WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.399 --> 00:00:03.680 I will continue on to my Hollywood Park in Englewood 2 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:05.240 one more hour. 3 00:00:05.799 --> 00:00:07.839 If you're in the area and you want. 4 00:00:07.639 --> 00:00:10.160 To crack at those World Series tickets, come on down 5 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:11.199 here and sign up. 6 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:12.359 The deal is. 7 00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:15.320 If you're already here and you've signed up, congratulations. You 8 00:00:15.359 --> 00:00:18.559 will find out tomorrow morning at eight a m. They 9 00:00:18.559 --> 00:00:22.000 will announce with Tim Kats and Steve Sachs who won 10 00:00:22.039 --> 00:00:26.000 the tickets for Friday nights. It's not yeah, well it's 11 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:28.239 not a scam, but you're calling the show a scam. 12 00:00:28.359 --> 00:00:29.719 Yeah, that's what it's called, Okay. 13 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:33.479 And then tomorrow starting at noon, will be at BJ's 14 00:00:33.520 --> 00:00:36.799 Restaurant in brew House in Rancho Kukamoga. Ne Kaletti will 15 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:39.719 be there with me and you are invited to come 16 00:00:39.759 --> 00:00:43.039 down there, same drill. All you have to do is 17 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:45.359 sign up and then on Friday morning you'll find out 18 00:00:45.359 --> 00:00:48.320 if you won the World Series tickets for Game two. 19 00:00:49.159 --> 00:00:51.200 We still have more to give away here charge your 20 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:54.399 Saints tickets and Dodger merch. So if you're in the area, 21 00:00:54.479 --> 00:00:57.679 come on down for the final hour. Top of the show, 22 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:00.679 we talked about the fact that we lost Fernando Aalenzuela 23 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:04.480 last night. Mark Langele is the Dodger historian and he 24 00:01:04.560 --> 00:01:08.000 joins the program. Now, Mark, we appreciate you taking the time, 25 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:10.359 Thank you for being here. 26 00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:12.480 It's going to be with you, all right. 27 00:01:12.920 --> 00:01:16.159 Fernando Valenzuela, it's tough to sum it up, and there 28 00:01:16.159 --> 00:01:19.200 are so many different things to say, But as the 29 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:22.439 Dodger historian, someone who knows this stuff like the back 30 00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:26.680 of his hand, what did Fernando Valenzuela mean to the organization, 31 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:31.400 What did he mean to the city Mount Rushmore. 32 00:01:31.439 --> 00:01:36.319 He's right there alongside Cofax, Drysdale, Jackie Robinson, and he 33 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:39.519 is so special because it's not just that Fernando mania 34 00:01:39.599 --> 00:01:42.480 from nineteen eighty one. He is the one that just 35 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:45.519 inspired a generation and he was the one that was 36 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:48.599 the one. The dream of Walter O'Malley was to have 37 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:51.680 a star from Mexico and to be able to have 38 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:56.159 a Latino fan base identify with such a player. Yet 39 00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:59.280 through it all, Fernando never changed. He was always the 40 00:01:59.400 --> 00:02:03.519 modest role model, but he knew his place in society 41 00:02:03.560 --> 00:02:06.000 in terms of what he had meant to the community. 42 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:08.840 Regular Dodger fans just loved the fact that he led 43 00:02:08.879 --> 00:02:11.439 them to a championship but as far as those that 44 00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:15.599 weren't necessarily associated with baseball, the pride that they felt 45 00:02:15.639 --> 00:02:19.719 somebody from Mexico being a hero and just being a 46 00:02:19.759 --> 00:02:23.960 Southern California icon, both sides in terms of he met 47 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:25.639 so much to so many different people. 48 00:02:27.240 --> 00:02:30.120 So we were trying to discuss whether or not that 49 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:33.879 was really the start of the explosion of the popularity 50 00:02:33.919 --> 00:02:35.240 amongst Latinos when it came. 51 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:35.919 To the Dodgers. 52 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:39.319 He really was sort of the when you look at 53 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:42.960 where they're at now and where they were, it started 54 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:45.599 with him and just continued on, and it's why you've 55 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:48.400 seen the popularity amongst Latinos in this town when it 56 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:50.280 comes to the Dodgers be where it's at at this 57 00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:50.840 point in time. 58 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:57.400 Yet still the only players since nineteen forty five to 59 00:02:57.439 --> 00:03:00.719 win his first eight major league starts, and I can 60 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:03.719 remember that eighth victory. At the end of the day 61 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:08.199 in a press conference, somebody actually asked, Fernando, can you 62 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:11.639 go your whole career without losing the game? And HEIMI 63 00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:14.919 herein translated and the answer was, Fernando says, it will 64 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:20.319 be difficult, but not impossible. And at that point nobody 65 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:23.280 doubted that because it was just like the Beatles. It 66 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:26.680 kept building and building and building, and the more people 67 00:03:26.719 --> 00:03:30.639 went crazy over this kid from Mexico. He was unflappable. 68 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:34.240 He was like Harpo Marx. He's winking, he's shrugging his shoulders, 69 00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:36.960 he's acting like it's no big deal. And he would 70 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:39.520 do that for the next four years as far as 71 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:42.719 he would, you know, still be that playful person, but 72 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:46.120 never really let on in terms of what it was 73 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:48.439 like to be in the eye of the hurricane, because 74 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:51.439 he just acted like, oh hum, I'll pitch a shut 75 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:54.240 out opening day at my first major league start, and 76 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:56.759 it just went on from there. He just amazed this 77 00:03:57.240 --> 00:03:58.719 with his poison control. 78 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:02.520 Yeah, Mark I said earlier that there was a sense 79 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:06.919 of innocence about him, that he truly was unflappable. And 80 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:09.960 as you look back on the days he pitched it 81 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:12.759 in this city, it just wasn't well, he's starting for 82 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:16.040 the Dodgers tonight, if I remember correctly, on the days 83 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:20.800 he pitched, that was the lead story period across all 84 00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:22.000 news media. 85 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:25.519 Am I right, You're absolutely right, because it was kind 86 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:28.600 of like, just imagine the most famous person flying in 87 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:31.319 for a concert, and a concert is maybe you know, 88 00:04:31.399 --> 00:04:33.800 one or two days and then that's it. They leave. 89 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:37.759 It's the same every fourth, every fifth day. It wasn't 90 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:41.079 a baseball game. It was an event. And that was that. 91 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:45.040 The crowds got bigger and bigger, the expectations got bigger 92 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:48.399 and bigger, and it just was beyond baseball as far 93 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:51.879 as what it meant culturally in Southern California to have 94 00:04:52.040 --> 00:04:56.079 this icon from Mexico who is really acting like it's 95 00:04:56.120 --> 00:04:59.079 no big deal, and even now think about what's going 96 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:01.480 to happen on Friday. As far as the tributes to 97 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:04.839 him and Yankee Stadium and everything like that, he would 98 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:08.000 just shrug his shoulders and say why because he never 99 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:11.560 put himself on a pedestal, but he recognized his importance 100 00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:15.079 with the community, so he never shirked that responsibility as 101 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:18.120 an ambassador. But not once did you ever have the 102 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:20.399 feeling that he was ever going to tell you how 103 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:20.959 good he was. 104 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:24.240 When did you know, when did you know this feels 105 00:05:24.279 --> 00:05:26.240 different like when it was it? You know, because I mean, 106 00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:28.879 I know you mentioned after his eighth start he talked about, well, 107 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:31.920 you know, it could be possible to win every game. 108 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:34.759 But when did you notice that the fan base was 109 00:05:34.839 --> 00:05:38.800 really starting to wrap their arms around him and vice versa. 110 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:42.199 Well, there's the shutout opening days and they go on 111 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:44.160 the road for a couple of games, and then they 112 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:46.879 come back in late April and he shuts out the 113 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:49.959 Giants and that's when it really starts to get crazy. 114 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:53.000 But the other thing you notice, if you're listening to 115 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:56.199 Vince Scully, he had been been behind the microphone since 116 00:05:56.319 --> 00:06:00.279 nineteen fifty. He's acting like he's never seen this before. 117 00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:03.639 And I think that also helped in terms of wait 118 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:08.199 a second, Vinnie seeing Colfax, Drysdale, Duke Snyder and he's 119 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:11.920 going crazy over this kid from Mexico. That's really when 120 00:06:11.959 --> 00:06:14.360 it lents. As far as you know, Vinnie's going nuts, 121 00:06:14.360 --> 00:06:18.839 the fans go going nuts. But meanwhile Fernando is just, ohum, 122 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:21.920 just there's another shout out, there's another win. About two 123 00:06:21.959 --> 00:06:24.639 months into the season, he's at a White House reception 124 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:28.439 for the presidents of Mexico and the United States, and 125 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:31.480 just imagine at the White House, they're all lining up 126 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:34.399 for this kid's autograph. 127 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:34.759 Mark. 128 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:37.439 Aside from how the fans embraced him and Timmy sort 129 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:42.000 of loved him, his teammates quickly embraced him right. 130 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:46.879 His teammates adored him. His teammates also wanted to protect him, 131 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:50.120 because Bobby Castillo would say, Hey, I can go out 132 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:52.160 in the town and do whatever I want. The whole 133 00:06:52.199 --> 00:06:54.560 world knows who you are. You've got to stay in 134 00:06:54.600 --> 00:06:58.720 your hotel room. So the clubhouse was his sanctuary. And 135 00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:01.560 so whether it's Hacky Sack, he had a little laugh though. 136 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:05.680 As far as playing games and practical jokes, he savored 137 00:07:05.720 --> 00:07:09.279 his teammates, and his teammates recognized that he was all 138 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:12.120 about the team in mad Adiva And to this day. 139 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:14.800 I was talking to Tom daton Trier this morning, former 140 00:07:14.839 --> 00:07:18.680 relief pitcher, that his teammates just loved him behind the 141 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:19.720 scenes for who he was. 142 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:25.240 Has anybody come close like like Otani? I mean, there's 143 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:27.959 a lot of buzz about Otani. We've talked about, you know, 144 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:30.160 when Manny Wood was here for a short time. But 145 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:32.000 has anybody in your mind in the history of the 146 00:07:32.040 --> 00:07:36.800 Dodgers come close to just the Fernando mania, the mania 147 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:39.199 itself when it came to the popularity. 148 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:41.439 Of him, No, not at all. It was kind of 149 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:43.959 like Joe Hardy and Dan Yankees as far as this 150 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:47.720 person just sort of parachutes in from a small town 151 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:51.319 and you know, in Mexico and does what he does. See, 152 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:54.519 when O'tani comes to the Dodgers, everybody knows who he is. 153 00:07:54.639 --> 00:07:58.000 There's no mystery. But when Fernando comes to the Dodgers, 154 00:07:58.040 --> 00:08:00.759 it takes a while to do a little bit investigating. 155 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:03.720 And so people go down to Mexico, they discover and 156 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:07.759 they start to learn all these facts, and then everybody's wondering, well, 157 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:09.720 is this just a one week fluke? Is this a 158 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:12.399 two week fluke? And he ends up leading into the 159 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:15.879 Championship and the irony this week that the only time 160 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:18.319 he was ever in the World Series, he pitched that 161 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:21.319 five to four complete game for the Dodgers when they 162 00:08:21.319 --> 00:08:24.360 had lost the first two games at Yankee Stadium. That's 163 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:26.879 on a Friday night. And now forty three years later, 164 00:08:27.120 --> 00:08:29.800 you've got a Friday night with the Yankees, and now 165 00:08:29.839 --> 00:08:31.800 it's going to be a tribute to Fernando as far 166 00:08:31.839 --> 00:08:34.080 as not only what he meant in that World Series, 167 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:36.679 but Major League Baseball is going to get in on 168 00:08:36.759 --> 00:08:38.720 it too, as far as just what he meant to 169 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:39.879 the sport globally. 170 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:44.039 Mark Langele with us he is the Dodger historian. 171 00:08:44.360 --> 00:08:47.559 Final question, because you have followed the Dodgers as long 172 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:50.399 as you have, but obviously you know LA sports, and 173 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:53.000 we were trying to figure this out earlier. Mark, we said, well, 174 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:56.600 maybe Magic Johnson had made the kind of impression Fernando did. 175 00:08:57.360 --> 00:09:01.039 Is there anybody, honestly that has made the kind of 176 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:04.919 impression Fernando Belenzuela did in Los Angeles? 177 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:08.519 Absolutely not, because you could say Magic Johnson, but they 178 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:12.360 had won the championship ten years earlier with West and Wilton, 179 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:15.720 and you could say hockey. As far as Wayne Gretzky 180 00:09:15.799 --> 00:09:18.360 bringing awareness to the sport, but as far as what 181 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:22.080 Fernando meant to people, nobody else is close. I can't 182 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:24.320 even think of the second because the fact that he 183 00:09:24.519 --> 00:09:30.240 was from Mexico and affecting the fan base, nobody else 184 00:09:30.279 --> 00:09:31.000 could come close. 185 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:33.879 Who are your favorites? He's got to be out there. 186 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:36.759 But as far as players to cover, players to watch 187 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:39.679 Dodger players, where does he at? Where is he on 188 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:40.159 your list? 189 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:41.080 Well? 190 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:43.399 I'm fifty nine years old, and so I was a 191 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:47.159 tenth grader in high school watching Opening Day nineteen eighty one, 192 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:50.039 and I think anything from your childhood that's the first 193 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:53.240 championship that I ever saw, and those three home games, 194 00:09:53.320 --> 00:09:56.039 Games three, four, and five, all decided by one run. 195 00:09:56.519 --> 00:09:58.480 Those are the things that you carry as far as 196 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:00.159 those childhood memories. 197 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:00.919 You know. 198 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:03.559 And then the Fernando. Later I become a sports writer 199 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:07.240 and cover Fernando's no hitter in nineteen ninety. Whoever thought 200 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:09.480 toward the end of his career he had it in 201 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:12.000 him to throw a no hitter. So he was just 202 00:10:12.039 --> 00:10:15.120 an amazing person. And the thing I would tell you, yes, 203 00:10:15.159 --> 00:10:17.720 I'm the team historian. He would drive me crazy in 204 00:10:17.799 --> 00:10:20.440 terms of not telling me the insight in terms of 205 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:23.039 what he really felt in those pressure moments. But in 206 00:10:23.080 --> 00:10:26.360 the same vein he would spend twenty minutes showing me 207 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:30.799 the pictures of his granddaughters their Halloween costumes for twenty 208 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:33.679 minutes and showing that family side of him. He was 209 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:37.080 a dedicated family man. And so you either knew him 210 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:39.879 as a plan you appreciated his pitching, or if you 211 00:10:39.919 --> 00:10:41.639 were in the front office or you met him in 212 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:45.080 the community, you just realized just what a wonderful person 213 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:45.519 he was. 214 00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:49.240 Well, Mark, we appreciate you coming on, thank you for 215 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:51.080 the insight, and thank you for taking the time. 216 00:10:51.960 --> 00:10:53.639 Absolutely, thank you guys. 217 00:10:53.960 --> 00:10:56.960 All Right, Mark Langele, who is the Dodger historian, all right, 218 00:10:56.960 --> 00:10:59.279 I just want just for the record, ye know, I 219 00:10:59.279 --> 00:11:02.000 went on baseball a reference to follow along with everything 220 00:11:02.039 --> 00:11:02.639 he just said. 221 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:07.879 Okay, guy nailed everywhere, every bit of it. How hell's 222 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:08.399 that happened? 223 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:10.519 Well, he's the historian. 224 00:11:10.600 --> 00:11:11.240 Okay, I get it. 225 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:12.879 But like you think you would slip up here there, 226 00:11:12.919 --> 00:11:15.120 he had the days of the week, he had the result, 227 00:11:15.320 --> 00:11:17.879 the innings, pitched everything. 228 00:11:17.840 --> 00:11:21.039 Right because he is dedicated and committed his life to that. 229 00:11:21.200 --> 00:11:24.360 Okay, I mean, and perhaps that's something you should understand. 230 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:24.960 Oh, thank you. 231 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:25.759 I appreciate that. 232 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:28.080 He, by the way, should be pointed out two times 233 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:31.080 a Silver Slugger Award winner Fernando an Zuela as well, too. 234 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:34.000 Well, he could hit, I could hack Losorni's used him 235 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:37.039 as a pinch hitter. Yeah, a pitcher would pinch hit. 236 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:39.519 And you know the real I think. 237 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:42.279 That he's got ten career home runs Fernandola. 238 00:11:42.399 --> 00:11:44.840 Yeah, you know, if you were to looked this up, 239 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:48.039 you know, I think the best pinch hitting pitcher was 240 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:49.879 in baseball history. 241 00:11:51.559 --> 00:11:55.000 Okay, that's not what I'm going to say, although. 242 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:56.440 He wait, to let everybody down. 243 00:11:56.559 --> 00:11:57.039 Ware you go. 244 00:11:57.879 --> 00:12:01.679 He played for the Red Sox and the Tigers. Do 245 00:12:01.720 --> 00:12:02.519 you know who it is? 246 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:04.039 I don't care. 247 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:07.440 Okay, the answer is Earl Wilson. 248 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:10.320 Really hold on, let me see this. 249 00:12:10.559 --> 00:12:14.600 Look up, Look up, Earl Wilson, Pet. 250 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:17.000 Wilson. 251 00:12:17.120 --> 00:12:20.559 See just see, let me see, let me see. What 252 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:22.039 do you mean? I'm wasting your time. 253 00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:28.440 Gidding what you're giving away prizes? We're doing tributes and 254 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:29.039 shout out. 255 00:12:29.159 --> 00:12:33.360 You know what you're out. I'm sorry you're not winning. 256 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:36.559 Just see, just see, Earl Wilson. 257 00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:40.840 Know you're saying, Oh man, let's be uh efforting when. 258 00:12:40.679 --> 00:12:41.679 We come back efforting. 259 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:43.480 All right, we still have more to give away except 260 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:46.279 to one person. Come on down in Hollywood Park at Inglewood, 261 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:46.960 Fred Rogan. 262 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:49.080 And Jonas Scott at thirty five home runs. 263 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:50.960 On five seventy l A your right. 264 00:12:55.480 --> 00:12:58.279 I mean, what are we doing here? Fred? What are 265 00:12:58.279 --> 00:13:01.840 we doing here? We had side and autographs the entire break. 266 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:07.000 I went to the ATM and the ATM didn't work. 267 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:11.120 Then I went to another ATM and the ATM didn't work. 268 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:11.840 Well. 269 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:14.000 See, and we love our friends here at Halloween Park Casino. 270 00:13:14.039 --> 00:13:15.399 But if you're at the insundome. You don't have to 271 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:15.799 worry about it. 272 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:16.759 I'll tell you that right now. 273 00:13:17.519 --> 00:13:18.879 They would just see my face and give me a 274 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:20.360 thousand dollars. 275 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:21.679 How they do it? Quite worked that way? 276 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:25.159 Oh okay, anyway, hey, we just heard about this story. 277 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:31.480 Anybody ever been summoned to jury duty? Oh god, yeah, okay, 278 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:34.799 who has served on a jury All right, So one 279 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:37.320 time I got to a summons and the Lakers were. 280 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:39.399 Way to let oj off by the way, nice job, guys. 281 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:45.320 Hey, Right, the Lakers were headed to the playoffs and 282 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:49.879 they were playing in the UH late rounds against Portland. 283 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:52.759 Right if they beat Portland a advanced. So I get 284 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:55.879 summoned to jury duty. And it was in San Fernando, 285 00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:59.279 and you know the guy. The judge starts by saying, 286 00:13:59.320 --> 00:14:02.919 under no circum stances, none can you be excused from 287 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:07.480 jury duty. This is your duty, he said, I, myself, 288 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:10.039 as a judge, have been summoned to jury duty. So 289 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:12.480 if anybody has any reason they shouldn't be on the jury, 290 00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:14.519 you should tell us. And of course my reason was 291 00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:16.879 I have to go cover the Lakers in Portland. So 292 00:14:17.440 --> 00:14:19.399 we begin the questioning in the morning and people are 293 00:14:19.440 --> 00:14:22.799 coming up with all kinds of excuses, and the judge 294 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:25.919 will let no one off, and You're going through the 295 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:28.600 whole jury pool, and I'm thinking to myself, now I'm 296 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:31.240 really gonna get screwed because I got to cover the 297 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:34.879 Lakers in Portland. So we take a break and the 298 00:14:34.919 --> 00:14:37.360 bailiff says, if anybody has anything to say to the judge, 299 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:41.000 you know, you can wait over here during this break. 300 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:43.399 So I go stand off on the side. Now it 301 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:45.200 turns out this is going to be a murder case, 302 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:48.480 all right. So the guy accused of murderer is sitting 303 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:51.919 there with his attorneys and the prosecution is on. 304 00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:52.679 The other side. 305 00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:55.919 So I walk sheepishly down the middle up to the 306 00:14:55.919 --> 00:14:58.039 bench and I go, your honor, I have to say 307 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:00.519 something to you. I know what is my duty, and 308 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:02.840 I feel terrible and by all means I would want 309 00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:07.120 to serve, but I have a professional hardship and I 310 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:07.840 will not. 311 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:10.000 I really can't be on the journey. 312 00:15:10.600 --> 00:15:14.039 And the judge says, well, what is your hardship, mister Rogan. 313 00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:16.080 Oh uh oh? 314 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:19.240 I said, well, your honor, the Lakers in Portland are 315 00:15:19.279 --> 00:15:21.240 playing and I. 316 00:15:21.240 --> 00:15:21.879 Need to be there. 317 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:25.759 And he just gives me this look and he says 318 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:30.840 to the prosecution, do you have any questions for mister Rogan? 319 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:33.480 That this is a murder trial? 320 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:37.000 And the prosecuting attorney looks at me and he goes, so, 321 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:39.600 do you think if Shaq plays on the blocks more 322 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:43.120 the Lakers will work the ball inside? 323 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:43.679 To him? 324 00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:45.960 I said, well, you know, I think that would be 325 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:49.120 a key. Now I'm standing right next to the person 326 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:52.759 accused of murder. He is sitting in the chair directly 327 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:53.279 to my left. 328 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:55.480 I think he did it. Oh yeah, And. 329 00:15:57.039 --> 00:15:58.919 The defense attorney is sitting there, and he says to 330 00:15:58.960 --> 00:16:02.480 the defense attorney, any questions for mister Rogan, go, Jess, 331 00:16:02.559 --> 00:16:05.679 I have a question. Do you think if the Lakers 332 00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:09.639 play better in transition that they will be able to 333 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:10.879 run past Portland? 334 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:12.639 And the judge goes, that's enough. 335 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:14.440 They're spustering your balls at this point. 336 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:17.559 That's enough from both of you. He says, mister Rogan, 337 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:20.440 you are dismissed. Tell no one about this conversation. Please 338 00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:21.399 leave out the side door. 339 00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:23.039 And that was it. I got off the jury. 340 00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:24.799 Were they even playing Portland that night? 341 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:28.720 No, you know what they were there. But Kevin, you 342 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:30.759 have a story here of someone who's been summoned to 343 00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:31.320 jury duty. 344 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:31.559 Yeah. 345 00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:34.399 So Brandon Aubrey is the kicker for the Dallas Cowboys, 346 00:16:34.519 --> 00:16:38.919 and apparently he missed practice today and the designation was 347 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:41.840 jury duty. And now he apparently was on a case. 348 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:43.399 And by the way, I thought all of this was private. 349 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:45.120 How'll we even find out what kind of case he 350 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:47.519 would be potentially on. I thought it was supposed to 351 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:49.039 be all confidential. But maybe if he. 352 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:51.279 Goes public, they'll take him off it automatically. 353 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:52.440 Well, that's the move. 354 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:55.799 We all know now that he's on a trial trial 355 00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:59.480 jury for a case senator around third degree January strangulation, 356 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:01.000 if I can speak, I. 357 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:02.559 Was only third degree, big deal exactly. 358 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:06.200 So apparently the Cowboys attempted to get him off of 359 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:08.440 jury duty, which means they would have gotten them off. 360 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:11.640 It's Jerry Jones, come on. But he wanted to do it, he. 361 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:13.920 Said, if he wanted to fulfill a civic duty and 362 00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:15.279 he wanted to be a part of the jury. 363 00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:17.680 So that's how much. That's how bad the Cowboys are 364 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:18.839 this year. The kickers. 365 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:21.039 I'd rather be a jury duty than go out to practice, 366 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:22.640 because kickers don't do anything in practice. 367 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:26.519 You literally kick, then you just as as a judge 368 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:28.799 in Dallas would they said that will work with Aubrey 369 00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:29.920 and his football schedule. 370 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:30.799 Now, how that. 371 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:33.759 Works with a trial jury for someone for a strangulation charge. 372 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:35.799 How you work with a juror and his schedule? I 373 00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:38.160 have no idea, but apparently this judge in Dallas is 374 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:39.279 going to find the way to make it work. 375 00:17:39.359 --> 00:17:39.559 Yeah. 376 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:42.000 I got something not that long ago. But there's like 377 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:44.720 this process to where you're given a number. I forget 378 00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:46.440 how it worked, Like you're given a number and a 379 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:48.960 section and like you have to call every day to 380 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:51.440 see if your number has been called. And my mind 381 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:53.920 didn't get called, so thankfully I didn't have to go 382 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:55.440 through it. But yeah, but I've heard people have just 383 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:58.720 been stuck on those things like legitimate trials, and I'm like, 384 00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:01.599 you do your duty, and then years later they want 385 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:04.440 to relitigate it and go, no, maybe the Menanda's brothers 386 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:05.000 didn't do it. 387 00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:06.480 You know, it's like like what do we do? Like 388 00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:08.079 why did I waste my time years ago? 389 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:09.240 Do you want to make a documentary? 390 00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:10.559 We gotta make money there, Uh you know. 391 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:12.480 Jonas, come on, yeah, they're gonna get a cut. 392 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:15.480 No, Like if you're somebody on the jury do you 393 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:18.039 appear in that documentary you get like your sad card 394 00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:18.799 or something. 395 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:20.599 Like that or what No, no, no, you don't get 396 00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:22.720 that sucks. I wonder if Vic the Brick's ever been 397 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:25.240 on a jury. Because we need spirituality and we need 398 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:29.039 to daily hide and provide that. Right now, we welcome 399 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:32.759 on Vic the Brick and Vic, good afternoon. 400 00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:45.880 Feeling you, Dodger fans, Hollywood Park Casino Facts, I'm feeling you. 401 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:58.160