.799 You know, it seems like they go out and they 167 00:11:51.879 --> 00:11:55.279 spend all this money except for last year. Now, Okay, 168 00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:57.879 but every other time they go out there, they fall 169 00:11:57.960 --> 00:12:01.799 short of getting to the World Series except for last year. Okay, 170 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:05.519 but now we're back to the same cycle with them again, 171 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:08.000 that they have all these injured players and all this 172 00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:10.480 big money out there, and who knows what's going to 173 00:12:10.519 --> 00:12:11.519 happen this year with them. 174 00:12:14.639 --> 00:12:18.559 Pensmen, your thoughts, like you're like, your take, I don't care. 175 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:23.399 It's just the Dodgers are the Dodgers. Like I'm a 176 00:12:23.480 --> 00:12:27.720 Yankees fan, but I just They're all you keep hearing. 177 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:29.519 You turn on the ESPN and the first thing you 178 00:12:29.639 --> 00:12:32.159 hear is the Dodgers. This the Dodgers. That Toddy, the 179 00:12:32.279 --> 00:12:35.639 Toddy that It's like, okay, there's thirty two. Other clubs 180 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:39.919 talk about their clubs, but they spend they spend their 181 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:44.879 money wisely, but injuries come, so Dodgers want to pay it. 182 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:51.080 Smear your thoughts about the injured pay roll of the Dodgers. 183 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:56.759 Oh yeah, they'm It just goes to show you how 184 00:12:58.279 --> 00:13:00.960 good they are as an organization by the fact that 185 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:06.519 they've had all these injuries, like even last year, they 186 00:13:06.600 --> 00:13:08.840 had injuries to their starting pitching last year in the 187 00:13:08.919 --> 00:13:13.720 postseason and they still won the World series. It goes 188 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:15.480 to show you that, you know, not only do they 189 00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:20.240 spend money, but they're also really good at you know, 190 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:23.720 utilizing and developing their talent. That's just what it is. 191 00:13:25.440 --> 00:13:28.320 It's like they're you know, they're that organization who's there 192 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:33.759 just they just do everything miles ahead and better than 193 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:38.639 everyone else. From their scouting they're developing, from the way 194 00:13:38.679 --> 00:13:41.279 they spend money, the way they signed, how theyse the 195 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:45.399 you know, the players they sign. You know, I think 196 00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:47.559 it's easy to point to their payroll and the big 197 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:54.399 names like Mookie show Hey and whatnot, But what's not 198 00:13:54.559 --> 00:13:57.600 talked about enough is how they bring guys in that where, 199 00:13:58.519 --> 00:14:00.679 you know, kind of tell us to side other teams 200 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:04.639 like Chris Taylor, who was just dfaed by them not 201 00:14:04.759 --> 00:14:10.080 too long ago. He was a like he was a 202 00:14:11.320 --> 00:14:16.200 key part of their organization for years. Max Munsey was 203 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:20.399 cast off by the Athletics and now he's been there 204 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:23.919 for a number of years. Same with Justin Turner. He 205 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:28.279 was a cast off for what team did you play 206 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:32.639 for before the Dodgers? I forgot who bets No, Justin Turner. 207 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:36.200 I think it was the Red I mean years years 208 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:41.960 before that. Oh so yeah, So like Justin Turner, for example, 209 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:45.840 he was at the Orioles and the Mets for a 210 00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:51.679 number of years, didn't really contribute there. Then then he 211 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:55.240 was signed to the Dodgers and he's there for almost 212 00:14:55.320 --> 00:14:57.960 a decade. He's an All Star with them. So it 213 00:14:58.120 --> 00:15:01.159 just shows you how much like you know, just shows 214 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:03.159 you where they are is in an organization more than anything. 215 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:07.360 But it also shows you how much money they have 216 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:10.279 to spend. Because if they can have that much money 217 00:15:10.600 --> 00:15:14.039 on their payroll that's injured and yet they're still fielding 218 00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:17.519 a team and doing better than some of these other teams, 219 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:20.879 that's kind of crazy. I mean, how much money they 220 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:24.320 have to spend. We all know that they've spent a 221 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:27.679 lot of money though too. I just thought that was 222 00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:32.279 really surprising that they had so much one hundred and 223 00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:36.960 two million dollars worth of pitchers sitting on the injured list. 224 00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:40.799 So some mirror, I think it's the Red Sox because 225 00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:43.679 I think him and Mooki came to Dodgers almost the 226 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:44.240 same time. 227 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:48.840 No, Justin Turner, his first year there was twenty fourteen. 228 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:50.120 That's it, Okay. 229 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:54.279 He was with the Mets and the Orioles from twenty 230 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:55.480 nine to twenty thirteen. 231 00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:57.480 Okay, for some reason, I thought he was playing with 232 00:15:57.480 --> 00:16:00.360 the Red Sox before he went to So I don't know, 233 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:02.519 I don't know. 234 00:16:03.279 --> 00:16:08.679 We're good, Okay, So I have an odd odd one tonight. 235 00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:15.240 So the Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers set a new dollar 236 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:25.039 Day hot dog record sell dollar hot dogs that they 237 00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:29.840 sold in one day, forty one thousand, seven hundred and 238 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:35.279 thirty three hot dogs at one game. The capacity of 239 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:39.200 the stadium is forty one thousand, nine hundred. 240 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:42.000 Total. 241 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:45.679 Again, forty one, seven hundred and thirty three. 242 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:46.840 That's crazy. 243 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:50.080 Well, well, how many how many hot dogs they sell? Again? 244 00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:53.840 Or they sold forty one thousand, seven hundred and thirty 245 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:57.399 three hot dogs where their capacity for seating is only 246 00:16:57.480 --> 00:17:02.159 forty one thousand, nine hundred. Everybody had at least one. 247 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:04.759 And I don't know if the attendance that day was 248 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:06.880 forty one nine, but that's their capacity. 249 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:09.359 Wow, that's craazy. 250 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:12.039 Well, you know what the pirates are doing now, Candy, 251 00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:14.799 they're having a dollar dog Day. What they do is 252 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:19.160 every Thursday when they have businessman specials, you know, at 253 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:22.799 one thirty start time, when nobody's at the game, that's 254 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:27.119 when they're doing their dollar dog days. Now before they 255 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:29.319 did them and you could eat as many as you wanted. 256 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:31.599 And then about I think it was three years ago, 257 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:34.839 Pensman maybe if you remember this correctly, they ran out 258 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:39.279 of buns. Yeah, the year they ran hot dogs, so 259 00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:43.200 now they then last year they did two hot dogs 260 00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:46.319 per person. That was all you could get for one dollar. 261 00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:49.920 And now they're doing it on Thursdays for every time 262 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:53.480 there's a businessman special. That's when they're doing them. Because 263 00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:55.400 they get about four thousand fans or something. 264 00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:58.680 They actually had to run out and get more buns 265 00:17:58.720 --> 00:17:59.240 that night. 266 00:17:59.359 --> 00:18:02.440 More funs. Yeah, I know, I know the director of 267 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:05.000 food service over there because I used to work security 268 00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:12.359 at panc mm hmm yeah, any thoughts, it's not there anymore. 269 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:14.880 Doesn't have any thoughts. 270 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:19.440 Wow, that's okay, you know that. So it was just 271 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:20.119 one of those. 272 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:23.440 Candy that's a lot of hot dog in there. 273 00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:26.319 That is that is a lot of hot dogs? 274 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:28.319 Oh my yeah. 275 00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:28.839 I mean. 276 00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:34.960 My only thoughts are that, I know the if you 277 00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:39.200 follow NFL concession pricing for those that do, a lot 278 00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:43.440 of people don't. The Falcons and Mercedes Benz Stadium have 279 00:18:43.640 --> 00:18:48.119 kind of flaunted their cheap concession prices compared to the 280 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:52.160 rest of the league, and hot and hot dogs are 281 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:59.400 relatively cheap. So this past season against the chiefs our 282 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:04.000 owner Arthur Blank was inducted into the team's Ring of honor. 283 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:08.119 Oh that's that's good for him. That's awesome. 284 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:14.200 So I guess in honor of that, they made all 285 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:17.160 the hot dogs free that night, and I think by 286 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:19.559 the and I think like by the middle of the 287 00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:22.440 third quarter, apparently they ran out of hot dogs. 288 00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:27.279 So wow, wow, Well, you know what, I spent more 289 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:30.720 time in line, uh, waiting for hot dogs than I 290 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:32.920 did watching the game. I'd watch it on a on 291 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:35.079 a TV screen because I spent all my time in 292 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:37.480 line trying to get hot dogs. I mean, you know 293 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:40.319 DNC Park, so when I used to go for a 294 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:40.960 dollar dog. 295 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:46.160 I have a question for Candy. Okay, do you know 296 00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:50.519 how the hot dog grace went on Saturday at Andy? 297 00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:51.920 Oh? 298 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:52.440 I do not. 299 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:55.359 Okay, you brought it up last Thursday. I don't know 300 00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:57.640 if you watched it or oh I did? 301 00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:03.079 Oh yeah, I did not. I did not. I I'm 302 00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:05.880 trying to think, who want which one of the Wieners won? 303 00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:09.960 I do. I did see that. I did even see 304 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.480 the winner. 305 00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:13.119 Let me see, Okay, I wasn't sure if you if 306 00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:15.559 you did or not, because I saw pilots of it, 307 00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:16.839 but I didn't see who the winner. 308 00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:26.000 An Oscar Mayerwhene that was in there. Uh. 309 00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:31.240 The Slaw Dog wienermobile won the inaugural Wienie five hundred race, 310 00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:35.559 a two lap competition held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway 311 00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:41.599 during what they call carb Day. The race featured six 312 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:48.440 Oscar Meyer wienermobiles competing for the win. So, yeah, that 313 00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:53.240 was I read up about it and they said, what 314 00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:55.599 did it? I was trying to read to see if 315 00:20:55.640 --> 00:21:01.839 it told me so. It says, according to each wienermobile 316 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:05.880 represented a different regional dog, so it included the Chai 317 00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:10.000 to the Chai Dog for Midwest, the New York Dog 318 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:14.640 for East, the Slaw Dog for Southeast, the SnO Ram 319 00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:18.000 Dog for Southwest, the Chili Dog for the South, and 320 00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:22.279 Seattle Dog for the Northwest. Each driver had a custom 321 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:26.680 hot dogger racing suit, and the Wiener winner was presented 322 00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:30.759 with their trophy and a hot dog in the Wieners circle. 323 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:36.759 I want to say, let's see fans were able to 324 00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:39.559 bet on it. Those who got the most points want 325 00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:42.680 to share of a total cash prize of ten thousand. 326 00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:46.519 I want to say I read someplace trying to find 327 00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:52.680 out if they say how fast they went. Oh, I 328 00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:55.759 thought I had seen that. Let me see if I 329 00:21:55.839 --> 00:22:03.039 can find any else on it. I thought it was 330 00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:10.960 so funny though. That's why we brought it up, is that. 331 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:12.680 We were talking about hot dogs. That's what made me 332 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.119 think of it. 333 00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:16.519 Yeah, yeah, no, we talked about it a little bit 334 00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:19.640 and you know, and that was it's a it. In 335 00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:25.279 a down to the wire race among the six let's 336 00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:30.920 see made a dramatic pass of the Wiener Mobile repping 337 00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:35.119 Chicago at the finish line to win the inaugural WEENI 338 00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:42.200 five hundred. The margin was about a half a bun. Oh, 339 00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:50.160 that's kind of funny, but it does not. The Wienerobiles 340 00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:53.640 have been around since nineteen thirty six as a promotional 341 00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:59.880 vehicle for Oscar Mayer. Oh. I was just trying to 342 00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:05.240 figure out if, oh, it did say they jumped into 343 00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:09.759 the lead. We don't feel slowly picked up speed until 344 00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:15.559 they reached about sixty five miles per hour, which if 345 00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:18.039 I'm thinking about, like I know, driving my own car, 346 00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:20.920 like sixty five doesn't seem that that much. But if 347 00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:25.119 you're talking about on a racetrack with that big ambia, 348 00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:26.480 that would be kind of very interesting. 349 00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:31.119 But and NASCAR's cautioned sixty five miles per hour too, So. 350 00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:37.319 Yes, yes, Uh So I have a question for you guys, 351 00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:40.599 because I know we like normally talk a lot of NFL, 352 00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:45.119 and I know two of you are kind of Pittsburgh guys, 353 00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:48.359 and I know you're waiting for a decision. But my 354 00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:55.319 question would be, if Aaron Rodgers does decide to retire, 355 00:23:56.720 --> 00:24:01.680 does it taint him or change your opinion onion? If 356 00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:05.000 he signs a one day contract with the Packers to 357 00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:08.480 retire as a Packer or if he doesn't, does it 358 00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:11.680 matter to you? Does it change your thoughts about him 359 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:14.640 at all? And we'll start with you Ralph. 360 00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:18.279 No, it doesn't. But I will say this, I could 361 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:21.279 care less if he comes to Pittsburgh or not. Uh 362 00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:24.720 you know, I think we can win with Mason Rudolph 363 00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:28.079 if they can get the running game going and uh 364 00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:30.599 and get the offensive line up, the speed and the 365 00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:33.960 defense and you know the line of scrimmage and uh 366 00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:37.440 you know, uh we have Will Howard. Uh you know, 367 00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:43.160 I my Sports Corner radio show. We talked about, hey something, 368 00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:46.160 will Howard just start him and go with him and 369 00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:48.799 if if he doesn't work out, oh well too bad. 370 00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:51.319 You had a losing season or you went nine to 371 00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:54.599 eight again. So you know, mediocre mic at its best. 372 00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:58.079 So you know, but uh, you know, this stuff waiting 373 00:24:58.160 --> 00:25:00.720 for him to sign with us or to show up 374 00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:04.319 for whatever. Uh. You know, I think the Steelers should 375 00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:07.039 just say forget it and let's go with Mason Rudolph 376 00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:09.880 or Will Hired or whatever, and let's just move on. 377 00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:13.559 It's a distraction. It's caught. You know, you got everybody 378 00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:16.680 out there saying this and that, Oh they spotted him 379 00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:19.599 in town, and you know he's not there. You know, 380 00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:22.960 he hasn't been seeing in Pittsburgh. So there are people 381 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:25.759 out there with fake news, you know, like Scott says, 382 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:28.359 fake news, you know, with that stuff. 383 00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.279 Mm hm. 384 00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:31.640 So I'm getting a little tired of it. You know, 385 00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:34.000 I just want the Steelers to move on from it. 386 00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:37.720 You know, if he if my eyes, if he didn't 387 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:40.079 sign by the end of the draft, forget it. So 388 00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:42.160 you know, so. 389 00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:45.640 Depends one of your thoughts. 390 00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:49.640 I'm with Ralph there. It's doesn't change anything. If if 391 00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:53.680 he comes to Pittsburgh. If he does, Oh, I what 392 00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:56.880 his wins, That's all I care about. I'm tired of 393 00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:59.119 winning seasons. I'm tired of this. I just want to 394 00:25:59.119 --> 00:26:01.319 compete for the Serper. Well I wanted to. I want that. 395 00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:06.359 But all I heard was this is an all season topic. 396 00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:09.400 That's all I hear. I keep hearing it's all season topic. 397 00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:11.559 And I think we can win with Rudolph and the 398 00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:14.480 way I hear about Will Howard, I think and I 399 00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:17.160 wanted him to be our quarterback in the draft and 400 00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:20.240 we got him. So I think he's brings his Ohio 401 00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:24.920