WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:04.360 You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from 2 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:05.960 KFI AM six forty. 3 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:09.480 Yeah, Kfi, mister Kelly, it's Later with mo Kelly Live 4 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:11.199 everywhere the iHeartRadio app. 5 00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:13.599 And let's get back to our usual tech Thursday. 6 00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:16.879 I know things have been really different around southern California, 7 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:19.920 which has also changed our show presentation. 8 00:00:20.079 --> 00:00:22.199 But it's good to see you, Marshall Collier. 9 00:00:22.359 --> 00:00:24.440 It's good to see you, mowan It. It's good to 10 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:27.760 have everybody out there. I hope everybody's safe and that 11 00:00:27.839 --> 00:00:31.239 you're making it through. Okay. I decided this week that 12 00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:34.640 I had to do something that hopefully might help us, 13 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:37.880 maybe something we can do at home to you were 14 00:00:37.920 --> 00:00:40.799 talking about the air quality to help us with the 15 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:45.240 fires and making it through leaving the house or losing 16 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:48.119 your power. So I have to tell you before I 17 00:00:48.200 --> 00:00:51.560 went to CES, I got in touch with a company 18 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:55.320 they were not at CES. It's a company called Flamedetector 19 00:00:55.439 --> 00:01:00.000 dot com. Flamedetector dot com right, and their product is 20 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:04.760 flame detector. Okay, sounds good. You know the guy and 21 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:09.359 what really causes the fire aside from the initial starting thing. 22 00:01:09.719 --> 00:01:13.640 You've got a smoke detector in your house and when 23 00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:18.159 you get enough smoke in your house, what happens, right, 24 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:19.159 It's so annoying. 25 00:01:19.239 --> 00:01:21.400 But okay, well that was a truck backing up one of. 26 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:23.680 The one of the two. We got to work them on. 27 00:01:25.799 --> 00:01:30.439 But when you have a flame, that's what starts the fire. 28 00:01:31.599 --> 00:01:34.359 And in these horrible winds. I don't know about where 29 00:01:34.359 --> 00:01:36.959 you live, but where we live in the North Valley, 30 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:38.439 the winds have been insane. 31 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:39.280 Yes, it happened. 32 00:01:39.480 --> 00:01:43.840 I mean, it's just dry eight percent humidity. It will 33 00:01:43.879 --> 00:01:46.920 carry if somebody drops a match, it's going to just 34 00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:50.599 go with the wind. It's not going to not going 35 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:53.280 to just stop and maybe go out or maybe whatever. 36 00:01:54.159 --> 00:01:56.920 So this terrified me. And I'm looking around at it, 37 00:01:57.120 --> 00:02:00.840 and I told you earlier so many people had lost things. 38 00:02:02.040 --> 00:02:04.120 It was what about if there was a way where 39 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:09.759 we could find the flame before the fire. And this 40 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:15.520 product was developed. Actually there have been commercial devices around 41 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:18.599 that are very expensive, but this is the first time 42 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:22.520 it's done for home use. And as I said, to 43 00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:26.039 call a flame detector, what it does is it it's 44 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:29.520 not activated by toast or steam or dust or anything. 45 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:33.360 We have it sitting on the table there. It covers 46 00:02:33.479 --> 00:02:37.319 one hundred and thirty degrees of flame detecting in the room. 47 00:02:37.439 --> 00:02:39.639 For those who can't see it, obviously, this is radio. 48 00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:41.879 It's about the size of I would say a lightsaber 49 00:02:42.159 --> 00:02:45.280 without the blade. It's like the hilt of a lightsaber size. 50 00:02:45.439 --> 00:02:49.120 Yeah, it's maybe about eight inches six eight inches something 51 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:53.520 like that. Not bad looking at all. It detects a 52 00:02:53.639 --> 00:02:57.479 three quarter inch flame at twenty feet within two seconds. 53 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:03.080 So if you get a push notification on your phone 54 00:03:03.400 --> 00:03:06.360 from this device that says there's a flip. Now you 55 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:09.039 have kids at home. Sometimes kids play with matches, right, 56 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:12.439 that's how things start too. If you can get this 57 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:16.000 warning before the drapes go on fire, I mean, you're 58 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:18.400 at a real advantage. So MO, what I'm gonna do 59 00:03:18.479 --> 00:03:20.319 is I'm gonna have a lighter. 60 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:25.879 Okay, you're about eight nine feet from it at it 61 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:31.000 And for those who can't see obviously, this was a 62 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:33.719 lighter flame. So we're talking about maybe at most an 63 00:03:33.759 --> 00:03:37.319 inch high, and you're eight feet away from the device. 64 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:40.400 And I tested it in my office. I put it 65 00:03:40.439 --> 00:03:42.759 on a bookshelf and I walked around a corner because 66 00:03:42.759 --> 00:03:45.960 it is one hundred and thirty degree and I tested 67 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:50.360 it everywhere and it never failed. And I think I 68 00:03:50.439 --> 00:03:55.479 have my phone on silent. I did not get the notification, 69 00:03:55.919 --> 00:04:00.159 but when I was testing it, you get a notification 70 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:02.719 on your phone that says there's a flame detected in 71 00:04:02.759 --> 00:04:03.479 the office. 72 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:06.759 Okay, obviously, I'm sure someone is wondering, well, what about 73 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:09.560 the false alarm of Look, I like to cook in 74 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:12.719 my kitchen with a walk sometimes there's a flame with that. 75 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:18.720 Oh well, then just put that away because this is 76 00:04:18.800 --> 00:04:23.800 driven by the ultraviolet light that's in a flame, and 77 00:04:23.839 --> 00:04:25.839 you don't have that when you have a smoke detector. 78 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:30.319 It runs on three double A batteries for over a year, 79 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:32.000 and just. 80 00:04:31.959 --> 00:04:34.920 Like all smoke detectors, it just chased the batteries at 81 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:35.519 the beginning of the year. 82 00:04:35.519 --> 00:04:36.399 You don't have to worry about it. 83 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:40.560 And it's a flame detector, so obviously you need the 84 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:44.839 Wi Fi in your house. You can enable push notifications 85 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:48.639 to your phone. Obviously we heard it and you could. 86 00:04:48.759 --> 00:04:51.519 Really it gives you a little piece of mind. I 87 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:54.560 felt a lot better when I'm hearing the news and 88 00:04:54.600 --> 00:04:59.600 we're driving home like maniacs from Cees that the fire 89 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:03.879 is not at my house because this little gizmo didn't 90 00:05:03.920 --> 00:05:08.879 see a flame. Cost one hundred and twenty nine dollars. 91 00:05:10.079 --> 00:05:11.800 Is there any type of subscription fee? 92 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:17.240 Nope, No, no subscription fee at all. And the people 93 00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:19.920 who developed the product, you can read that on the 94 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:24.920 website of flamedetector dot com. He spent his life working 95 00:05:24.959 --> 00:05:29.000 for a major company in fire protection. I don't know 96 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:31.600 how to pronounce it. Kitty. You've seen the little kid, 97 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:35.800 and he's developed stuff for them, and he's retired and 98 00:05:35.800 --> 00:05:38.800 he doesn't develop stuff for them anymore. So this is 99 00:05:38.879 --> 00:05:43.800 something I really think. It's not cheap, but it isn't expensive. 100 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:46.800 And to be able to know that your kid just 101 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:48.720 struck a match at the other end of the. 102 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:52.040 House, were you that kid growing up? No? 103 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:53.360 I wasn't a flame kid. 104 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:59.000 Boys, maybe I wasn't. I pretty much stayed away from fire. 105 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:01.879 I had a little thing with firecrackers and army men, 106 00:06:02.000 --> 00:06:02.759 but that was about it. 107 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:04.360 I wasn't you blew up your army man? 108 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:08.639 Yes I did. I'm not gonna lie. Yes, that was 109 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:09.160 about it. 110 00:06:09.279 --> 00:06:10.759 I've never seen that. I wouldn't. 111 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:11.519 Are you serious? 112 00:06:11.639 --> 00:06:14.160 No, I've never seen everybody blow up or I played 113 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:14.560 with army. 114 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:19.079 They're army man, they're dealing with ordnance. That was the 115 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:24.000 whole point he's a little bow. Well it was bigger 116 00:06:24.040 --> 00:06:25.879 than that. But you had the army man. I'm sorry 117 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:27.839 to digress. We had the army man and one would 118 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:31.800 have like a parachute, and he put a firecracker arm And. 119 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:33.879 What a brilliant idea. 120 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:36.480 It's a dangerous idea, but you know, yeah. 121 00:06:36.879 --> 00:06:38.199 That's that's brilliant. 122 00:06:38.279 --> 00:06:40.480 It's stuff that we did when we had too much 123 00:06:40.519 --> 00:06:42.839 time on our hands, these idle hands. 124 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:44.800 But you see, this is the way we can think 125 00:06:44.839 --> 00:06:48.319 and remember about things and smile a little bit. 126 00:06:48.399 --> 00:06:50.439 Oh absolutely, I have all my appendages. 127 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:54.639 Yes, you're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand 128 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:57.240 from KFI AM sixty. 129 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:02.040 Later with One Kelly. We are live everywhere on the 130 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:06.240 iHeartRadio app. Marshall Collier continues to join me in studio, Marsha. 131 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:11.800 More emphasis and rightly so has been put on backup 132 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:14.519 sources of power because of these fires. There have been 133 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:18.439 unintentional power outages because of the fires, and there have 134 00:07:18.519 --> 00:07:22.800 been intentional power outages. You have power companies turning off 135 00:07:22.839 --> 00:07:25.439 the power to limit the likelihood of a. 136 00:07:27.079 --> 00:07:29.120 Transformer creating a fire. 137 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:33.519 So people are rightfully looking into other backup power sources. 138 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:37.000 Be it propane or these battery packs. 139 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:39.120 Where do you come out on it, Well, we have 140 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:42.120 to use alternative energy. I mean you were talking earlier 141 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:46.040 in the show about the air quality. Uh, it's nothing 142 00:07:46.079 --> 00:07:48.360 worse to me than the power going out and all 143 00:07:48.360 --> 00:07:52.120 of a sudden you hear a generator going off in 144 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:58.319 my neighbor's house for hours burning gasoline. It's like sitting 145 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:00.319 behind a bus. Remember we used to do that in 146 00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:03.399 the old days. You are sure might be it smells different. 147 00:08:03.959 --> 00:08:05.800 You didn't know it's toxic fumes? 148 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:06.199 Is it? 149 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:11.040 Whoops? But the point is we have to look for alternative, 150 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:16.519 something that we don't have to burn propane to make power, 151 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:20.439 because I mean that that would be an alternative. But 152 00:08:21.680 --> 00:08:23.879 so I looked around and just you know, I always 153 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:27.000 try all these things myself. I don't ask for freebies. 154 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:30.639 I actually go out and buy products. You need a 155 00:08:30.680 --> 00:08:35.000 portable power station. We're lucky that we live in California 156 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:38.960 and we have a lot of sun. Now I'm not 157 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:41.000 going to sit here and tell you that I think 158 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:43.799 solar is the greatest thing in the world, but it's 159 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:47.720 something we have a whole lot of and when you 160 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:51.639 have a power outage, you'd be surprised at how many 161 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:59.000 companies there are. Some main companies Goal zero Echo Flow. 162 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:05.120 I mean even Dura Cel makes a small device. I 163 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:08.440 mean we are brand right they and I mean we 164 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:12.360 have these little power banks for our phones. You know 165 00:09:12.440 --> 00:09:15.200 that you have a power backup if you have an 166 00:09:15.240 --> 00:09:18.679 alarm system at home, correct, If you have a seapap, 167 00:09:19.080 --> 00:09:22.039 you really should have a small backup next to that. 168 00:09:23.440 --> 00:09:26.000 But what happens if the power doesn't come back on, 169 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:31.480 You're going to need that seapap for another night. So 170 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:36.320 it would make sense to have solar panels, and they're 171 00:09:36.639 --> 00:09:41.399 manufactured by these different companies to go with their batteries 172 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:44.960 and their power banks so that during the day you 173 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:50.039 can put them outside, charge them, and use the power 174 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:54.519 at night. The one that we have, the one that 175 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:58.759 I've tested, is the Goal zero yety three thousand power 176 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:02.759 station with a solar generator. I don't know where the 177 00:10:02.840 --> 00:10:06.840 generator is, but it just looks like big panels to me. Yeah, 178 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:10.600 they fold up in a briefcase. This isn't is not cheap, 179 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:16.519 But then again, having your entire refrigerator go down and 180 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:21.120 your freezer after three days or actually having your food 181 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:22.720 makes a huge difference. 182 00:10:23.320 --> 00:10:25.279 How big are these solar panels? 183 00:10:26.039 --> 00:10:30.080 The solar panels, actually they I'll show you a picture 184 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:32.080 that's a teeny tiny picture, but. 185 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:34.279 Okay, there's big as like a what we call like 186 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:37.360 a pitching net back in the day. 187 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:39.360 And they fold up, yes, and they go into a 188 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:40.559 briefcase style thing. 189 00:10:40.679 --> 00:10:43.840 Yeah. It's almost like backyard furniture basically. Yeah. 190 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:46.120 Yeah, but it folds up so it's in like a 191 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:49.840 case like you designers used to carry artwork in cases 192 00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:52.440 that kind of case, so you could bring it out 193 00:10:52.519 --> 00:10:55.039 at a moment's notice if need be exactly. And we 194 00:10:55.120 --> 00:11:00.240 did have a power outage, and I did you know, 195 00:11:00.559 --> 00:11:02.919 for what do you do? First thing, You've run around 196 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:05.679 the house, You get all the torches, things like that, 197 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:08.480 You put them in the room so you have them, 198 00:11:08.960 --> 00:11:12.080 and the smart thing is to keep them charged ahead 199 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:12.440 of time. 200 00:11:12.960 --> 00:11:15.200 That was my next question, because we don't know when 201 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:18.320 we're going to have the next emergency. And if it's 202 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:21.679 in the garage for most of the time, I mean, 203 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:23.840 to the best of your knowledge, how long does it 204 00:11:23.960 --> 00:11:26.200 hold a charge? Can I or do I have to 205 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:28.320 bring it out once a month or something to charge it. 206 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:31.559 Every between three to six months. There we go okay, 207 00:11:31.639 --> 00:11:35.120 in this particular model. And the interesting thing is it 208 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:40.840 has seven different port options, including fast charging, sixty USBC, 209 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:47.759 multiple USBA ports, regulated, twelve vote and two one twenty 210 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:49.519 vote AC ports. 211 00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:49.919 Okay. 212 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:54.600 So there's the generation generator and there are the solar panels. 213 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:58.080 Right, okay, And this little thing it looks like a 214 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:00.919 big battery and it goes on kind of what looks 215 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:01.600 like a handtruck. 216 00:12:01.879 --> 00:12:05.200 It looks like a typical solar excuse me, typical generator, 217 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:07.360 fossil fuel generator or election you generator. 218 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:12.519 So power goes out. Luckily. I have a really strong husband. 219 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:15.840 But I'm sure all of us have neighbors and can 220 00:12:15.919 --> 00:12:20.120 always get help. Hopefully you roll out your refrigerator. I 221 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:22.879 never knew refrigerators had wheels. This is something not all 222 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:24.759 of them, trust me, they don't. I've moved a few 223 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:27.039 of my day. I think they're more standard now with 224 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:30.840 the wheels. But yeah, I just know that because I 225 00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:34.360 had to move my mother's refrigerator last week, who was 226 00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:35.320 getting her kitchen done. 227 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:37.879 But that's another story for no one needs a refrigerator. 228 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:42.120 It's relatively new, it's not on wheels. It's slides easy, 229 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:43.120 but it's not on wheels. 230 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:45.919 Okay, well okay, but and they do have those little 231 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:48.360 silicone things that you can get on Amazon, their little 232 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:50.799 silicone pads that you can put under the bottom and 233 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:55.399 make it slide. But anyway, this particular device will run 234 00:12:55.480 --> 00:13:01.080 a full size refrigerator for forty three hours. I mean, 235 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:04.559 that's that's not bad. And what's interesting is you have 236 00:13:04.639 --> 00:13:08.960 a gauge on these power generators. 237 00:13:08.440 --> 00:13:10.440 That's forty three hours on one charge. That's assuming that 238 00:13:10.440 --> 00:13:12.519 you don't get a charge to subsequent day, right. 239 00:13:12.759 --> 00:13:16.200 Right, But what you can do is when daytime rolls 240 00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:20.240 around the next day. These devices, now, they don't all 241 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:22.360 do it, so you have to look at the specs 242 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:27.519 of whatever you're considering buying. They can charge while they're discharging, 243 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:32.720 and that's the key thing. You just get the extension 244 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:38.399 cords for the solar panels, put them outside and let 245 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:40.759 it charge. And it's got all the dolls and it's 246 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:46.720 very very very technical looking. The one that we have 247 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:52.000 has two hundred total watts. And I'm not an electrical expert, 248 00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:56.759 but it isn't heavy. It's in a canvas bag and 249 00:13:56.919 --> 00:14:00.600 you just roll those things outside, but it in there 250 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:05.320 and you can also charge smaller chargers because they're battery 251 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:08.600 size charges, you know, like your car battery size chargers. 252 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:11.200 There's small ones like that, which if you want to 253 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:13.679 keep one of those next to your bed for your cpat. 254 00:14:14.519 --> 00:14:17.159 I have it next to my studio. Okay, I have 255 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:18.120 one of those from my studio. 256 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:21.559 Yeah, and I have one. I haven't plugged it in yet. 257 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:25.320 It's a big giant thing for my computer. But I 258 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:28.120 haven't done that yet. But the thing is we should 259 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:31.759 do it, especially with the solar panel recharge, because if 260 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:36.360 you want to recharge these and there's no power, look 261 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:39.720 into these prices are all over the place on them 262 00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:42.559 because new models are coming out all the time and 263 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:45.360 they're having sales all the time on the websites. That's 264 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:48.440 Echo Flow Jackerie Goal zero. 265 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:49.120 Oh. 266 00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:52.279 Anchor also makes a good power station oh A and 267 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:55.919 k R E R Yeah are oh they make this 268 00:14:56.200 --> 00:15:00.879 smaller Okay, they make big ones that's on brand. Okay, Okay, 269 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:07.000 So consider this instead of a generator that's just polluting 270 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:08.919 everything and it's just going to drive you crazy with 271 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:11.679 the noise. Because these days we don't know how long 272 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:15.279 the power can be out for and the sun is 273 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:18.240 a renewable source if we just use it. 274 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:22.960 Great advice, great information. That's what we love to do. 275 00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:27.399 Useful and usable information, like right now, that's what I 276 00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:30.240 try to do. Marshall Collier. Let's remind people how they 277 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:31.320 can find you. 278 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:34.480 You can find me if my web host hasn't screwed 279 00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:37.360 up again at Marsha Collier dot com or find me 280 00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:41.120 on X. You find me on X you can talk 281 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:43.559 to me and I talk back to you. And on 282 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:46.559 my website there's a contact form that emails me to erect. 283 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:49.399 Marsha will respond, so if you reach out to her, 284 00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:50.519 she will respond. 285 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:52.399 If you've got questions, she has answers. 286 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:55.559 I try, I certainly try. Thank you Moe for inviting 287 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:55.960 me again. 288 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:57.879 Absolutely, it's always good to see you, and hopefully we 289 00:15:57.919 --> 00:15:59.039 get to see you again next week. 290 00:15:59.240 --> 00:15:59.799 I'll be there. 291 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:02.480 It's Later with Mo Kelly KFI AM six forty live 292 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:04.080 everywhere in the iHeartRadio app. 293 00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:07.879 You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from 294 00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:09.720 KFI AM six forty. 295 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:12.919 Believe it or not, it's almost time to start talking 296 00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:17.399 about baseball and the upcoming baseball season. And you know 297 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:20.519 I live and die with my Dodgers over the moon. 298 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:23.960 That they won another World Series and love that it 299 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:26.679 was at the expense of the hated New York Yankees 300 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:29.440 and how the New York Yankees imploded for the world 301 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:31.399 to see. I don't know if it will be any 302 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:35.080 better than that this year, but each year they have 303 00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:38.480 Dodger Fest, and Dodger Fest is coming up shortly is 304 00:16:38.519 --> 00:16:41.519 coming up, and it'll be at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, 305 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:43.759 February first, just a little over a week from now, 306 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:48.120 from eleven to three eleven am to three pm, and 307 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:52.159 the gates will open at ten am that morning. Tickets 308 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:55.480 will be on the on sale for the public. Actually 309 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:58.600 it started this morning at ten am. Tickets are now 310 00:16:58.639 --> 00:17:02.200 on sale and you will be able to get tickets 311 00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:05.680 for as little as twenty dollars, with a portion of 312 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:11.400 the proceeds, more importantly going to Los Angeles wildfire recovery efforts. 313 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:14.720 And get this, it's hard to think of any time 314 00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:19.039 in which parking is free, especially at a sports arena 315 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:22.680 or a stadium. Well, parking is free, and you can 316 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:26.400 get all these tickets at Dodgers dot com forward slash 317 00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:30.640 Dodger Fest. Dodger Fest this year will be held in 318 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:34.559 Dodger Stadium, parking lots B, D and P. And this 319 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:38.480 is different because as opposed to inside of Dodger Stadium itself, 320 00:17:39.119 --> 00:17:42.279 you may not know there's some remodeling, there's some construction 321 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:45.519 and other things which are being changed inside the stadium. 322 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:48.400 So this year they'll be doing it in Dodger Stadium, 323 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:50.720 parking lots, B, D and P. 324 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:54.519 Well, MO, what is Dodger Fest? What is going to 325 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:55.319 be going on there? 326 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:58.480 You'll be able to meet players, be able to meet coaches, 327 00:17:58.559 --> 00:18:01.839 team alumni, and there will be an interview show with 328 00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:05.079 team members. There's a yard sale and mystery bag sale 329 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:09.839 where you can purchase Dodgers memorabilia. And also there will 330 00:18:09.880 --> 00:18:14.680 be VIP events like a Jackie Robinson themed tour, a 331 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:19.079 Vin Scully press box experience, photo opportunities with the World 332 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:22.720 Series Trophy and players. I would probably love that, And 333 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:26.720 tickets for the VIP events they will not be available 334 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:30.519 for sale until next Tuesday, the twenty eighth, and they're 335 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:32.240 probably more than twenty dollars in cost. 336 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:33.720 Just let you know that right now. 337 00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:36.920 And if you've been following the Dodgers, they have been 338 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:39.680 really cleaning up in what is called the free agent 339 00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:43.720 portion of the offseason, signing new players, signing great talent 340 00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:48.039 from around the world, and if you haven't been following baseball, 341 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:51.720 the Dodgers are now, I would say, arguably, and I 342 00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:55.240 say this very lovingly, the most hated team in baseball, 343 00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:58.920 because they are willing to spend as much money as 344 00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:02.599 possible to get the best players available in the world, 345 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:06.559 and they're not doing anything that another team couldn't do. 346 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:11.359 Their ownership is just more committed to winning, and they're 347 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:15.720 much more creative as far as how they're structuring these contracts. 348 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:20.480 We talked last year and last season about Shohei Otani's deal, 349 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:23.359 which is three quarters of a billion dollars, but most 350 00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:27.279 of it is deferred. Most teams aren't willing to do that. 351 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:31.359 Why because it's a high risk proposition. You have a 352 00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:36.839 player who may not be as good or or just 353 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:40.599 productive seven eight years down the road, but you're still 354 00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:43.359 on the hook for a lot of money in a 355 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:47.559 very very cumbersome contract. The Dodgers, I would say, were 356 00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:49.759 fortunate in the sense that they only had to pay 357 00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:52.440 like a couple of million this year to Otani and 358 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:55.759 he helped deliver a World Series. But that was a bet, 359 00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:58.440 that was a wager that Otani was going to be 360 00:19:58.480 --> 00:20:02.720 able to be impactful right now, and a wage that 361 00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:06.000 he would be impactful seven and eight years down the road, 362 00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:09.359 where the brunt of the money would come due for Otani. 363 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:12.599 And they've structured other similar deals with players where the 364 00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:14.400 Dodger's going to owe a hell of a lot of 365 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:17.200 money to a hell of a lot of players, and 366 00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:20.480 the question is whether the wins on the field and 367 00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:25.079 the merchandise sold off the field financially will be able 368 00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:28.000 to make up for that. Look, the folks who put 369 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:30.079 these deals together are obviously much smarter than I am 370 00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:33.240 when it comes to creating and structuring these contracts and 371 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:35.799 making sure that the Dodgers as an organization are still 372 00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:40.400 financially viable. But I love it when my favorite team 373 00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:44.279 is doing the absolute most available to them with the 374 00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:47.279 resources they have available to make sure that they're putting 375 00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:50.640 on not only a competitive product on the field, but 376 00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:55.319 arguably the most talented team, at least on paper, in 377 00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:57.880 the whole sport. That's what I want, And I don't 378 00:20:57.920 --> 00:21:01.759 care if other organizations, or like the Seattle Mariners in 379 00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:06.720 Seattle from mars old Town, they're probably screaming about, Hey, 380 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:09.400 we're a small market. We can't do what the Dodgers 381 00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:11.599 are doing. Yes, you can, you just have to try harder. 382 00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:13.160 I know you're just trying to needle me, and I'm 383 00:21:13.160 --> 00:21:15.039 not going to take the bait. I'm not taking the bait. 384 00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:17.880 Take it, Take it, you take it. Did you grow 385 00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:20.359 up caring about the Mariners at all? 386 00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:23.759 No, but it's inescapable if you live in Seattle and 387 00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:26.480 they have a really nice stadium they do with really 388 00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:30.279 nice food at it. So if you're a nerd like 389 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:33.599 me who's not that into most sports at this point, 390 00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:38.119 you're really the outcast because everybody there loves the Mariners, everybody. 391 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:41.720 Each time you tell me that, I am so surprised, Mark, 392 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:45.200 because you are a former athlete. 393 00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:47.799 I was an athlete most of my life, but it 394 00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:53.440 was all the unpopular stuff like kickboxing, wrestling, track, cross country. 395 00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:56.759 I tried baseball when I was a kid, and I 396 00:21:56.799 --> 00:22:00.359 got whacked in places. You don't want to get act 397 00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:02.000 with the ball, that'll scare you off it. 398 00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:02.640 I get that. 399 00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:04.880 But you have that competitive spirit and you have an 400 00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:08.599 appreciation of sports. I'm just surprised it didn't carry over 401 00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:11.319