WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.320 --> 00:00:07.080 It's Night Side with Dan Ray on WBZY, Boston's news radio. 2 00:00:07.639 --> 00:00:10.359 Thank you Nicole. The Bruins are in Keeba Quah. Used 3 00:00:10.400 --> 00:00:13.199 to be the Nord Deeks. Well no more Nord Deeks, 4 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:15.880 but they'll get hopefully an expansion team up there again 5 00:00:15.919 --> 00:00:17.760 at some point. My name is Dan Ray, host of 6 00:00:17.839 --> 00:00:20.879 nights Side, and we have a great show coming up 7 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:24.679 for you tonight. We'll be talking with Joe Kistigleone, the 8 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:28.719 forty two year radio voice of the Boston Red Sox. 9 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:33.520 Right after the nine o'clock news, Joe called his what 10 00:00:33.719 --> 00:00:36.039 would probably be his last regular season game for the 11 00:00:36.079 --> 00:00:37.520 Red Sox. He's going to be doing some work for 12 00:00:37.520 --> 00:00:39.960 the Red Sox going forward. Joe will explain that. But 13 00:00:40.799 --> 00:00:44.200 a great broadcaster and probably even a greater guy. We'll 14 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:45.759 talk with Joe and you'll be able to call in 15 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:50.119 and thank him for all the calls. He's had four 16 00:00:50.159 --> 00:00:52.759 pretty good years, well he had forty two good years, 17 00:00:52.759 --> 00:00:54.719 but four of them ended up in World Series. So 18 00:00:54.960 --> 00:00:58.520 he was there when the curse was broken in two 19 00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:00.920 thousand and four, two thousand and seven, in twenty thirteen, 20 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:04.079 and again in twenty and eighteen. And we'll get to them. 21 00:01:04.159 --> 00:01:08.439 All of that other stuff later on. There's a week 22 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:13.200 of rage schedule on college campuses next week by a 23 00:01:13.239 --> 00:01:16.079 group of students who I believe are more pro hamasd 24 00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:18.840 than they are pro Palestinian. But we'll deal with that. 25 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:24.519 We have four really interesting guests this hour, and I 26 00:01:24.599 --> 00:01:26.560 got to tell you I'm so looking forward to talk 27 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:31.319 with our next Our first guest this hour, Jeff Rohdemer. Jeff, 28 00:01:31.519 --> 00:01:36.359 along with another co author, Dave Brown, have written a 29 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:40.560 great book, timed well called Shadows of Glory, Memorable and 30 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:44.959 offbeat World Series Stories. So Jeff, welcome to Night's Side. 31 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:48.120 You're talking to an audience in Boston, but around the country. 32 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:50.359 We've had more than our share of World Series here 33 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:52.640 in Boston during this century. I still think the Red 34 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:56.640 Sox lead the league in World Series championships during the 35 00:01:56.760 --> 00:01:58.480 twenty first century. How are you tonight? 36 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:02.760 I'm doing good as a Yankee fan, Dan, thanks for 37 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:03.519 rubbing that in. 38 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:06.280 No. No, I'm sure the Yankees will be back at 39 00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:08.680 some point. But uh, I think we I think we 40 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:12.680 got four. They only have one if I'm not mistaken 41 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:15.120 about but they're pretty good shape. The Orioles have been 42 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:19.439 tipped over by the Royals, which is an interesting development 43 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:22.599 in the playoffs. We could talk about that, but let's 44 00:02:22.639 --> 00:02:23.240 talk about I think. 45 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:25.639 I think the Yankee fans are Yeah, they're they're They're 46 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:28.080 They've learned to be cautiously optimistic in the last couple 47 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:28.400 of years. 48 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:32.599 They open up at home and when I don't like 49 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:35.879 about the new which I haven't liked some of the beginning. No, 50 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:38.639 a team like the Orioles plays really well all year 51 00:02:39.240 --> 00:02:42.080 and they they lose two out of three games and 52 00:02:42.159 --> 00:02:45.599 they're done. They're done. You know. I know the playoff 53 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:48.599 system has its positives, but I don't know that that's 54 00:02:48.639 --> 00:02:50.879 fair when a team plays so well for one hundred 55 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:52.719 and sixty two. And I'm not an Orioles fan. I'm 56 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:54.360 just saying I think there's there's a little bit of 57 00:02:54.360 --> 00:02:57.240 in equity here when I don't know if you have 58 00:02:57.280 --> 00:02:58.360 a thought about that or not. 59 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:03.479 Well, it is a tough beat, but it is far 60 00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:06.000 better than just the one and done wild card game. 61 00:03:06.039 --> 00:03:11.039 To me, that I really that really, I really, I'm 62 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:14.039 a little bit more of a traditional life traditionalist, I guess, 63 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:19.039 and that that was always to me sort of you know, well, 64 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:20.439 that was the problem need to be fixed. 65 00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:22.840 I know MLB is trying to keep more teams involved 66 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:25.120 in it. I get that. But at the same time, 67 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:27.919 I go back and you do. You as well, go 68 00:03:28.039 --> 00:03:30.400 back to the days of a seven game World Series 69 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:32.599 when you have the American League pennant winner against the 70 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:35.919 nationallygue pennant winner. And let's talk about that some of 71 00:03:35.960 --> 00:03:38.520 those games, because some of those games are in your book. 72 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:41.000 Where did the idea to do this book come from? 73 00:03:41.240 --> 00:03:43.360 There was always a point in time where the idea 74 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:46.879 comes to the forefront of your mind. 75 00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:47.639 Yeah. 76 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:51.159 So, so Dave and I met in college at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 77 00:03:51.240 --> 00:03:54.840 back in the seventies, and we discovered we had this 78 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:58.719 kind of shared love of baseball, baseball trivia, history, the 79 00:03:58.759 --> 00:04:02.639 statistics of it, and you know, hardcore fans know that 80 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:04.879 you can't separate one of those from the other. It's 81 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:07.360 all sort of you know, how you grew up as 82 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:11.240 a baseball geek, and you fast forward to around two 83 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:14.080 thousand and days started writing in addition to his day 84 00:04:14.159 --> 00:04:17.879 job as a lawyer and has since had six books published, 85 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:21.319 and many of them were either about baseball or about sports. 86 00:04:21.319 --> 00:04:23.120 And he called me at the end of twenty eighteen 87 00:04:23.160 --> 00:04:25.120 and just said I really want to get back to 88 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:27.959 writing about baseball. His last book had been a true 89 00:04:27.959 --> 00:04:31.680 crime book, and he had a couple of ideas, and 90 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:33.480 the one to me that kind of floated to the 91 00:04:33.519 --> 00:04:39.920 top was this idea of lesser known, odd maybe curious, underreported, 92 00:04:40.040 --> 00:04:44.360 less remembered stories about events that took place during the 93 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:48.439 World Series. We both agreed on one thing, there's nothing 94 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:51.480 that we can add about Don Larson's perfect game. There's 95 00:04:51.480 --> 00:04:54.920 probably nothing that we can tell anybody about Carlton Fisks 96 00:04:54.959 --> 00:04:57.879 home run or Bill Mazeroski's some of that Reggie Jackson 97 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:03.120 three home runs his finale. So the idea really appealed 98 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:04.759 to me. A few months later, he called me back 99 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:07.240 and said, I think that's the idea that I want 100 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:09.519 to write about. And at the time he asked me 101 00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:12.240 if I wanted to help him write it, and I 102 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:15.879 told him I was just about to retire and I 103 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:18.279 didn't want to take on any homework assignments. I didn't 104 00:05:18.319 --> 00:05:23.000 want any deadlines, commitments, obligations, and so I declined. And 105 00:05:23.720 --> 00:05:27.079 fast forward another nine months, circumstances for us both had changed. 106 00:05:27.959 --> 00:05:29.399 The guy that was going to write the book with 107 00:05:29.519 --> 00:05:32.759 him had gone dark. He was kind of struggling with 108 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:36.199 some early chapters, and I suddenly had time on my hands. 109 00:05:36.439 --> 00:05:39.720 Winter was approaching here in the East, and slowly but 110 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:42.279 surely I started working with him, kind of around the 111 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:44.279 edges at first, and then finally to the point where 112 00:05:44.319 --> 00:05:48.000 we were co writing and working on everything in the 113 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:52.680 collaboratory way, and the result were these eighteen chapters. 114 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:56.199 Okay, so that's how the book crystallized. Give us a 115 00:05:56.240 --> 00:06:00.199 couple that some of my listeners might remember, others might not. 116 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:06.600 But again, you're talking about memorable and offbeat world series stories. 117 00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:07.439 Give us a couple. 118 00:06:09.279 --> 00:06:11.879 Yeah, So two of my favorites and needs go back 119 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:15.759 to the early chapters that Dave had had pitched in one. Well, 120 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:17.920 I remember both world series, but one of the stories 121 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:20.160 I did know pretty well, which was the seventy three 122 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:24.439 world series between the Mets NBA's and going into the 123 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:29.439 world series. Mike Andrews, who Boston fan remember well. 124 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:33.439 And even a better human being as the head of 125 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:34.800 the Jimmy fun for many years. 126 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:37.759 Yeah, and he was brought over from the White Sox. 127 00:06:38.120 --> 00:06:41.439 Dick Williams was managing the A's and he liked Mike. 128 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:44.399 He remembered him from the sixty seven team and thought 129 00:06:44.399 --> 00:06:47.399 he would be a great additions as a hitter and 130 00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:50.680 also as a backup second basement. Charlie Finley, the owner 131 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:52.560 of the A's, was not so crazy about it, but 132 00:06:52.600 --> 00:06:54.879 in any event, Mike was on the roster, and when 133 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:59.040 it came time for the playoffs, Finley actively tried to 134 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:02.480 get Mike removed from the roster, and for the American 135 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:05.759 League Championship Series he did that. He got the permission 136 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:10.639 from the Baltimore Orioles to replace Mike with Manny Trio, 137 00:07:11.279 --> 00:07:13.839 and when the World Series came around against the Mets, 138 00:07:13.480 --> 00:07:16.439 he wanted to do the same thing, except the Mets declined, 139 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:19.879 and so the World Series starts off. The Mets are 140 00:07:19.879 --> 00:07:24.000 big underdogs. They were probably the worst team record wise 141 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:25.920 ever to get to the World Series at that point. 142 00:07:27.639 --> 00:07:30.480 But they had good pitching and they had pretty good defense. 143 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:34.519 They couldn't hit. But after losing Game one in Oakland 144 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:39.240 in a wild back and forth game Game two, and 145 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:42.399 Charlie Finley's nightmare comes true. All of a sudden, you know, 146 00:07:42.519 --> 00:07:44.279 Mike Andrews is in the game. He came in as 147 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:47.199 a pinch hitter, I think in the ninth inning, and 148 00:07:47.279 --> 00:07:50.240 now he's out there is the second baseman, and sure enough, 149 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:54.720 after each team scores in the tenth in the twelfth inning, 150 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:58.000 Mike makes well he was charged with two airs. I 151 00:07:58.040 --> 00:08:01.199 looked pretty closely at the video replays of that game, 152 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:04.519 and really the second one was a blown call at 153 00:08:04.519 --> 00:08:07.480 first base, but in either event, it opened up the floodgates. 154 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:11.839 The Mets won the game, and so after the game, Finley, 155 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:15.199 in a rage, asked the team doctor to write a 156 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:18.639 letter that he wanted Mike to sign, saying that he 157 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:22.040 was injured and couldn't play, and from all accounts, he 158 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:26.439 basically browbeat Mike until he signed it. Mike was so 159 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:29.920 despondent that he left on a plane for Massachusetts to 160 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:32.679 go back home. He never even got on the team plane, 161 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:37.440 and Finley thought he had what he wanted. But eventually 162 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:39.240 this all came out. First of all, the guys that 163 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:42.000 were sitting on the plane on the runway ready to 164 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:44.360 leave Oakland were waiting for Finley and his wife to 165 00:08:44.399 --> 00:08:47.080 show up, and meanwhile, Mike is not on the plane, 166 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:49.919 and right away they know something's up. And by the 167 00:08:49.919 --> 00:08:54.559 time they get back to New York, the truth has surfaced. 168 00:08:55.120 --> 00:08:57.320 And on the off day when they're working out at 169 00:08:57.320 --> 00:09:00.440 Shay Stadium. Sal Bando and some of the other as 170 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:03.159 now have these makeshift patches on their arms with Mike's 171 00:09:03.200 --> 00:09:06.240 number on it, and the New York Press starts getting 172 00:09:06.279 --> 00:09:07.960 into the story and the next thing you know, the 173 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:11.480 whole thing blows up into a circus. There are press conferences, 174 00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:15.000 and finally Buie Kune gets involved, and Charlie Finley hated 175 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:18.480 Louie Kune, and Bouie Kuen didn't like Charlie Finley, but 176 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:20.720 Bouie said, no, you can't do this unless the guy 177 00:09:20.799 --> 00:09:23.559 was hurt before the World Series. He's on the roster, 178 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:26.799 you can't. You can't remove him for another player. And 179 00:09:27.240 --> 00:09:31.039 the A's players were outraged because they thought Finley was 180 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:34.799 trying to scapegoat Mike, and they had threatened to boycott 181 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:38.240 at least one of the games coming up. And then finally, 182 00:09:39.840 --> 00:09:42.279 you know, cooler heads prevailed and they realized that they 183 00:09:42.279 --> 00:09:44.080 were going to lose that pr battle, and they went 184 00:09:44.120 --> 00:09:48.120 ahead and they played. But in Game four, with Andrews reinstated, 185 00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:50.000 he comes up as a pinch hitter at Chay Stadium 186 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:53.080 and the Mets fands give him this like three minute 187 00:09:53.120 --> 00:10:04.360 standing ovation and clips, Yeah, sitting there like, yeah. 188 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:07.240 Well, the the A's win that world series, so Mike, 189 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:10.919 Mike gets a ring, Finley gets a world championship. 190 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:17.360 Well, and it was a crazy story, and sal Bando 191 00:10:17.519 --> 00:10:20.279 was very generous with his time, the late sal Bando. 192 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:22.840 It turns out, you know, he'd given us a couple 193 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:25.720 of interviews and he also told us a story that 194 00:10:25.799 --> 00:10:28.039 didn't make it into the book. And I'll share it 195 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:30.879 with you guys, because it's it is interesting. Uh, it's 196 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:31.519 gonna be crazy. 197 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:33.000 I hate to do this. I hate to do this 198 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:34.879 to you, Jeff, but I'm running over a little bit. 199 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:37.159 I could talk to you all night. But give us 200 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:39.000 the Bandeau story if if you can. 201 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:41.960 Well, the quick, the quick, dirty version of it was 202 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:44.440 that Charlie Finley's wife got on the plane before Charlie 203 00:10:44.440 --> 00:10:46.519 and she had a pair of oversized sunglasses on and 204 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:51.360 had two black eyes, and Charlie had gotten into a rage, 205 00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:53.440 got into a fight with his wife and he hit her, 206 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:57.000 and the next spring training he confessed to sal how 207 00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:59.840 it all unfolded when she had filed for divorce. So 208 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:03.399 that was not reported in the papers. You can't find 209 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:05.840 any reporting on that, but that Schau told us that 210 00:11:05.919 --> 00:11:07.960 that had happened and told us the you know, the 211 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:10.080 aftermath of it in spring training in seventy four. 212 00:11:10.960 --> 00:11:15.200 Finlan was a Shelman, no doubt, and he did bring 213 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:18.879 Satchel Page onto the major league roster sometime in the 214 00:11:18.919 --> 00:11:22.519 mid sixties. It probably when Sachel was in the mid sixties. 215 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:25.120 But other than that, not a great guy. The book 216 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:29.600 is Shadows of Glory, Memorable and offbeat World Series Stories. 217 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:31.679 Maybe what I'll do, Jeff, is have you come on 218 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:34.039 later as we get to the World Series and let's 219 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:36.080 do an hour. We can take some phone calls. You 220 00:11:36.159 --> 00:11:36.480 up for that. 221 00:11:36.759 --> 00:11:38.600 Oh you got it, man, I'd love to do that. 222 00:11:38.879 --> 00:11:42.720 All right. Jeff rodemir Ho, along with Dave Brown, wrote 223 00:11:42.759 --> 00:11:45.600 this great book, Shadows of Glory, Memorable and offbeat World 224 00:11:45.639 --> 00:11:47.759 Series Stories. We'll get back to you, Jeff. I appreciate. 225 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:49.840 I wish I had more time. I could talk to 226 00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:50.840 you all night long, but I. 227 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:53.559 Got three other pleasure all right, you. 228 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:56.519 Hit late off tonight. Thank you, Jeff, appreciate it. Will 229 00:11:56.559 --> 00:11:59.679 we get back when we talk about a major high 230 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:02.399 school in Boston, Cathedral High School been around for a 231 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:05.399 long time and they have a one million dollar fundraiser. 232 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:07.480 We're going to talk with the president of Cathedral High School, 233 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:09.720 Dan Carmody right after this break. 234 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:13.720 Now back to Dan ray Line from the window World 235 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:16.960 Light six Studios on WBZ News Radio. 236 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:20.480 Anyone who has been around Boston for a while certainly 237 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:23.799 knows Cathedral High School. Joining us now is the president 238 00:12:23.960 --> 00:12:27.320 of Cathedral High School, Dan Carmody. Dan, My first question 239 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:30.320 is how many years this is now getting close to 240 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:33.559 one hundred years old as a Catholic high school. 241 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:36.679 Correct, Yeah, you got it. Thanks for having me, Dan. 242 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:40.240 We're at ninety eight years, so the centennials right around 243 00:12:40.279 --> 00:12:40.720 the corner. 244 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:44.240 Well, obviously the school has changed over the years in 245 00:12:44.320 --> 00:12:48.200 terms of the young people who have been educated there. 246 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:51.120 Is it co ed at this point? 247 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:54.480 Yeah, we're co ed. We're seven through twelfth grade. We're 248 00:12:54.480 --> 00:12:59.039 about three hundred and fifty students co ed. And you're right, 249 00:13:00.240 --> 00:13:02.559 so much has changed over the years and almost one 250 00:13:02.600 --> 00:13:06.320 hundred year history. But actually the mission hasn't changed at all. 251 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:08.000 And so you know, to be. 252 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:09.679 All boys, it used to be an all boys high 253 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:10.759 school if I recall. 254 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:14.320 Correct, If it was, it was a long long time ago. 255 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:16.679 We've been co ed for as far back as that 256 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:17.320 I'm aware of. 257 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:19.840 Oh, okay, okay, I could be wrong on that. I'm 258 00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:21.559 sure one of my some of my listeners would know. 259 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:26.200 Only nine percent of your revenue comes from tuition because 260 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:28.919 a lot of kids who go to the school, the 261 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:33.080 vast majority of them end up going to college on scholarship. 262 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:36.639 As I say, you have a very special mission for 263 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:40.799 kids in Boston and you are going you have a 264 00:13:40.840 --> 00:13:43.279 gala coming up on October twenty third. You hope to 265 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:47.200 raise a million dollars. Where is the gala and do 266 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:49.240 you have to have a connection to Cathedral High School 267 00:13:49.279 --> 00:13:51.639 to contribute or tend tell us about the gala. 268 00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:55.759 Yeah, So the gala is, when's October twenty third. It's 269 00:13:55.799 --> 00:13:59.080 at the Seaport Hotel. And we've been doing this gala 270 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:02.559 for years and you're right, the goal is to raise 271 00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:07.200 a million dollars. We have a pretty a unique, remarkable 272 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:10.120 mission at the school and it's simple. It's to provide 273 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:14.960 a strong, transformational Catholic education for families who may not 274 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:18.799 otherwise have access. And the only way we're able to 275 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:22.399 do that is through incredible generosity of so many people 276 00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:26.440 that make the mission happen. And you know, most as 277 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:29.120 you're I know you're aware of most you know, independent schools, 278 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:31.440 seventy five eighty percent of the revenue comes through tuition, 279 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:35.279 and we sit at nine. And so the gala is 280 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:38.600 really an opportunity. It's to celebrate the impact of our 281 00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:42.159 mission and what we're able to do for students and 282 00:14:42.200 --> 00:14:46.399 with students. But it's an opportunity to bring so many 283 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:49.519 generous people together and celebrate the mission and to raise 284 00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:53.559 the funds to make it possible. So we have we 285 00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:57.360 have an unbelievably loyal donor base. But yeah, it is, 286 00:14:57.440 --> 00:15:00.919 it is open. We would always love to welcome new 287 00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:03.519 people to our community. It's the only way our mission 288 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:06.720 thrives is when new people find out what we're doing 289 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:08.240 and they say, yeah, that's something I want to get 290 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:10.000 behind and something i'd love to support. 291 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:12.919 Well, the fact that only nine percent of your revenue 292 00:15:12.960 --> 00:15:15.799 comes from the tuition of students, there's a lot of 293 00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:18.799 students there who I'm sure are on full of partial scholarships. 294 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:21.879 And I guess for over twenty years now, every senior 295 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:26.200 who has graduated, and every senior has who's graduate has 296 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:30.519 been accepted to college. Last year's class earned over six 297 00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:35.720 million dollars in college scholarships, which is an extraordinary nuance 298 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:39.600 number number one. But then you're looking at another number. 299 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:43.679 You hope to raise sixty million dollars to endow the 300 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:48.120 feats of the school in perpetuity. Yeah, you got to 301 00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:53.399 do that. That's that's that's the Catholic Cathedral Forever campaign. 302 00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:57.000 Sixty million dollars. That is quite an ambitious efforts. 303 00:15:57.879 --> 00:15:59.600 It's a big number and it was a little daunting 304 00:15:59.679 --> 00:16:02.320 when we first came up with it, but yeah, it's 305 00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:06.840 a sixty million dollar Cathedral Now Cathedral Forever campaign And 306 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:10.679 the short version we're inches from the finished line on it, actually, 307 00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:14.639 which is incredible thanks to so many amazing people. But 308 00:16:14.679 --> 00:16:16.679 the school has been around forever and we've had some 309 00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:20.440 generous folks in a particular alum who kind of said, hey, 310 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:23.279 I want to make sure the school survives for the 311 00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:25.279 next century, and what do we need to do to 312 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:27.480 make sure that happens. And you know, it came up 313 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:31.440 that we needed to really grow an endowment to support 314 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:34.240 our annual budget and perpetuity, and the number we needed 315 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:37.600 was sixty million dollars, and he said, okay, I'll provide 316 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:40.159 a thirty million dollar match dollar per dollar until you 317 00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:42.919 get to the sixty million, and so it's unheard of 318 00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:46.720 in a small Catholic school. It's just it's life changing generosity. 319 00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:54.519 And so where is that supporter remaining anonymous or would you. 320 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:58.919 Like, Well, I won't say his name because he'll get 321 00:16:58.919 --> 00:17:02.240 mad at me, but he is. So he remains anonymous 322 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:04.640 although so many people in our community know who it is. 323 00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:09.160 He remains anonymous simply because he just says, it's not 324 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:12.920 about him, it's about the mission and it's about the students. Yeah, 325 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:14.160 it's pretty admirable. 326 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:18.920 Actually we respect that. And how many So you're seven 327 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:23.039 through twelve? How many kids are in the school this year? 328 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:26.079 Yeah, we're about three hundred and fifty students. 329 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:29.039 Okay, see three hundred fifty students is seven through twelve. 330 00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:31.599 I did some long division short division here a plus 331 00:17:31.640 --> 00:17:36.039 sixty kids in every class and you know, seventh per grade. 332 00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:38.400 Yeah yeah, yeah, it's a little bit different balance. But yeah, 333 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:39.240 that's that's it. 334 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:42.119 And you've got a pretty good athletic program. I hope. 335 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:46.519 We do. Yeah for a pretty small school, are our 336 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:49.480 pride and enjoys. There's always our girls basketball team, back 337 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:52.160 to back state champs, and I think like six out 338 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:55.680 of the last eight years. But we have an awesome 339 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:57.920 We have an awesome athletic department. But really, I think, 340 00:17:58.160 --> 00:18:00.279 you know, one of the things I'm most out of 341 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:04.200 our school is really our entire faculty and staff. No 342 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:06.759 one comes to Cathedral by accident, you know. Everyone comes 343 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:10.000 because they're committed to our mission. And so it's a 344 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:13.000 really awesome group of people who are are there just 345 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:14.359 to make sure it happens for our kids. 346 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:19.200 And so here's the most important question of our time tonight, 347 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:22.920 and that is one how can people buy tickets and 348 00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:26.559 go to the event on October twenty third, which is 349 00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:29.240 going to be down in the seaport. And how can 350 00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:32.640 people who might be inspired and maybe want to reconnect, 351 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:34.920 so maybe want to make a connection and would like 352 00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:37.799 to help contribute, give us a couple of ways or 353 00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:40.799 a single way in which they can get access, either 354 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:44.119 as a contributor or as someone who will attend the gallap. 355 00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:48.200 Yeah, awesome. The singleiest way is obviously to go to 356 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:50.680 our website, which is brand new. We love it. It's 357 00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:55.279 Cathedral Boston dot org and it tells the story of 358 00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:58.160 our mission and the testimonials and the success stories of 359 00:18:58.359 --> 00:19:01.359 what we've been able to do. But I guess the 360 00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:03.599 one request I'd always have for people is come visit. 361 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:07.319 We always say that no one gets to know our 362 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:10.240 mission through our students, by being in the building and 363 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:13.359 kind of seeing the magic of cathedral. That's not then 364 00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:17.200 somehow motivated to be a part of it. And that 365 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:19.759 can be financially, but it can also be through mentorship, 366 00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:23.839 through internships, through just being present in our building and 367 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:27.079 with our students. So there's so many ways to contribute. 368 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:29.599 We'd love to have folks at the gala. It's an 369 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:33.759 awesome testimonial to what we're all about. But if that's 370 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:35.680 not possible, come visit the school. We're right in the 371 00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:39.359 South End. Awesome location, awesome community, and then you know, 372 00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:41.119 the door is always open for folks who want to 373 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:42.200 learn more about the mission. 374 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:47.880 So great to talk to you. Sound like an inspirational leader. 375 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:52.759 You answered the questions directly. You did a great job tonight, 376 00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:57.079 Dan Carmandy. How long you've been principal there on? How 377 00:19:57.079 --> 00:19:57.920 long you've been doing this? 378 00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:59.160 About five years? 379 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:00.400 Wow? 380 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:02.759 Yeah, it's a blessing. 381 00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:06.160 Your enthusiasm is infectious, and I hope a lot of 382 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:09.759 people have been infected by enthusiasm for Cathedral High School 383 00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:12.519 and the upcoming gallop on October twenty third at the 384 00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:16.839 website Cathedral Boston dot org. Dan Carmedy, thanks very much 385 00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:21.319 for stopping buying. We'll keep keep tabs on Cathedral Awesome. 386 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:23.440 I appreciate you bringing so much exposure to our mission. 387 00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:27.640 Very welcome. Thanks again. Okay, when we get back, we're 388 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:30.319 going to talk about another great mission, and that is 389 00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:33.440 an event coming up this weekend, I believe. Yeah, on 390 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:37.279 this Sunday, October sixth, the annual Jimmy Fund Walk. We'll 391 00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:40.319 be talking with Caitlin Fink. She's an assistant vice president 392 00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:43.519 of event fundraising for the Jimmy Fund Walk at Dana Farber. 393 00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:47.319 We'll be talking to Caitlin in just a few minutes, 394 00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:49.480 right after the news and a couple of commercials at 395 00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:50.480 the bottom of the hour. 396 00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:55.880 You're on night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's 397 00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:56.559 news radio. 398 00:20:57.480 --> 00:21:00.400 Well, one of the big charity events in Boston years, 399 00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:03.079 the Jimmy Fund Walk you can walk, you don't have 400 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:05.799 to run, coming up this Sunday, October sixth with us 401 00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:08.839