WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:01.480 Shout out Weezer in town. 2 00:00:01.560 --> 00:00:04.960 Over the weekend, attended Kilby Court with a bunch of 3 00:00:05.679 --> 00:00:09.679 children that were my son's age and younger, but showed 4 00:00:09.759 --> 00:00:13.000 up early. Didn't make the Friday night till which apparently 5 00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:15.199 was the best night. But Saturday, show up at about 6 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:19.519 four thirty five hanging out with the youngs, and then 7 00:00:19.559 --> 00:00:22.120 Weezer plays and the other old showed up, so that 8 00:00:22.239 --> 00:00:26.519 was nice. You typically will attend to Kilby Block party 9 00:00:26.559 --> 00:00:27.280 from time to time. 10 00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:31.719 Were you present at all? I was lucky enough this year. 11 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:34.880 I heard from home. Oh you live close enough that 12 00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:35.399 you didn't have to. 13 00:00:35.719 --> 00:00:37.560 I heard that concert while I was doing my garden 14 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:39.000 last night, so it was actually kind of nice. And 15 00:00:39.039 --> 00:00:42.640 also Travis Tritt wasn't there. Yeah, Travis Tritt is he alive? 16 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:47.439 I think so shout out Travis Trick On a Monday afternoon. 17 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:50.920 Tony Parks, what's up, man, I'll tell you what I 18 00:00:50.039 --> 00:00:53.200 h I finished my Sunday nights the same way all 19 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:56.240 the time. I usually prefer to spend it with Scott 20 00:00:56.320 --> 00:00:59.280 van pelt not literally, that'd be weird, but hopefully it's 21 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:02.880 Van Peltz Center and last night hang it out about 22 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:05.599 fall asleep and they say top ten plays. I'm like, hey, 23 00:01:05.599 --> 00:01:07.280 I'll check out the top ten plays. Who doesn't love 24 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:10.079 the top ten plays? And then prior to number one, 25 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:12.359 they said, let's go to minor league baseball. And I'm like, oh, 26 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:15.280 I wonder if the Bees are involved. Sure enough, I 27 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:18.200 hear your voice in the background. And the number one 28 00:01:18.239 --> 00:01:21.400 play on se top ten was a Bes player making 29 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:22.439 a great catch in the outfield. 30 00:01:22.519 --> 00:01:27.760 Yes, that's awesome. Nico Cavadas, rob's a home run. Nico 31 00:01:28.719 --> 00:01:31.799 gets traded to this team last year. Middle of the year, 32 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:34.400 Red Sox trade him him Matthew Lugo, who's now with 33 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:35.000 the Angels. 34 00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:37.799 Nico comes and he's a part of the team. 35 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:41.560 South Bend, Indiana kid grew up dreaming of going to 36 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:44.920 Notre Dame, went to games baseball, football, watched Jeff Samarja. 37 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:48.120 The whole thing has stories. Scholars, Yeah, good call. He 38 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:50.439 dated a girl who lived in the Central time zone. 39 00:01:50.480 --> 00:01:52.760 He lived in the Eastern, which was ten minutes apart 40 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:54.079 because they're right. 41 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:55.200 By the ball. Yeah. 42 00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:57.840 So he has stories that are just endless and are funny. 43 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:00.000 And the cool thing with him is I joke with him. 44 00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:03.040 Your timing is so great because you were always on 45 00:02:03.159 --> 00:02:06.239 time on accident because you would gain an hour and 46 00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:07.799 he would be like, no, I'd show up an hour 47 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:08.560 early for stuff. 48 00:02:08.879 --> 00:02:11.400 It was annoying. Right, So, when he's. 49 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:14.280 At Notre Dame, a coach named Link Jarrett comes along. 50 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:17.199 They're one of the worst defensive teams, flips him around 51 00:02:17.199 --> 00:02:19.319 to being one of the best defensive teams, and he 52 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:24.719 becomes very underrated, in my opinion, defensive player, first. 53 00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:25.479 Base, mostly here and there. 54 00:02:25.479 --> 00:02:27.000 But then they put him in the outfield, and I'm like, 55 00:02:27.039 --> 00:02:29.560 you know what, this guy could play some outfield. This guy, 56 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:32.560 and you're watching it in workouts and all of that, 57 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:36.960 You're going, this dude's I don't think he's I don't 58 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:38.680 think people would look at him and think, oh, this 59 00:02:38.719 --> 00:02:40.719 is going to be a dynamic outfield player, a player 60 00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:44.199 in the outfield. And sure enough, yesterday he's out and right, 61 00:02:44.360 --> 00:02:46.360 I think that's his first game in right, this year's 62 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:49.080 play mostly left. Most of the I have to go 63 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:50.639 back and look at it. Some of the games kind 64 00:02:50.639 --> 00:02:54.560 of blur together. But as it's going back, I'm like, Okay, yeah, 65 00:02:54.599 --> 00:02:56.439 I think that's going to get out. And then as 66 00:02:56.439 --> 00:02:59.919 I'm watching him time the leap, I'm going, oh my gosh, 67 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:02.840 and then you see his athleticism, his ability to reach over. 68 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:05.960 He couldn't have been more perfect with the timing. It 69 00:03:06.039 --> 00:03:06.520 was awesome. 70 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:06.719 Man. 71 00:03:06.759 --> 00:03:08.879 It was a great way. They lost yesterday. 72 00:03:08.919 --> 00:03:11.159 They didn't have a lost like seven to one, but 73 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:14.520 that was like a stellar highlight, one of many great 74 00:03:14.520 --> 00:03:16.960 defensive highlights for the team. But that was so cool 75 00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:20.680 to call to watch and then to know his background 76 00:03:20.759 --> 00:03:21.919 which led up to that moment. 77 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:27.360 How you know, if at all, how does that work? 78 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:30.919 Like, do you guys get a call from ESPN like, hey, 79 00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:33.479 we want to use this clip. I mean, are you 80 00:03:33.560 --> 00:03:36.199 aware that you're about to be calling the top play 81 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:37.319 on Sports Center that night? 82 00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:38.840 Or you weren't it in real time like the rest 83 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:40.280 of it. I didn't know it would be number one. 84 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:43.599 I thought, oh, that's got to be a candidate for sure. 85 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:45.560 And what you do is in your tweets and all 86 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:49.439 of the communication you hashtag sc top ten and Sports 87 00:03:49.439 --> 00:03:53.240 Center and all that and so yeah, and I immediately 88 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:55.400 because the feed. 89 00:03:55.159 --> 00:03:57.360 Here's what would happen this year. 90 00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:01.360 I started saying, hey, look, when we get a really 91 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:05.719 dynamic call, let's have a communications situation where we can 92 00:04:05.759 --> 00:04:09.120 get our call over the MiLB call because they always 93 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:11.840 take home the home feed because that would just normally 94 00:04:11.879 --> 00:04:14.000 be on the home feed and that's short. I was like, no, like, 95 00:04:14.080 --> 00:04:16.839 let's get our call for big home runs and big 96 00:04:16.879 --> 00:04:17.480 things like that. 97 00:04:17.839 --> 00:04:18.839 And so that was a gimme. 98 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:20.879 We had a good system and it got processed right 99 00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:23.399 away and then communicated to Sports Center right away, and 100 00:04:23.439 --> 00:04:26.720 it just increases your chances for something like that. To 101 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:29.560 give love to Cavadis, to the Bees and you know, 102 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:30.800 a whole organization. 103 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:31.439 So it was cool. 104 00:04:32.079 --> 00:04:35.560 John Ollinger, John Oliver, excuse me not John Hollinger. He 105 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:38.040 writes for The Athletic John Oliver hosts this show called 106 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:42.720 Last Week Tonight on HBO. It airs every Sunday, and 107 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:45.800 John's a really funny you know, it's a lot of satire, 108 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:47.279 it's a lot of political satire. 109 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:51.120 But he did last night. He did an entire segment 110 00:04:51.240 --> 00:04:52.399 on minor league baseball. 111 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:55.519 And he had prior to a couple of shows ago 112 00:04:56.000 --> 00:05:00.639 because he went to Who's this super popular league baseball 113 00:05:00.680 --> 00:05:05.560 team that everybody crash Rocket City and there are okay, okay, 114 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:07.800 he went to a game or something. He was like, 115 00:05:07.879 --> 00:05:10.079 this is awesome. More people should go to minor league 116 00:05:10.079 --> 00:05:13.680 baseball games. So he offered on his show to rebrand 117 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:16.639 an entire minor league baseball team. He's going to rename it, 118 00:05:16.800 --> 00:05:19.040 he's going to give it a theme night, and they're 119 00:05:19.079 --> 00:05:23.000 going to create a mascot. And so last night, I 120 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:26.199 think they landed on the Erie, Pennsylvania baseball team. They're 121 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:28.839 going to rebrand entirely. But he did this, and it 122 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:30.600 was actually kind of cool. I didn't realize he was 123 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:32.319 going to do this. He kind of made this plea like, 124 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:35.120 if you live in a city with minor league baseball, 125 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:38.720 go support these teams because they've done all of this research. 126 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:40.600 And as a result of the research, they were going 127 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:42.680 to games. They were talking to front offices, they were 128 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:45.240 talking to fans, and it was kind of like this 129 00:05:45.959 --> 00:05:51.240 last bastion of sport that isn't overly tainted with economic 130 00:05:51.279 --> 00:05:55.319 confusion and capitalists undertones. It's just like a pure way 131 00:05:55.360 --> 00:05:58.319 to go enjoy baseball. I thought it was kind of cool, 132 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:00.800 like and obviously that robrates with you. 133 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:02.120 Yeah, it really really does. 134 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:04.920 That's why I think so many people who work in 135 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:07.920 the Pacific Coast League. Steve and I were obviously close. 136 00:06:07.920 --> 00:06:09.959 Steve Cloukey and I so many of us that work there. 137 00:06:09.959 --> 00:06:14.199 That's why it's a clubhouse feel because it doesn't have 138 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:17.800 some of those undertones you're talking about. You deal with 139 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:22.079 far less of the unnecessary bs. There's always weird stuff 140 00:06:22.079 --> 00:06:24.879 you gotta dealt, but like, you get to really connect 141 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:26.839 with people in a great way, and the fans too, 142 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:29.480 and the whole thing. And the fans love the players 143 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:33.920 because we know, with the way it works, the chances 144 00:06:33.920 --> 00:06:35.920 of them being there next year are next to not 145 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:38.040 because they're going to go to a different team, or 146 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:40.560 go to the Major Leagues or go somewhere like it's 147 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:43.319 just you shuffle the deck every year and the roster 148 00:06:43.439 --> 00:06:46.759 changes so much year to year, so they when they 149 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:49.279 get a moment with the player, they love it. And 150 00:06:49.319 --> 00:06:53.360 then on top of that, the ballpark becomes important. The mascot, 151 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:57.519 the trends, the traditions, that the things like that make 152 00:06:57.600 --> 00:07:00.439 it great. Baseball's already great like that, but when you 153 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:03.199 mix it in with something beautiful like what we had 154 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:05.560 at thirteen hundred South and West Temple and now what 155 00:07:05.600 --> 00:07:08.199 we have in Daybreak, like it's you can't beat it 156 00:07:08.360 --> 00:07:11.959 because it's so special to be around. So I've worked 157 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:16.079 in the NBA TV Radio, you know, mc PA. I've 158 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:18.560 done all the different arts and worked in different leagues. 159 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:21.120 There's nothing like the field of minor league. 160 00:07:20.879 --> 00:07:21.480 Base tell me. 161 00:07:21.519 --> 00:07:24.240 And I don't have any data at my disposal with this. 162 00:07:24.879 --> 00:07:28.160 You know, my sincere hope is that the Millers endeavor 163 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:30.160 to bring major League baseball here it comes to fruition. 164 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:33.600 I just think it would be so great, and obviously 165 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:37.000 through my prism, uh, last night, after getting through you 166 00:07:37.040 --> 00:07:39.279 know the NBA stuff, I watched Game seven on the 167 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:42.120 NHL side, and then some of the Scheffler highlights I 168 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:44.199 throw on Mets Yankees subway series. 169 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:46.079 My guy Bellinger goes deep, Yeah. 170 00:07:45.959 --> 00:07:49.839 Grand Slam, Ultimate Yankee Stadium wall scrapers, and I just, yeah, 171 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:51.600 just give me the lefty that can hit it, you know, 172 00:07:51.800 --> 00:07:53.279 just right out there. 173 00:07:53.439 --> 00:07:55.079 Just give me the lefty that you know can hit 174 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:57.560 it two hundred and fifty feet. We're good. But and 175 00:07:57.600 --> 00:07:59.240 I love that the Mets are good right now because 176 00:07:59.279 --> 00:08:00.879 Porter is gonna be like, hey, we have a chance, 177 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:03.720 and then they don't because they're the Mets. But you know, 178 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:05.639 I haven't watched a lot of baseball yet this year. 179 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:08.800 I've been NBA playoff centric or whatever. But every time 180 00:08:08.839 --> 00:08:11.800 I tune into a game and really give it my attention, 181 00:08:12.519 --> 00:08:14.879 because it isn't a sport that's designed for the twenty 182 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:17.560 four to seven house of highlights like you have. If 183 00:08:17.600 --> 00:08:19.920 you're gonna watch a baseball game, it requires some focus 184 00:08:19.959 --> 00:08:24.519 and some attention. So it is a different Uh, you know, 185 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:29.720 it's a different time in our society because we all 186 00:08:29.759 --> 00:08:32.679 have computers in our hand, and our intention spans are 187 00:08:32.720 --> 00:08:34.559 like this. And I noticed it with myself, like even 188 00:08:34.600 --> 00:08:37.320 if I'm watching a movie, like, wait, this is two 189 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:39.080 hours long, I'm just gonna go watch the show that's 190 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:39.679 thirty minutes. 191 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:41.639 Like, our attention spans are shorter. 192 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:44.360 And I don't know what that's done for the bottom 193 00:08:44.399 --> 00:08:47.159 line of interest for Major League Baseball. But do you 194 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:51.039 have any insight as to the health of the sport 195 00:08:51.399 --> 00:08:53.360 right now? Not just the game that's a great game, 196 00:08:53.360 --> 00:08:55.440 but at the health of Major League Baseball. 197 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:58.919 I mean, I think you look at how you would 198 00:08:58.919 --> 00:09:00.639 compare it to other stuff like the NFL. 199 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:02.720 Clearly it's going to take a back seat. I mean, 200 00:09:02.919 --> 00:09:03.399 just you. 201 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:07.600 It has so many games, and when you talk about 202 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:09.759 being there in person, it's a great experience. TV and 203 00:09:09.879 --> 00:09:12.279 radio is obviously different. It's one of those that you 204 00:09:12.320 --> 00:09:14.720 have on the background for radio if you want. You know, 205 00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:17.440 I've always loved one. I'll prep for a game if 206 00:09:17.440 --> 00:09:20.120 there's day games on, I love my Wednesday Thursday games. 207 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:22.120 I'll have it on in the background, like listening to 208 00:09:22.159 --> 00:09:25.200 different broadcasters, just hearing the sounds of it's it's just nice. 209 00:09:25.200 --> 00:09:25.879 It's nice to have. 210 00:09:27.039 --> 00:09:30.240 When it comes to something that you are going to 211 00:09:30.279 --> 00:09:33.720 attach yourself to. You're not attaching yourself to it going okay, 212 00:09:34.159 --> 00:09:35.799 then can get out of the sixth inning, we get 213 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:36.679 to the bullpen and that. 214 00:09:36.720 --> 00:09:37.759 No, that's for the playoffs. 215 00:09:37.919 --> 00:09:40.960 It's just because there's so many games that the attention 216 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:42.879 span is not going to be there all the time. 217 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:44.759 So it's something to have on, something to have on 218 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:45.679 like on a Sunday. 219 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:49.639 Night, like you're talking about, right, and so the the eat, sleep, breathe, 220 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:53.159 every live moment. In terms of TV radio, I think 221 00:09:53.200 --> 00:09:55.720 that would be tough to ever compare it to stuff 222 00:09:55.759 --> 00:09:57.320 like it has with the NFL and things like that, 223 00:09:57.399 --> 00:09:59.879 but it is healthy. There is attraction to the star 224 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:02.559 the game right now. There is attraction to the fact 225 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:05.639 that they improved the timing of the game with. 226 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:09.159 The clock rules, now and you. 227 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:11.240 Can't throw over to first one hundred and fifty times, 228 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:14.519 and like now, the game moves a lot better and 229 00:10:14.559 --> 00:10:17.519 it's actually more enjoyable as a broadcaster. There's some tempo 230 00:10:17.600 --> 00:10:19.960 now to the game and some feel, which is great. 231 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:20.559 You've noticed that. 232 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:23.519 Oh yes, it's glaring and I love it. I love 233 00:10:23.519 --> 00:10:25.120 it a lot, So there's. 234 00:10:25.080 --> 00:10:28.759 Good to that. But I do think it's healthy overall. 235 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:31.679 And I think obviously the revenues look terrific in terms 236 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:35.000 of the engagement and the attention to the game, But 237 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:37.919 you just know that it's not to the level of 238 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:40.200 something like the National Football League and some other major sport, 239 00:10:40.240 --> 00:10:40.639 and it's. 240 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:42.360 Just not and it doesn't It doesn't have to be. 241 00:10:42.440 --> 00:10:43.200 It doesn't have to you know. 242 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:47.360 And on the landscape of the hierarchy, it's probably still three. 243 00:10:47.799 --> 00:10:48.000 Right. 244 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:51.759 It's probably football, basketball than baseball. Maybe hockey's gained some 245 00:10:51.799 --> 00:10:53.840 in roads, and soccer will probably always be on the 246 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:55.240 outside looking in in this country. 247 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:56.559 That's kind of where I've landed on it. 248 00:10:57.159 --> 00:10:58.879 Let me ask you this, even though I've asked you 249 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:01.919 this before, as somebody who calls all these these games 250 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:04.639 says work for the millers and understands the sport and 251 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:08.200 understands our market. Are you confident that will support the 252 00:11:08.200 --> 00:11:09.720 Major League Baseball team should we get it? 253 00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:10.759 Yeah, I am. 254 00:11:10.840 --> 00:11:15.159 No, very confident because the same reason why they supported 255 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:18.320 the NHL, and the same exact reason because I had 256 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:21.080 a good friend of mine who's one in Chicago and 257 00:11:21.080 --> 00:11:23.320 then another one lives in Long Island, and he was like, 258 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:25.799 it's not I've been out there. It doesn't really feel 259 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:28.080 like a hockey city. I said, it's not. I'm not 260 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:29.360 going to lie to you and be like, this is 261 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:30.240 a hockey town. 262 00:11:30.320 --> 00:11:33.440 No, it's not. It's not. People were learning the game 263 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:35.399 as the season went along. By the way. It doesn't 264 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:37.480 make them less of a fan, doesn't make them not intelligent. 265 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:39.799 Yeah, it just this is not a place where kids 266 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:41.679 played a lot of hockey. We can just call it 267 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:44.159 like it is. But they supported it because it was 268 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:47.240 their team. They love events, and they they are totally 269 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:49.960 engaged with this community. So I knew the moment the 270 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:52.159 NHL came in, I was like, oh, yeah, they'll totally 271 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:55.159 get behind that team. And then, as it turned out, 272 00:11:55.240 --> 00:11:57.600 they did, and I thought it was great with the 273 00:11:57.639 --> 00:11:59.600 way that people were able to just say like, oh okay, 274 00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:01.759 I'm learning about this part of the game. And you 275 00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:04.480 know what, Nat was never a hockey fan. Tough are 276 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:07.679 off sides icing and just like that loved it, big 277 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:10.720 Blackhawks fan. Good went to more Blackhawks games than any 278 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:11.600 other team in the city. 279 00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:12.279 It was awesome. 280 00:12:12.559 --> 00:12:14.559 But for a lot of people here that can be 281 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:17.519 the same thing, and it's another great enjoyable experience. Here's 282 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:20.159 the other thing. It would own the summer. It would 283 00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:23.440 absolutely own the summer. So would it sell out every 284 00:12:23.480 --> 00:12:25.320 game like you would say the NHL, Well, no, you 285 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:25.919 have eighty one. 286 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:29.240 Nobody sells out. Everybody sells baseball. 287 00:12:29.080 --> 00:12:30.559 Like that's I love it when people are like, I 288 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:33.039 could see them having a tough time selling out every game. 289 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:33.639 Nobody does. 290 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:37.000 Well, yes, and nobody does. And so you get two 291 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:39.440 months of dicey weather. You've got a lot of games. 292 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:42.159 But I do think you would see a ton of 293 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:44.759 great energy and passion towards it, like you were seeing 294 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:49.720 energy and passion towards now the the Utah Mammoth so. 295 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:52.600 And summer night's here rule I mean amazing, you know, 296 00:12:52.679 --> 00:12:54.399 Like that's one of the things I love about the 297 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:57.919 soccer experience. And I tease those guys over there because 298 00:12:57.919 --> 00:12:59.399 they're always like, hey, you come to the game. I'm like, 299 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:02.120 is it's seven degrees yet, because I'm not coming until 300 00:13:02.120 --> 00:13:05.080 it's warm, because I'm not sitting outside in cold weather, 301 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:10.000 but a warm Utah summer night out at America First Field. 302 00:13:10.120 --> 00:13:12.080 Even if you're not a soccer fan, you will enjoy 303 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:14.519 the experience. And you don't have to be a baseball 304 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:17.200 fan to go sit outside. You talked about the sunsets 305 00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:18.840 at the new Ballpark last time. 306 00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:19.919 Grab a hot. 307 00:13:19.799 --> 00:13:21.519 Dog and a pop whatever your thing is, and just 308 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:24.759 enjoy the experience. One more thing here and then we'll 309 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:27.000 talk about what you guys have coming up. So Rob 310 00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:31.000 Manfred has said we are not expanding until the new 311 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:32.039 CBA expires. 312 00:13:32.159 --> 00:13:33.639 The good news is that's next year. 313 00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:37.600 Yes, So December one, twenty twenty six, the new CBA 314 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:41.279 and Major League Baseball expires, and then we'll see what 315 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:43.240 they do as far as expansion on the rise. And 316 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:47.240 we know the cities, Nashville, Portland, the usual suspects. There's 317 00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:50.480 always the possibility of the Arizona Coyotes being owned by 318 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:53.399 an idiot and needing a new home and suddenly sal 319 00:13:53.440 --> 00:13:54.240 a kaz hockey. 320 00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:56.720 There's the Tampa Bay stuff that's out there. 321 00:13:56.840 --> 00:13:59.159 The A's look like they're going to Vegas, although that's 322 00:13:59.159 --> 00:14:02.799 not done. What's your understanding about where we're at in 323 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:05.039 the process of getting baseball here to our market. 324 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:06.840 Yeah, I'm not being a homer with this leader in 325 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:09.159 the clubhouse. Leader in the clubhouse. 326 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:11.840 And by the way, you know, there's a ton of 327 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:14.039 variables that come with stuff like this over time, so 328 00:14:14.080 --> 00:14:15.879 things can always change. But I think they're the leader 329 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:18.200 in the clubhouse because all the circus, all. 330 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:19.519 The nonsense is out of the way. 331 00:14:19.960 --> 00:14:22.879 If you're going to expand, it is the place because 332 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:25.639 you have the ownership, you have alignment with where they're 333 00:14:25.639 --> 00:14:28.919 going to have the stadium, all of the details on 334 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:31.120 how they're going to fund it, all the nonsense, all 335 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:34.519 the headaches, all the forty seven chain emails, and the 336 00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:38.200 hour and a half long meetings, bureaucracy. Yeah, oh my gosh, 337 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:41.440 the last minute, Oh crap, Hey, by the ways, all 338 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:45.879 that stuff gone. And there is something too, having already 339 00:14:45.879 --> 00:14:48.679 put so many other plans in place to then let 340 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:51.840 this be a smooth landing, as. 341 00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:53.519 Smooth as you can have. Steah. 342 00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:54.919 Now, the other thing I try to tell people too, 343 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:56.360 because think well, how long do you think it would take. 344 00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:58.960 I'm like, well, you got to remember when Tampa and 345 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:01.919 Arizona had their spansion teams, it was four years later. 346 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:04.159 They had opening day four years when it was like 347 00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:06.240 if I remember it was announced, it was like four 348 00:15:06.320 --> 00:15:06.759 years later. 349 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:08.399 That's so that's a gap. 350 00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:11.080 So it would have to be hey, we're expanding, Hey, 351 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:12.919 this is where we're doing it. I don't know if 352 00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:14.919 it would be four years, but that's what it was 353 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:18.159 back then, So that takes some time. The other thing 354 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:20.759 is if you expand, so people look at what happened 355 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:24.960 with Ryan Smith and the Utah Mammoth. Now, great work 356 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:27.639 to quickly turn it around, I mean amazing, Like they 357 00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:29.480 deserve a ton of credit for that. It was also 358 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:32.480 easier that it was a purchased team, right because now 359 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:36.440 everything it's not straight turnkey, but a lot of things 360 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:39.759 are done in this situation. Where are your minor league affiliates, 361 00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:42.919 where's your spring training facility? Where I mean there's I 362 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:46.360 mean the stadium. 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I looked like a 389 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:48.480 train conductor. I didn't look like a cool train conductor. 390 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:50.519 I looked like a weirdo train conductor. So I think 391 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:53.679 there's a natural expiration date. Like I was a flat 392 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:56.399 brim guy when I was younger. But whenever I see 393 00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:59.200 any dude that's over thirty five, like wearing a flat 394 00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:01.639 brim hat, I'm like, oh, give it up, Like it's 395 00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:02.279 not a good look. 396 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:04.000 I don't have a problem with it. It's just that 397 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:05.839 I'll have a problem. I don't look good in it. 398 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:10.000 I just don't look like you have a smaller face. Yes, 399 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:12.200 you need a big jawline to look good in a 400 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:12.720 flat person. 401 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:15.440