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Is he, we have a problem?

Is it that you can't see because I'm looking at your eye glasses.

They're over here in the studio and you're in Chicago.

No, I bought a, I bought another pair.

Oh, okay.

It's the best game going.

These pharmacy glasses that you buy and then you lose them a week later and have to go

by a three pack.

It's unbelievable.

Well, that family is.

So you're good.

Yes.

Now you have.

But that is not the problem.

The problem is I realized during the update there from Mike that there is a Yankee game going

on right now.

And that means Taylor is going to be distracted.

Pretty much the entire show Aaron judge with his eighth homer of the year.

Aaron judge.

And we got a big homerun from John Carlo Stan.

Oh, Jesus.

He's playing.

Wow.

Taylor, you can't have it both ways.

This is your least favorite Yankee team ever.

How are you so locked in?

I'm not moving off that take.

I watch every Yankee game 162 games.

There are going to be times where my least favorite team is still playing and I'm still going

to watch the games and I'm still going to try to support them.

My least favorite Yankee team is still one of my favorite Yankee teams.

Taylor, you think because you mentioned how many games there were.

You think the Yankees could ever go undefeated?

They would have to be a lot better.

I can't believe you watch every game.

That's such a commitment.

Like I can't even what I still haven't seen episode one of season three of euphoria yet

because it's like I got other things to do.

All right.

Well, the E and euphoria stands for every couple of years.

I mean, it's all willy-nilly, hazer, the way they release these new seasons.

It's unbelievable.

Who knows?

I mean, you better watch it now, is he the next season is going to be five years from

now?

Well, that's why I'm thinking, you know what, let the episodes pile up.

I got plenty of time to watch them.

Right, but I am laughing because the Aaron judge world baseball classic takes are not

aging well.

I mean, he's having a season, Taylor, he is, and you were worried about it.

My only complaint with Aaron Judge right now is they're playing the Angels in this series

and every time Mike Trout hits a home run, they cut to Aaron Judge and Aaron Judge is

having a shuckle fest in the outfield.

Every time Mike Trout hits a home run, like, because they're doing this thing where they're

appreciating each other's greatness because they're just alternating.

Who's turned it is to hit a home run seemingly every at bat, but Aaron Judge, I don't need

you looking like you're having the time of your life every time Mike Trout hits 400 feet.

He's supposed to look upset.

I'm with you on that.

Yes.

You know what?

When you said Mike Trout, I thought the same exact thing when you said Giancarlo Stanton,

he's playing.

And that's it.

Mike Trout has heard all the time.

You just never hear from him because he's in that, you know, waistland of Anaheim.

Yes.

Roger McDowell is going to join us at about 15 minutes.

Many people in the audience are saying, who the hell is Roger McDowell?

He was a relief pitcher mid eighties for the New York Mets and other teams, but this is

a personal one for me as he was a member of my favorite team, the 1986 New York Mets.

The last time I was happy being a sports fan, the mid eighties pretty much.

So I'm looking forward to that.

Sean Merriming had to join us in our number two.

Is he ice?

Yeah.

Go ahead.

That sounds so personal with you and McDowell.

I'll probably just say that one out if you're good.

You guys can just have at it.

Thank you.

I need him all to myself.

I want him all to myself.

I do.

But is he the play in tournament, which I said is a waste of time.

And here's what happened since I said it's a waste of time.

We have had the greatest play in game and the history of play in games with the Hornet

and Heat.

And we had Steph Curry with a performance for the ages last night.

I mean, unbelievable.

Oh man.

Yes.

So good.

That guy.

Almost an expectation for Steph.

Like if there's a big game, a big moment, no matter what his physical stature is, he's

going to do something spectacular.

And yesterday, you could see the effort.

You could see it a little harder than it used to be for Steph.

It's a little bit more difficult.

You can see some of that effort really in putting it in there.

But when he hit that one three and then fell into the stands and asked the fan, didn't

go in.

Okay.

I mean, that guy is just a gift to basketball.

He's so much fun to watch.

When you get a performance like that, you say to yourself, I need that guy and the rest

of the playoffs also.

Yes.

We'll play better during the regular season about that.

Well, he was hurt.

So he couldn't really.

That's a question.

When he asked the fan that question, he knew the answer, correct?

Of course.

Yes.

He knew the answer.

It was his classic Steph Curry.

The best, probably, celebrator in the history of basketball.

Let's do.

I am shocked that this was the angle you took from this Warriors game because I'm logged

into your Twitter account so I could post poll questions faster.

And yesterday, I'm watching a baseball game.

I have the Warriors game on and a smaller TV, but I'm not really paying too much attention

to it.

But all of a sudden, I start getting notifications left and right.

I'm like, what is happening right now?

And then I look to the Warriors game and Al Hoerford is turning back the clocks.

He goes four for four in the fourth quarter from three.

And it feels like whenever Al Hoerford does something, that's a chance for a two-gots victory

lap.

Yes.

Listen, I've said Al Hoerford should be your first ballad hall of famer.

He has multiple champion chips.

He's one of the best power forwards to ever play the game.

He can shoot threes.

He can defend.

He can grab rebounds.

He does the little things.

Whatever you need Al Hoerford to do, he does them for you.

And I am telling you, the Celtics do not win that NBA championship, if not, for one

Al Hoerford.

How about that is?

Huh?

Yeah, no.

I bet it was his only.

Well, you don't agree.

Well, I just couldn't hung up on you saying he's got multiple championships, were you

including college?

Yeah.

Well, I just, whatever.

He's Al Hoerford.

Yeah.

No, no, just making sure.

I just didn't want to mislead the people because I know in your brand, you're thinking

he's a three-time champion.

Yeah.

Okay.

Yeah.

Listen, one for Al counts is three, okay?

That's the way I look.

He's that important to a team, he is.

And Al Hoerford, what Al Hoerford brings to the table for a team, still got to his kind

of right.

In Al Hoerford's prime, if you could get five Al Hoerford, I like that team's chance to

win a title.

Taylor, I don't even think it has to be in his prime.

Hoerford has somehow gotten like, not necessarily better, but more useful, the older he gets, because

that three-point shot's so much more reliable.

And I don't know what it is, whether it's reputation or what, but his on-ball defense continues

to be great.

How?

I have no idea.

I think he might get away with a few things, but at his age, he should not be able to stop

guards at his size, but somehow he does.

Everyone makes it into that basketball hall of fame.

It's why I hate that hall of fame.

Is Al Hoerford?

Does he have a chance to get in?

He'd be first ballot for me if it were my decision.

Yeah, because it's the basketball hall of fame, the Naysmith hall of fame, and you

can include his back-to-back championships in college, it's a possibility, but I think

it's a real long shot.

How many Al Stargames has he made, too, maybe?

So Stu, I'm on basketball reference right now, and they have their hall of fame probability.

Al Hoerford is at 26.5%.

It's not looking too well, but maybe he has an opposite of Russell Wilson, where if

the Warriors could go on a run and they win a title, he's going to play himself into

the hall of fame.

And Al Hoerford, he is aging like a fine wand.

Oh, he really is.

He's got 10 years left, at least, yeah.

I've kind of, I think I changed my mind on that.

He's made five Al Stargames, and historically, at least in my mind, ever since, I believe it

was Mitch Richmond, made the hall of fame with five Al Stargames.

I was like, OK, that's the minimum.

You get five, your hall of fame potential.

He's got his five.

He's got his five.

He's got two national championships.

He's got an NBA championship.

Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown, they've never won one without him.

I mean, how about that?

I can say the same about Drew Holiday.

The reason why I want Al Hoerford to get in is because you're looking at some of the

numbers Al Hoerford's put up in his career.

He's a 12.7 points per game, a career score, 7.7 rebounds, 3.2 assists.

If Al Hoerford gets in, we have the new answer for who is the worst hallfamer?

Do you have what you watch your tongue, young man?

I am serious.

Al Hoerford is not about numbers.

He's about little things, OK?

It's about what he says in a timeout.

It's about a pre-game speech, a little half-time motivation.

It's how he takes the rookies under his wing and he teaches them the ropes of the NBA.

That's what Al Hoerford is all about.

Anything he gives you in the way in numbers, it's just a bonus.

Taylor, he was an all-star in 2018, which seems way too recent for him to have been an

all-star.

Average for the season, 12.9 points, a 7.4 rebounds.

Yeah.

Somehow, in defensive player of the year, Ranking.

I'm telling you, man, everybody loves them, some all-over for who doesn't.

Dremont Greene's going to get into the hallfamer, right?

Easily, correct?

Obviously.

He might already be there.

It's some out.

He was so good last night.

You loved Dremont Greene's game last night, didn't you?

So it's crazy, because Steve Kerr said after the game, and he's not, this isn't the first

time he said this, suggesting that he might be the best defensive player of all time.

And I don't know who you think of when you think greatest defensive player in NBA history,

maybe Bill Russell, but if you're thinking Bill Russell, you need to update that.

I think Jordan might be.

You think Jordan.

I mean, Jordan, Pippin, you know, those two guys pretty well.

Well, that's two people.

He almost only thinks Michael Jordan for whatever the answer really about it.

I mean, that's what makes him so great.

He was just as good defensively as he was offensively, anyway.

Okay, and you don't think that Dremont Greene, maybe, look, take a deep breath, think about

this.

Okay, maybe it's possible that Dremont Greene is a better defensive player than Michael

Jordan.

Let's do it this way.

Okay.

Let's do a deep breath, right?

Imagine Dremont guarding Michael and Michael guarding Dremont.

Huh?

It's a good point.

Thank you.

Michael would like Dremont up for 50 every night, but how does that make him a better defensive

player?

Easy.

Dremont will go from one to 10.

Thank you, Taylor.

Go ahead, side.

I believe that's what we in the business call a checkmate.

If that's the case, I don't know how to play chess.

I don't know how this game is played.

Taylor, put it in the polls as you control my Twitter account.

It's that what we in the business call a checkmate.

The only way.

So if Michael Jordan was playing one-on-one against Dremont Greene and then playing a second

one-on-one game against himself, then we would know who the better defender is, right?

They're both defending Michael Jordan, but I'm pretty sure I'll take this back after

I say it, but I'm pretty sure I can defend Dremont Greene for about a point.

Okay.

You don't need to be the greatest defender of all time to defend Dremont Greene, so I don't

realize.

No, if I buy that, but hey, I've been checkmated, nothing I can do about it.

I am now looking up, Michael Jordan, how many times he made the NBA all defensive first

team?

Oh, it was nine.

All of them.

All of them.

He made all of them.

All right, we'll take a quick time out here, 877, 99 on Fox.

I don't know why I'm giving out that phone number since we have Roger McDowell coming

up next, but I wanted to ask the question, Jordan or Dremont, who's the better defender?

877, 99 on Fox, you know, that's going to come back M.J., like, you know, that is he.

I'm sorry.

It's going to be this.

Yes.

No, I don't hate this.

It just depends on who the audience is, right?

If it's a bunch of people over 35, they're all going to say Jordan.

If it's a bunch of under 30s, they're going to actually think about it.

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a 1986 World Series champion with the Matt has a new book out hot foot my high jinks and

upside down life with the world champion New York Matt to came out last week.

It's available wherever you purchase your books Roger, why'd you write the book?

I'm a best selling author.

I can tell you that and my reasons for writing the book were simple money.

Why'd you write the book?

It wasn't for money obviously because I don't think it's going to get on any bestseller list.

You know you never know but I just I don't know I got to talking to the co-author Doug Feldman he

was doing a book this is probably a year and a half ago he was doing a book on the St.

Louis Cardinals and he had gotten in connection with Jay Horowitz who was our PR director

all those years with the Mets and still maintains you know a job with the Mets legend yes he's been

everywhere he's done everything he knows everybody so anyway he connected us and Doug was writing a

book Doug Feldman the co-author he was writing a book on the St. Louis Cardinals and the Mets

rivalry during the mid 80s and so he wanted to talk to me so we had a conversation and over probably

a month of tour three conversations it was just an easy easy conversation and I could tell he

was a baseball fan I grew up a Cardinals fan but he was a baseball fan and he had a passion for

the game and so probably a month after this he calls me up and says hey you know triumph is

possibly looking for an opportunity to do something with the 40th anniversary in the Mets and

as you know everybody and their brother wrote on that team wrote a book about the 86 ball club

or or the Mets right and the things that went on that being said I said you know a lot I

why not I just wanted to get some stories out there and not not embellish the stories like some

of the ones I had read and I just wanted to have a truthfully rendition of my you know career

my early childhood days growing up the people that helped me along the way and the people that

were very important to me who embellished who are you who are you angling that at me come on give

me someone you know what I said there's enough of them out there you pick one

haha Taylor as he was writing it out so I'm going to be honest with you but I first agreed to do

this interview Taylor's 31 he's my executive producer he's also a Yankee fan he asked me who the

he's Roger McDowell and I said listen this is a personal one this is selfish this is someone who

brings me back to a better time in my sports fandom life uh back to the mid 80s that was the

height for me and then as he started writing out notes for this interview he realized just what a

bad as you are. I tell her am I wrong? Am I giving him any wrong information here? No, definitely,

definitely correct. I, Roger, I love baseball. And when I was reading more and more about the 86

Mets, I was blown away when I got to that 16-in-in game and only four pitchers pitched more of the

Mets in a 16-in-in game. What a time. Yeah. Yeah. That was unbelievable. Obviously, it's not, it

wouldn't never happen today, but it's what we had. I mean, and that's, you know, David Johnson's

forethought of, you know, how he uses bullpen, how he uses pitchy staff, and we were all fresh.

And so, you know, it turned out pretty good. Roger, so where did the, I want to get the stories

about the 86 Mets and what it was like to be a part of that team, but the hijinks part, the hijinks

side of you. Where did that come from? Probably my dad. Yeah. My dad was a fun-loving guy and

always, I don't know if I remember any particular practical jokes. Right. I just remember that

he always liked to make people laugh. And I guess I grew up with that. And there was part of

my, my, my persona that I just enjoyed making people laugh. And hopefully, and then this was

something to learn, not only from my dad, but from David Johnson, is that one, there's a time

in a place. Right. And two, that don't do anything that isn't going to really embarrass anybody.

It's about having fun and enjoying the moment and maybe picking out an opportunity,

like the Rusty Stop Wig Day that we all had. And everybody got to, that's a funny story.

And you know, it's still, it's like, this was like my second year in the Big Leagues.

Right. And I got this idea, you know, because they're going to have Rusty Stop Day. And

Rusty Stop being, you know, the iconic figure in baseball and the Mets and the Expos and the

Astros. But anyway, you know, he can keep, we're really, really good friends. And so,

I didn't want to do something that was, um, getting pissed off. Right. Right.

So, yeah. So, I asked Rusty Stop Day. I went to the Keith. I said, Keith, this is what I like to do.

I said, you know, can you pass it by Rusty, uh, to see if, uh, see if it's a go or not or we,

whether we have to abort. And so he's, uh, he was like, yeah, I'll talk to him. So, he came back.

He said, it's a go. Um, and so, you know, that's when I went out and got the, those 25 red headed

Wigs and we all warm on the field for Rusty Stop Day. And, uh, I think he enjoyed it. And I know

that we enjoyed it. And I think the fans enjoyed it as well. So good. That team was such a, uh, it was

so wound up. There were so many expectations. There were so many big personalities inside that

clubhouse, whether it be Keith, whether it be Lenny Dijkstra, did you feel like you needed someone

to kind of break that up to give some levity to provide some humor to that group of players?

Because you could feel the pressure. There was pressure on that team. Yeah. No, I really didn't go

into it on a day to day basis to say, hey, what do I got to do to, you know, to break up

to break up, you know, the tension here and have some fun. It was just, you know, I, I traveled

in the cities that we played in. I traveled and I got out in the city and I walked around.

I find masquerade shots or I find joke stores or I find, you know, Spencer's gifts or whatever it

may be. And, you know, and just through our daily, um, our daily baseball life, I would see

something and get an idea and, you know, how it would relate, um, to bringing some levity to

situations, maybe during the course of, you know, the season or during a baseball game or whatever

it may be. His new book is out. Roger McDowell with us. Hotfoot, my high jinks and upside down

life for the world champion, New York Mets. Roger, what was it like to be a member of that team?

1986 World Champion New York Mets. You know, so you got to remember, I was a kid. I was still a kid.

It was like second year in the big leagues. And, uh, you know, my first year in the big leagues,

it was, you know, I stayed, I stayed pretty much to myself. I stayed in the corner because I didn't

want anybody, especially one of the, somebody from the coach's staff to come up and say, hey, listen,

Davey needs to see you in his office. Um, I definitely didn't want to go back to AAA to back to

the minor leagues. And I wanted to do whatever I could, uh, to stay in the big leagues. And so,

I pretty much, you know, was, was, you know, eyes open, ears open and mouth closed. Um, yeah.

And even into 86, even though I had a more important role, uh, toward the 85 season as, uh,

getting to be co-closer with Jesse and moving into 86 and getting that opportunity, uh,

through that year as well and the following years. But still, I was still the youngster on the team.

I mean, you know, you had the mainstay of Mookie Wilson, who'd been there in the lean years.

You know, you had, you had Keith, uh, you had Gary Carter that came over in 85. He had Raiden Knight

who'd been through, uh, you know, the trials and tribulations of, of big league seasons. Um, and so

you had these veteran guys, uh, mixed in with, uh, a lot of young guys. And I think that's where,

I guess some of the comfortable myths, uh, came in was there were the younger guys that I came up

and played with of my leagues were now in the big leagues, you know, the, uh, Nurek Aguilera and the

Kevin Mitchell, Doc Gooden, um, Lenny Dykstra, Lenny was my first roommate when I signed,

went to Shelby, North Carolina in single label. So, you know, there were, there were some

comfortableness there, but also mixed in with the veterans and, uh, I, I don't want to use the,

the term of we knew our place, but we weren't placed. Keith made sure of it, I'm sure. I'll go

that's the other. Roger, I was reading about some of the hijinks like soaking Lenny Dykstra's bat

in rubbing alcohol and lighting it on fire, uh, tricking Tommy Lasorda into eating dog treats in

the clubhouse. Look how proud he is, Taylor. Do you, do you have a favorite? Not really, uh, you know,

all, you know, combined. I, I, as I've said for 40 plus years now, the baseball field is my best

office in the world. It was my education. That's what I know and that's what I learned. And, uh,

you know, a lot of people go to school for, you know, various occupations, but my name was baseball

and there's something that I dreamed about as a kid when I was four or five six years old.

I got to see that goal achieves and my dream achieved. Um, but, uh, getting back to the question of

what, was there a favorite one? No, you know, it was, it was, and I, you know, the, the title of

the book says it for itself. I mean, the hot foot. I mean, everywhere, but in this way,

everywhere, when I go back to New York now, it's a, a rat you can show me a hot foot. Come on, come

on, right? Hey, what, I don't want to get too close to you. You might give me a hot foot, you know,

it's like, and then, and so it was an easy title for me to come up with. Um, but, uh, you know, it's,

uh, it was just the day-to-day enjoyment of being at the field is what I got out of it.

What was the thought behind the rubbing alcohol and lighting Lenny's bat on fire?

He was in a slump. Of course he was, right? He was in the, he was in a slump and I don't know how

it happened, but I, I, I found out, I guess, probably, you know, dumped me in the years and years

ago by, but I found out when you put rubbing alcohol on you a lot of mass, it's basically clear

flame. Yes. Um, and there's some blue tint to it. And so I got the idea, you know, what, you know,

I heard, I heard Lenny talking about, you know, he's in a slump, you know, he needs, uh, he needs this,

he needs that, you know, he doesn't know how to get out of it. And so I got the idea, you know,

he's leading off the inning, um, you know, and I had, I had taken a five gallon bucket and got

from the trainers a bunch of rubbing alcohol and I dipped his bat, you know, the head of his

bat and then the rubbing alcohol. And, uh, and so I'm like, I wonder if this worked because, you know,

the bats put farties on him and so anyway, get out to the, get out to the, uh, dug out and take

his bat out there and I get matches, obviously. And so, uh, I light his bat up and I put it in the

bat rack and Wally knew about it. Um, and he's hit in seconds. So Lenny takes his bat, his game

route and you can see that there's some, uh, vapors coming from the head of his bat and he goes

up the on deck circle. Wally goes, hey, dude, your bats on fire. And so Lenny, Lenny swung a couple

of times and, you know, the, the, the, the rubbing alcohol hot war off and the fire went out,

when he got a knock in, in turn, he turned it around a little bit that day.

So good. Rod, what's the reception like when you go back to city field all these years later,

because I would have to imagine it's, it's a pretty nice sweet spot where the die hard met fans

know and appreciate you, but you're also not getting swamped like, like if Keith Hernandez or

Donald Strawberry was walking around the conco. Oh, I'm not so sure. Oh, yeah, absolutely. I can walk

around that concourse and, and nobody will bother me. You're a legend, man. I can, I can walk around.

I can walk up the shake shack and I go nowhere or a couple of burgers and a chocolate shake

and I can just sit there and, uh, and eat it and watch the ball game. Uh, I got no problems walking

around. I mean, even when I played that, you know, you walked around that I did, you know,

obviously, you know, the bigger names, you know, the Keith and Darryl and Doc and Darry and,

you know, and especially Mookie, um, you know, those guys were iconic, uh, you know, and, and,

and, and rightfully so were the bigger names, you know, I was happy to be a part of it and,

and, and play a, a small role in, uh, the success. Impossible. I'd like to do this again sometime.

So well, I loved it. I'd love it. Love talking to you. All right. Fantastic. We'll go look

with the book. I'll get your number here when we hang up. Uh, but thank you so much for doing

this, Roger. All right. Thanks. Adios. This is Stu Gottson Company live on Fox Sports Radio.

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You know that segment. Talk about it Tuesday on hot to cracker and so narrow. This is like that,

but bigger and better and 48 hours later. This is think about it Thursday. Imaging so formal.

It is create imaging. Chris, you don't want to know how much we spent on that imaging.

I don't have dollars.

By the way, the Yankees trailing now six to four. Yeah, my least favorite team.

You're going to you have kids. One of your kids is your least favorite kid.

This is just happens to be my least favorite Yankee team. Doesn't mean I don't love them.

Just my least favorite. I understand. Yes.

So today's think about it Thursday. The white socks are honoring their superfan Pope Leo

with a Pope hat giveaway in August. It was initially announced as a special ticket giveaway,

but it was so popular amongst their fans that they've decided now everybody in attendance will

get said hat. So my question for you guys, what are the best and worst promotional giveaways

at a sporting event? Well, that's the worst. I can't imagine an entire crowd of people in

Pope hats is going to look good. Nor are you? Can you imagine what they're going to do with it

afterward? Like when are you going to support this Pope hat? Right. And it's August. I mean,

little hot for, you know, Pope hat. Someone's going to throw up in that Pope hat from too much

here. Yeah. Put it on the ball, Taylor. Is someone going to throw up in the Pope hat from too

much beer? Does kind of make you look like a game of thrones character though. Yeah. So for me,

my favorite giveaway growing up as a kid going to Yankee Games was bat day. I can remember being

seven years old and walking out of Yankee Stadium with a full-size bat, which was awesome swinging

that thing. Oh, size really? Yep. Full size. They can't still be doing that. No, I highly doubt it,

but full-size bat just swinging it in the parking lot. Bobblehead Knights kind of hit or miss for

me. The Yankees do a George Costanza Bobblehead Knight, which is popular. Sometimes they get a little

too cute with the Bobbleheads. Like Max Fried has a Mandalorian Bobblehead Knight, where he's dressed up

as the Mandalorian. That's a little too cute for me. I think Bobbleheads always land as a promotional

item in terms of getting excited. And then if it lets you down, it lets you down. That's part of

the thing, right? I think Bobbleheads are pretty much number one kind of gold standard giveaway.

I've got two Aaron Eckblad Bobbleheads in my house. I have no idea why. Not a huge Aaron Eckblad

fan just got went happen to go to that game and you can't throw those away. A couple of Bobbleheads

cut it up. One of them still in the box just in case Aaron Eckblad comes in really, really,

really, really famous for him. Keep it in mid-condition. So Stu, actually after this show today,

I'm getting on a flight and going back to New York for the week and I'm thinking about going to

the Yankee game tomorrow just because of the giveaway they're doing. It's a hockey jersey giveaway,

but the hockey jersey is a Yankee jersey. That one's interesting. The shirt or clothes give

aways always tough because the sizes are not. They don't vary, right? They're just going to give

you a large size and hope you can deal with it. What do you think it here? Is he do you have on?

I'm thinking about it. That's what I'm doing. It's not good to do on radio, but I am thinking about it.

This is just a think about it Thursday. So you're supposed to think about it. So it's not like

waiting for a final firm answer. I do think you mentioned bat day. I think mini bats or

mini anything. Like if you give me a mini basketball, I'm all about it. Now you can't really give

those away in a basketball game because you probably have 300 of them end up on the court somehow,

but you give me a mini item of some sort. I'm down. Yeah. I am looking at some promotions right now.

In 1942, the Giants had scrap metal night. I mean,

free admission for bringing scrap metal resulted in 10,000 children causing a field invasion

and a four-fitted game. I mean, how about that? You said 1942? Yeah. Probably probably for the war.

Yeah. Yeah, scrap metal was big back then. You're right. I understand what you're saying. Yes.

Stu, I have a guest that wants to contribute on today's think about it Thursday. Really?

It's it's AI Colin Coward. Oh, this is exciting. We haven't heard from AI Colin Coward and

quite some time. This is very, very exciting. What a day Colin AI Colin Coward. What are the best

and worst promotional giveaways at a sporting event? The best giveaways are the ones you actually

use or display bubble heads, replica jerseys, a good hat, even a seat cushion for a long game.

The worst ones are the why did you even make this items? Bags of soil, tiny squares of bubble wrap,

weird novelty stuff that ends up in the parking lot before the second quarter. A great promo feels

like a souvenir and a flex. A bad promo feels like clutter with a logo. What do you what do you

think about the white socks following? Honoring Pope Leo with the Pope hat giveaway. I love it.

Sports is supposed to be fun and a Pope hat shaped like a miter with a white socks logo is the kind

of weird memorable giveaway people actually keep and the move to give it to everybody on August

11 against Cincinnati sport. Nothing kills a promo like telling most of the stadium. Sorry,

you don't qualify. And Colin, you didn't even mention that Pope Leo is a white sock fan which kind of

adds to the entry of it. Yeah, it's cool because it's real. He's a Chicago guy. He's been a long time

white socks fan and he's not hiding it. Even when somebody else go cubs and he fires back,

they lost. That's the whole charm. It makes him feel like a normal fan with a global job.

That's not a gimmick. That's personality. Yeah. Colin, do you think it's a bit dangerous for

teams to give away full-size baseball bats at games? Yeah, that's that's playing with fire.

Handing out full-size baseball bats to a crowd is just begging for one idiot to turn the concourse

into a problem. Teams already deal with foul balls and broken bats flying into seats.

So why add another hard object that can become a weapon or a liability? If you want the vibe,

do a mini-batter or a foam bat. Same fun. None of the chaos. Wow, is he agree with your point

to mini-batter? I don't know how is he feels about that. I mean, but I thought he's better than

the actual Colin. I mean, he's quicker. Oh, and he has 30s better. Yeah, better than any of us too.

I'm worried about my job, frankly. Every time he play AI Colin, I'm like, wow, what would I be

as a fast food worker or something like that? Because I don't think I can do better than AI Colin.

We have any more cool. He's so good. I mean, listen, the third question, I forget what it was,

but he would fumble around for at least two minutes before he gave an answer. Not AI Colin.

AI Colin spits it right back at you. So tell her that he should be hosting a show. This one.

Did did he say a useless give away like a bag of soil? Yes. They've done that before. Yeah.

Bag of soil night. That was a real thing. Yeah. If I had a guess, it's like you just get a

some outfield dirt because in terms of practicality, hey, throw this in your garden. Something like

that, you know, maybe not the worst thing in the world, but in terms of carrying it around

practically during a game, not the best. So Stu, actually, one time I took a a tour of Yankee

Stadium when I was probably seven or eight. And the only thing I got on the tour, I went with a

Ziploc bag and I went to the warning track. And when I went to the warning track, I looked to see

if anybody was looking. I bent down. I scooped as much of the warning track into said bag.

And then I I put it on my wall with tape. And my mom was looking at it like you got to take that

down. That is my mom's an interior decorator. And she was like, we are not putting dirt up on your

wall. Yeah. But did you tell her, mom, this is not just any sort of dirt here. Okay. This is dirt

from the Yankee Outfield. And did it change your mind? I mean, no, she didn't care. So I think

where she was mad is my dad would always take me to these things. And my dad would never say no

to anything. One because he's Italian and he doesn't really understand the significant impact

that some of these things had. Like, when I went to a Yankee Red Sock in one time, I was like,

Dad, can I buy this shirt? And it was one of those shirts that says buck Boston. And he was like,

yeah, I don't know. I don't understand that. So I'm going back to the house. And I'm like,

oh, I'll sly wearing it. And the second my mom sees it, she took that shirt off me as I was walking

in in one swoop motion through it in the trash. I love it. And then you'll be your dad. Yeah.

This Italian man raising this newfound American who's learning his ways in this country. It's

so good. Buck Boston is a lair. What does that mean? Is that one of the players? Is it

Boston any good? Oh, my God. Is he? How do we feel about in 2016, the Brewers did paint your own

bobblehead night? How about that? Man, that is lazy. Yeah, don't make me do the

work. Brewers, seriously, do me a favor. Don't make me do the work. Paint the damp bobblehead

when I get there. Just give it to me as that's that. But if you were in the front office too,

you would make the fans do the work, right? That's the two gods front office if I've ever seen one.

For me, Cap Knights, the most overrated. I don't think I've ever worn a hat. Give away. Oh,

man, you scared me for a second. I thought you said Cat Knight. Could you imagine the chaos if

they allow us bunch of cats in a stadium like they do the dogs? Wow, that would be insane.

I'm certain they have. By the way, Dog Knight. I mean, do me a favor. I go to a baseball game to watch

baseball. I don't need to deal with a dog. Leave me at home.

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