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Dennis Martinez and Stump Merrill Discuss Their Careers · WGBB Sports Talk New York

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  do
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  not
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  necessarily
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  represent
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  those
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  of
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  the
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  staff,
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  management
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  or
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  owners
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  of
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  wgbb.
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  Live
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  in
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  Merrick,
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  Sports
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  Talk
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  New
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  York.
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  Good
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  evening
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  and
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  hello
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  again
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  everybody.
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  Welcome
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  welcome
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  to
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  Sports
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  Talk
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  New
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  York
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  on
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  WGB
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  here
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  in
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  Merrick,
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  Long
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  Island,
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  New
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  York.
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  I'm
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  Bill
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  Donahue.
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  I'm
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  here
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  with
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  you
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  tonight
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  on
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  the
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  31st
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  day
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  of
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  May,
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  2026.
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  Our
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  legendary
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  engineer
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  Brian
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  Graves
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  is
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  with
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  us
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  at
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  the
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  board
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  making
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  sure
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  all
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  is
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  running
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  right.
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  Glad
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  you're
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  here
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  with
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  us
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  tonight
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  wherever
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  you
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  might
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  be.
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  Hi
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  to
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  our
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  friends
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  out
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  in
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  Iowa.
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  If
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  you're
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  listening
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  tonight,
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  we
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  have
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  got
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  a
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  great
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  show
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  lined
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  up.
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  First
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  we'll
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  welcome
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  in
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  the
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  author
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  of
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  A
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  Perfect
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  Game.
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  El
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  Presidente
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  Dennis
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  Martinez
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  will
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  join
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  us.
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  In
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  the
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  second
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  half
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  we'll
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  welcome
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  in
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  the
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  former
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  skipper
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  of
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  the
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  New
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  York
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  Yankees.
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  Stump
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  Merrill's
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  gonna
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  drop
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  by,
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  so
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  sit
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  back,
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  relax,
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  enjoy
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  some
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  great
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  baseball
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  chat.
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  Tonight
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  on
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  Sports
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  Talk
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  New
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  York.
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  As
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  always,
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  before
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  we
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  begin,
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  I
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  invite
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  you
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  to
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  follow
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  me
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  on
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  my
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  Facebook
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  page.
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  It's
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  called
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  the
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  Talk
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  of
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  New
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  York
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  Sports.
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  There
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  you'll
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  find
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  sports
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  information,
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  show
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  information,
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  some
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  great
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  photos.
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  So
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  stop
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  by,
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  take
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  a
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  look
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  at
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  it.
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  You
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  can
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  also
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  follow
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  me
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  on
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  X.
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  Donahue
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  wgbb.
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  All
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  one
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  word.
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  And
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  if
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  you
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  miss
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  a
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  show,
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  don't
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  you
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  worry
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  about
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  it
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  because
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  they
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  can
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  be
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  heard
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  on
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  the
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  website
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  www.sportstalknewy.com.
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  You
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  can
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  catch
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  up
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  anytime
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  you
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  want.
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  Well,
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  our
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  first
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  guest,
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  he's
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  the
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  winner
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  of
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  245
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  games
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  in
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  his
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  Major
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  League
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  Baseball
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  career.
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  Four
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  time
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  All
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  Star,
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  as
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  I
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  said,
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  pitched
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  a
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  Perfect
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  game
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  on
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  July
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  28,
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  1991,
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  elected
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  to
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  the
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  Canadian
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  Baseball
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  hall
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  of
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  Fame.
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  And
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  he's
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  a
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  member
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  of
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  the
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  Baltimore
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  Orioles
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  hall
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  of
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  Fame
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  and
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  he
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  is
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  the
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  first
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  Nicaraguan
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  to
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  play
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  Major
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  league
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  Baseball.
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  I'd
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  like
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  to
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  welcome
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  to
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  Sports
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  Talk
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  New
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  York
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  tonight,
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  El
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  Presidente
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  himself,
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  Dennis
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  Martinez.
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  Dennis,
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  good
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  evening.
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  Good
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  evening,
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  Bill.
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  Thanks
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  for
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  having
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  me.
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  Wonderful
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  to
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  have
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  you
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  aboard.
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  Dennis,
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  thanks
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  for
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  staying
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  with
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  me
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  through
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  my
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  surgery
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  and
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  all
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  the
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  tough
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  times
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  and
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  I'm
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  glad
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  to
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  have
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  you
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  with
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  us
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  tonight.
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  Well,
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  it's
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  always
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  a
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  pleasure
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  to
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  be
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  with
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  somebody
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  that
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  I
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  know
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  that
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  I
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  have
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  been
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  known
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  for
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  a
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  long
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  time.
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  So
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  you
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  know,
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  when
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  you
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  ask
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  me
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  about
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  it
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  to
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  be
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  in
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  your
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  choice,
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  I
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  definitely
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  say
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  yes.
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  Right.
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  And
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  like
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  you
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  say
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  yes,
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  I
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  was
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  really
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  wonder
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  about
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  your
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  physical,
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  how
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  you
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  were
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  doing
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  because
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  you
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  know,
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  that's
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  our
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  problem
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  in
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  our
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  life.
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  You
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  know,
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  we
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  have
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  to
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  take,
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  you
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  know,
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  taking
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  care
• 3:07
  of
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  our
• 3:07
  friends
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  and
• 3:08
  you
• 3:08
  know,
• 3:08
  and
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  pray
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  for
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  them
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  when
• 3:10
  they
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  in
• 3:10
  the
• 3:11
  situation
• 3:11
  like
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  you
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  were
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  so
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  and
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  so
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  I'm
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  happy
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  that
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  here
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  that
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  everything
• 3:16
  went
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  well
• 3:17
  and
• 3:17
  that
• 3:17
  you're
• 3:17
  doing
• 3:17
  real
• 3:18
  well.
• 3:18
  Wonderful.
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  I
• 3:19
  thank
• 3:19
  you
• 3:19
  for
• 3:20
  your
• 3:20
  kind
• 3:20
  thoughts,
• 3:20
  Dennis.
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  That's
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  wonderful.
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  Everybody's
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  been
• 3:23
  great,
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  and
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  I'm
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  just
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  glad
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  to
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  be
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  back
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  behind
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  the
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  microphone
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  talking
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  to
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  great
• 3:27
  people
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  like
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  you.
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  Now,
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  I
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  want
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  to
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  ask
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  you
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  about
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  your
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  nickname,
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  el
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  Presidente.
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  How
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  did
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  you
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  get
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  that
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  nickname,
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  Dennis?
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  Well,
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  that's
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  a
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  kind
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  of
• 3:37
  way
• 3:37
  back.
• 3:37
  That
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  was
• 3:38
  like
• 3:39
  back
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  in
• 3:40
  1979
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  when
• 3:43
  we
• 3:43
  went
• 3:43
  to
• 3:43
  the
• 3:43
  World
• 3:43
  Series
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  against
• 3:44
  Pittsburgh.
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  And
• 3:46
  that
• 3:46
  was
• 3:46
  basically
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  because
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  in
• 3:47
  those
• 3:47
  times
• 3:48
  in
• 3:48
  Nicaragua,
• 3:49
  we
• 3:49
  were
• 3:49
  having
• 3:49
  a
• 3:50
  lot
• 3:50
  of
• 3:50
  problem
• 3:50
  with
• 3:51
  the
• 3:51
  government.
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  And
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  so
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  at
• 3:53
  that
• 3:53
  time,
• 3:54
  James
• 3:54
  Engleton,
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  when
• 3:55
  it
• 3:56
  happened
• 3:56
  that
• 3:56
  he
• 3:56
  heard
• 3:56
  about
• 3:57
  the
• 3:57
  news
• 3:57
  in
• 3:57
  Nicaragua
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  that
• 3:58
  the
• 3:59
  overthrown
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  the
• 4:00
  Somoza
• 4:00
  government,
• 4:01
  and
• 4:02
  I
• 4:02
  heard
• 4:02
  that
• 4:02
  was
• 4:03
  vacant
• 4:04
  and
• 4:04
  the
• 4:04
  government
• 4:05
  come
• 4:05
  out,
• 4:06
  hey,
• 4:06
  you
• 4:06
  might
• 4:06
  be
• 4:06
  the
• 4:06
  next
• 4:07
  president
• 4:07
  of
• 4:07
  Nicaragua.
• 4:08
  So
• 4:09
  that,
• 4:09
  that
• 4:10
  stood
• 4:10
  there
• 4:10
  for
• 4:10
  a
• 4:11
  while
• 4:11
  until
• 4:12
  the
• 4:12
  perfect
• 4:12
  game
• 4:13
  happened.
• 4:13
  And
• 4:14
  it
• 4:14
  happened
• 4:14
  that
• 4:15
  Ken
• 4:15
  Singleton
• 4:16
  also
• 4:17
  was
• 4:17
  broadcasting
• 4:18
  with
• 4:18
  the
• 4:18
  Canadian,
• 4:19
  with
• 4:19
  the
• 4:20
  Montreal
• 4:20
  Export
• 4:21
  CBS
• 4:22
  station.
• 4:23
  So.
• 4:23
  And
• 4:23
  then
• 4:24
  when,
• 4:24
  when
• 4:25
  the
• 4:25
  game
• 4:25
  was
• 4:25
  gone,
• 4:26
  he
• 4:26
  started
• 4:27
  going
• 4:27
  out,
• 4:28
  you
• 4:28
  know,
• 4:28
  how
• 4:28
  to
• 4:28
  hack
• 4:29
  el
• 4:29
  president,
• 4:30
  el
• 4:31
  perfecto.
• 4:32
  And
• 4:33
  then
• 4:34
  everybody,
• 4:34
  you
• 4:35
  know,
• 4:36
  gave
• 4:37
  me
• 4:37
  that
• 4:37
  nickname.
• 4:37
  We
• 4:38
  just
• 4:38
  really,
• 4:39
  I
• 4:39
  really,
• 4:39
  I
• 4:39
  really
• 4:40
  took
• 4:40
  it
• 4:41
  real
• 4:41
  well
• 4:42
  because
• 4:42
  that
• 4:42
  was
• 4:43
  something
• 4:43
  that
• 4:43
  I
• 4:44
  believe
• 4:44
  that
• 4:44
  the
• 4:44
  people,
• 4:45
  when
• 4:45
  they
• 4:46
  say
• 4:46
  that
• 4:46
  to
• 4:46
  me,
• 4:47
  they
• 4:47
  say
• 4:47
  with
• 4:47
  respect,
• 4:48
  they
• 4:48
  say,
• 4:49
  because
• 4:49
  they
• 4:50
  admire
• 4:50
  maybe
• 4:52
  a
• 4:52
  career
• 4:53
  or
• 4:53
  somebody
• 4:54
  that
• 4:54
  came
• 4:54
  from
• 4:55
  another
• 4:55
  country
• 4:56
  to
• 4:56
  be
• 4:56
  here,
• 4:57
  you
• 4:57
  know,
• 4:57
  introduced
• 4:58
  to
• 4:58
  Major
• 4:58
  league
• 4:59
  Baseball,
• 5:00
  you
• 5:00
  know,
• 5:01
  the
• 5:01
  best
• 5:01
  in
• 5:01
  the
• 5:01
  world.
• 5:02
  So.
• 5:02
  And,
• 5:03
  you
• 5:03
  know,
• 5:03
  luckily
• 5:04
  and
• 5:04
  thankful
• 5:05
  and
• 5:05
  grateful
• 5:05
  to
• 5:06
  God
• 5:06
  that,
• 5:07
  you
• 5:07
  know,
• 5:07
  he
• 5:07
  helped
• 5:08
  me
• 5:08
  to
• 5:08
  stay
• 5:08
  healthy
• 5:09
  for
• 5:09
  the
• 5:09
  longer
• 5:10
  I
• 5:10
  was
• 5:10
  to
• 5:10
  be
• 5:11
  able
• 5:11
  to
• 5:11
  play,
• 5:11
  the
• 5:11
  longer
• 5:11
  I
• 5:12
  played.
• 5:12
  Wonderful.
• 5:13
  That's
• 5:14
  Ken
• 5:14
  Singleton
• 5:15
  there,
• 5:15
  folks,
• 5:15
  was
• 5:16
  the
• 5:16
  author
• 5:16
  of
• 5:16
  that
• 5:17
  one.
• 5:17
  So
• 5:17
  we
• 5:18
  give
• 5:18
  him
• 5:18
  credit
• 5:19
  for
• 5:19
  that.
• 5:19
  The
• 5:19
  great
• 5:19
  Ken
• 5:20
  Singleton.
• 5:20
  Now
• 5:21
  growing
• 5:21
  up
• 5:22
  in
• 5:22
  Nicaragua.
• 5:23
  Dennis,
• 5:24
  who
• 5:24
  were
• 5:25
  your
• 5:25
  sports
• 5:25
  heroes
• 5:26
  as
• 5:26
  a
• 5:26
  kid?
• 5:26
  Did
• 5:26
  you
• 5:26
  have
• 5:27
  any
• 5:27
  guys
• 5:27
  you
• 5:28
  looked
• 5:28
  up
• 5:28
  to
• 5:28
  in
• 5:28
  sports
• 5:29
  when
• 5:29
  you
• 5:29
  were
• 5:29
  a
• 5:29
  kid?
• 5:32
  Well,
• 5:32
  Bill,
• 5:32
  you
• 5:32
  know,
• 5:32
  we
• 5:33
  come
• 5:33
  away
• 5:33
  back,
• 5:34
  I'm
• 5:34
  72
• 5:34
  years
• 5:35
  old,
• 5:35
  okay.
• 5:36
  So
• 5:36
  when
• 5:37
  you
• 5:37
  talk
• 5:37
  about
• 5:37
  those
• 5:37
  times,
• 5:38
  man,
• 5:38
  they
• 5:38
  were
• 5:38
  not,
• 5:38
  I
• 5:39
  think
• 5:39
  there
• 5:39
  was
• 5:40
  black
• 5:40
  and
• 5:40
  white
• 5:40
  tv,
• 5:41
  and
• 5:41
  not
• 5:41
  too
• 5:41
  many
• 5:42
  people
• 5:42
  had
• 5:42
  a
• 5:43
  TV
• 5:43
  in
• 5:43
  Nicaragua.
• 5:44
  So,
• 5:44
  yeah,
• 5:44
  I
• 5:44
  was
• 5:45
  in
• 5:45
  my
• 5:45
  time
• 5:45
  where,
• 5:45
  you
• 5:46
  know,
• 5:46
  as
• 5:46
  a
• 5:46
  growing
• 5:46
  up
• 5:46
  kid,
• 5:47
  just
• 5:47
  playing,
• 5:47
  having
• 5:47
  fun
• 5:48
  with
• 5:48
  the
• 5:48
  rest
• 5:49
  of
• 5:49
  the
• 5:49
  kids
• 5:50
  of
• 5:50
  the
• 5:50
  community
• 5:51
  and
• 5:52
  at
• 5:52
  school.
• 5:52
  So
• 5:53
  I
• 5:53
  was
• 5:53
  enjoying
• 5:54
  just
• 5:54
  my
• 5:54
  life
• 5:54
  and
• 5:55
  growing
• 5:55
  up
• 5:55
  by
• 5:55
  myself
• 5:56
  because
• 5:56
  being
• 5:57
  the
• 5:57
  youngest
• 5:57
  one
• 5:57
  in
• 5:57
  the
• 5:58
  family,
• 5:58
  too,
• 5:59
  I
• 5:59
  was,
• 5:59
  you
• 5:59
  know,
• 5:59
  all
• 6:00
  my
• 6:00
  brother,
• 6:00
  they
• 6:00
  were
• 6:00
  older
• 6:01
  than
• 6:01
  me
• 6:01
  and
• 6:01
  my
• 6:01
  sister,
• 6:02
  so
• 6:02
  I
• 6:02
  was
• 6:02
  like
• 6:03
  the
• 6:03
  last
• 6:03
  one
• 6:03
  in
• 6:04
  the
• 6:04
  family.
• 6:04
  So
• 6:05
  I.
• 6:05
  I
• 6:06
  was
• 6:06
  able
• 6:06
  to
• 6:06
  develop
• 6:07
  myself
• 6:07
  by
• 6:07
  myself
• 6:08
  and
• 6:08
  with
• 6:08
  my
• 6:08
  friends.
• 6:09
  So
• 6:10
  I
• 6:10
  had.
• 6:10
  I
• 6:10
  had
• 6:11
  a
• 6:11
  good
• 6:11
  time,
• 6:11
  even
• 6:12
  though
• 6:12
  growing
• 6:12
  up,
• 6:12
  because
• 6:13
  I
• 6:13
  enjoyed
• 6:13
  what
• 6:13
  I
• 6:13
  was
• 6:14
  doing,
• 6:14
  which
• 6:14
  was
• 6:15
  playing
• 6:15
  baseball,
• 6:15
  you
• 6:16
  know,
• 6:16
  and.
• 6:17
  And
• 6:17
  now
• 6:17
  I
• 6:17
  always,
• 6:18
  for
• 6:18
  some
• 6:18
  reason,
• 6:19
  I
• 6:19
  always
• 6:19
  try
• 6:20
  to
• 6:20
  be
• 6:21
  the
• 6:21
  best
• 6:21
  that
• 6:21
  I
• 6:21
  can
• 6:22
  be.
• 6:22
  And
• 6:23
  so
• 6:23
  anyhow,
• 6:24
  because
• 6:25
  everybody,
• 6:25
  all
• 6:25
  my
• 6:26
  friends,
• 6:26
  they
• 6:26
  started
• 6:27
  being
• 6:27
  my
• 6:27
  friend,
• 6:28
  they
• 6:28
  want
• 6:28
  to
• 6:28
  play
• 6:28
  with
• 6:28
  me
• 6:29
  because,
• 6:29
  you
• 6:29
  know,
• 6:29
  they
• 6:30
  want
• 6:30
  to
• 6:30
  be
• 6:30
  with
• 6:30
  the
• 6:30
  winner
• 6:31
  and
• 6:31
  all
• 6:31
  that
• 6:31
  kind
• 6:31
  of
• 6:31
  thing.
• 6:31
  So
• 6:33
  it
• 6:33
  kind
• 6:33
  of
• 6:34
  developed
• 6:34
  myself
• 6:35
  into
• 6:35
  that
• 6:35
  situation
• 6:36
  that
• 6:37
  everybody
• 6:37
  made
• 6:38
  me
• 6:38
  feel
• 6:38
  like
• 6:39
  a
• 6:39
  winner.
• 6:39
  So.
• 6:40
  And
• 6:40
  that
• 6:40
  is
• 6:40
  true
• 6:40
  with
• 6:41
  me.
• 6:41
  That
• 6:41
  was
• 6:41
  like
• 6:42
  an
• 6:42
  inspiration
• 6:42
  for
• 6:43
  me
• 6:43
  to
• 6:43
  become
• 6:44
  what
• 6:44
  I
• 6:44
  become
• 6:44
  in
• 6:45
  baseball.
• 6:45
  Right.
• 6:46
  Understood.
• 6:47
  Great
• 6:47
  answer,
• 6:47
  Dennis.
• 6:48
  Now,
• 6:48
  coming
• 6:49
  from
• 6:49
  Nicaragua,
• 6:50
  you
• 6:50
  left
• 6:50
  your
• 6:50
  family
• 6:52
  to
• 6:52
  join
• 6:53
  the
• 6:53
  Oriole
• 6:54
  system.
• 6:55
  What
• 6:55
  were
• 6:55
  some
• 6:55
  of
• 6:55
  the
• 6:56
  challenges
• 6:56
  you
• 6:56
  faced
• 6:57
  when
• 6:57
  you
• 6:57
  left
• 6:57
  home
• 6:58
  and
• 6:58
  came
• 6:59
  to
• 6:59
  the
• 6:59
  United
• 6:59
  States?
• 7:02
  Well,
• 7:02
  just
• 7:02
  leaving
• 7:03
  my
• 7:03
  wife.
• 7:04
  I
• 7:05
  was
• 7:05
  18,
• 7:06
  going
• 7:06
  to
• 7:07
  be
• 7:07
  19,
• 7:08
  and
• 7:09
  already
• 7:09
  I
• 7:10
  was
• 7:10
  married
• 7:10
  that
• 7:10
  year
• 7:11
  with
• 7:11
  my
• 7:11
  wife
• 7:12
  and
• 7:13
  leaving
• 7:13
  her
• 7:13
  behind
• 7:14
  in
• 7:14
  Nicaragua,
• 7:15
  because
• 7:16
  as
• 7:16
  I
• 7:16
  find
• 7:16
  out
• 7:17
  coming
• 7:17
  down
• 7:18
  here,
• 7:19
  I
• 7:19
  have
• 7:19
  to
• 7:19
  be
• 7:19
  able
• 7:20
  to
• 7:20
  be
• 7:20
  focused
• 7:21
  and
• 7:21
  concentrated
• 7:22
  to
• 7:22
  be
• 7:22
  able
• 7:22
  to
• 7:23
  achieve
• 7:23
  my
• 7:24
  goal.
• 7:24
  So
• 7:25
  we
• 7:25
  talk
• 7:25
  about
• 7:26
  it,
• 7:26
  and
• 7:27
  she
• 7:27
  was.
• 7:27
  I
• 7:27
  mean,
• 7:27
  she
• 7:27
  was
• 7:28
  heartbreaking
• 7:29
  because
• 7:29
  she
• 7:29
  wanted,
• 7:30
  you
• 7:30
  know,
• 7:30
  like
• 7:30
  any
• 7:31
  other
• 7:31
  wife,
• 7:31
  she
• 7:31
  wanted
• 7:32
  to
• 7:32
  be
• 7:32
  with
• 7:32
  her
• 7:32
  husband.
• 7:33
  So.
• 7:33
  And
• 7:34
  she.
• 7:34
  She
• 7:34
  understood
• 7:35
  real
• 7:35
  well,
• 7:36
  and
• 7:36
  she
• 7:36
  cried
• 7:37
  a
• 7:37
  little
• 7:37
  bit.
• 7:37
  But
• 7:37
  at
• 7:38
  the
• 7:38
  end,
• 7:38
  you
• 7:39
  know,
• 7:39
  everything
• 7:39
  paid
• 7:39
  off,
• 7:39
  because
• 7:41
  after
• 7:41
  my
• 7:42
  first
• 7:42
  year,
• 7:42
  I
• 7:42
  came
• 7:42
  back,
• 7:43
  and
• 7:44
  the
• 7:44
  thing
• 7:44
  that
• 7:45
  I
• 7:45
  came
• 7:45
  back
• 7:45
  was,
• 7:46
  like,
• 7:46
  about
• 7:46
  $300.
• 7:47
  I
• 7:47
  mean,
• 7:47
  you
• 7:47
  know,
• 7:48
  because
• 7:48
  we
• 7:48
  didn't
• 7:48
  make
• 7:49
  that
• 7:49
  much
• 7:49
  money
• 7:49
  in
• 7:49
  those
• 7:49
  times.
• 7:50
  We
• 7:50
  make,
• 7:50
  like,
• 7:52
  it
• 7:52
  was
• 7:52
  500
• 7:53
  bucks
• 7:53
  a
• 7:54
  month,
• 7:54
  and
• 7:54
  we
• 7:55
  had
• 7:55
  to
• 7:55
  pay
• 7:55
  rent,
• 7:55
  food,
• 7:56
  and
• 7:56
  everything
• 7:57
  else.
• 7:57
  So,
• 7:57
  you
• 7:57
  know,
• 7:58
  that
• 7:58
  was
• 7:58
  something
• 7:58
  that
• 7:59
  it
• 7:59
  was
• 7:59
  going
• 7:59
  to
• 8:00
  be
• 8:00
  a
• 8:00
  critical
• 8:00
  for
• 8:00
  us
• 8:01
  to
• 8:01
  leave
• 8:02
  and
• 8:02
  be
• 8:02
  able
• 8:03
  to
• 8:03
  succeed
• 8:03
  and
• 8:03
  concentrate
• 8:04
  on
• 8:04
  my
• 8:04
  career.
• 8:04
  So
• 8:05
  we
• 8:05
  did
• 8:05
  the
• 8:05
  right
• 8:06
  thing.
• 8:06
  And
• 8:07
  I'm
• 8:07
  glad
• 8:08
  that
• 8:08
  she
• 8:08
  understood,
• 8:09
  because
• 8:09
  that
• 8:09
  was
• 8:09
  part
• 8:10
  of
• 8:10
  my
• 8:10
  success
• 8:11
  for
• 8:11
  me.
• 8:11
  They
• 8:12
  come
• 8:12
  here,
• 8:12
  my
• 8:13
  three
• 8:13
  years
• 8:13
  in
• 8:13
  the
• 8:13
  minor
• 8:14
  league
• 8:14
  and
• 8:14
  concentrate
• 8:15
  what
• 8:16
  I
• 8:16
  need
• 8:16
  to
• 8:16
  do
• 8:17
  to
• 8:17
  overcome.
• 8:18
  Because
• 8:18
  it
• 8:18
  was
• 8:18
  a
• 8:18
  challenge.
• 8:19
  I
• 8:19
  mean,
• 8:19
  I
• 8:19
  came
• 8:20
  here
• 8:20
  without
• 8:20
  not
• 8:20
  knowing
• 8:21
  the
• 8:22
  language.
• 8:22
  I
• 8:22
  came
• 8:23
  here
• 8:23
  not
• 8:23
  knowing
• 8:23
  what
• 8:24
  I.
• 8:24
  But
• 8:25
  I
• 8:25
  know
• 8:25
  something,
• 8:25
  though,
• 8:26
  that
• 8:26
  all
• 8:27
  I
• 8:27
  need
• 8:27
  to
• 8:27
  do
• 8:28
  just
• 8:28
  to
• 8:28
  show
• 8:29
  my
• 8:29
  ability
• 8:30
  to
• 8:30
  show
• 8:30
  my
• 8:31
  talent,
• 8:31
  which
• 8:31
  was
• 8:32
  pitching.
• 8:32
  And
• 8:33
  I
• 8:33
  knew
• 8:33
  that
• 8:33
  nobody
• 8:34
  would
• 8:34
  be
• 8:35
  able
• 8:35
  to
• 8:35
  do
• 8:35
  anything
• 8:36
  without
• 8:36
  that
• 8:37
  but
• 8:37
  me.
• 8:37
  So
• 8:38
  I
• 8:38
  believe
• 8:38
  in
• 8:39
  myself.
• 8:39
  I
• 8:40
  developed
• 8:40
  that
• 8:40
  confidence
• 8:41
  in
• 8:41
  myself
• 8:42
  to
• 8:42
  achieve.
• 8:43
  And
• 8:43
  at
• 8:44
  one
• 8:44
  point,
• 8:45
  I
• 8:45
  mean,
• 8:45
  I
• 8:45
  just
• 8:45
  was
• 8:46
  able
• 8:46
  to
• 8:47
  in
• 8:47
  those
• 8:47
  times.
• 8:47
  So,
• 8:48
  you
• 8:48
  know,
• 8:48
  it
• 8:48
  was
• 8:49
  hard
• 8:49
  to.
• 8:49
  Like
• 8:49
  you
• 8:50
  said,
• 8:50
  like,
• 8:50
  you
• 8:50
  asked
• 8:51
  me
• 8:51
  before
• 8:51
  who
• 8:51
  was
• 8:52
  my
• 8:52
  idol
• 8:52
  and
• 8:53
  you
• 8:53
  know,
• 8:53
  in
• 8:53
  baseball,
• 8:54
  so
• 8:54
  I
• 8:55
  think
• 8:55
  I
• 8:56
  didn't
• 8:56
  have
• 8:56
  anybody.
• 8:57
  But
• 8:57
  when
• 8:57
  I,
• 8:57
  when
• 8:58
  I
• 8:58
  first
• 8:58
  came
• 8:58
  to
• 8:58
  the
• 8:58
  minor
• 8:59
  league,
• 8:59
  I
• 9:00
  hear
• 9:00
  about
• 9:00
  Mike
• 9:02
  Robinson.
• 9:03
  So
• 9:03
  my
• 9:03
  career
• 9:03
  come
• 9:04
  in
• 9:04
  handy
• 9:04
  at
• 9:05
  that
• 9:05
  time
• 9:05
  because
• 9:05
  it
• 9:05
  was
• 9:05
  a
• 9:05
  Cuban
• 9:06
  kid.
• 9:06
  So
• 9:07
  I
• 9:07
  kind
• 9:07
  of
• 9:08
  recon
• 9:08
  them,
• 9:08
  but,
• 9:09
  you
• 9:09
  know,
• 9:09
  Brook
• 9:09
  Robinson
• 9:10
  was
• 9:10
  the
• 9:10
  second
• 9:11
  one,
• 9:11
  but.
• 9:11
  And
• 9:11
  then
• 9:12
  at
• 9:12
  the
• 9:12
  end,
• 9:12
  as
• 9:13
  a
• 9:13
  matter
• 9:13
  of
• 9:13
  fact,
• 9:13
  was
• 9:13
  Jim
• 9:14
  Palmer.
• 9:14
  The
• 9:14
  guy
• 9:15
  that
• 9:15
  he
• 9:15
  came
• 9:16
  through
• 9:16
  in
• 9:16
  my
• 9:16
  life,
• 9:17
  it
• 9:17
  was
• 9:17
  my
• 9:18
  idol
• 9:18
  because
• 9:19
  I
• 9:19
  figured
• 9:19
  out
• 9:20
  and
• 9:20
  I
• 9:20
  find
• 9:20
  out
• 9:20
  who
• 9:20
  he
• 9:21
  was.
• 9:21
  I
• 9:21
  mean,
• 9:22
  you
• 9:22
  know,
• 9:22
  been
• 9:22
  around
• 9:22
  the
• 9:22
  fourth
• 9:23
  time
• 9:24
  award,
• 9:25
  a
• 9:25
  time
• 9:26
  20
• 9:26
  game
• 9:26
  winner.
• 9:27
  And
• 9:27
  I
• 9:27
  see
• 9:27
  in
• 9:28
  that
• 9:28
  guy
• 9:28
  house,
• 9:29
  his
• 9:29
  business
• 9:29
  going
• 9:30
  by,
• 9:30
  his
• 9:30
  business
• 9:31
  running.
• 9:31
  Do
• 9:31
  the
• 9:32
  little
• 9:32
  thing,
• 9:33
  cover
• 9:33
  the
• 9:33
  bases,
• 9:34
  do
• 9:34
  the
• 9:34
  pfe.
• 9:35
  So
• 9:35
  I,
• 9:36
  I
• 9:36
  asked
• 9:36
  somebody,
• 9:37
  who's
• 9:37
  that
• 9:37
  guy?
• 9:38
  And
• 9:38
  somebody
• 9:38
  said,
• 9:39
  that's
• 9:39
  Jim
• 9:39
  Palmer.
• 9:40
  I
• 9:40
  go,
• 9:40
  wow,
• 9:41
  I
• 9:41
  want
• 9:41
  to
• 9:41
  be
• 9:41
  like
• 9:41
  him.
• 9:42
  So
• 9:43
  that,
• 9:43
  that
• 9:44
  kind
• 9:44
  of,
• 9:44
  that
• 9:44
  kind
• 9:44
  of
• 9:45
  helped
• 9:45
  me
• 9:45
  because
• 9:46
  I
• 9:46
  was
• 9:46
  that
• 9:46
  type
• 9:46
  of
• 9:46
  kid,
• 9:47
  you
• 9:47
  know,
• 9:47
  you
• 9:47
  see,
• 9:47
  I
• 9:47
  want
• 9:47
  to
• 9:48
  be.
• 9:48
  To
• 9:49
  be
• 9:49
  next
• 9:49
  to
• 9:50
  the
• 9:50
  winners.
• 9:51
  And
• 9:51
  I
• 9:52
  guess
• 9:52
  I
• 9:52
  owe
• 9:53
  that
• 9:53
  to
• 9:53
  my
• 9:53
  friends
• 9:53
  in
• 9:54
  Nicaragua,
• 9:54
  because
• 9:55
  I
• 9:55
  remember
• 9:56
  when
• 9:56
  they
• 9:56
  say,
• 9:56
  we
• 9:57
  want
• 9:57
  to
• 9:57
  be
• 9:57
  with
• 9:57
  the
• 9:57
  winner.
• 9:58
  So
• 9:58
  that
• 9:58
  kind
• 9:59
  of
• 9:59
  caught
• 9:59
  up
• 9:59
  with
• 9:59
  me
• 9:59
  and
• 10:00
  I
• 10:00
  stick
• 10:00
  to
• 10:00
  it.
• 10:01
  And
• 10:01
  that
• 10:01
  was
• 10:01
  something
• 10:01
  that
• 10:02
  I
• 10:02
  really
• 10:02
  enjoyed.
• 10:03
  Wonderful
• 10:04
  way
• 10:04
  to
• 10:04
  look
• 10:04
  at
• 10:04
  it,
• 10:05
  Dennis,
• 10:05
  and
• 10:05
  great
• 10:06
  example
• 10:06
  for
• 10:06
  the
• 10:07
  kids
• 10:07
  out
• 10:07
  there
• 10:07
  listening.
• 10:09
  Let
• 10:09
  your
• 10:09
  talent
• 10:10
  do
• 10:10
  the
• 10:10
  talking.
• 10:11
  Let
• 10:11
  people
• 10:11
  see
• 10:11
  what
• 10:11
  you
• 10:12
  can
• 10:12
  do.
• 10:12
  And
• 10:13
  that's
• 10:13
  what
• 10:13
  Dennis
• 10:14
  did,
• 10:14
  and
• 10:14
  that's
• 10:14
  what
• 10:14
  got
• 10:15
  him
• 10:15
  to
• 10:15
  where
• 10:16
  he
• 10:16
  was.
• 10:17
  And
• 10:17
  some
• 10:17
  great
• 10:18
  guys
• 10:18
  you
• 10:18
  mentioned
• 10:19
  there,
• 10:19
  Brooks
• 10:19
  Robinson
• 10:20
  and
• 10:20
  Jim
• 10:20
  Palmer,
• 10:21
  Mike
• 10:22
  Cuellar,
• 10:23
  just
• 10:24
  some
• 10:24
  tremendous
• 10:25
  guys.
• 10:25
  Now,
• 10:26
  do
• 10:26
  you
• 10:26
  remember
• 10:26
  your
• 10:26
  major
• 10:27
  league
• 10:27
  debut,
• 10:27
  Dennis?
• 10:30
  Of
• 10:30
  course,
• 10:30
  Bill.
• 10:30
  I
• 10:31
  mean,
• 10:32
  I
• 10:32
  will
• 10:32
  never
• 10:33
  forget
• 10:33
  that.
• 10:33
  I
• 10:33
  mean,
• 10:34
  that
• 10:34
  was.
• 10:35
  And
• 10:35
  as
• 10:35
  a
• 10:35
  matter
• 10:35
  of
• 10:35
  fact,
• 10:36
  when
• 10:37
  I
• 10:37
  look
• 10:37
  back
• 10:38
  and
• 10:38
  I
• 10:38
  tell
• 10:38
  the
• 10:39
  kid,
• 10:39
  like
• 10:39
  you're
• 10:39
  saying,
• 10:39
  when
• 10:40
  I.
• 10:40
  When
• 10:40
  I
• 10:40
  get
• 10:40
  a
• 10:41
  chance
• 10:41
  to
• 10:41
  talk
• 10:41
  to
• 10:41
  them,
• 10:42
  hey,
• 10:42
  when
• 10:42
  you
• 10:43
  get
• 10:43
  your
• 10:43
  chance,
• 10:44
  go
• 10:44
  for
• 10:44
  it.
• 10:44
  Don't
• 10:45
  look
• 10:45
  back.
• 10:46
  Go
• 10:46
  what
• 10:47
  you
• 10:47
  know
• 10:48
  you
• 10:48
  can
• 10:48
  do
• 10:48
  best.
• 10:49
  And
• 10:49
  don't
• 10:50
  be
• 10:50
  afraid.
• 10:50
  Take
• 10:51
  a
• 10:51
  chance,
• 10:51
  take
• 10:52
  a
• 10:52
  risk.
• 10:52
  Because
• 10:53
  you
• 10:53
  know,
• 10:54
  if
• 10:54
  you
• 10:54
  fail,
• 10:54
  that's
• 10:55
  fine.
• 10:55
  But
• 10:55
  if
• 10:55
  you
• 10:56
  don't
• 10:56
  try
• 10:56
  and
• 10:57
  do
• 10:57
  your
• 10:57
  best,
• 10:57
  you
• 10:58
  will
• 10:58
  never
• 10:58
  know.
• 10:59
  So
• 10:59
  it
• 11:00
  happened.
• 11:00
  I
• 11:00
  was.
• 11:01
  When
• 11:01
  I
• 11:01
  came
• 11:01
  to
• 11:01
  the
• 11:01
  big
• 11:01
  league,
• 11:02
  as
• 11:02
  you
• 11:03
  know,
• 11:03
  everybody,
• 11:04
  I
• 11:04
  was
• 11:04
  a
• 11:04
  starting
• 11:05
  pitcher
• 11:05
  all
• 11:05
  my
• 11:05
  career
• 11:06
  in
• 11:06
  the
• 11:06
  minor
• 11:06
  league
• 11:07
  and
• 11:08
  I
• 11:08
  won
• 11:08
  the
• 11:08
  triple
• 11:09
  crown.
• 11:10
  So
• 11:11
  they
• 11:11
  brought
• 11:11
  me
• 11:11
  to
• 11:11
  the
• 11:11
  big
• 11:12
  league
• 11:12
  and
• 11:12
  then
• 11:13
  they
• 11:13
  put
• 11:13
  me
• 11:13
  in
• 11:13
  the
• 11:13
  bullpen.
• 11:14
  So
• 11:14
  in
• 11:15
  one
• 11:15
  game,
• 11:16
  I
• 11:17
  think
• 11:17
  was
• 11:17
  Jim
• 11:17
  Palmer
• 11:18
  started
• 11:18
  the
• 11:19
  game,
• 11:19
  and
• 11:19
  then
• 11:19
  they
• 11:20
  put
• 11:20
  Dave
• 11:20
  Pagandes,
• 11:21
  the
• 11:21
  reliever,
• 11:21
  the
• 11:22
  low
• 11:22
  reliever.
• 11:23
  And
• 11:23
  then
• 11:23
  all
• 11:23
  of
• 11:23
  a
• 11:23
  sudden
• 11:25
  the
• 11:26
  Phone
• 11:26
  ring
• 11:26
  at
• 11:26
  the
• 11:26
  bullpen
• 11:27
  and
• 11:27
  say,
• 11:27
  martinez
• 11:28
  up.
• 11:29
  Oh,
• 11:29
  when
• 11:29
  I
• 11:29
  hear
• 11:30
  Martinez
• 11:30
  up.
• 11:30
  We
• 11:30
  had
• 11:30
  a
• 11:31
  Tippy
• 11:31
  Martinez
• 11:31
  with
• 11:32
  us
• 11:32
  then.
• 11:33
  So
• 11:33
  when
• 11:33
  I
• 11:33
  heard
• 11:33
  that
• 11:33
  Martinez
• 11:34
  up,
• 11:34
  I
• 11:35
  was
• 11:35
  the
• 11:35
  first
• 11:35
  one
• 11:35
  that
• 11:35
  I
• 11:36
  said,
• 11:36
  which
• 11:36
  one?
• 11:37
  Yeah,
• 11:37
  Tippy
• 11:38
  or
• 11:38
  you?
• 11:38
  Yeah,
• 11:39
  yeah,
• 11:40
  not
• 11:40
  even
• 11:40
  tippy.
• 11:41
  I,
• 11:41
  you
• 11:41
  know,
• 11:41
  wonder
• 11:42
  about
• 11:42
  who.
• 11:43
  As
• 11:43
  soon
• 11:43
  as
• 11:43
  he.
• 11:43
  Martin,
• 11:44
  I
• 11:44
  said,
• 11:44
  who?
• 11:45
  I
• 11:45
  was
• 11:45
  the
• 11:45
  one
• 11:45
  that
• 11:46
  said,
• 11:46
  which
• 11:46
  one?
• 11:47
  Dennis.
• 11:47
  I
• 11:48
  said,
• 11:48
  okay.
• 11:49
  I
• 11:49
  took
• 11:49
  my
• 11:49
  jacket
• 11:49
  off.
• 11:50
  It
• 11:50
  was
• 11:50
  cold
• 11:51
  and
• 11:51
  it
• 11:52
  was
• 11:52
  like
• 11:52
  about
• 11:52
  45
• 11:52
  degrees.
• 11:53
  I
• 11:53
  mean,
• 11:54
  I'm
• 11:54
  not.
• 11:54
  I'm
• 11:54
  not
• 11:55
  a
• 11:55
  cold
• 11:56
  weather
• 11:56
  picture
• 11:56
  myself,
• 11:57
  but
• 11:57
  I
• 11:58
  didn't
• 11:58
  feel
• 11:58
  nothing
• 11:59
  that
• 11:59
  day.
• 11:59
  So
• 12:00
  I
• 12:00
  came
• 12:00
  up,
• 12:00
  I
• 12:00
  took
• 12:01
  my
• 12:01
  jacket
• 12:01
  off,
• 12:01
  and
• 12:02
  I
• 12:02
  started
• 12:02
  throwing.
• 12:03
  I
• 12:03
  threw
• 12:03
  like
• 12:03
  about
• 12:03
  six
• 12:04
  pitches.
• 12:04
  All
• 12:05
  of
• 12:05
  a
• 12:05
  sudden
• 12:05
  I
• 12:05
  hear
• 12:05
  the
• 12:05
  phone
• 12:05
  ring
• 12:06
  again.
• 12:06
  Oh,
• 12:06
  boy.
• 12:07
  And.
• 12:07
  And
• 12:07
  that
• 12:07
  was.
• 12:08
  And
• 12:08
  that
• 12:08
  was
• 12:08
  Rick
• 12:09
  and
• 12:09
  Senior,
• 12:09
  the
• 12:09
  bulletin
• 12:10
  coach.
• 12:10
  He
• 12:11
  said,
• 12:11
  martinez,
• 12:12
  are
• 12:12
  you
• 12:12
  ready?
• 12:12
  I
• 12:12
  go,
• 12:13
  hey,
• 12:13
  I'm
• 12:13
  ready.
• 12:14
  So
• 12:15
  six
• 12:15
  pitches.
• 12:17
  But
• 12:17
  in
• 12:18
  my
• 12:18
  mind,
• 12:18
  right
• 12:18
  away,
• 12:20
  and
• 12:20
  I
• 12:20
  go,
• 12:20
  wait
• 12:21
  a
• 12:21
  minute.
• 12:21
  I
• 12:21
  have
• 12:21
  to
• 12:21
  say
• 12:22
  that
• 12:22
  I'm
• 12:22
  ready.
• 12:22
  Because
• 12:23
  when
• 12:23
  I
• 12:23
  go
• 12:23
  up
• 12:24
  there,
• 12:24
  I
• 12:24
  had
• 12:25
  a
• 12:25
  chance
• 12:25
  to
• 12:25
  throw
• 12:25
  eight
• 12:25
  more
• 12:26
  pictures.
• 12:26
  So
• 12:27
  I
• 12:27
  would
• 12:27
  be
• 12:27
  okay.
• 12:28
  Because
• 12:28
  if
• 12:28
  I
• 12:29
  don't.
• 12:29
  If
• 12:29
  I
• 12:29
  didn't
• 12:29
  say
• 12:30
  I
• 12:30
  was
• 12:30
  ready,
• 12:31
  maybe
• 12:32
  I
• 12:32
  would
• 12:32
  not
• 12:32
  get
• 12:33
  another
• 12:33
  chance
• 12:33
  to
• 12:34
  find
• 12:34
  out.
• 12:35
  For
• 12:35
  me
• 12:35
  to
• 12:35
  get
• 12:35
  maybe
• 12:36
  the
• 12:36
  picture
• 12:36
  that
• 12:36
  it
• 12:36
  was
• 12:36
  pigeon.
• 12:37
  You
• 12:37
  get
• 12:37
  a
• 12:37
  grand
• 12:38
  ball
• 12:38
  double
• 12:38
  playing
• 12:39
  it
• 12:39
  out
• 12:39
  the
• 12:39
  evening,
• 12:39
  and
• 12:40
  that
• 12:40
  was
• 12:40
  it.
• 12:40
  That
• 12:40
  was
• 12:40
  the
• 12:40
  game.
• 12:41
  But
• 12:41
  as
• 12:41
  soon
• 12:41
  they
• 12:42
  hear
• 12:42
  that
• 12:42
  I
• 12:42
  was
• 12:42
  ready,
• 12:43
  I
• 12:43
  saw
• 12:43
  Earl
• 12:44
  Weaver
• 12:44
  coming
• 12:44
  up
• 12:44
  out
• 12:44
  of
• 12:45
  the.
• 12:45
  Out
• 12:45
  of
• 12:45
  the
• 12:45
  dugout,
• 12:46
  through
• 12:46
  the
• 12:46
  mound.
• 12:47
  And
• 12:47
  so
• 12:48
  when
• 12:48
  I
• 12:48
  saw
• 12:48
  that,
• 12:48
  I
• 12:48
  thought,
• 12:49
  oh,
• 12:49
  I'm
• 12:50
  going
• 12:50
  in.
• 12:51
  So
• 12:51
  that
• 12:51
  was
• 12:51
  it,
• 12:52
  right?
• 12:52
  He
• 12:52
  called
• 12:52
  the
• 12:52
  bullpen.
• 12:53
  I
• 12:53
  was
• 12:54
  going
• 12:54
  in,
• 12:54
  basically
• 12:55
  loaded,
• 12:55
  nobody
• 12:55
  out.
• 12:56
  Oh,
• 12:56
  boy.
• 12:56
  Again.
• 12:57
  Again,
• 12:58
  the
• 12:58
  Detroit
• 12:58
  Tigers.
• 12:59
  And
• 12:59
  I
• 13:00
  had
• 13:00
  to
• 13:00
  face
• 13:02
  Willie
• 13:03
  Horton,
• 13:04
  Milt
• 13:05
  May,
• 13:07
  and
• 13:08
  this
• 13:08
  kid
• 13:09
  Milt.
• 13:11
  I
• 13:11
  don't
• 13:11
  know
• 13:11
  what.
• 13:13
  I
• 13:14
  don't
• 13:14
  remember
• 13:14
  that
• 13:14
  last
• 13:14
  night.
• 13:15
  It
• 13:15
  was
• 13:15
  kind
• 13:15
  of
• 13:15
  a
• 13:15
  little
• 13:16
  hard
• 13:16
  for
• 13:16
  me
• 13:16
  to
• 13:17
  remember,
• 13:17
  but
• 13:19
  I
• 13:19
  strike
• 13:20
  out
• 13:20
  those
• 13:20
  three
• 13:21
  guys
• 13:22
  with
• 13:22
  nine
• 13:22
  pitches,
• 13:24
  with
• 13:24
  nine
• 13:24
  curveballs.
• 13:25
  Yeah,
• 13:26
  it
• 13:27
  was
• 13:27
  amazing.
• 13:27
  My
• 13:28
  first
• 13:28
  curveball
• 13:28
  that
• 13:28
  I
• 13:29
  threw,
• 13:29
  it
• 13:29
  was
• 13:29
  right
• 13:30
  in
• 13:30
  the
• 13:30
  black.
• 13:30
  I
• 13:30
  strike
• 13:31
  one
• 13:31
  and
• 13:31
  then
• 13:32
  the
• 13:32
  other
• 13:32
  eight,
• 13:33
  they
• 13:33
  were
• 13:33
  on
• 13:34
  the
• 13:34
  ground,
• 13:34
  they
• 13:34
  were
• 13:35
  on
• 13:35
  the
• 13:36
  dirt,
• 13:36
  but
• 13:36
  they
• 13:36
  were
• 13:36
  swinging
• 13:37
  at
• 13:37
  it
• 13:37
  because
• 13:37
  it
• 13:37
  was
• 13:37
  a
• 13:38
  big
• 13:38
  curveball.
• 13:38
  My
• 13:38
  curveball
• 13:39
  was.
• 13:39
  It
• 13:40
  was
• 13:40
  a
• 13:40
  nasty.
• 13:41
  Like
• 13:41
  I
• 13:41
  said,
• 13:41
  that's
• 13:42
  what
• 13:42
  they
• 13:42
  call
• 13:42
  it.
• 13:42
  It
• 13:42
  was
• 13:43
  a
• 13:43
  nasty
• 13:43
  curveball.
• 13:44
  And
• 13:45
  so
• 13:45
  I
• 13:45
  threw
• 13:45
  nine
• 13:46
  in
• 13:46
  a
• 13:46
  row
• 13:47
  to
• 13:47
  get
• 13:47
  out
• 13:47
  that
• 13:47
  inning.
• 13:48
  So
• 13:48
  we
• 13:49
  continued
• 13:49
  the
• 13:49
  game.
• 13:49
  We
• 13:50
  were
• 13:50
  losing
• 13:50
  seven
• 13:50
  and
• 13:50
  nothing.
• 13:51
  And
• 13:51
  I
• 13:52
  finished
• 13:52
  the
• 13:52
  game
• 13:52
  all
• 13:52
  the
• 13:52
  way
• 13:53
  through
• 13:53
  the
• 13:53
  end.
• 13:53
  And
• 13:53
  we
• 13:54
  come
• 13:54
  back
• 13:54
  and
• 13:54
  we
• 13:54
  won
• 13:55
  eight
• 13:55
  the
• 13:55
  Seven.
• 13:56
  So
• 13:56
  that
• 13:56
  was
• 13:56
  my
• 13:56
  first
• 13:57
  win,
• 13:57
  My
• 13:57
  first
• 13:57
  win
• 13:57
  in
• 13:57
  the
• 13:58
  big
• 13:58
  league,
• 13:58
  and
• 13:59
  that's
• 13:59
  the
• 13:59
  way
• 14:00
  I
• 14:00
  was
• 14:00
  introduced
• 14:00
  to
• 14:01
  the
• 14:01
  big
• 14:01
  league.
• 14:02
  So
• 14:02
  that's
• 14:02
  what
• 14:03
  I
• 14:03
  mean
• 14:03
  when
• 14:03
  I
• 14:03
  say,
• 14:03
  when
• 14:04
  you
• 14:04
  get
• 14:04
  the
• 14:04
  chance
• 14:04
  and
• 14:05
  the
• 14:05
  opportunity,
• 14:06
  don't
• 14:07
  let
• 14:07
  it
• 14:07
  go.
• 14:08
  Yes.
• 14:08
  Take
• 14:08
  advantage
• 14:09
  of
• 14:09
  that
• 14:09
  because
• 14:09
  you
• 14:10
  never
• 14:10
  know
• 14:10
  if
• 14:10
  you
• 14:10
  get
• 14:10
  another
• 14:11
  chance.
• 14:11
  That's
• 14:12
  great.
• 14:12
  Yeah,
• 14:12
  exactly
• 14:13
  right,
• 14:13
  Dennis.
• 14:14
  And
• 14:15
  Dennis
• 14:15
  got
• 14:15
  the
• 14:15
  win
• 14:16
  that
• 14:16
  night
• 14:17
  over
• 14:17
  the
• 14:17
  Detroit
• 14:18
  Tigers.
• 14:19
  And
• 14:19
  the
• 14:19
  rest,
• 14:20
  like
• 14:20
  they
• 14:20
  say,
• 14:20
  is
• 14:20
  history.
• 14:21
  We're
• 14:22
  speaking
• 14:22
  to
• 14:22
  Dennis
• 14:22
  Martinez
• 14:23
  tonight
• 14:24
  on
• 14:24
  Sports
• 14:24
  Talk
• 14:25
  New
• 14:25
  York.
• 14:26
  Now,
• 14:26
  Dennis,
• 14:27
  soon
• 14:28
  you
• 14:28
  were
• 14:28
  traded
• 14:29
  from
• 14:29
  Baltimore.
• 14:29
  And
• 14:30
  how
• 14:30
  did
• 14:30
  that
• 14:31
  feel
• 14:31
  getting
• 14:31
  traded
• 14:32
  from
• 14:32
  the
• 14:32
  ball
• 14:33
  club
• 14:33
  that
• 14:33
  you
• 14:34
  signed
• 14:34
  with,
• 14:35
  that
• 14:35
  you
• 14:35
  went
• 14:35
  through
• 14:35
  their
• 14:36
  minor
• 14:36
  league
• 14:36
  system?
• 14:37
  You
• 14:37
  spent
• 14:38
  your
• 14:38
  entire
• 14:38
  career
• 14:39
  with
• 14:39
  Baltimore.
• 14:40
  What
• 14:40
  did
• 14:41
  you
• 14:41
  think
• 14:41
  when
• 14:41
  they
• 14:41
  turned
• 14:42
  around
• 14:42
  and
• 14:42
  traded
• 14:43
  you?
• 14:44
  Well,
• 14:45
  I
• 14:46
  was
• 14:46
  hurt
• 14:46
  emotionally
• 14:48
  because
• 14:49
  I
• 14:50
  felt
• 14:50
  like.
• 14:51
  Well,
• 14:52
  I
• 14:53
  never
• 14:53
  saw.
• 14:54
  I
• 14:54
  never
• 14:54
  feel
• 14:54
  that
• 14:55
  not
• 14:56
  be
• 14:56
  wanted.
• 14:56
  Not.
• 14:57
  Not
• 14:57
  to
• 14:57
  be
• 14:57
  wanted
• 14:58
  by
• 14:58
  anybody,
• 14:59
  because
• 14:59
  I
• 15:00
  always
• 15:00
  had
• 15:00
  a
• 15:00
  chance
• 15:01
  to
• 15:01
  everybody
• 15:02
  want
• 15:02
  me
• 15:02
  because
• 15:03
  I
• 15:03
  was
• 15:03
  good.
• 15:03
  Because
• 15:03
  I
• 15:04
  was,
• 15:04
  you
• 15:04
  know,
• 15:04
  everything
• 15:05
  that
• 15:05
  I
• 15:05
  did
• 15:05
  was.
• 15:05
  It.
• 15:06
  It
• 15:06
  was
• 15:06
  good.
• 15:07
  It
• 15:07
  was
• 15:07
  okay.
• 15:07
  But
• 15:08
  that
• 15:08
  was
• 15:08
  the
• 15:08
  time
• 15:08
  where
• 15:09
  I
• 15:09
  felt
• 15:09
  like
• 15:09
  nobody
• 15:10
  wanted.
• 15:10
  But
• 15:10
  then
• 15:11
  Marbalanger,
• 15:12
  that
• 15:12
  was
• 15:12
  another
• 15:13
  person.
• 15:13
  They
• 15:13
  come
• 15:13
  through.
• 15:15
  He
• 15:15
  gave.
• 15:16
  He
• 15:16
  came
• 15:16
  close
• 15:16
  to
• 15:16
  me.
• 15:17
  He
• 15:17
  saw
• 15:17
  me.
• 15:17
  I
• 15:18
  was
• 15:18
  crying
• 15:18
  and
• 15:18
  say,
• 15:19
  hey,
• 15:19
  Dennis,
• 15:21
  look
• 15:21
  at
• 15:21
  it
• 15:21
  this
• 15:21
  way.
• 15:22
  This
• 15:22
  is
• 15:22
  business.
• 15:24
  The
• 15:24
  Oreo
• 15:24
  may
• 15:25
  not
• 15:25
  want
• 15:25
  you,
• 15:26
  but
• 15:26
  it's
• 15:26
  not
• 15:26
  because
• 15:27
  you're
• 15:27
  not
• 15:27
  good.
• 15:27
  It's
• 15:27
  because,
• 15:28
  hey,
• 15:28
  there's
• 15:28
  a
• 15:29
  business
• 15:29
  there.
• 15:29
  They
• 15:30
  need
• 15:30
  to,
• 15:30
  you
• 15:30
  know,
• 15:30
  to
• 15:31
  take
• 15:31
  up
• 15:31
  to
• 15:32
  do
• 15:32
  what
• 15:32
  they
• 15:32
  need
• 15:32
  to
• 15:32
  do.
• 15:33
  And.
• 15:34
  But
• 15:34
  it's
• 15:34
  another
• 15:35
  thing
• 15:35
  that
• 15:35
  they
• 15:35
  want.
• 15:35
  You
• 15:36
  go
• 15:37
  out
• 15:37
  there
• 15:37
  and
• 15:38
  show
• 15:38
  what
• 15:38
  you
• 15:38
  can
• 15:38
  do.
• 15:39
  But
• 15:39
  before
• 15:40
  that,
• 15:40
  Bill,
• 15:40
  I
• 15:41
  was,
• 15:41
  in
• 15:41
  the
• 15:41
  end,
• 15:41
  the
• 15:41
  transition
• 15:42
  on
• 15:42
  my
• 15:42
  recovery.
• 15:43
  You
• 15:43
  know,
• 15:44
  as
• 15:44
  you
• 15:44
  know,
• 15:44
  I
• 15:44
  had
• 15:44
  a
• 15:44
  drinking
• 15:45
  problem,
• 15:45
  right?
• 15:46
  And
• 15:47
  my
• 15:47
  priority
• 15:47
  in
• 15:48
  those
• 15:48
  time
• 15:48
  was
• 15:48
  my
• 15:49
  recovery.
• 15:50
  My
• 15:50
  mind,
• 15:51
  it
• 15:51
  was
• 15:51
  not
• 15:51
  in
• 15:51
  baseball.
• 15:52
  My
• 15:52
  mind
• 15:53
  was
• 15:53
  just
• 15:53
  to
• 15:53
  not
• 15:53
  take
• 15:54
  that
• 15:54
  drink
• 15:55
  for
• 15:55
  that
• 15:55
  24
• 15:56
  hours
• 15:56
  or
• 15:57
  one
• 15:57
  minute
• 15:57
  at
• 15:57
  a
• 15:57
  time.
• 15:58
  So
• 15:58
  that
• 15:58
  was
• 15:59
  my
• 15:59
  focus.
• 16:01
  I
• 16:01
  had
• 16:01
  to
• 16:02
  make
• 16:02
  sure
• 16:02
  that
• 16:02
  my
• 16:03
  mind
• 16:03
  and
• 16:04
  my
• 16:04
  spiritual
• 16:06
  friend
• 16:06
  of
• 16:06
  mine
• 16:06
  was
• 16:07
  working
• 16:07
  together
• 16:08
  in
• 16:08
  that
• 16:08
  to
• 16:09
  be
• 16:09
  able
• 16:09
  to
• 16:09
  perform
• 16:10
  physically,
• 16:11
  which
• 16:12
  was
• 16:12
  the
• 16:12
  game
• 16:12
  of
• 16:13
  baseball.
• 16:14
  So
• 16:14
  my
• 16:14
  mind
• 16:14
  had
• 16:14
  to
• 16:15
  be
• 16:15
  right.
• 16:16
  And
• 16:16
  it
• 16:16
  took
• 16:17
  me
• 16:18
  two
• 16:18
  years
• 16:19
  to
• 16:19
  put
• 16:19
  it
• 16:19
  together,
• 16:20
  maybe
• 16:20
  three
• 16:20
  at
• 16:21
  the
• 16:21
  end,
• 16:21
  because
• 16:22
  in
• 16:22
  1986,
• 16:23
  that's
• 16:23
  when
• 16:23
  I
• 16:23
  got
• 16:24
  ready
• 16:24
  to
• 16:24
  the.
• 16:24
  To
• 16:24
  the
• 16:24
  Expos.
• 16:25
  And
• 16:26
  that
• 16:26
  happened
• 16:26
  in
• 16:26
  83,
• 16:27
  the
• 16:27
  incident
• 16:28
  that
• 16:28
  I
• 16:30
  come
• 16:30
  out
• 16:30
  there,
• 16:30
  you
• 16:31
  know,
• 16:31
  to
• 16:32
  do
• 16:32
  something
• 16:32
  about
• 16:33
  it
• 16:33
  with
• 16:33
  my
• 16:33
  drinking
• 16:34
  problem.
• 16:35
  So
• 16:35
  even
• 16:36
  though
• 16:36
  in
• 16:37
  those
• 16:37
  two
• 16:37
  years
• 16:37
  or
• 16:37
  three,
• 16:38
  that
• 16:38
  was
• 16:38
  with
• 16:38
  the
• 16:38
  Oreos,
• 16:39
  I
• 16:39
  didn't
• 16:39
  pitch
• 16:39
  that
• 16:40
  bad,
• 16:40
  but
• 16:40
  I
• 16:41
  didn't
• 16:41
  pitch
• 16:42
  what
• 16:42
  they
• 16:42
  expected
• 16:43
  me
• 16:43
  to
• 16:43
  be,
• 16:44
  you
• 16:44
  know,
• 16:44
  and
• 16:44
  the
• 16:44
  way
• 16:45
  that
• 16:45
  I
• 16:45
  was
• 16:45
  before
• 16:45
  that
• 16:46
  happened
• 16:46
  with
• 16:46
  the
• 16:46
  drinking
• 16:47
  problem.
• 16:48
  So
• 16:48
  I.
• 16:49
  I
• 16:49
  went
• 16:49
  to
• 16:49
  Montreal.
• 16:50
  And
• 16:50
  one
• 16:51
  thing
• 16:51
  that
• 16:51
  happened
• 16:51
  in
• 16:52
  Montreal,
• 16:53
  it's
• 16:54
  always
• 16:54
  something,
• 16:54
  Bill,
• 16:55
  that
• 16:55
  happened
• 16:56
  in
• 16:56
  my
• 16:57
  life
• 16:57
  that
• 16:57
  I
• 16:57
  really
• 16:58
  appreciated,
• 16:58
  and
• 16:59
  I'm
• 16:59
  grateful
• 16:59
  for
• 17:00
  that.
• 17:02
  The
• 17:02
  pitching
• 17:02
  coach,
• 17:03
  Bernard,
• 17:04
  Larry
• 17:05
  Bernardo,
• 17:06
  he
• 17:06
  came
• 17:06
  to
• 17:06
  me.
• 17:07
  He
• 17:07
  came
• 17:08
  to
• 17:08
  me
• 17:08
  and
• 17:08
  said,
• 17:08
  hey,
• 17:09
  kid,
• 17:10
  I
• 17:10
  don't
• 17:10
  have
• 17:10
  to
• 17:10
  tell
• 17:11
  you
• 17:11
  anything.
• 17:12
  You
• 17:13
  are
• 17:13
  a
• 17:13
  winner.
• 17:14
  You
• 17:15
  are
• 17:15
  a
• 17:15
  starting
• 17:16
  picture,
• 17:16
  so
• 17:17
  do
• 17:17
  what
• 17:17
  you
• 17:17
  can
• 17:18
  do.
• 17:18
  Okay.
• 17:19
  Wow.
• 17:20
  When
• 17:20
  I
• 17:20
  heard
• 17:21
  that,
• 17:21
  that's
• 17:22
  all
• 17:22
  I
• 17:22
  need
• 17:22
  to.
• 17:23
  To
• 17:23
  hear.
• 17:24
  So
• 17:24
  I
• 17:24
  say,
• 17:24
  okay,
• 17:25
  I
• 17:25
  started
• 17:26
  doing
• 17:26
  it
• 17:26
  and
• 17:27
  everything
• 17:27
  is
• 17:28
  history,
• 17:28
  like
• 17:28
  you
• 17:28
  said.
• 17:29
  Yeah.
• 17:29
  That's
• 17:29
  my
• 17:29
  resurrection
• 17:30
  in
• 17:31
  my
• 17:31
  second
• 17:31
  life.
• 17:32
  And
• 17:32
  baseball,
• 17:33
  that's
• 17:33
  what
• 17:33
  I
• 17:33
  call
• 17:33
  it.
• 17:34
  The
• 17:34
  Expos,
• 17:35
  the
• 17:35
  motor
• 17:35
  Expos.
• 17:36
  Giving
• 17:36
  the
• 17:37
  opportunity
• 17:37
  and
• 17:39
  they
• 17:39
  get
• 17:39
  paid
• 17:39
  because
• 17:40
  I
• 17:40
  was
• 17:40
  reliable
• 17:41
  to
• 17:41
  them.
• 17:41
  I
• 17:41
  was
• 17:42
  accountable
• 17:42
  to
• 17:42
  them.
• 17:43
  I
• 17:43
  was
• 17:44
  able
• 17:44
  to
• 17:45
  succeed
• 17:45
  in
• 17:46
  Montreal.
• 17:46
  I
• 17:47
  had
• 17:47
  my
• 17:47
  best
• 17:47
  year
• 17:48
  at
• 17:48
  baseball
• 17:48
  in
• 17:49
  Montreal.
• 17:49
  And
• 17:50
  happy
• 17:50
  that
• 17:50
  the
• 17:51
  perfect
• 17:51
  game
• 17:51
  also.
• 17:52
  Yeah.
• 17:53
  And
• 17:53
  as
• 17:53
  you
• 17:53
  say,
• 17:54
  Dennis,
• 17:54
  with
• 17:55
  inspirational
• 17:56
  words
• 17:56
  from
• 17:56
  Mark
• 17:57
  Belanger,
• 17:57
  from
• 17:58
  Larry
• 17:58
  Bernard,
• 18:00
  the
• 18:00
  ex
• 18:00
  med,
• 18:01
  who
• 18:01
  was
• 18:01
  the
• 18:01
  pigeon
• 18:01
  coach
• 18:02
  up
• 18:02
  there
• 18:02
  in
• 18:02
  Montreal.
• 18:04
  Sobriety
• 18:05
  is
• 18:05
  the
• 18:05
  main
• 18:06
  thing.
• 18:07
  To
• 18:07
  get
• 18:07
  yourself
• 18:08
  back
• 18:08
  on
• 18:08
  the
• 18:08
  track
• 18:09
  and
• 18:10
  get
• 18:10
  your
• 18:10
  life
• 18:11
  moving
• 18:11
  again
• 18:12
  and
• 18:13
  not
• 18:13
  rely
• 18:13
  on
• 18:15
  the
• 18:15
  glass,
• 18:16
  just
• 18:16
  rely
• 18:16
  on
• 18:17
  yourself.
• 18:17
  And
• 18:19
  that
• 18:19
  you
• 18:19
  proved.
• 18:20
  And
• 18:21
  that's
• 18:21
  an
• 18:21
  inspirational
• 18:22
  story
• 18:23
  to
• 18:23
  the
• 18:23
  kids,
• 18:24
  even
• 18:24
  the
• 18:24
  adults
• 18:25
  out
• 18:25
  there
• 18:25
  who
• 18:25
  are
• 18:26
  having
• 18:26
  trouble
• 18:26
  with
• 18:27
  substance
• 18:27
  abuse.
• 18:29
  A
• 18:29
  great
• 18:29
  example
• 18:30
  from
• 18:30
  Dennis
• 18:30
  Martinez.
• 18:32
  Now,
• 18:32
  Dennis,
• 18:33
  I
• 18:33
  want
• 18:33
  to
• 18:33
  ask
• 18:33
  you,
• 18:33
  in
• 18:34
  Montreal,
• 18:35
  they
• 18:35
  named
• 18:36
  the
• 18:36
  hot
• 18:36
  dog
• 18:36
  after
• 18:37
  you.
• 18:38
  Did
• 18:38
  you
• 18:38
  know
• 18:39
  that?
• 18:40
  Yes,
• 18:41
  I
• 18:41
  do.
• 18:41
  Yeah.
• 18:42
  The
• 18:42
  Denny
• 18:42
  dog.
• 18:43
  And
• 18:44
  was
• 18:44
  there
• 18:44
  any
• 18:44
  reason
• 18:45
  it
• 18:45
  was
• 18:45
  a
• 18:45
  hot
• 18:45
  dog?
• 18:46
  Because
• 18:46
  I
• 18:46
  know
• 18:46
  Willie
• 18:47
  Montanez
• 18:47
  was
• 18:48
  a
• 18:48
  hot
• 18:48
  dog
• 18:48
  back
• 18:49
  in
• 18:49
  the
• 18:49
  day.
• 18:50
  Why
• 18:50
  did
• 18:50
  they
• 18:50
  name
• 18:51
  that
• 18:51
  hot
• 18:51
  dog
• 18:51
  after
• 18:52
  Dennis
• 18:52
  Martinez?
• 18:55
  I
• 18:55
  really
• 18:55
  don't
• 18:56
  know.
• 18:56
  Because
• 18:57
  after
• 18:57
  that,
• 18:58
  that's
• 18:58
  why
• 18:58
  I
• 18:59
  tried
• 18:59
  to
• 18:59
  try
• 18:59
  that
• 19:00
  hot
• 19:00
  dog.
• 19:00
  And
• 19:00
  it
• 19:00
  was
• 19:01
  great.
• 19:01
  I
• 19:01
  love
• 19:02
  it.
• 19:02
  I
• 19:03
  mean,
• 19:04
  after
• 19:04
  that,
• 19:04
  that's
• 19:04
  why
• 19:04
  I
• 19:05
  started
• 19:05
  knowing
• 19:05
  that
• 19:05
  they
• 19:06
  had
• 19:06
  a
• 19:06
  pretty
• 19:06
  good
• 19:06
  high
• 19:06
  dog
• 19:07
  among
• 19:07
  you
• 19:07
  all.
• 19:07
  But,
• 19:08
  you
• 19:08
  know,
• 19:08
  I.
• 19:09
  I
• 19:09
  had
• 19:09
  no
• 19:09
  clue
• 19:09
  whatsoever.
• 19:10
  But
• 19:11
  in
• 19:11
  the
• 19:11
  end,
• 19:11
  I
• 19:11
  mean,
• 19:12
  when,
• 19:12
  you
• 19:12
  know,
• 19:12
  when,
• 19:13
  when
• 19:13
  you
• 19:13
  do
• 19:13
  things
• 19:14
  like
• 19:14
  that,
• 19:14
  I
• 19:14
  think
• 19:14
  everybody.
• 19:15
  We
• 19:15
  just
• 19:15
  try
• 19:15
  to
• 19:16
  promote
• 19:17
  in
• 19:18
  any
• 19:18
  way.
• 19:18
  So
• 19:19
  I
• 19:19
  didn't,
• 19:20
  I
• 19:20
  didn't
• 19:20
  mind.
• 19:20
  They
• 19:20
  do,
• 19:21
  because
• 19:21
  I
• 19:21
  believe
• 19:21
  that
• 19:22
  they
• 19:22
  did
• 19:22
  it
• 19:22
  for
• 19:22
  the
• 19:22
  benefit
• 19:23
  of
• 19:23
  the
• 19:23
  kid
• 19:23
  in
• 19:24
  Montreal
• 19:24
  or
• 19:24
  something
• 19:24
  like
• 19:25
  that.
• 19:25
  They
• 19:25
  were.
• 19:26
  They
• 19:26
  come
• 19:26
  out
• 19:26
  with
• 19:26
  that.
• 19:27
  But
• 19:27
  now
• 19:27
  that
• 19:28
  you
• 19:28
  touched
• 19:28
  at
• 19:29
  one
• 19:29
  point
• 19:29
  there,
• 19:30
  you
• 19:30
  know,
• 19:30
  I
• 19:30
  like
• 19:31
  to
• 19:31
  share
• 19:31
  with
• 19:31
  this
• 19:32
  with.
• 19:32
  With
• 19:32
  the
• 19:32
  audience
• 19:33
  because
• 19:33
  it's
• 19:34
  important.
• 19:35
  During
• 19:35
  the
• 19:35
  perfect
• 19:36
  game,
• 19:36
  after
• 19:36
  the
• 19:36
  last
• 19:37
  out,
• 19:38
  I
• 19:38
  raised
• 19:39
  my
• 19:39
  arm
• 19:39
  out
• 19:39
  After
• 19:40
  Marquis
• 19:40
  Grison
• 19:40
  got
• 19:41
  the
• 19:41
  last
• 19:41
  out,
• 19:42
  everybody
• 19:42
  gotten
• 19:43
  close
• 19:43
  to
• 19:43
  me.
• 19:43
  They
• 19:43
  want
• 19:44
  to
• 19:44
  raise
• 19:44
  me
• 19:45
  and
• 19:45
  everything
• 19:45
  else.
• 19:46
  And
• 19:46
  as
• 19:46
  you
• 19:46
  see,
• 19:46
  I
• 19:47
  don't
• 19:47
  know
• 19:47
  if
• 19:47
  you
• 19:47
  see
• 19:47
  in
• 19:47
  the
• 19:47
  video
• 19:48
  or
• 19:48
  in
• 19:48
  the
• 19:48
  picture,
• 19:49
  but
• 19:49
  everybody
• 19:49
  was
• 19:50
  happy.
• 19:51
  And
• 19:51
  I
• 19:51
  was
• 19:51
  the
• 19:52
  only
• 19:52
  one
• 19:52
  crying.
• 19:53
  But
• 19:53
  I
• 19:53
  was
• 19:54
  crying
• 19:54
  with
• 19:55
  gratitude
• 19:56
  because
• 19:56
  everything
• 19:56
  in
• 19:57
  my
• 19:57
  mind
• 19:57
  was
• 19:58
  just
• 19:58
  thanks
• 19:59
  to
• 19:59
  God
• 20:00
  for
• 20:00
  the
• 20:00
  opportunity
• 20:01
  that
• 20:01
  he
• 20:02
  gave
• 20:02
  me
• 20:03
  to
• 20:03
  have
• 20:03
  that
• 20:04
  kind
• 20:04
  of
• 20:04
  game.
• 20:06
  But
• 20:06
  not
• 20:06
  only
• 20:07
  for
• 20:07
  me,
• 20:07
  I
• 20:08
  was
• 20:08
  thinking
• 20:08
  about
• 20:08
  my
• 20:08
  country
• 20:09
  also,
• 20:10
  because
• 20:10
  at
• 20:10
  that
• 20:10
  time
• 20:11
  we
• 20:11
  had
• 20:11
  another
• 20:12
  period
• 20:12
  of
• 20:12
  time
• 20:12
  when
• 20:14
  we
• 20:14
  had
• 20:15
  the
• 20:15
  same
• 20:15
  situation
• 20:15
  again.
• 20:16
  And
• 20:17
  that
• 20:17
  was
• 20:17
  one
• 20:18
  of
• 20:18
  the
• 20:18
  happiest
• 20:19
  days
• 20:19
  that
• 20:19
  they
• 20:19
  told
• 20:19
  me
• 20:20
  that
• 20:20
  they
• 20:20
  had
• 20:21
  because
• 20:21
  they
• 20:21
  were
• 20:21
  during
• 20:22
  the
• 20:22
  war
• 20:22
  again
• 20:22
  too,
• 20:23
  in
• 20:23
  Nicaragua
• 20:24
  or
• 20:24
  the
• 20:24
  government.
• 20:24
  So
• 20:25
  all
• 20:25
  those
• 20:25
  things
• 20:26
  I
• 20:27
  cannot
• 20:27
  put
• 20:27
  in
• 20:28
  myself.
• 20:28
  But.
• 20:28
  And
• 20:28
  then
• 20:29
  during
• 20:30
  the
• 20:30
  interviews,
• 20:32
  they
• 20:32
  asked
• 20:32
  him,
• 20:32
  I
• 20:33
  mean,
• 20:33
  how
• 20:33
  do
• 20:33
  I
• 20:33
  feel
• 20:33
  about
• 20:33
  the
• 20:34
  game?
• 20:35
  How
• 20:35
  do
• 20:35
  you
• 20:35
  think
• 20:36
  it
• 20:36
  was
• 20:36
  working?
• 20:36
  And
• 20:37
  all
• 20:37
  I.
• 20:37
  My
• 20:37
  answer
• 20:38
  was,
• 20:38
  Bill,
• 20:39
  believe
• 20:39
  it
• 20:39
  or
• 20:39
  not,
• 20:40
  it
• 20:40
  was.
• 20:40
  It's
• 20:41
  never
• 20:41
  too
• 20:41
  late
• 20:42
  to
• 20:43
  change,
• 20:44
  is
• 20:44
  never
• 20:44
  too
• 20:45
  late
• 20:45
  to
• 20:45
  accept.
• 20:47
  Wow.
• 20:48
  And
• 20:48
  everybody
• 20:48
  looking
• 20:48
  at
• 20:48
  to
• 20:49
  me
• 20:49
  like,
• 20:50
  what's
• 20:51
  wrong
• 20:51
  with
• 20:51
  Dennis?
• 20:52
  Why,
• 20:53
  why
• 20:53
  are
• 20:53
  you
• 20:53
  saying
• 20:55
  we
• 20:55
  want
• 20:56
  know
• 20:56
  about
• 20:56
  baseball?
• 20:57
  But
• 20:58
  for
• 20:58
  some
• 20:58
  reason
• 20:59
  that's
• 20:59
  all
• 21:00
  come
• 21:00
  up
• 21:00
  from
• 21:00
  my
• 21:00
  mouth.
• 21:01
  So
• 21:01
  five,
• 21:02
  five,
• 21:02
  four,
• 21:03
  five
• 21:03
  years
• 21:03
  later,
• 21:04
  there
• 21:04
  were
• 21:04
  people
• 21:05
  send
• 21:05
  me
• 21:05
  letters,
• 21:06
  thanks
• 21:07
  me
• 21:07
  for
• 21:08
  thanks,
• 21:08
  Dennis,
• 21:09
  for
• 21:09
  your
• 21:09
  word
• 21:10
  and
• 21:10
  for
• 21:10
  your
• 21:10
  inspiration
• 21:11
  of
• 21:11
  those
• 21:11
  day
• 21:12
  that
• 21:12
  where
• 21:13
  you
• 21:13
  said
• 21:13
  that
• 21:13
  was
• 21:13
  never
• 21:14
  too
• 21:14
  late
• 21:14
  to
• 21:14
  change
• 21:15
  it
• 21:15
  were
• 21:15
  never
• 21:15
  too
• 21:16
  late,
• 21:16
  don't
• 21:16
  give
• 21:16
  up.
• 21:17
  So.
• 21:17
  And
• 21:17
  since
• 21:18
  then
• 21:18
  I
• 21:18
  haven't
• 21:19
  had
• 21:19
  a
• 21:19
  drink.
• 21:20
  Wow.
• 21:21
  So
• 21:21
  those
• 21:21
  little
• 21:22
  things,
• 21:23
  that's
• 21:23
  what
• 21:23
  I
• 21:23
  really
• 21:23
  got
• 21:24
  from
• 21:24
  that
• 21:24
  game.
• 21:24
  And
• 21:25
  from
• 21:25
  those
• 21:25
  words,
• 21:25
  they
• 21:26
  come
• 21:26
  out
• 21:26
  my
• 21:26
  mouth
• 21:26
  just
• 21:27
  like
• 21:27
  you're
• 21:27
  saying,
• 21:27
  yes,
• 21:28
  I
• 21:28
  really,
• 21:28
  I
• 21:28
  really
• 21:29
  believe
• 21:29
  in
• 21:29
  that.
• 21:30
  That
• 21:30
  was
• 21:30
  July
• 21:31
  28,
• 21:32
  1991,
• 21:33
  folks.
• 21:33
  The
• 21:33
  13th
• 21:34
  perfect
• 21:35
  game
• 21:35
  in
• 21:35
  major
• 21:36
  league
• 21:36
  history.
• 21:37
  Dennis
• 21:38
  threw
• 21:38
  it
• 21:38
  against
• 21:39
  the
• 21:39
  Los
• 21:39
  Angeles
• 21:40
  Dodgers
• 21:41
  again,
• 21:42
  the
• 21:43
  first
• 21:43
  Latin
• 21:43
  American
• 21:44
  born
• 21:44
  pitcher
• 21:44
  to
• 21:45
  pitch
• 21:45
  a
• 21:45
  perfect
• 21:46
  game.
• 21:47
  Struck
• 21:47
  out
• 21:47
  five
• 21:48
  batters
• 21:48
  through
• 21:49
  96
• 21:50
  pitches,
• 21:51
  66
• 21:52
  of
• 21:52
  them
• 21:52
  for
• 21:52
  strikes.
• 21:53
  What
• 21:54
  a
• 21:54
  game.
• 21:54
  What
• 21:55
  a
• 21:55
  game
• 21:55
  that
• 21:55
  was
• 21:56
  for
• 21:56
  Dennis
• 21:56
  Martinez,
• 21:57
  who's
• 21:57
  with
• 21:57
  us
• 21:58
  tonight
• 21:58
  on
• 21:58
  Sports
• 21:59
  Talk
• 21:59
  New
• 21:59
  York.
• 22:00
  Not
• 22:01
  too
• 22:01
  many
• 22:01
  guys
• 22:02
  can
• 22:02
  say
• 22:03
  they
• 22:03
  pitched
• 22:03
  a
• 22:03
  perfect
• 22:04
  game.
• 22:04
  And
• 22:05
  obviously
• 22:06
  Dennis
• 22:06
  is
• 22:06
  thankful
• 22:07
  for
• 22:07
  that
• 22:07
  opportunity
• 22:08
  and
• 22:09
  the
• 22:09
  opportunity
• 22:09
  he
• 22:10
  had
• 22:10
  to
• 22:10
  change
• 22:10
  his
• 22:11
  life
• 22:11
  and
• 22:12
  to
• 22:12
  stay
• 22:13
  on
• 22:13
  the
• 22:13
  straight
• 22:13
  and
• 22:14
  narrow.
• 22:14
  Now
• 22:15
  I
• 22:15
  just
• 22:16
  want
• 22:16
  to
• 22:16
  say
• 22:16
  too,
• 22:16
  Dennis,
• 22:18
  you
• 22:18
  were
• 22:18
  the
• 22:19
  seventh
• 22:19
  pitcher
• 22:20
  with
• 22:20
  at
• 22:20
  least
• 22:20
  100
• 22:21
  wins
• 22:21
  in
• 22:22
  both
• 22:23
  national
• 22:23
  and
• 22:23
  American
• 22:24
  leagues
• 22:24
  and
• 22:25
  other
• 22:25
  names
• 22:26
  that
• 22:26
  have
• 22:26
  done
• 22:26
  that.
• 22:27
  Some
• 22:27
  pretty
• 22:27
  great
• 22:28
  guys,
• 22:28
  Jim
• 22:29
  Bunning,
• 22:29
  Fergie
• 22:30
  Jenkins,
• 22:30
  a
• 22:31
  guy
• 22:31
  by
• 22:31
  the
• 22:31
  name
• 22:31
  of
• 22:32
  Al
• 22:32
  Orth
• 22:33
  who
• 22:33
  pitched
• 22:33
  in
• 22:34
  the
• 22:34
  19
• 22:35
  teens,
• 22:36
  pitched
• 22:37
  for
• 22:37
  the
• 22:37
  New
• 22:37
  York
• 22:37
  Highlanders,
• 22:38
  who
• 22:38
  Later
• 22:38
  became
• 22:39
  the
• 22:39
  Yankees.
• 22:40
  Gaylord
• 22:40
  Perry,
• 22:41
  Nolan
• 22:41
  Ryan,
• 22:42
  and
• 22:42
  of
• 22:42
  course
• 22:42
  Cy
• 22:43
  Young.
• 22:44
  Other
• 22:44
  guys
• 22:45
  have
• 22:45
  joined
• 22:45
  that
• 22:45
  list
• 22:46
  since.
• 22:46
  But
• 22:47
  100
• 22:47
  wins
• 22:47
  in
• 22:48
  both
• 22:48
  leagues
• 22:49
  that
• 22:50
  you're
• 22:50
  staying
• 22:50
  healthy
• 22:51
  and
• 22:52
  you're
• 22:52
  pitching
• 22:53
  well.
• 22:55
  Well,
• 22:56
  here
• 22:57
  we
• 22:57
  go
• 22:57
  again.
• 22:58
  Everything
• 22:58
  can.
• 22:59
  Bill,
• 22:59
  I
• 23:00
  know
• 23:00
  that
• 23:00
  people
• 23:00
  might
• 23:01
  be
• 23:01
  not
• 23:01
  like
• 23:01
  to
• 23:02
  hear
• 23:02
  this,
• 23:02
  but
• 23:03
  I
• 23:03
  believe.
• 23:04
  What
• 23:04
  I
• 23:04
  believe
• 23:04
  is
• 23:05
  God
• 23:05
  has
• 23:05
  been
• 23:05
  grateful
• 23:06
  to
• 23:06
  me.
• 23:07
  He
• 23:07
  has
• 23:07
  been
• 23:08
  the
• 23:08
  one
• 23:08
  that.
• 23:08
  Because
• 23:09
  my
• 23:09
  faith
• 23:10
  and
• 23:10
  I
• 23:10
  want
• 23:10
  to
• 23:10
  go
• 23:11
  back
• 23:11
  to
• 23:11
  1972
• 23:12
  before
• 23:12
  I
• 23:12
  signed
• 23:13
  baseball,
• 23:13
  professional
• 23:13
  baseball.
• 23:14
  We
• 23:14
  went
• 23:15
  to
• 23:16
  Europe,
• 23:18
  we
• 23:18
  went
• 23:18
  to
• 23:18
  Rome,
• 23:18
  Italy,
• 23:19
  play.
• 23:21
  It
• 23:22
  was
• 23:22
  the
• 23:24
  cup
• 23:25
  there
• 23:25
  that
• 23:25
  we
• 23:25
  play
• 23:26
  in
• 23:26
  Holland.
• 23:27
  And
• 23:28
  when
• 23:29
  we
• 23:29
  went
• 23:29
  there,
• 23:30
  we
• 23:30
  passed
• 23:30
  through
• 23:31
  Rome
• 23:31
  and
• 23:31
  then
• 23:31
  we
• 23:31
  had
• 23:31
  a
• 23:32
  visit
• 23:32
  to
• 23:32
  the
• 23:32
  Pope,
• 23:33
  Pope
• 23:34
  6.
• 23:35
  And
• 23:36
  then,
• 23:37
  so
• 23:37
  at
• 23:38
  the
• 23:38
  end,
• 23:38
  when
• 23:38
  we
• 23:39
  were
• 23:39
  just
• 23:39
  leaving,
• 23:40
  I
• 23:40
  asked
• 23:40
  my.
• 23:41
  The
• 23:41
  Pope,
• 23:42
  can
• 23:42
  you
• 23:42
  bless
• 23:42
  my
• 23:43
  arm?
• 23:44
  And
• 23:44
  he
• 23:45
  looked
• 23:45
  up
• 23:45
  to
• 23:45
  me
• 23:46
  like,
• 23:46
  I
• 23:47
  mean,
• 23:47
  you
• 23:48
  know,
• 23:48
  out
• 23:48
  of
• 23:48
  nowhere,
• 23:49
  me
• 23:50
  as
• 23:50
  a
• 23:51
  kid
• 23:52
  asking
• 23:52
  him
• 23:53
  to
• 23:53
  bless
• 23:53
  my
• 23:54
  arm.
• 23:54
  And
• 23:55
  he
• 23:55
  did.
• 23:56
  So
• 23:56
  all
• 23:57
  that,
• 23:57
  that
• 23:57
  I
• 23:57
  said
• 23:58
  that
• 23:58
  because
• 23:59
  I
• 23:59
  was
• 23:59
  healthy,
• 24:00
  I
• 24:00
  didn't
• 24:00
  get
• 24:00
  hurt
• 24:01
  that
• 24:01
  much.
• 24:02
  I
• 24:02
  was
• 24:02
  accountable.
• 24:03
  I
• 24:03
  preached
• 24:03
  a
• 24:03
  lot
• 24:05
  that
• 24:05
  that's
• 24:05
  where
• 24:06
  it
• 24:06
  came
• 24:06
  from.
• 24:06
  And
• 24:06
  that's
• 24:07
  what
• 24:07
  I
• 24:07
  believe,
• 24:07
  that
• 24:08
  I'm
• 24:09
  so
• 24:09
  grateful
• 24:10
  because
• 24:11
  that's
• 24:11
  what
• 24:11
  it
• 24:12
  really
• 24:12
  happened
• 24:13
  in
• 24:13
  my
• 24:13
  career.
• 24:14
  And
• 24:14
  so
• 24:15
  it
• 24:15
  is.
• 24:15
  It
• 24:16
  hasn't
• 24:16
  been.
• 24:16
  It
• 24:16
  isn't.
• 24:16
  Not
• 24:17
  just
• 24:17
  me,
• 24:18
  but,
• 24:18
  you
• 24:18
  know,
• 24:18
  also
• 24:19
  my
• 24:19
  wife,
• 24:20
  that
• 24:21
  he
• 24:21
  passed
• 24:21
  away
• 24:21
  three
• 24:22
  months
• 24:22
  ago.
• 24:22
  Oh,
• 24:23
  my
• 24:23
  God.
• 24:24
  She
• 24:24
  was
• 24:24
  the
• 24:24
  cornerstone
• 24:25
  in
• 24:25
  my
• 24:25
  life.
• 24:26
  She
• 24:26
  was
• 24:26
  the
• 24:27
  one
• 24:27
  that,
• 24:27
  you
• 24:28
  know,
• 24:28
  she.
• 24:28
  She
• 24:29
  did
• 24:31
  to
• 24:31
  be
• 24:31
  this
• 24:32
  family.
• 24:33
  We
• 24:33
  have
• 24:33
  a
• 24:33
  4K
• 24:34
  and
• 24:34
  I
• 24:34
  grant
• 24:35
  and
• 24:35
  nine
• 24:35
  grandkids.
• 24:36
  She
• 24:37
  was
• 24:37
  the
• 24:37
  one
• 24:38
  that
• 24:39
  it
• 24:39
  made
• 24:39
  this
• 24:40
  family,
• 24:40
  you
• 24:41
  know,
• 24:41
  what
• 24:41
  we
• 24:41
  are.
• 24:41
  And,
• 24:42
  and
• 24:42
  also
• 24:43
  it
• 24:43
  was
• 24:43
  part
• 24:44
  of
• 24:44
  my
• 24:44
  success
• 24:44
  because
• 24:45
  in
• 24:45
  order
• 24:46
  for
• 24:46
  a
• 24:46
  man
• 24:47
  to
• 24:47
  do
• 24:48
  good,
• 24:48
  you
• 24:48
  have
• 24:48
  to
• 24:48
  have
• 24:49
  a
• 24:49
  great
• 24:49
  woman.
• 24:50
  And
• 24:50
  I
• 24:50
  did.
• 24:50
  I
• 24:50
  was.
• 24:51
  I
• 24:51
  was
• 24:51
  blessed
• 24:51
  with
• 24:51
  that.
• 24:52
  I've
• 24:52
  been
• 24:52
  a
• 24:52
  blessed
• 24:53
  man,
• 24:53
  Bill.
• 24:54
  I
• 24:54
  don't
• 24:54
  know
• 24:54
  that.
• 24:55
  I
• 24:55
  don't
• 24:55
  know
• 24:55
  what
• 24:56
  to
• 24:56
  do,
• 24:56
  but
• 24:57
  I'm
• 24:57
  just
• 24:57
  doing
• 24:57
  whatever
• 24:57
  I
• 24:58
  can
• 24:58
  to
• 25:00
  deliver
• 25:00
  the
• 25:00
  message
• 25:01
  in
• 25:01
  every
• 25:01
  way
• 25:01
  that
• 25:01
  I
• 25:02
  can.
• 25:02
  And
• 25:03
  as
• 25:03
  a
• 25:03
  matter
• 25:03
  of
• 25:03
  fact,
• 25:04
  there's
• 25:04
  a
• 25:04
  book
• 25:04
  might
• 25:05
  coming
• 25:05
  up
• 25:06
  in
• 25:06
  the
• 25:06
  next
• 25:06
  couple
• 25:07
  months
• 25:07
  about
• 25:07
  this
• 25:08
  marketing.
• 25:10
  You
• 25:10
  are
• 25:10
  the
• 25:10
  first
• 25:10
  one
• 25:10
  to
• 25:11
  know
• 25:11
  this
• 25:12
  because
• 25:12
  there
• 25:13
  were
• 25:13
  some
• 25:13
  people,
• 25:14
  they've
• 25:14
  been
• 25:14
  all
• 25:15
  after
• 25:15
  me
• 25:16
  saying,
• 25:16
  hey,
• 25:16
  you
• 25:17
  need
• 25:17
  to
• 25:17
  do
• 25:17
  something.
• 25:18
  And
• 25:18
  we
• 25:18
  might
• 25:18
  have.
• 25:19
  We
• 25:19
  might
• 25:19
  do
• 25:20
  it
• 25:20
  in
• 25:20
  English,
• 25:20
  Spanish
• 25:21
  and
• 25:21
  French
• 25:22
  because
• 25:22
  that's
• 25:23
  pretty
• 25:23
  much
• 25:23
  the
• 25:24
  three
• 25:25
  languages
• 25:25
  that
• 25:25
  you
• 25:26
  need
• 25:26
  to
• 25:26
  hear
• 25:26
  about.
• 25:26
  Dennis
• 25:27
  Martinez.
• 25:28
  Life,
• 25:29
  career
• 25:31
  and
• 25:31
  all
• 25:31
  that.
• 25:32
  I
• 25:32
  hope
• 25:32
  when
• 25:32
  it
• 25:33
  come
• 25:33
  out,
• 25:33
  I
• 25:33
  hope
• 25:33
  you
• 25:33
  enjoy
• 25:34
  it
• 25:34
  might
• 25:34
  be
• 25:34
  the
• 25:34
  first
• 25:35
  one
• 25:35
  that
• 25:35
  you
• 25:35
  might
• 25:35
  review
• 25:36
  one
• 25:36
  of
• 25:36
  them.
• 25:36
  Okay,
• 25:37
  wonderful.
• 25:37
  Dennis.
• 25:38
  Yeah.
• 25:38
  We
• 25:39
  would
• 25:39
  like
• 25:39
  to
• 25:39
  have
• 25:39
  you
• 25:40
  back
• 25:40
  to
• 25:40
  talk
• 25:40
  about
• 25:41
  the
• 25:41
  book.
• 25:42
  We
• 25:42
  can
• 25:42
  promote
• 25:43
  it,
• 25:43
  talk
• 25:43
  about
• 25:43
  it
• 25:44
  and
• 25:44
  just
• 25:45
  have
• 25:45
  another
• 25:45
  great
• 25:45
  conversation.
• 25:46
  How
• 25:46
  would
• 25:47
  you
• 25:47
  like
• 25:47
  that?
• 25:49
  That's
• 25:49
  perfect.
• 25:49
  Great.
• 25:50
  Wonderful.
• 25:51
  So
• 25:51
  we'll
• 25:52
  plan
• 25:52
  on
• 25:52
  that.
• 25:53
  Quickly.
• 25:54
  Before
• 25:54
  we
• 25:54
  go,
• 25:55
  Dennis,
• 25:55
  I
• 25:55
  just
• 25:55
  want
• 25:56
  to
• 25:56
  ask
• 25:56
  you,
• 25:57
  which
• 25:57
  organization,
• 25:58
  of
• 25:58
  the
• 25:58
  ones
• 25:59
  that
• 25:59
  you
• 25:59
  played
• 25:59
  in,
• 26:00
  which
• 26:00
  one
• 26:00
  do
• 26:00
  you
• 26:00
  look
• 26:01
  back
• 26:01
  upon
• 26:02
  most
• 26:02
  fondly?
• 26:05
  Well,
• 26:05
  I
• 26:05
  had
• 26:06
  fun
• 26:06
  in
• 26:06
  all
• 26:06
  of
• 26:06
  them.
• 26:07
  I
• 26:07
  hate
• 26:07
  to
• 26:08
  say
• 26:08
  that,
• 26:08
  you
• 26:08
  know,
• 26:10
  there
• 26:10
  was
• 26:10
  not
• 26:11
  one
• 26:11
  specific.
• 26:11
  What
• 26:12
  I
• 26:12
  did
• 26:12
  not
• 26:12
  because,
• 26:14
  you
• 26:14
  know,
• 26:15
  I
• 26:15
  started
• 26:15
  with
• 26:16
  the
• 26:16
  Orioles.
• 26:16
  I
• 26:16
  mean,
• 26:17
  that
• 26:17
  was
• 26:17
  my
• 26:17
  first
• 26:17
  organization
• 26:18
  that
• 26:19
  I
• 26:19
  went
• 26:19
  through.
• 26:19
  They
• 26:19
  treat
• 26:20
  me
• 26:20
  real
• 26:20
  well.
• 26:20
  The
• 26:21
  people
• 26:21
  that
• 26:21
  were
• 26:21
  great
• 26:22
  people.
• 26:23
  I
• 26:23
  mean,
• 26:23
  the
• 26:23
  players
• 26:23
  were
• 26:24
  great.
• 26:25
  So.
• 26:25
  But
• 26:26
  what
• 26:26
  I
• 26:27
  did
• 26:27
  have
• 26:27
  more.
• 26:27
  More
• 26:28
  fun.
• 26:28
  Even
• 26:28
  though
• 26:29
  I
• 26:29
  had
• 26:29
  in
• 26:29
  my
• 26:30
  great
• 26:30
  years,
• 26:30
  I
• 26:31
  can
• 26:31
  say
• 26:32
  in
• 26:32
  Montreal,
• 26:33
  in
• 26:33
  Cleveland,
• 26:34
  in
• 26:34
  Cleveland,
• 26:35
  the
• 26:35
  three
• 26:35
  years
• 26:35
  that
• 26:36
  I
• 26:36
  played
• 26:36
  in
• 26:36
  Cleveland,
• 26:37
  it
• 26:37
  was
• 26:38
  unbelievable
• 26:39
  because
• 26:40
  most,
• 26:40
  most
• 26:41
  of
• 26:41
  the
• 26:41
  players
• 26:41
  there.
• 26:42
  There
• 26:42
  was
• 26:42
  like
• 26:42
  about,
• 26:43
  you
• 26:43
  know,
• 26:43
  they
• 26:43
  were
• 26:43
  Latin,
• 26:45
  if
• 26:45
  you
• 26:45
  know,
• 26:45
  Manuel
• 26:46
  Ramirez,
• 26:47
  Carlo
• 26:47
  Baega,
• 26:48
  Omar
• 26:48
  bk,
• 26:49
  Sandia
• 26:50
  Loma,
• 26:54
  you
• 26:54
  know,
• 26:54
  even.
• 26:55
  Even
• 26:55
  though,
• 26:55
  I
• 26:56
  mean,
• 26:56
  all
• 26:57
  the
• 26:57
  other
• 26:57
  guys
• 26:57
  that
• 26:58
  were.
• 26:58
  Tony
• 26:58
  Pena,
• 26:59
  there
• 26:59
  were
• 26:59
  a
• 26:59
  lot
• 26:59
  of
• 26:59
  guys
• 27:00
  and
• 27:00
  we,
• 27:00
  we
• 27:01
  had
• 27:01
  a
• 27:01
  fun.
• 27:01
  We
• 27:02
  were
• 27:02
  just
• 27:02
  playing
• 27:02
  with
• 27:02
  fun
• 27:03
  and
• 27:03
  I
• 27:04
  think
• 27:04
  so
• 27:04
  that
• 27:05
  was.
• 27:05
  Plus
• 27:05
  the
• 27:06
  fans
• 27:06
  that
• 27:06
  we
• 27:07
  had
• 27:07
  behind
• 27:07
  us
• 27:08
  in
• 27:08
  those
• 27:08
  three
• 27:08
  years,
• 27:08
  we
• 27:08
  had
• 27:09
  sold
• 27:09
  out
• 27:09
  every
• 27:09
  single
• 27:10
  game
• 27:10
  those
• 27:11
  three
• 27:11
  years.
• 27:12
  That
• 27:12
  was
• 27:12
  amazing.
• 27:13
  Those
• 27:13
  were
• 27:13
  some
• 27:13
  great
• 27:14
  ball
• 27:14
  clubs.
• 27:15
  Yeah,
• 27:15
  some
• 27:15
  great
• 27:15
  ball
• 27:16
  clubs,
• 27:16
  Dennis.
• 27:17
  Those
• 27:17
  Cleveland
• 27:17
  Indian
• 27:18
  teams.
• 27:19
  I've
• 27:19
  had
• 27:19
  Omar
• 27:21
  on
• 27:21
  the
• 27:22
  show
• 27:22
  twice,
• 27:22
  and
• 27:23
  he's
• 27:23
  got
• 27:23
  a
• 27:23
  story
• 27:23
  to
• 27:24
  tell,
• 27:24
  too,
• 27:24
  about
• 27:25
  how
• 27:26
  he
• 27:26
  turned
• 27:26
  himself
• 27:26
  around.
• 27:29
  Just
• 27:29
  a
• 27:29
  great
• 27:29
  man.
• 27:30
  And
• 27:30
  I
• 27:30
  can
• 27:30
  see
• 27:30
  why
• 27:31
  you
• 27:31
  chose
• 27:31
  that
• 27:31
  organization
• 27:33
  as
• 27:33
  your
• 27:33
  favorite.
• 27:34
  Well,
• 27:34
  Dennis,
• 27:35
  like
• 27:35
  I
• 27:35
  said,
• 27:36
  come
• 27:36
  back
• 27:37
  and
• 27:37
  see
• 27:37
  us
• 27:37
  when
• 27:38
  the
• 27:38
  book
• 27:38
  comes
• 27:38
  out.
• 27:38
  I'll
• 27:39
  keep
• 27:39
  in
• 27:39
  touch
• 27:39
  with
• 27:40
  you
• 27:40
  and
• 27:41
  we'll
• 27:42
  get
• 27:42
  you
• 27:42
  on
• 27:42
  to
• 27:43
  talk
• 27:43
  about
• 27:43
  and
• 27:43
  promote
• 27:44
  the
• 27:44
  book
• 27:45
  and
• 27:46
  tell
• 27:46
  the
• 27:46
  people
• 27:46
  where
• 27:47
  they
• 27:47
  could
• 27:47
  get
• 27:47
  it.
• 27:47
  And
• 27:48
  if
• 27:48
  you're
• 27:48
  going
• 27:48
  to
• 27:49
  do
• 27:49
  any
• 27:49
  personal
• 27:49
  appearances,
• 27:50
  we'll
• 27:51
  let
• 27:51
  everyone
• 27:52
  know.
• 27:53
  I
• 27:54
  will
• 27:54
  definitely
• 27:54
  do
• 27:54
  that
• 27:55
  and
• 27:55
  I
• 27:55
  really
• 27:56
  appreciate
• 27:56
  for
• 27:57
  having
• 27:57
  me.
• 27:57
  And
• 27:58
  I
• 27:58
  want
• 27:59
  to
• 27:59
  tell
• 27:59
  your
• 28:00
  fans
• 28:00
  that.
• 28:01
  Keep
• 28:01
  listening
• 28:02
  to
• 28:02
  Bill.
• 28:02
  He
• 28:03
  is
• 28:03
  the
• 28:03
  man.
• 28:04
  Thank
• 28:04
  you,
• 28:04
  Bill.
• 28:05
  Well,
• 28:05
  let's.
• 28:07
  And
• 28:07
  you
• 28:07
  recover
• 28:08
  real
• 28:08
  well,
• 28:08
  please.
• 28:09
  Okay.
• 28:09
  Thank
• 28:10
  you,
• 28:10
  Dennis.
• 28:10
  Yeah,
• 28:10
  I
• 28:11
  tell
• 28:11
  you,
• 28:11
  it's
• 28:11
  been
• 28:11
  a
• 28:12
  pleasure
• 28:12
  having
• 28:12
  you.
• 28:12
  I
• 28:13
  thank
• 28:13
  you
• 28:13
  for
• 28:13
  taking
• 28:13
  time
• 28:14
  out
• 28:14
  of
• 28:14
  your
• 28:14
  Sunday
• 28:15
  night
• 28:15
  to
• 28:15
  spend
• 28:15
  it
• 28:15
  with
• 28:16
  us
• 28:16
  here
• 28:16
  on
• 28:16
  Sports
• 28:17
  Talk
• 28:17
  New
• 28:17
  York.
• 28:18
  All
• 28:18
  the
• 28:18
  best
• 28:19
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• 28:19
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• 28:20
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• 28:24
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• 28:24
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• 28:26
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• 28:27
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• 28:28
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• 28:29
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• 28:36
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• 29:48
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• 29:49
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• 29:50
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• 29:50
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• 29:50
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• 29:52
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• 30:00
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• 30:00
  The
• 30:01
  New
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• 30:01
  Knicks
• 30:02
  about
• 30:02
  to
• 30:03
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• 30:03
  upon
• 30:04
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  in
• 30:07
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• 30:07
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• 30:08
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• 30:08
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• 30:08
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• 30:08
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• 30:08
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• 30:08
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• 30:09
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• 30:09
  I'm
• 30:09
  not
• 30:09
  sure
• 30:10
  that's
• 30:10
  Wednesday
• 30:10
  night.
• 30:12
  The
• 30:12
  Mets,
• 30:12
  of
• 30:13
  course,
• 30:13
  winning
• 30:13
  four
• 30:13
  in
• 30:14
  a
• 30:14
  row
• 30:14
  is
• 30:14
  a
• 30:14
  big
• 30:15
  story.
• 30:15
  The
• 30:16
  Yankees,
• 30:16
  as
• 30:16
  usual,
• 30:17
  just
• 30:17
  keep
• 30:17
  rolling
• 30:18
  along
• 30:19
  like
• 30:19
  a
• 30:19
  steamroller.
• 30:21
  The
• 30:21
  fans,
• 30:21
  of
• 30:22
  course,
• 30:22
  want
• 30:22
  Aaron
• 30:23
  Boone
• 30:23
  out,
• 30:23
  which
• 30:23
  is
• 30:24
  normal
• 30:24
  for
• 30:25
  Yankee
• 30:25
  fans.
• 30:26
  And
• 30:27
  the
• 30:28
  Mets
• 30:28
  had
• 30:28
  their
• 30:28
  hall
• 30:29
  of
• 30:29
  Fame
• 30:29
  inductions.
• 30:32
  Really
• 30:32
  a
• 30:33
  great
• 30:33
  event,
• 30:33
  a
• 30:33
  great
• 30:34
  ceremony
• 30:35
  with
• 30:35
  Bobby
• 30:36
  Valentine
• 30:36
  and
• 30:36
  Lee
• 30:37
  Mazilli,
• 30:38
  some
• 30:38
  great
• 30:38
  speeches
• 30:39
  given
• 30:39
  by
• 30:39
  the
• 30:39
  guys.
• 30:40
  Bobby
• 30:40
  Valentine
• 30:41
  talking
• 30:41
  about
• 30:42
  what
• 30:42
  a
• 30:42
  lucky
• 30:43
  guy
• 30:43
  he's
• 30:43
  been
• 30:44
  through
• 30:44
  life,
• 30:45
  being
• 30:45
  a
• 30:46
  tremendous
• 30:47
  high
• 30:47
  school
• 30:47
  athlete
• 30:48
  in
• 30:48
  Stamford,
• 30:49
  Connecticut,
• 30:50
  up
• 30:50
  through
• 30:50
  the
• 30:51
  Dodgers
• 30:51
  system.
• 30:53
  Just
• 30:53
  some
• 30:53
  great
• 30:54
  names
• 30:54
  that
• 30:55
  he
• 30:55
  mentioned.
• 30:55
  His
• 30:56
  first
• 30:56
  manager
• 30:56
  was
• 30:57
  hall
• 30:57
  of
• 30:57
  Famer
• 30:57
  Walter
• 30:58
  Alston.
• 30:59
  He,
• 31:00
  of
• 31:00
  course,
• 31:00
  was
• 31:01
  met
• 31:01
  by
• 31:01
  Tommy
• 31:02
  Lasorda,
• 31:02
  who
• 31:02
  became
• 31:03
  a
• 31:03
  huge
• 31:03
  influence
• 31:04
  on
• 31:04
  Bobby
• 31:05
  Valentine.
• 31:06
  His
• 31:06
  roommate
• 31:07
  at
• 31:07
  USC
• 31:09
  won
• 31:09
  Bill
• 31:09
  Buckner.
• 31:10
  It's
• 31:10
  funny
• 31:11
  how
• 31:11
  people
• 31:12
  intertwine
• 31:13
  like
• 31:13
  that
• 31:14
  and
• 31:14
  their
• 31:14
  careers
• 31:15
  overlap
• 31:16
  and
• 31:17
  different
• 31:18
  guys
• 31:18
  who
• 31:19
  know
• 31:19
  other
• 31:20
  guys
• 31:20
  in
• 31:20
  baseball
• 31:21
  and
• 31:22
  just
• 31:23
  fascinating.
• 31:24
  And
• 31:24
  Lee
• 31:25
  Mazzilli,
• 31:25
  a
• 31:25
  local
• 31:26
  kid
• 31:26
  from
• 31:26
  Brooklyn,
• 31:27
  made
• 31:28
  good,
• 31:30
  went
• 31:30
  through
• 31:30
  the
• 31:30
  Mets
• 31:31
  system,
• 31:31
  became
• 31:32
  really
• 31:32
  the
• 31:33
  face
• 31:33
  of
• 31:33
  the
• 31:33
  franchise
• 31:34
  after
• 31:35
  Tom
• 31:35
  Seaver
• 31:36
  was
• 31:36
  traded.
• 31:38
  You'd
• 31:38
  see
• 31:38
  Lee
• 31:39
  on
• 31:39
  billboards,
• 31:40
  on
• 31:41
  subway
• 31:42
  advertisements
• 31:44
  and
• 31:45
  just
• 31:46
  tremendous
• 31:47
  career
• 31:48
  that
• 31:48
  he
• 31:48
  had
• 31:49
  with
• 31:49
  the
• 31:50
  Mets
• 31:50
  came
• 31:50
  back
• 31:50
  the
• 31:51
  second
• 31:51
  time
• 31:52
  to
• 31:53
  help
• 31:53
  him
• 31:53
  after
• 31:53
  being
• 31:54
  traded.
• 31:54
  He
• 31:54
  was
• 31:54
  traded,
• 31:55
  incidentally
• 31:55
  to
• 31:56
  the
• 31:56
  Texas
• 31:56
  Rangers
• 31:57
  for
• 31:58
  one
• 31:58
  Ron
• 31:59
  Darling
• 31:59
  and
• 32:00
  Walt
• 32:00
  Terrell.
• 32:02
  Walter
• 32:02
  was
• 32:03
  then
• 32:03
  turned
• 32:03
  around
• 32:04
  and
• 32:04
  traded
• 32:04
  to
• 32:05
  the
• 32:05
  Detroit
• 32:05
  Tigers
• 32:06
  for
• 32:06
  Howard
• 32:07
  Johnson.
• 32:09
  So
• 32:09
  you
• 32:09
  can
• 32:09
  see
• 32:09
  how
• 32:10
  things
• 32:11
  developed
• 32:12
  there.
• 32:12
  Darling,
• 32:13
  of
• 32:13
  course,
• 32:13
  became
• 32:14
  one
• 32:15
  of
• 32:15
  the
• 32:15
  aces
• 32:15
  of
• 32:16
  the
• 32:16
  Met
• 32:16
  staff
• 32:17
  in
• 32:17
  the
• 32:17
  80s.
• 32:19
  And
• 32:19
  Bobby
• 32:19
  Valentine
• 32:21
  really
• 32:22
  developed
• 32:22
  these
• 32:23
  guys
• 32:24
  as
• 32:24
  a
• 32:24
  coach
• 32:25
  in
• 32:25
  the
• 32:25
  minor
• 32:25
  league
• 32:26
  system
• 32:26
  and
• 32:27
  as
• 32:27
  a
• 32:27
  coach
• 32:28
  for
• 32:28
  Davy
• 32:28
  Johnson
• 32:29
  as
• 32:29
  well
• 32:30
  on
• 32:31
  the
• 32:31
  staff.
• 32:32
  And
• 32:32
  he
• 32:33
  really
• 32:33
  helped
• 32:33
  these
• 32:34
  guys
• 32:34
  develop
• 32:35
  and
• 32:35
  turn
• 32:36
  into
• 32:36
  the
• 32:36
  players
• 32:37
  that
• 32:37
  they
• 32:37
  are
• 32:37
  that
• 32:37
  they
• 32:38
  were
• 32:38
  today.
• 32:38
  But
• 32:38
  just
• 32:39
  so
• 32:39
  many
• 32:40
  people
• 32:41
  along
• 32:41
  the
• 32:41
  road
• 32:41
  that
• 32:42
  Bobby
• 32:42
  Valentine
• 32:43
  had
• 32:44
  met
• 32:44
  in
• 32:44
  his
• 32:45
  career
• 32:45
  like
• 32:45
  Bill
• 32:46
  Buckner,
• 32:47
  like
• 32:47
  the
• 32:48
  tremendous
• 32:48
  Ogden
• 32:49
  Raptors
• 32:50
  and
• 32:50
  Albuquerque
• 32:51
  Dukes.
• 32:52
  That
• 32:55
  was
• 32:56
  the,
• 32:57
  sorry
• 32:58
  to
• 32:58
  be
• 32:58
  distracted
• 32:58
  folks
• 33:00
  in
• 33:00
  the
• 33:00
  Dodgers
• 33:01
  minor
• 33:01
  league
• 33:01
  system
• 33:02
  with
• 33:02
  guys
• 33:02
  like
• 33:02
  Bill
• 33:03
  Russell,
• 33:04
  Ron
• 33:04
  say
• 33:06
  Buckner,
• 33:07
  of
• 33:07
  course,
• 33:07
  as
• 33:08
  I
• 33:08
  mentioned,
• 33:09
  Tom
• 33:10
  Pachoric,
• 33:11
  just
• 33:12
  some
• 33:12
  tremendous
• 33:13
  names
• 33:13
  who
• 33:13
  went
• 33:13
  on
• 33:14
  to
• 33:14
  have
• 33:14
  stellar
• 33:14
  major
• 33:15
  league
• 33:15
  careers.
• 33:16
  Bobby
• 33:16
  Valentine
• 33:17
  was
• 33:18
  very
• 33:19
  highly
• 33:19
  touted
• 33:20
  as
• 33:20
  a
• 33:20
  rookie
• 33:21
  to
• 33:22
  go
• 33:22
  on
• 33:22
  and
• 33:22
  have
• 33:22
  a
• 33:22
  great
• 33:23
  major
• 33:23
  league
• 33:23
  career.
• 33:24
  He
• 33:24
  had
• 33:24
  a
• 33:24
  problem
• 33:24
  in
• 33:25
  Anaheim,
• 33:27
  climbing
• 33:27
  the
• 33:27
  fence
• 33:28
  to
• 33:28
  catch
• 33:28
  a
• 33:28
  baseball
• 33:29
  out
• 33:29
  in
• 33:29
  center
• 33:30
  field,
• 33:30
  got
• 33:31
  his
• 33:31
  spikes,
• 33:31
  caught
• 33:32
  in
• 33:32
  the
• 33:32
  fence,
• 33:32
  broke
• 33:33
  his
• 33:33
  leg
• 33:33
  and
• 33:33
  he
• 33:34
  was
• 33:34
  really
• 33:34
  never
• 33:34
  the
• 33:35
  same
• 33:35
  after
• 33:35
  that.
• 33:36
  And
• 33:36
  then
• 33:36
  he
• 33:36
  was
• 33:36
  involved
• 33:38
  in
• 33:38
  a
• 33:38
  trade
• 33:38
  to
• 33:39
  come
• 33:39
  to
• 33:39
  the
• 33:39
  New
• 33:39
  York
• 33:40
  Mets.
• 33:40
  It
• 33:40
  was
• 33:41
  the
• 33:41
  midnight
• 33:42
  massacre
• 33:43
  that
• 33:43
  time
• 33:43
  in
• 33:43
  July
• 33:44
  of,
• 33:45
  I
• 33:45
  believe
• 33:45
  it
• 33:45
  was
• 33:45
  77,
• 33:46
  when
• 33:46
  they
• 33:47
  traded
• 33:47
  Tom
• 33:47
  Seaver
• 33:48
  to
• 33:49
  the
• 33:49
  Cincinnati
• 33:50
  Reds
• 33:51
  and
• 33:51
  Dave
• 33:52
  Kingman
• 33:52
  went
• 33:53
  to
• 33:53
  the
• 33:53
  San
• 33:53
  Diego
• 33:54
  Padres
• 33:54
  and
• 33:55
  Bobby
• 33:55
  Valentine
• 33:56
  was
• 33:56
  involved
• 33:56
  in
• 33:56
  that
• 33:57
  deal
• 33:57
  to
• 33:58
  come
• 33:58
  to
• 33:58
  the
• 33:58
  New
• 33:58
  York
• 33:59
  Mets.
• 34:01
  So
• 34:01
  another
• 34:01
  story
• 34:02
  there,
• 34:02
  folks,
• 34:02
  for
• 34:03
  another
• 34:03
  day.
• 34:03
  We've
• 34:04
  had
• 34:04
  Bobby
• 34:04
  Valentine
• 34:05
  on
• 34:05
  the
• 34:05
  show
• 34:06
  twice
• 34:06
  and
• 34:06
  just
• 34:07
  tremendous
• 34:08
  guy
• 34:08
  with
• 34:09
  some
• 34:09
  wonderful
• 34:09
  baseball
• 34:11
  lore,
• 34:12
  so
• 34:12
  to
• 34:12
  speak,
• 34:13
  that
• 34:14
  he
• 34:14
  bestowed
• 34:15
  upon
• 34:15
  us
• 34:16
  just
• 34:16
  some
• 34:16
  great
• 34:16
  stories
• 34:18
  and
• 34:19
  as
• 34:19
  I
• 34:19
  said,
• 34:20
  wonderful
• 34:21
  ceremony
• 34:22
  with
• 34:23
  Lima
• 34:23
  Zilli
• 34:24
  and
• 34:26
  Bobby
• 34:26
  Valentine
• 34:27
  being
• 34:27
  inducted
• 34:28
  into
• 34:29
  the
• 34:29
  Mets
• 34:29
  hall
• 34:30
  of
• 34:30
  Fame.
• 34:31
  We'll
• 34:31
  move
• 34:31
  forward
• 34:32
  now
• 34:32
  with
• 34:32
  our
• 34:32
  next
• 34:32
  guest.
• 34:33
  He
• 34:33
  spent
• 34:34
  38
• 34:34
  years
• 34:34
  in
• 34:35
  the
• 34:35
  New
• 34:35
  York
• 34:35
  Yankees
• 34:36
  organization,
• 34:37
  including
• 34:38
  1990
• 34:39
  and
• 34:39
  1991
• 34:40
  as
• 34:41
  the
• 34:41
  manager
• 34:41
  of
• 34:41
  the
• 34:42
  Yankees.
• 34:43
  He
• 34:43
  also
• 34:43
  managed
• 34:44
  several
• 34:44
  of
• 34:44
  the
• 34:44
  Yankees
• 34:45
  minor
• 34:45
  league
• 34:45
  affiliate.
• 34:47
  He
• 34:47
  hails
• 34:47
  from
• 34:48
  the
• 34:48
  Pine
• 34:48
  Tree
• 34:49
  State,
• 34:49
  the
• 34:49
  great
• 34:50
  state
• 34:50
  of
• 34:50
  Maine.
• 34:50
  And
• 34:51
  we're
• 34:51
  happy
• 34:51
  to
• 34:51
  have
• 34:52
  him
• 34:52
  with
• 34:52
  us
• 34:52
  tonight
• 34:53
  on
• 34:53
  Sports
• 34:54
  Talk
• 34:54
  New
• 34:54
  York,
• 34:55
  the
• 34:55
  great
• 34:55
  Stump
• 34:55
  Merrill.
• 34:56
  Stump,
• 34:56
  good
• 34:57
  evening.
• 34:58
  Good
• 34:58
  evening.
• 34:58
  How
• 34:59
  are
• 34:59
  you?
• 34:59
  Oh,
• 34:59
  we're
• 35:00
  doing
• 35:00
  wonderful,
• 35:00
  sir.
• 35:01
  How's
• 35:01
  everything
• 35:01
  up
• 35:02
  in
• 35:02
  Maine?
• 35:03
  Well,
• 35:04
  the
• 35:04
  weather
• 35:04
  could
• 35:04
  be
• 35:05
  better,
• 35:05
  but
• 35:05
  other
• 35:05
  than
• 35:06
  that
• 35:06
  we're
• 35:06
  doing
• 35:06
  okay.
• 35:07
  Nice,
• 35:07
  nice.
• 35:08
  Good
• 35:08
  to
• 35:08
  hear,
• 35:08
  Stump.
• 35:09
  Now,
• 35:09
  growing
• 35:10
  up
• 35:10
  in
• 35:10
  Maine,
• 35:11
  I
• 35:12
  know
• 35:12
  you
• 35:12
  played
• 35:12
  for
• 35:12
  the
• 35:13
  Black
• 35:13
  Bears.
• 35:13
  Who
• 35:13
  were
• 35:14
  your
• 35:14
  teams
• 35:14
  and
• 35:14
  sports
• 35:15
  heroes
• 35:15
  when
• 35:15
  you
• 35:16
  were
• 35:16
  a
• 35:16
  kid?
• 35:18
  Well,
• 35:19
  you
• 35:19
  know,
• 35:19
  growing
• 35:19
  up,
• 35:22
  you
• 35:22
  know,
• 35:22
  when
• 35:22
  basically
• 35:23
  if
• 35:24
  you
• 35:24
  left
• 35:24
  the
• 35:24
  state
• 35:25
  of
• 35:25
  Maine,
• 35:25
  you
• 35:26
  thought
• 35:26
  you
• 35:26
  had
• 35:26
  traveled
• 35:27
  around
• 35:27
  the
• 35:27
  world.
• 35:29
  So
• 35:31
  the.
• 35:31
  Actually
• 35:32
  the,
• 35:32
  the.
• 35:33
  I
• 35:33
  was
• 35:33
  not
• 35:34
  a
• 35:34
  Red
• 35:34
  Sox
• 35:34
  fan.
• 35:35
  I
• 35:35
  was
• 35:35
  a
• 35:35
  Boston
• 35:36
  Brave
• 35:36
  fan.
• 35:36
  Ah,
• 35:37
  okay.
• 35:38
  Which
• 35:39
  is,
• 35:39
  you
• 35:39
  know,
• 35:39
  at
• 35:40
  the
• 35:40
  time
• 35:40
  they
• 35:40
  were
• 35:40
  in,
• 35:41
  they
• 35:41
  were
• 35:41
  in
• 35:41
  Boston.
• 35:42
  So
• 35:42
  I
• 35:42
  was,
• 35:43
  for
• 35:43
  whatever
• 35:44
  reason,
• 35:44
  I
• 35:44
  don't
• 35:44
  know,
• 35:45
  other
• 35:45
  than
• 35:45
  I
• 35:45
  guess
• 35:46
  everybody
• 35:46
  was
• 35:46
  a
• 35:46
  Red
• 35:47
  Sox
• 35:47
  fan.
• 35:47
  Although
• 35:48
  I
• 35:48
  had
• 35:48
  Respect
• 35:49
  for,
• 35:50
  you
• 35:50
  know,
• 35:50
  the
• 35:51
  Jensens
• 35:52
  and
• 35:52
  the
• 35:52
  Williams
• 35:53
  and
• 35:53
  so
• 35:53
  on
• 35:53
  and
• 35:53
  so
• 35:54
  forth
• 35:56
  along
• 35:56
  that
• 35:57
  time.
• 35:57
  But,
• 35:57
  you
• 35:57
  know,
• 35:58
  if
• 35:58
  we
• 35:58
  were
• 35:58
  lucky,
• 35:59
  we
• 35:59
  might
• 35:59
  get
• 35:59
  down
• 35:59
  to
• 36:00
  see
• 36:00
  a
• 36:00
  game
• 36:01
  at
• 36:01
  Fenway
• 36:01
  maybe
• 36:02
  one
• 36:02
  or
• 36:02
  two
• 36:02
  times
• 36:03
  a
• 36:03
  year,
• 36:03
  if
• 36:03
  we
• 36:03
  were
• 36:04
  lucky.
• 36:05
  So
• 36:06
  it
• 36:06
  was
• 36:06
  more
• 36:06
  of
• 36:07
  going
• 36:08
  next
• 36:08
  door
• 36:08
  and
• 36:09
  turning
• 36:09
  the
• 36:09
  radio
• 36:10
  on
• 36:10
  at
• 36:10
  night
• 36:10
  with
• 36:11
  the
• 36:11
  old
• 36:11
  guy
• 36:11
  that
• 36:11
  lived
• 36:12
  next
• 36:12
  door
• 36:12
  and
• 36:12
  he
• 36:12
  would,
• 36:13
  you
• 36:13
  know,
• 36:13
  I
• 36:13
  sit
• 36:13
  out
• 36:14
  there
• 36:14
  with
• 36:14
  him
• 36:14
  at
• 36:14
  night
• 36:15
  and
• 36:16
  listen
• 36:16
  to
• 36:16
  the
• 36:16
  game
• 36:16
  on
• 36:17
  the
• 36:17
  radio
• 36:17
  and
• 36:17
  that
• 36:17
  type
• 36:18
  of
• 36:18
  thing.
• 36:18
  So,
• 36:20
  you
• 36:20
  know,
• 36:20
  it
• 36:20
  wasn't
• 36:21
  something
• 36:21
  that
• 36:22
  I
• 36:22
  was
• 36:22
  able
• 36:22
  to
• 36:23
  go
• 36:23
  do
• 36:23
  like
• 36:23
  kids
• 36:23
  can
• 36:24
  do
• 36:24
  today.
• 36:25
  Just,
• 36:25
  hey,
• 36:26
  that's
• 36:26
  a
• 36:26
  great
• 36:26
  way
• 36:27
  to
• 36:27
  take
• 36:27
  in
• 36:27
  a
• 36:27
  ball
• 36:27
  game,
• 36:28
  Stump,
• 36:28
  on
• 36:28
  the
• 36:28
  radio.
• 36:30
  Some
• 36:30
  of
• 36:30
  these
• 36:30
  guys
• 36:31
  paint
• 36:31
  the
• 36:31
  picture
• 36:32
  for
• 36:32
  you
• 36:32
  like
• 36:32
  you're
• 36:33
  there,
• 36:33
  and
• 36:34
  it's
• 36:35
  really
• 36:35
  a
• 36:35
  great
• 36:35
  way
• 36:35
  to
• 36:36
  experience
• 36:36
  a
• 36:36
  ball
• 36:37
  game.
• 36:38
  Yeah,
• 36:39
  that's
• 36:39
  true.
• 36:39
  And
• 36:39
  again,
• 36:40
  like
• 36:40
  I
• 36:41
  say,
• 36:42
  you
• 36:42
  know,
• 36:42
  at
• 36:42
  my
• 36:43
  age,
• 36:43
  when
• 36:44
  I
• 36:44
  was
• 36:44
  growing
• 36:44
  up,
• 36:44
  we
• 36:45
  didn't
• 36:45
  know
• 36:45
  any
• 36:45
  different.
• 36:46
  We
• 36:46
  didn't,
• 36:46
  you
• 36:46
  know,
• 36:47
  in
• 36:47
  fact,
• 36:47
  we
• 36:47
  didn't.
• 36:48
  We
• 36:48
  didn't
• 36:48
  have
• 36:49
  TV
• 36:49
  until
• 36:49
  I
• 36:49
  was,
• 36:50
  I
• 36:50
  don't
• 36:50
  know,
• 36:50
  probably
• 36:51
  in
• 36:51
  the
• 36:51
  sixth
• 36:51
  or
• 36:51
  seventh
• 36:52
  or
• 36:52
  eighth
• 36:52
  grade.
• 36:53
  So
• 36:54
  that
• 36:54
  was,
• 36:54
  you
• 36:54
  know,
• 36:54
  that,
• 36:55
  that
• 36:55
  was
• 36:55
  something
• 36:55
  that
• 36:57
  we,
• 36:57
  you
• 36:58
  know,
• 36:58
  people
• 36:58
  today
• 36:58
  would
• 36:59
  look
• 36:59
  at
• 36:59
  you
• 37:00
  and
• 37:00
  not
• 37:00
  believe.
• 37:01
  Yeah,
• 37:01
  right.
• 37:02
  Now,
• 37:02
  your
• 37:03
  playing
• 37:03
  career.
• 37:04
  Let's
• 37:04
  talk
• 37:04
  about
• 37:04
  that
• 37:05
  a
• 37:05
  little
• 37:05
  bit.
• 37:05
  You
• 37:05
  were
• 37:06
  after
• 37:07
  playing
• 37:07
  for
• 37:07
  Maine,
• 37:08
  where
• 37:09
  you
• 37:09
  also
• 37:09
  played
• 37:09
  football.
• 37:10
  You
• 37:10
  got
• 37:10
  a
• 37:10
  degree
• 37:11
  in
• 37:11
  Phys.
• 37:11
  Ed.
• 37:12
  Selected
• 37:13
  by
• 37:13
  the
• 37:13
  Phillies
• 37:14
  in
• 37:14
  the
• 37:14
  66
• 37:15
  free
• 37:15
  agent
• 37:16
  draft.
• 37:17
  And
• 37:17
  then
• 37:17
  you
• 37:17
  played
• 37:18
  around
• 37:18
  here
• 37:19
  up
• 37:19
  in
• 37:19
  Batavia,
• 37:21
  Single
• 37:22
  A
• 37:22
  teams,
• 37:22
  also
• 37:22
  Bakersfield
• 37:23
  and
• 37:23
  Eugene.
• 37:24
  Tell
• 37:25
  us
• 37:25
  about
• 37:25
  your
• 37:25
  playing
• 37:26
  career,
• 37:26
  Stump.
• 37:28
  Well,
• 37:29
  you
• 37:29
  know,
• 37:31
  it
• 37:31
  was
• 37:31
  great.
• 37:31
  I
• 37:32
  mean,
• 37:32
  I
• 37:33
  was
• 37:33
  very
• 37:33
  fortunate.
• 37:34
  I
• 37:34
  was
• 37:34
  able
• 37:34
  to.
• 37:35
  To
• 37:36
  sign
• 37:36
  a
• 37:37
  contract
• 37:37
  and
• 37:38
  make
• 37:39
  it,
• 37:39
  you
• 37:39
  know,
• 37:40
  an
• 37:41
  injury
• 37:41
  really
• 37:41
  cut
• 37:42
  my
• 37:42
  career
• 37:42
  short,
• 37:43
  but
• 37:44
  I
• 37:44
  don't
• 37:44
  have
• 37:44
  any
• 37:45
  complaints.
• 37:45
  You
• 37:45
  know,
• 37:45
  I
• 37:46
  made
• 37:46
  it.
• 37:46
  I
• 37:46
  was
• 37:47
  fighting
• 37:47
  in
• 37:47
  Triple
• 37:47
  A
• 37:48
  and
• 37:48
  holding
• 37:49
  my
• 37:49
  own.
• 37:50
  You
• 37:50
  know,
• 37:51
  I
• 37:51
  wasn't.
• 37:52
  Probably
• 37:53
  wasn't
• 37:53
  the
• 37:53
  greatest
• 37:54
  hitter
• 37:54
  in
• 37:54
  the
• 37:54
  world,
• 37:55
  but
• 37:55
  at
• 37:56
  238
• 37:57
  or
• 37:57
  239,
• 37:58
  that'd
• 37:58
  make
• 37:58
  me
• 37:58
  a
• 37:58
  hell
• 37:58
  of
• 37:58
  a
• 37:59
  lot
• 37:59
  of
• 37:59
  money
• 37:59
  today.
• 37:59
  There's
• 38:00
  no
• 38:00
  question
• 38:00
  about
• 38:00
  that.
• 38:02
  That's
• 38:03
  right,
• 38:03
  Stump.
• 38:03
  Yeah.
• 38:04
  That
• 38:04
  gets
• 38:05
  you
• 38:05
  a
• 38:05
  couple
• 38:05
  of
• 38:05
  mil
• 38:06
  a
• 38:06
  year.
• 38:06
  And
• 38:07
  to
• 38:07
  be
• 38:08
  a
• 38:08
  Triple
• 38:08
  A,
• 38:10
  there's
• 38:10
  no
• 38:10
  shame
• 38:11
  in
• 38:11
  that.
• 38:11
  So
• 38:11
  don't
• 38:11
  you
• 38:12
  worry
• 38:12
  about
• 38:12
  that.
• 38:13
  Now.
• 38:13
  How
• 38:13
  did
• 38:13
  you
• 38:13
  get
• 38:14
  the
• 38:14
  nickname
• 38:14
  Stump?
• 38:16
  Well,
• 38:18
  when
• 38:18
  I
• 38:18
  was
• 38:18
  in
• 38:18
  college,
• 38:19
  I
• 38:19
  played
• 38:19
  for
• 38:20
  a
• 38:21
  great
• 38:21
  coach
• 38:21
  by
• 38:21
  the
• 38:22
  name
• 38:22
  of
• 38:22
  Jack
• 38:22
  Butterfield,
• 38:23
  who,
• 38:23
  you
• 38:23
  might
• 38:24
  remember
• 38:24
  the
• 38:25
  name.
• 38:25
  He
• 38:25
  came
• 38:26
  back
• 38:26
  and
• 38:27
  left,
• 38:28
  actually
• 38:29
  left
• 38:29
  Maine,
• 38:29
  went
• 38:30
  to
• 38:30
  South
• 38:31
  Florida
• 38:31
  and
• 38:32
  happened
• 38:32
  to
• 38:32
  be
• 38:33
  in
• 38:34
  a
• 38:35
  situation
• 38:36
  in
• 38:36
  the
• 38:37
  off
• 38:37
  season
• 38:37
  that
• 38:38
  Mr.
• 38:38
  Steinbrenner
• 38:39
  was
• 38:39
  around,
• 38:39
  and
• 38:40
  George
• 38:40
  found
• 38:40
  out
• 38:41
  that.
• 38:42
  That
• 38:42
  he
• 38:42
  didn't
• 38:43
  have.
• 38:43
  He
• 38:43
  wasn't
• 38:44
  paid
• 38:44
  in
• 38:44
  the
• 38:44
  summertime
• 38:45
  at
• 38:45
  usf.
• 38:47
  So
• 38:47
  George
• 38:47
  hired
• 38:48
  him,
• 38:48
  and
• 38:49
  before
• 38:49
  you
• 38:50
  knew
• 38:50
  it,
• 38:50
  he
• 38:50
  was
• 38:50
  the
• 38:50
  farm
• 38:51
  director.
• 38:51
  And
• 38:52
  had
• 38:52
  he
• 38:52
  not
• 38:53
  been
• 38:53
  killed
• 38:53
  in
• 38:53
  a
• 38:54
  terrible
• 38:55
  automobile
• 38:55
  accident
• 38:56
  in
• 38:56
  New
• 38:56
  Jersey,
• 38:56
  I
• 38:57
  think
• 38:57
  he
• 38:57
  probably
• 38:58
  would
• 38:58
  have
• 38:58
  been
• 38:58
  the
• 38:58
  general
• 38:58
  manager.
• 38:59
  I
• 38:59
  don't
• 38:59
  think
• 38:59
  there's
• 39:00
  any
• 39:00
  question
• 39:00
  in
• 39:00
  my
• 39:01
  mind.
• 39:02
  And
• 39:02
  he's
• 39:03
  just
• 39:03
  a
• 39:03
  tremendous
• 39:04
  guy.
• 39:05
  And,
• 39:06
  in
• 39:06
  fact,
• 39:06
  I
• 39:06
  didn't
• 39:07
  have
• 39:07
  enough
• 39:07
  money
• 39:07
  to
• 39:07
  go
• 39:07
  to
• 39:08
  school
• 39:09
  when
• 39:09
  he
• 39:09
  was
• 39:09
  coaching
• 39:10
  at
• 39:10
  Maine.
• 39:10
  I
• 39:10
  lived
• 39:11
  with
• 39:11
  him
• 39:11
  for
• 39:11
  a
• 39:11
  year,
• 39:11
  my
• 39:12
  sophomore
• 39:12
  year.
• 39:14
  So,
• 39:14
  you
• 39:14
  know,
• 39:14
  I
• 39:14
  was
• 39:15
  in
• 39:15
  debt
• 39:16
  to
• 39:16
  that
• 39:17
  family.
• 39:17
  There
• 39:17
  isn't
• 39:17
  any
• 39:18
  question.
• 39:18
  And
• 39:19
  so
• 39:20
  I
• 39:20
  was,
• 39:20
  again,
• 39:21
  I
• 39:21
  was
• 39:21
  fortunate
• 39:22
  to
• 39:23
  be
• 39:23
  able
• 39:23
  to
• 39:23
  do
• 39:24
  what
• 39:24
  I
• 39:24
  did
• 39:25
  or
• 39:25
  what
• 39:25
  I
• 39:25
  was
• 39:26
  able
• 39:26
  to
• 39:26
  do,
• 39:26
  I
• 39:26
  guess.
• 39:30
  Yeah,
• 39:30
  he
• 39:30
  certainly
• 39:31
  sounds
• 39:31
  like
• 39:31
  a
• 39:31
  great
• 39:32
  man,
• 39:32
  that's
• 39:32
  for
• 39:32
  sure.
• 39:33
  Stump.
• 39:33
  Oh,
• 39:34
  yeah.
• 39:34
  Well,
• 39:35
  I
• 39:35
  mean,
• 39:36
  he
• 39:36
  was.
• 39:37
  You
• 39:37
  know,
• 39:38
  you
• 39:39
  can
• 39:39
  understand
• 39:39
  this
• 39:40
  because
• 39:40
  you've
• 39:40
  been
• 39:40
  around
• 39:40
  a
• 39:41
  little
• 39:41
  bit,
• 39:41
  and
• 39:41
  you
• 39:41
  know
• 39:42
  how
• 39:42
  hard.
• 39:42
  How
• 39:43
  hard
• 39:43
  it
• 39:43
  is
• 39:44
  for
• 39:44
  somebody
• 39:45
  without
• 39:46
  a
• 39:46
  background
• 39:47
  other
• 39:47
  than
• 39:47
  at
• 39:48
  the
• 39:48
  collegiate
• 39:48
  level
• 39:49
  to
• 39:49
  enter
• 39:49
  into
• 39:49
  the
• 39:50
  professional
• 39:50
  ranks
• 39:52
  and
• 39:53
  shine.
• 39:53
  And
• 39:53
  that
• 39:54
  was
• 39:54
  what,
• 39:54
  exactly?
• 39:55
  I
• 39:55
  mean,
• 39:56
  the
• 39:56
  one
• 39:56
  thing
• 39:56
  I
• 39:56
  can
• 39:57
  say
• 39:57
  about
• 39:57
  Jack
• 39:57
  is
• 39:58
  you
• 39:58
  can't
• 39:58
  find
• 39:58
  one
• 39:58
  person
• 39:59
  that'll
• 39:59
  say
• 39:59
  a
• 39:59
  bad
• 40:00
  word
• 40:00
  about
• 40:00
  him
• 40:02
  and
• 40:03
  everybody.
• 40:03
  And
• 40:04
  he
• 40:04
  was
• 40:04
  fair,
• 40:04
  he
• 40:05
  understood.
• 40:07
  Yet,
• 40:08
  I
• 40:08
  mean,
• 40:09
  he
• 40:09
  drove
• 40:10
  you.
• 40:10
  He
• 40:10
  made
• 40:10
  sure
• 40:11
  that,
• 40:11
  you
• 40:11
  know,
• 40:11
  you
• 40:11
  did
• 40:11
  the
• 40:12
  things
• 40:12
  the
• 40:12
  way
• 40:12
  they
• 40:12
  were
• 40:13
  supposed
• 40:13
  to
• 40:13
  be
• 40:13
  done.
• 40:13
  He
• 40:13
  didn't
• 40:14
  take
• 40:14
  any
• 40:14
  bullshit,
• 40:16
  none
• 40:16
  of
• 40:17
  that
• 40:17
  stuff.
• 40:17
  And,
• 40:19
  no,
• 40:19
  he
• 40:19
  was
• 40:19
  a
• 40:19
  great
• 40:20
  guy.
• 40:20
  I
• 40:20
  was
• 40:20
  very
• 40:20
  fortunate
• 40:21
  to
• 40:21
  have
• 40:21
  played
• 40:22
  for
• 40:22
  him.
• 40:22
  And
• 40:22
  I
• 40:23
  just,
• 40:23
  you
• 40:23
  know,
• 40:24
  I
• 40:24
  had
• 40:24
  hoped
• 40:25
  that,
• 40:26
  as
• 40:26
  I
• 40:26
  said
• 40:26
  to
• 40:27
  you
• 40:27
  before,
• 40:27
  I
• 40:27
  know
• 40:28
  that
• 40:28
  he
• 40:28
  would
• 40:29
  end
• 40:29
  up
• 40:29
  being
• 40:29
  the
• 40:29
  general
• 40:29
  manager.
• 40:30
  And
• 40:30
  I
• 40:31
  think
• 40:31
  that's
• 40:31
  one
• 40:31
  of
• 40:31
  the
• 40:31
  reasons
• 40:32
  I
• 40:32
  got
• 40:32
  along
• 40:32
  so
• 40:33
  well
• 40:33
  with
• 40:33
  George
• 40:33
  is
• 40:34
  George
• 40:34
  had
• 40:35
  great
• 40:35
  respect
• 40:35
  for
• 40:35
  him
• 40:36
  and
• 40:37
  knew
• 40:37
  that
• 40:37
  I
• 40:37
  played
• 40:38
  for
• 40:38
  him.
• 40:38
  Interesting
• 40:39
  how
• 40:39
  careers
• 40:40
  intertwine
• 40:41
  like
• 40:41
  that.
• 40:41
  STUMP
• 40:42
  And
• 40:42
  Joe's
• 40:43
  just
• 40:43
  talking
• 40:43
  about
• 40:44
  Bobby
• 40:44
  Van,
• 40:45
  how
• 40:45
  he
• 40:46
  was
• 40:46
  involved
• 40:46
  with
• 40:47
  Bill
• 40:48
  Buckner
• 40:49
  in
• 40:49
  the
• 40:49
  minor
• 40:50
  leagues.
• 40:50
  And
• 40:50
  it's
• 40:51
  wonderful
• 40:52
  how
• 40:52
  we
• 40:53
  talk
• 40:53
  about
• 40:53
  this
• 40:53
  great
• 40:54
  game
• 40:54
  and
• 40:54
  how
• 40:56
  it's
• 40:56
  like
• 40:56
  six
• 40:57
  degrees
• 40:57
  of
• 40:57
  separation.
• 40:58
  This
• 40:58
  guy
• 40:59
  is
• 40:59
  related
• 40:59
  to
• 41:00
  this
• 41:00
  guy
• 41:00
  by
• 41:00
  playing
• 41:01
  here.
• 41:02
  And
• 41:03
  it
• 41:03
  makes
• 41:03
  for
• 41:03
  great
• 41:04
  talk.
• 41:04
  It
• 41:04
  really
• 41:05
  does.
• 41:06
  Now,
• 41:06
  I
• 41:06
  saw
• 41:07
  a
• 41:07
  picture
• 41:07
  of
• 41:07
  you,
• 41:08
  Stump,
• 41:09
  in
• 41:09
  a
• 41:09
  Nashville
• 41:10
  Sounds
• 41:10
  uniform.
• 41:11
  Now,
• 41:11
  they
• 41:11
  used
• 41:12
  to
• 41:12
  be
• 41:12
  an
• 41:12
  affiliate
• 41:13
  of
• 41:14
  the
• 41:14
  New
• 41:14
  York
• 41:14
  Yankees.
• 41:16
  Why
• 41:16
  I
• 41:16
  bring
• 41:17
  that
• 41:17
  up
• 41:17
  is
• 41:17
  because
• 41:17
  we
• 41:18
  just
• 41:19
  came
• 41:19
  back
• 41:19
  from
• 41:19
  Nashville
• 41:20
  and
• 41:21
  we
• 41:21
  took
• 41:21
  in
• 41:21
  a
• 41:21
  sounds
• 41:22
  game
• 41:22
  and
• 41:24
  what
• 41:24
  a
• 41:24
  wonderful
• 41:24
  place
• 41:25
  down
• 41:25
  there.
• 41:25
  And
• 41:26
  the
• 41:26
  scoreboards
• 41:27
  are.
• 41:27
  Guitar.
• 41:30
  Yeah,
• 41:31
  we
• 41:31
  just
• 41:31
  had
• 41:31
  a
• 41:31
  wonderful
• 41:32
  time.
• 41:33
  What
• 41:34
  made
• 41:34
  you
• 41:34
  want
• 41:34
  to
• 41:34
  get
• 41:35
  into
• 41:35
  managing?
• 41:37
  Well,
• 41:38
  you
• 41:38
  know,
• 41:38
  I
• 41:38
  wanted
• 41:39
  to.
• 41:41
  Unusual.
• 41:42
  How
• 41:42
  unbelievable
• 41:43
  how
• 41:43
  things
• 41:44
  happen
• 41:44
  and
• 41:44
  everything
• 41:44
  happens
• 41:45
  for
• 41:45
  a
• 41:45
  reason.
• 41:47
  I
• 41:47
  went
• 41:47
  to
• 41:47
  college,
• 41:48
  fortunately,
• 41:49
  and
• 41:49
  wanted
• 41:50
  to
• 41:50
  become
• 41:51
  a
• 41:51
  teacher
• 41:52
  and
• 41:52
  a
• 41:52
  coach.
• 41:52
  And
• 41:53
  so
• 41:54
  I
• 41:54
  went
• 41:54
  back.
• 41:54
  And
• 41:56
  in
• 41:56
  fact,
• 41:56
  I
• 41:56
  went
• 41:57
  back,
• 41:57
  and
• 41:58
  after
• 41:59
  my
• 41:59
  playing
• 41:59
  career,
• 42:00
  I
• 42:00
  was
• 42:00
  hired
• 42:01
  back
• 42:01
  at
• 42:01
  the
• 42:01
  university,
• 42:02
  and
• 42:02
  I
• 42:02
  was
• 42:02
  there
• 42:02
  for,
• 42:04
  oh,
• 42:04
  I
• 42:04
  don't
• 42:04
  know,
• 42:04
  five
• 42:05
  and
• 42:05
  a
• 42:05
  half
• 42:05
  years,
• 42:05
  I
• 42:06
  guess.
• 42:06
  And
• 42:06
  the
• 42:06
  baseball
• 42:07
  job
• 42:07
  came
• 42:08
  open,
• 42:09
  and
• 42:11
  for
• 42:11
  whatever
• 42:12
  reason,
• 42:13
  I
• 42:13
  was
• 42:13
  devastated
• 42:14
  that
• 42:14
  I
• 42:14
  didn't
• 42:14
  even
• 42:15
  get
• 42:15
  an
• 42:15
  interview.
• 42:16
  And
• 42:17
  Jack,
• 42:18
  at
• 42:18
  the
• 42:18
  time,
• 42:18
  had
• 42:19
  gone
• 42:20
  with
• 42:20
  the
• 42:20
  red
• 42:21
  with
• 42:21
  the
• 42:21
  Yankees,
• 42:22
  and
• 42:22
  so
• 42:23
  he
• 42:23
  called
• 42:23
  and
• 42:24
  offered
• 42:24
  me
• 42:24
  a
• 42:25
  job.
• 42:25
  And
• 42:25
  so
• 42:26
  I
• 42:26
  couldn't.
• 42:26
  I
• 42:26
  couldn't
• 42:27
  get
• 42:27
  out
• 42:27
  of
• 42:27
  Orono
• 42:28
  quick
• 42:28
  enough
• 42:28
  to
• 42:29
  get
• 42:29
  down
• 42:30
  there.
• 42:30
  And
• 42:30
  that's,
• 42:31
  you
• 42:31
  know,
• 42:31
  and
• 42:31
  that's
• 42:31
  how
• 42:32
  I
• 42:32
  got
• 42:32
  my
• 42:32
  start.
• 42:32
  And
• 42:33
  I
• 42:33
  was
• 42:33
  fortunate
• 42:34
  in
• 42:34
  that
• 42:34
  I
• 42:34
  started
• 42:34
  out,
• 42:35
  I
• 42:35
  was
• 42:35
  a
• 42:36
  kitchen
• 42:36
  coach
• 42:36
  at
• 42:37
  West
• 42:37
  Haven
• 42:37
  and
• 42:38
  then
• 42:38
  became
• 42:38
  the
• 42:39
  manager.
• 42:39
  And
• 42:40
  I
• 42:40
  was
• 42:40
  very
• 42:41
  fortunate
• 42:41
  to
• 42:41
  have
• 42:42
  coached,
• 42:43
  managed
• 42:44
  a
• 42:44
  lot
• 42:44
  of
• 42:44
  very,
• 42:45
  very
• 42:45
  good
• 42:45
  players
• 42:46
  that
• 42:47
  made
• 42:47
  my
• 42:47
  record
• 42:48
  look
• 42:48
  pretty
• 42:48
  damn
• 42:49
  good.
• 42:49
  And
• 42:49
  I
• 42:49
  moved,
• 42:50
  you
• 42:50
  know,
• 42:50
  very
• 42:50
  quickly
• 42:51
  up
• 42:51
  the
• 42:51
  ladder,
• 42:52
  et
• 42:52
  cetera.
• 42:53
  And,
• 42:54
  you
• 42:55
  know,
• 42:55
  like
• 42:55
  I
• 42:55
  say,
• 42:56
  and
• 42:56
  then,
• 42:56
  you
• 42:56
  know,
• 42:57
  my
• 42:57
  time
• 42:57
  in
• 42:58
  Nashville
• 42:58
  was
• 42:58
  unbelievable
• 42:59
  because
• 42:59
  I
• 42:59
  was
• 42:59
  a
• 43:00
  country
• 43:00
  music
• 43:00
  guy.
• 43:01
  Anyway.
• 43:01
  Oh,
• 43:02
  nice.
• 43:02
  You
• 43:02
  know.
• 43:03
  Oh,
• 43:03
  Christ,
• 43:04
  that
• 43:05
  was
• 43:05
  unbelievable.
• 43:06
  And
• 43:06
  then,
• 43:06
  you
• 43:06
  know,
• 43:06
  going
• 43:07
  on
• 43:07
  and
• 43:07
  going
• 43:07
  to
• 43:07
  Columbus
• 43:08
  and,
• 43:09
  you
• 43:09
  know,
• 43:09
  Ohio
• 43:10
  State
• 43:10
  became
• 43:11
  a
• 43:11
  real
• 43:12
  favorite
• 43:12
  of
• 43:13
  mine.
• 43:13
  The
• 43:15
  general
• 43:15
  manager,
• 43:16
  the
• 43:16
  owner,
• 43:17
  excuse
• 43:17
  me,
• 43:17
  of
• 43:18
  the
• 43:19
  Columbus
• 43:19
  Club,
• 43:20
  was
• 43:20
  a
• 43:20
  former
• 43:21
  AD
• 43:21
  at
• 43:22
  Ohio
• 43:22
  State.
• 43:23
  And
• 43:23
  I
• 43:23
  had
• 43:24
  a
• 43:24
  football
• 43:24
  background,
• 43:25
  and
• 43:25
  I
• 43:25
  stayed
• 43:25
  out
• 43:25
  there
• 43:25
  in
• 43:26
  the
• 43:26
  off
• 43:26
  season,
• 43:26
  and
• 43:27
  they
• 43:27
  treated
• 43:27
  me.
• 43:27
  I
• 43:28
  mean,
• 43:28
  I
• 43:28
  was
• 43:28
  treated
• 43:29
  at
• 43:29
  Ohio
• 43:29
  State
• 43:30
  like
• 43:30
  I
• 43:30
  was
• 43:30
  one
• 43:30
  of
• 43:30
  the
• 43:31
  staff
• 43:31
  members.
• 43:33
  And
• 43:33
  so
• 43:33
  it's.
• 43:33
  It's.
• 43:34
  And
• 43:34
  I've
• 43:35
  been
• 43:35
  a
• 43:35
  favorite,
• 43:37
  a
• 43:37
  fan
• 43:37
  of
• 43:37
  them
• 43:38
  ever
• 43:38
  since
• 43:38
  I
• 43:38
  grew
• 43:39
  like
• 43:39
  California.
• 43:40
  And
• 43:40
  the
• 43:41
  only
• 43:41
  time
• 43:41
  we
• 43:41
  have
• 43:42
  any
• 43:42
  trouble
• 43:42
  is
• 43:42
  when
• 43:43
  they
• 43:43
  play
• 43:43
  Michigan.
• 43:44
  Yeah,
• 43:45
  right.
• 43:45
  Yeah,
• 43:46
  that's
• 43:46
  a
• 43:47
  big
• 43:47
  one.
• 43:48
  We're
• 43:48
  talking
• 43:48
  to
• 43:48
  Stump
• 43:49
  Merrill
• 43:49
  tonight
• 43:50
  on
• 43:50
  Sports
• 43:50
  Talk
• 43:50
  New
• 43:51
  York.
• 43:51
  Now,
• 43:52
  as
• 43:52
  we
• 43:53
  just
• 43:53
  mentioned,
• 43:54
  Stump,
• 43:55
  you've
• 43:55
  coached
• 43:56
  and
• 43:56
  managed
• 43:57
  at
• 43:57
  every
• 43:58
  level.
• 43:59
  Which
• 43:59
  level
• 44:00
  did
• 44:00
  you
• 44:00
  enjoy
• 44:01
  the
• 44:01
  most?
• 44:02
  Well,
• 44:03
  you
• 44:03
  know,
• 44:04
  obviously,
• 44:05
  you
• 44:05
  know,
• 44:05
  you
• 44:06
  want
• 44:06
  to
• 44:06
  get
• 44:06
  to
• 44:06
  the
• 44:06
  pinnacle,
• 44:07
  and
• 44:07
  I
• 44:07
  was
• 44:07
  able
• 44:07
  to
• 44:08
  do
• 44:08
  that.
• 44:08
  And
• 44:10
  had
• 44:10
  George
• 44:11
  not
• 44:11
  had
• 44:11
  a
• 44:12
  problem,
• 44:12
  I'm
• 44:13
  pretty
• 44:14
  confident
• 44:14
  I
• 44:14
  would
• 44:14
  have
• 44:14
  lasted
• 44:15
  a
• 44:15
  hell
• 44:15
  of
• 44:15
  a
• 44:15
  lot
• 44:15
  longer
• 44:16
  than
• 44:16
  I
• 44:16
  did.
• 44:16
  But
• 44:17
  I
• 44:17
  don't
• 44:17
  hold
• 44:18
  that
• 44:18
  grudge
• 44:19
  against
• 44:19
  anybody.
• 44:20
  Everything
• 44:21
  happens
• 44:21
  for
• 44:21
  a
• 44:22
  reason.
• 44:22
  And
• 44:23
  the
• 44:23
  one
• 44:24
  thing
• 44:24
  that
• 44:25
  I
• 44:25
  even
• 44:26
  returned
• 44:26
  at
• 44:26
  one
• 44:27
  time,
• 44:27
  I
• 44:27
  was
• 44:27
  a
• 44:27
  coach
• 44:27
  at
• 44:28
  the
• 44:28
  major
• 44:28
  league
• 44:28
  level,
• 44:29
  and
• 44:29
  I
• 44:30
  returned
• 44:30
  to
• 44:30
  Columbus
• 44:31
  because
• 44:31
  I
• 44:31
  felt
• 44:32
  that
• 44:32
  I
• 44:32
  could
• 44:32
  do
• 44:33
  more
• 44:33
  good
• 44:34
  in
• 44:35
  preparing
• 44:36
  the
• 44:36
  kids.
• 44:37
  Coming
• 44:37
  up,
• 44:38
  the
• 44:38
  players
• 44:38
  Coming
• 44:39
  up
• 44:39
  in
• 44:39
  AAA
• 44:40
  to
• 44:40
  get
• 44:40
  them
• 44:40
  ready
• 44:40
  to
• 44:40
  play
• 44:41
  at
• 44:41
  the
• 44:41
  major
• 44:41
  league
• 44:41
  level.
• 44:42
  And
• 44:43
  so,
• 44:43
  you
• 44:43
  know,
• 44:44
  that
• 44:44
  was.
• 44:44
  Plus,
• 44:45
  I
• 44:45
  love
• 44:45
  Columbus.
• 44:46
  So
• 44:47
  that
• 44:47
  was
• 44:47
  a
• 44:47
  marriage
• 44:48
  made
• 44:48
  in
• 44:48
  heaven.
• 44:49
  Yeah,
• 44:51
  you
• 44:51
  succeeded
• 44:52
  down
• 44:52
  there.
• 44:53
  You
• 44:53
  were
• 44:53
  at
• 44:53
  Columbus,
• 44:54
  I
• 44:54
  believe,
• 44:54
  when
• 44:54
  Bucky
• 44:55
  Dent
• 44:55
  was
• 44:55
  fired
• 44:57
  and
• 44:57
  George
• 44:58
  brought
• 44:58
  you
• 44:58
  up
• 44:58
  to
• 44:59
  the
• 44:59
  big
• 44:59
  club.
• 45:00
  And
• 45:01
  you
• 45:02
  didn't
• 45:02
  have
• 45:02
  great
• 45:02
  success,
• 45:03
  which
• 45:04
  is
• 45:04
  probably
• 45:05
  not
• 45:05
  your
• 45:06
  fault,
• 45:06
  I
• 45:06
  believe.
• 45:07
  And
• 45:08
  you
• 45:08
  shouldn't
• 45:09
  have
• 45:09
  been
• 45:09
  blamed
• 45:09
  for
• 45:10
  the
• 45:10
  debacle,
• 45:11
  really.
• 45:12
  That
• 45:12
  was
• 45:12
  the
• 45:12
  Yankees
• 45:13
  then.
• 45:14
  And
• 45:14
  then
• 45:15
  you
• 45:15
  were
• 45:15
  gone.
• 45:16
  And
• 45:16
  Buck
• 45:16
  Showalter
• 45:17
  comes
• 45:17
  in.
• 45:17
  So
• 45:18
  the
• 45:19
  merry
• 45:19
  go
• 45:19
  round,
• 45:20
  which
• 45:20
  is
• 45:20
  George
• 45:21
  managerial
• 45:23
  ride,
• 45:24
  so
• 45:24
  to
• 45:24
  speak,
• 45:25
  was
• 45:25
  in
• 45:26
  full,
• 45:26
  full
• 45:26
  effect
• 45:27
  back
• 45:27
  then.
• 45:29
  Yeah,
• 45:30
  there's
• 45:30
  no
• 45:30
  question,
• 45:31
  you
• 45:31
  know,
• 45:31
  and
• 45:32
  like
• 45:32
  I
• 45:32
  say,
• 45:33
  everything
• 45:33
  happens
• 45:34
  for
• 45:34
  a
• 45:34
  reason.
• 45:35
  I
• 45:35
  know
• 45:35
  the
• 45:35
  club
• 45:36
  that
• 45:36
  I
• 45:36
  took
• 45:36
  over,
• 45:37
  we
• 45:37
  weren't
• 45:37
  very
• 45:37
  good.
• 45:39
  You
• 45:39
  know,
• 45:41
  they
• 45:41
  worked
• 45:41
  hard,
• 45:43
  we
• 45:43
  did
• 45:43
  the
• 45:43
  best
• 45:43
  we
• 45:44
  could
• 45:44
  with
• 45:44
  what
• 45:44
  we
• 45:45
  had.
• 45:47
  And,
• 45:47
  you
• 45:47
  know,
• 45:47
  time
• 45:48
  went
• 45:48
  on
• 45:48
  and,
• 45:50
  you
• 45:50
  know,
• 45:50
  we
• 45:50
  didn't
• 45:50
  have
• 45:50
  very,
• 45:51
  very
• 45:52
  many
• 45:52
  great
• 45:52
  players,
• 45:53
  to
• 45:53
  say
• 45:53
  the
• 45:53
  least.
• 45:53
  I
• 45:54
  don't
• 45:54
  have
• 45:54
  to
• 45:54
  tell
• 45:54
  you
• 45:54
  that.
• 45:55
  You
• 45:55
  know
• 45:55
  that.
• 45:55
  And
• 45:56
  then,
• 45:56
  of
• 45:56
  course,
• 45:56
  the
• 45:57
  haircut
• 45:58
  incident
• 45:58
  with
• 45:59
  Mattingly
• 46:00
  probably
• 46:00
  didn't
• 46:00
  help
• 46:00
  me
• 46:01
  out
• 46:01
  any.
• 46:01
  But
• 46:01
  I'd
• 46:02
  do
• 46:02
  the
• 46:02
  same
• 46:02
  damn
• 46:02
  thing
• 46:03
  again,
• 46:03
  I
• 46:03
  can
• 46:03
  guarantee
• 46:04
  you
• 46:04
  that.
• 46:05
  Yeah,
• 46:06
  I
• 46:06
  bet.
• 46:07
  Now,
• 46:07
  I
• 46:08
  gotta
• 46:08
  ask
• 46:08
  you
• 46:08
  this,
• 46:09
  a
• 46:09
  little
• 46:09
  off
• 46:09
  the.
• 46:09
  Off
• 46:10
  topic,
• 46:11
  Stump.
• 46:11
  Sure.
• 46:12
  Somebody
• 46:12
  was
• 46:12
  asking.
• 46:13
  You
• 46:14
  are
• 46:14
  mentioned
• 46:15
  in
• 46:15
  Seinfeld
• 46:16
  with
• 46:17
  all
• 46:17
  the
• 46:17
  other
• 46:17
  guys
• 46:18
  that
• 46:18
  George
• 46:18
  let
• 46:19
  go.
• 46:19
  Do
• 46:19
  you
• 46:19
  get
• 46:19
  any
• 46:20
  residuals
• 46:21
  off
• 46:21
  of
• 46:21
  that?
• 46:22
  No.
• 46:22
  And
• 46:23
  that's
• 46:23
  the
• 46:23
  one
• 46:23
  thing
• 46:23
  I
• 46:24
  said
• 46:24
  for
• 46:24
  the
• 46:24
  fraud,
• 46:25
  for
• 46:25
  all
• 46:25
  the
• 46:25
  shit
• 46:25
  I
• 46:26
  took
• 46:26
  for
• 46:26
  it.
• 46:26
  I
• 46:26
  didn't
• 46:27
  get
• 46:27
  anything
• 46:28
  for
• 46:28
  it.
• 46:28
  But
• 46:30
  nonetheless,
• 46:31
  you
• 46:31
  know,
• 46:31
  your
• 46:31
  name
• 46:32
  gets
• 46:32
  thrown
• 46:32
  out
• 46:32
  there.
• 46:33
  Somebody
• 46:33
  wonders
• 46:34
  who
• 46:34
  the
• 46:34
  hell
• 46:34
  that
• 46:35
  guy
• 46:35
  is.
• 46:35
  But.
• 46:35
  Yeah.
• 46:36
  Yeah,
• 46:36
  that
• 46:36
  was
• 46:37
  pretty.
• 46:37
  That
• 46:37
  was
• 46:37
  pretty
• 46:37
  funny.
• 46:38
  Really?
• 46:39
  Yeah.
• 46:41
  That's
• 46:42
  a
• 46:42
  story
• 46:42
  for
• 46:42
  another
• 46:43
  day.
• 46:43
  Now
• 46:43
  we
• 46:44
  have
• 46:44
  George,
• 46:46
  a
• 46:47
  larger
• 46:47
  than
• 46:47
  life
• 46:48
  personality.
• 46:49
  What
• 46:49
  was
• 46:50
  your
• 46:50
  impression
• 46:51
  and
• 46:52
  how
• 46:52
  is
• 46:52
  it
• 46:53
  working
• 46:53
  for
• 46:53
  George?
• 46:55
  Well,
• 46:56
  I'll
• 46:56
  tell
• 46:56
  you
• 46:56
  what.
• 46:57
  You
• 46:58
  will
• 46:58
  never
• 46:58
  get
• 46:58
  me
• 46:59
  at
• 47:00
  any
• 47:00
  time,
• 47:01
  a
• 47:01
  place
• 47:02
  to
• 47:02
  say
• 47:03
  one
• 47:03
  bad
• 47:03
  word
• 47:03
  about
• 47:04
  him.
• 47:05
  And
• 47:06
  I
• 47:06
  can
• 47:06
  tell
• 47:06
  you
• 47:06
  this.
• 47:06
  If
• 47:07
  the.
• 47:07
  If
• 47:07
  the
• 47:07
  man
• 47:08
  were
• 47:08
  alive
• 47:08
  today
• 47:09
  and
• 47:09
  healthy
• 47:10
  and
• 47:10
  still
• 47:10
  involved
• 47:11
  with
• 47:11
  the
• 47:11
  New
• 47:11
  York
• 47:11
  Yankees,
• 47:12
  the
• 47:12
  game
• 47:12
  would
• 47:13
  be
• 47:13
  five
• 47:13
  times
• 47:14
  better
• 47:14
  than
• 47:14
  it
• 47:14
  is
• 47:15
  right
• 47:15
  now.
• 47:16
  The
• 47:17
  one
• 47:17
  thing
• 47:17
  that
• 47:17
  he
• 47:18
  had
• 47:18
  was
• 47:20
  complete
• 47:20
  command
• 47:22
  not
• 47:22
  only
• 47:22
  within
• 47:22
  our
• 47:23
  organization,
• 47:23
  but
• 47:24
  throughout
• 47:24
  baseball.
• 47:25
  And
• 47:25
  he
• 47:26
  was.
• 47:26
  He
• 47:26
  was
• 47:27
  a
• 47:27
  stickler.
• 47:29
  It
• 47:29
  was
• 47:29
  his
• 47:29
  way
• 47:29
  or
• 47:30
  the
• 47:30
  highway,
• 47:31
  that
• 47:31
  type
• 47:32
  of
• 47:32
  thing.
• 47:32
  And
• 47:32
  you
• 47:33
  know,
• 47:33
  you,
• 47:33
  you,
• 47:34
  everybody
• 47:34
  dressed.
• 47:35
  You
• 47:35
  were
• 47:35
  one.
• 47:35
  You
• 47:36
  were
• 47:36
  one
• 47:36
  unit.
• 47:37
  No
• 47:37
  matter
• 47:37
  whether
• 47:37
  you
• 47:38
  were
• 47:38
  white,
• 47:38
  black,
• 47:39
  Latin,
• 47:39
  whatever.
• 47:40
  Didn't
• 47:40
  make
• 47:40
  any
• 47:40
  difference.
• 47:41
  You
• 47:41
  were
• 47:41
  a
• 47:41
  Yankee.
• 47:42
  You
• 47:42
  buttoned
• 47:42
  all
• 47:43
  the
• 47:43
  buttons
• 47:43
  on
• 47:43
  your
• 47:43
  Shirt.
• 47:45
  The
• 47:45
  only
• 47:45
  guy
• 47:46
  that
• 47:46
  got
• 47:46
  away
• 47:46
  with
• 47:46
  any
• 47:47
  kind
• 47:47
  of
• 47:48
  handlebar
• 47:49
  mustache
• 47:49
  was
• 47:50
  Gossage.
• 47:50
  And
• 47:50
  that's
• 47:51
  because
• 47:51
  he
• 47:51
  could
• 47:51
  get
• 47:51
  you
• 47:51
  out
• 47:52
  on
• 47:52
  a
• 47:52
  regular
• 47:52
  basis.
• 47:53
  And
• 47:53
  he
• 47:54
  knew
• 47:54
  it,
• 47:54
  George
• 47:55
  knew
• 47:55
  it,
• 47:55
  and
• 47:55
  so
• 47:56
  did
• 47:56
  Goose
• 47:56
  and,
• 47:57
  you
• 47:57
  know,
• 47:57
  that
• 47:58
  type
• 47:58
  of
• 47:58
  thing.
• 47:58
  But
• 47:59
  everybody
• 48:00
  had
• 48:00
  complete
• 48:01
  respect
• 48:02
  for
• 48:02
  the
• 48:03
  man.
• 48:03
  And
• 48:03
  I
• 48:03
  can
• 48:03
  tell
• 48:04
  you,
• 48:05
  he
• 48:05
  used
• 48:05
  to
• 48:05
  come
• 48:05
  down
• 48:06
  to
• 48:06
  spring
• 48:06
  training
• 48:07
  and
• 48:07
  he'd
• 48:07
  show
• 48:08
  up
• 48:09
  in
• 48:09
  the
• 48:09
  locker
• 48:10
  room
• 48:11
  before,
• 48:11
  during
• 48:12
  or
• 48:12
  after
• 48:12
  or
• 48:13
  whatever,
• 48:13
  and
• 48:13
  those
• 48:13
  guys
• 48:14
  would
• 48:14
  raised
• 48:15
  hell
• 48:15
  with
• 48:15
  him
• 48:15
  and
• 48:16
  have
• 48:16
  more
• 48:16
  fun.
• 48:16
  And
• 48:17
  I
• 48:17
  mean,
• 48:17
  it
• 48:17
  was.
• 48:18
  It
• 48:18
  was
• 48:18
  just.
• 48:19
  It
• 48:19
  was
• 48:19
  tremendous
• 48:20
  to
• 48:20
  see.
• 48:20
  It
• 48:20
  really
• 48:21
  was,
• 48:21
  because
• 48:21
  he.
• 48:21
  I
• 48:22
  mean,
• 48:23
  everybody
• 48:24
  saw
• 48:24
  the
• 48:24
  side
• 48:25
  of.
• 48:25
  They
• 48:25
  didn't
• 48:25
  see
• 48:26
  the
• 48:26
  side
• 48:26
  of
• 48:26
  George,
• 48:28
  you
• 48:28
  know,
• 48:28
  that.
• 48:29
  That
• 48:29
  everyone
• 48:29
  else
• 48:30
  worked
• 48:31
  for
• 48:31
  him
• 48:31
  and
• 48:31
  did.
• 48:32
  And
• 48:33
  like
• 48:33
  I
• 48:33
  say,
• 48:33
  you.
• 48:34
  You'll
• 48:34
  never
• 48:34
  get
• 48:34
  me
• 48:35
  to
• 48:35
  say
• 48:35
  a
• 48:35
  bad
• 48:35
  word
• 48:36
  about
• 48:36
  him.
• 48:36
  It
• 48:37
  was.
• 48:37
  I
• 48:37
  was
• 48:37
  devastated.
• 48:38
  That's
• 48:38
  the
• 48:38
  only.
• 48:39
  That
• 48:39
  was
• 48:39
  the
• 48:39
  only
• 48:40
  bad
• 48:40
  day
• 48:42
  that
• 48:42
  I
• 48:42
  can
• 48:42
  say
• 48:42
  was
• 48:43
  over
• 48:43
  the
• 48:43
  Yankees
• 48:43
  when
• 48:44
  we
• 48:44
  lost.
• 48:45
  Yeah.
• 48:45
  And
• 48:46
  as
• 48:46
  I.
• 48:47
  As
• 48:47
  I
• 48:47
  told
• 48:47
  you
• 48:47
  offline,
• 48:49
  Stump,
• 48:49
  not
• 48:50
  one
• 48:50
  guy
• 48:50
  that
• 48:50
  I've
• 48:51
  spoken
• 48:51
  to
• 48:51
  that's
• 48:52
  played
• 48:52
  for
• 48:52
  the
• 48:52
  Yankees
• 48:53
  under
• 48:54
  George's
• 48:55
  regime,
• 48:55
  so
• 48:56
  to
• 48:56
  speak,
• 48:57
  not
• 48:57
  one
• 48:58
  of
• 48:58
  those
• 48:58
  guys
• 48:58
  has
• 48:58
  anything
• 48:59
  bad
• 49:00
  to
• 49:00
  say
• 49:00
  about
• 49:00
  George
• 49:01
  either.
• 49:01
  Especially
• 49:02
  guys
• 49:02
  like
• 49:03
  Doc
• 49:03
  Gooden,
• 49:04
  Darryl
• 49:04
  Strawberry,
• 49:05
  who
• 49:05
  are
• 49:05
  really
• 49:06
  taken
• 49:06
  in
• 49:07
  and
• 49:08
  given
• 49:08
  a
• 49:08
  second
• 49:08
  chance
• 49:09
  by
• 49:09
  George.
• 49:10
  Nothing
• 49:11
  bad
• 49:11
  to
• 49:11
  say.
• 49:13
  No
• 49:13
  question
• 49:14
  about
• 49:14
  it.
• 49:14
  The
• 49:14
  only
• 49:14
  thing
• 49:15
  with
• 49:15
  George,
• 49:15
  he
• 49:15
  was
• 49:15
  with
• 49:16
  your
• 49:16
  winner.
• 49:16
  Tie.
• 49:16
  Just
• 49:17
  don't
• 49:17
  tie
• 49:17
  too
• 49:17
  many.
• 49:19
  That's
• 49:19
  right.
• 49:20
  Now,
• 49:21
  Stump
• 49:22
  Merrill's
• 49:22
  with
• 49:22
  us
• 49:23
  tonight
• 49:23
  on
• 49:23
  Sports
• 49:23
  Talk
• 49:24
  New
• 49:24
  York.
• 49:24
  Now,
• 49:25
  Stump,
• 49:26
  these
• 49:26
  changes
• 49:27
  in
• 49:27
  the
• 49:27
  game
• 49:27
  that
• 49:28
  we've
• 49:28
  spoken
• 49:29
  about,
• 49:30
  the
• 49:30
  base
• 49:31
  size,
• 49:31
  the
• 49:32
  ghost
• 49:32
  runner,
• 49:33
  what
• 49:33
  would
• 49:34
  George
• 49:34
  have
• 49:35
  said
• 49:35
  about
• 49:35
  these
• 49:36
  and
• 49:36
  how
• 49:36
  do
• 49:37
  you
• 49:37
  feel
• 49:37
  about
• 49:37
  them?
• 49:39
  I
• 49:39
  can
• 49:39
  tell
• 49:39
  you
• 49:40
  this
• 49:40
  right
• 49:40
  now.
• 49:41
  God
• 49:41
  is
• 49:42
  my
• 49:42
  judge.
• 49:42
  If
• 49:43
  George
• 49:43
  Steinburn
• 49:44
  were
• 49:44
  alive,
• 49:44
  I
• 49:45
  don't
• 49:45
  believe.
• 49:47
  I
• 49:47
  don't
• 49:47
  believe
• 49:48
  that
• 49:48
  we
• 49:48
  would
• 49:48
  be
• 49:48
  confronted
• 49:49
  with
• 49:49
  that
• 49:49
  kind
• 49:50
  of
• 49:50
  situation.
• 49:50
  You
• 49:51
  know,
• 49:52
  the
• 49:52
  thing
• 49:52
  that's
• 49:53
  happened
• 49:53
  is
• 49:54
  that
• 49:55
  everybody
• 49:56
  is
• 49:56
  trying
• 49:56
  to
• 49:56
  do
• 49:57
  one
• 49:57
  thing.
• 49:57
  The
• 49:57
  commissioner
• 49:58
  is
• 49:58
  trying
• 49:58
  to
• 49:58
  do
• 49:59
  one
• 49:59
  thing,
• 49:59
  appease
• 49:59
  the
• 50:00
  fans
• 50:00
  at
• 50:00
  the
• 50:01
  expense
• 50:01
  of
• 50:01
  the
• 50:01
  game.
• 50:02
  And
• 50:02
  I
• 50:02
  don't
• 50:02
  care
• 50:02
  what
• 50:03
  anybody
• 50:03
  says,
• 50:03
  and
• 50:04
  I'll
• 50:04
  say
• 50:04
  it
• 50:04
  to
• 50:04
  anybody,
• 50:05
  the
• 50:05
  next
• 50:06
  thing
• 50:06
  he
• 50:06
  does
• 50:06
  that's
• 50:07
  good
• 50:07
  for
• 50:07
  the
• 50:07
  game
• 50:07
  of
• 50:07
  baseball
• 50:08
  will
• 50:08
  be
• 50:08
  the
• 50:08
  first
• 50:08
  thing
• 50:09
  he's
• 50:09
  done
• 50:09
  in
• 50:09
  my
• 50:10
  book.
• 50:10
  Right?
• 50:11
  And
• 50:11
  I'm
• 50:12
  proud
• 50:12
  to
• 50:12
  admit
• 50:12
  it,
• 50:13
  and
• 50:13
  I'll
• 50:14
  stand
• 50:14
  on
• 50:14
  it
• 50:14
  until
• 50:15
  the
• 50:15
  day
• 50:15
  I
• 50:15
  die.
• 50:16
  But
• 50:17
  you're
• 50:17
  going
• 50:17
  to
• 50:17
  tell
• 50:17
  me
• 50:18
  the
• 50:18
  reason
• 50:18
  you
• 50:19
  have
• 50:19
  25
• 50:20
  men
• 50:20
  on
• 50:20
  your
• 50:20
  roster
• 50:21
  in
• 50:21
  a
• 50:22
  minor
• 50:22
  league,
• 50:22
  and
• 50:23
  then
• 50:23
  you're
• 50:23
  going
• 50:23
  to
• 50:23
  worry
• 50:24
  about
• 50:24
  extra
• 50:24
  innards.
• 50:25
  You
• 50:25
  got
• 50:25
  to
• 50:25
  put
• 50:25
  a
• 50:25
  guy
• 50:26
  on
• 50:26
  second
• 50:26
  base
• 50:27
  and
• 50:27
  lead
• 50:27
  him
• 50:27
  off,
• 50:29
  so
• 50:29
  on
• 50:29
  and
• 50:30
  so
• 50:30
  forth.
• 50:30
  And
• 50:30
  that's
• 50:31
  not
• 50:31
  the
• 50:31
  way
• 50:31
  the
• 50:31
  game
• 50:31
  is
• 50:32
  meant
• 50:32
  to
• 50:32
  be
• 50:32
  played.
• 50:32
  Now,
• 50:33
  they
• 50:33
  moved,
• 50:34
  they
• 50:34
  make
• 50:34
  the
• 50:34
  base,
• 50:35
  second
• 50:35
  bases
• 50:36
  moved
• 50:36
  in
• 50:36
  so
• 50:36
  they
• 50:37
  can
• 50:37
  get
• 50:37
  stolen
• 50:37
  bases.
• 50:38
  The
• 50:39
  other
• 50:39
  thing
• 50:39
  that
• 50:39
  has
• 50:40
  really
• 50:40
  hurt
• 50:41
  the
• 50:41
  game
• 50:41
  is,
• 50:42
  as
• 50:42
  you
• 50:43
  know,
• 50:43
  to
• 50:43
  throw
• 50:44
  a
• 50:44
  baseball
• 50:45
  60ft,
• 50:45
  6
• 50:46
  inches
• 50:46
  to
• 50:46
  a
• 50:46
  spot
• 50:48
  requires
• 50:49
  total
• 50:49
  concentration.
• 50:51
  And
• 50:51
  all
• 50:51
  they
• 50:52
  have
• 50:52
  done
• 50:53
  is
• 50:53
  taken
• 50:54
  concentration
• 50:55
  out
• 50:55
  of
• 50:55
  the
• 50:56
  game.
• 50:56
  The
• 50:56
  great
• 50:56
  thing
• 50:57
  about
• 50:57
  baseball,
• 50:58
  for
• 50:58
  years
• 50:58
  and
• 50:58
  years
• 50:59
  and
• 50:59
  years,
• 50:59
  the
• 50:59
  only
• 51:00
  game
• 51:00
  played
• 51:00
  without
• 51:00
  a
• 51:01
  clock.
• 51:02
  And
• 51:02
  now
• 51:02
  you
• 51:02
  tell
• 51:02
  a
• 51:02
  guy,
• 51:03
  you
• 51:03
  tell
• 51:03
  the
• 51:04
  pitcher
• 51:04
  who's
• 51:04
  on
• 51:04
  the
• 51:04
  mound,
• 51:05
  he's
• 51:05
  got
• 51:06
  X
• 51:06
  number
• 51:07
  of
• 51:07
  seconds
• 51:07
  to
• 51:08
  get
• 51:08
  the
• 51:08
  sign,
• 51:09
  check
• 51:10
  the
• 51:10
  guy
• 51:10
  at
• 51:10
  first
• 51:11
  base,
• 51:11
  do
• 51:11
  whatever
• 51:12
  he's
• 51:12
  got
• 51:12
  to
• 51:12
  do,
• 51:12
  and
• 51:13
  then
• 51:13
  deliver
• 51:13
  the
• 51:13
  ball
• 51:13
  to
• 51:14
  home
• 51:14
  plate.
• 51:14
  And
• 51:14
  if
• 51:14
  he
• 51:15
  misses,
• 51:15
  it
• 51:15
  goes
• 51:16
  400ft,
• 51:16
  particularly
• 51:17
  if
• 51:17
  he's
• 51:17
  pitching
• 51:18
  middle
• 51:18
  in.
• 51:19
  And,
• 51:19
  you
• 51:20
  know,
• 51:20
  and
• 51:20
  that's.
• 51:21
  And
• 51:21
  consequently,
• 51:23
  the
• 51:23
  other
• 51:24
  thing
• 51:24
  is
• 51:24
  that
• 51:24
  people
• 51:25
  don't
• 51:25
  appreciate
• 51:27
  one
• 51:27
  to
• 51:27
  nothing.
• 51:28
  That's
• 51:28
  the
• 51:28
  best
• 51:28
  game
• 51:29
  that
• 51:29
  baseball
• 51:30
  is.
• 51:30
  But
• 51:30
  they
• 51:30
  don't
• 51:31
  understand
• 51:31
  that
• 51:32
  everybody
• 51:32
  wants
• 51:33
  to
• 51:33
  see
• 51:33
  runs,
• 51:34
  runs
• 51:34
  and
• 51:34
  runs
• 51:35
  and
• 51:35
  so
• 51:35
  on
• 51:35
  and
• 51:35
  so
• 51:36
  forth.
• 51:36
  And
• 51:37
  to
• 51:37
  my
• 51:37
  knowledge
• 51:38
  right
• 51:38
  now,
• 51:38
  as
• 51:38
  far
• 51:38
  as
• 51:39
  I'm
• 51:39
  concerned,
• 51:39
  I
• 51:39
  mean,
• 51:39
  I
• 51:40
  don't
• 51:40
  even
• 51:40
  pay
• 51:40
  any
• 51:40
  attention
• 51:41
  to.
• 51:41
  I
• 51:41
  couldn't
• 51:41
  name
• 51:41
  you
• 51:43
  five
• 51:43
  guys
• 51:43
  that
• 51:43
  play
• 51:44
  for
• 51:44
  the
• 51:44
  New
• 51:44
  York
• 51:44
  Yankees.
• 51:45
  And
• 51:45
  I'm
• 51:45
  embarrassed
• 51:46
  to
• 51:46
  say
• 51:46
  it,
• 51:46
  but
• 51:46
  that's,
• 51:47
  you
• 51:47
  know,
• 51:47
  that's
• 51:47
  the
• 51:48
  way
• 51:48
  it
• 51:48
  is.
• 51:48
  Yeah,
• 51:49
  I
• 51:49
  understand
• 51:50
  your
• 51:50
  point,
• 51:50
  stump.
• 51:51
  100%.
• 51:54
  These
• 51:54
  changes
• 51:54
  that
• 51:55
  Manfred
• 51:56
  has
• 51:56
  implemented,
• 51:58
  a
• 51:58
  guy
• 51:58
  like
• 51:58
  Henry
• 51:59
  Chadwick
• 52:00
  is
• 52:00
  rolling
• 52:00
  over
• 52:01
  in
• 52:01
  his
• 52:01
  grave,
• 52:02
  no
• 52:03
  question.
• 52:05
  I
• 52:05
  can
• 52:05
  tell
• 52:05
  you
• 52:05
  this.
• 52:06
  I
• 52:06
  was
• 52:06
  24,
• 52:07
  7,
• 52:07
  365,
• 52:08
  baseball,
• 52:09
  okay?
• 52:10
  For
• 52:10
  years
• 52:10
  and
• 52:11
  years,
• 52:11
  I
• 52:11
  had
• 52:11
  my
• 52:12
  house
• 52:13
  hooked
• 52:13
  up
• 52:13
  about
• 52:14
  five
• 52:14
  different
• 52:14
  ways
• 52:15
  so
• 52:15
  I
• 52:15
  could
• 52:15
  get
• 52:16
  all
• 52:16
  kinds
• 52:16
  of
• 52:16
  games
• 52:17
  and
• 52:17
  this
• 52:17
  and
• 52:17
  that.
• 52:17
  And
• 52:18
  I
• 52:18
  can
• 52:18
  tell
• 52:18
  you
• 52:18
  right
• 52:18
  now,
• 52:19
  I
• 52:19
  can't
• 52:20
  remember
• 52:21
  the
• 52:21
  last
• 52:21
  time
• 52:21
  I
• 52:22
  watched
• 52:22
  a
• 52:23
  complete
• 52:23
  game
• 52:23
  of
• 52:24
  baseball
• 52:25
  on
• 52:25
  tv.
• 52:27
  And
• 52:27
  I
• 52:28
  have
• 52:28
  not
• 52:28
  been
• 52:28
  back
• 52:28
  to
• 52:29
  a
• 52:29
  stadium
• 52:29
  since,
• 52:31
  well,
• 52:32
  I
• 52:32
  guess,
• 52:33
  I
• 52:33
  don't
• 52:34
  know,
• 52:34
  since
• 52:34
  I
• 52:34
  left
• 52:34
  the
• 52:35
  Yankees,
• 52:35
  certainly.
• 52:36
  Well,
• 52:36
  all
• 52:37
  it
• 52:37
  is,
• 52:37
  Stump,
• 52:38
  is
• 52:39
  a
• 52:39
  shopping
• 52:40
  mall
• 52:40
  with
• 52:41
  a
• 52:41
  game
• 52:41
  in
• 52:41
  the
• 52:41
  middle
• 52:42
  of
• 52:42
  it.
• 52:42
  That's,
• 52:43
  that's
• 52:44
  what
• 52:44
  I
• 52:44
  equate
• 52:44
  it
• 52:44
  to.
• 52:45
  This
• 52:46
  shops.
• 52:46
  Every
• 52:47
  five
• 52:47
  feet,
• 52:47
  there's
• 52:48
  a
• 52:48
  concession
• 52:48
  stand
• 52:50
  with
• 52:51
  different
• 52:51
  foods.
• 52:52
  The
• 52:52
  kids
• 52:53
  that
• 52:53
  go
• 52:53
  out
• 52:53
  there
• 52:53
  are
• 52:54
  just
• 52:54
  interested
• 52:55
  in
• 52:55
  how
• 52:55
  many
• 52:56
  different
• 52:56
  beers
• 52:56
  there
• 52:57
  are.
• 52:58
  Nobody's
• 52:59
  watching
• 52:59
  the
• 52:59
  ball
• 53:00
  game.
• 53:00
  That's
• 53:00
  why
• 53:00
  it
• 53:01
  looks
• 53:01
  like
• 53:01
  nobody's
• 53:02
  there,
• 53:02
  because
• 53:02
  they're
• 53:03
  all
• 53:03
  out
• 53:03
  eating
• 53:03
  and
• 53:04
  drinking
• 53:05
  and
• 53:05
  there's
• 53:06
  no
• 53:06
  respect
• 53:06
  for
• 53:07
  the
• 53:07
  ball
• 53:07
  game
• 53:07
  at
• 53:08
  all.
• 53:09
  No,
• 53:09
  you're
• 53:09
  right.
• 53:10
  First
• 53:10
  of
• 53:10
  all,
• 53:10
  it
• 53:10
  costs
• 53:11
  you
• 53:11
  a
• 53:11
  fortune
• 53:11
  to
• 53:11
  Go.
• 53:12
  Not
• 53:12
  many
• 53:12
  people
• 53:12
  can
• 53:13
  afford
• 53:13
  to
• 53:13
  do
• 53:13
  it.
• 53:14
  The
• 53:14
  other
• 53:14
  thing
• 53:14
  is,
• 53:16
  I'll
• 53:16
  ask
• 53:16
  you,
• 53:16
  when's
• 53:17
  the
• 53:17
  last
• 53:17
  time
• 53:17
  you
• 53:17
  drove
• 53:18
  down
• 53:18
  the
• 53:18
  highway,
• 53:19
  backyard
• 53:20
  and
• 53:20
  saw
• 53:21
  two
• 53:21
  kids
• 53:21
  in
• 53:21
  a
• 53:21
  yard
• 53:22
  playing
• 53:22
  catch?
• 53:23
  Never.
• 53:23
  See,
• 53:23
  we
• 53:23
  don't.
• 53:24
  Right.
• 53:24
  We
• 53:24
  don't
• 53:24
  play
• 53:25
  anymore.
• 53:25
  And
• 53:25
  then
• 53:26
  the
• 53:26
  reason.
• 53:26
  The
• 53:27
  game,
• 53:27
  you
• 53:27
  know,
• 53:28
  the
• 53:28
  game's
• 53:28
  gone
• 53:29
  to
• 53:29
  hell
• 53:29
  because
• 53:29
  we
• 53:29
  don't
• 53:29
  play.
• 53:30
  You
• 53:30
  can
• 53:30
  call
• 53:31
  it
• 53:31
  the
• 53:31
  American
• 53:31
  pastime.
• 53:32
  It's
• 53:32
  not
• 53:32
  the
• 53:32
  American
• 53:33
  pastime
• 53:33
  anymore.
• 53:34
  It's
• 53:35
  that.
• 53:35
  And
• 53:35
  the
• 53:36
  unfortunate
• 53:36
  thing
• 53:37
  is,
• 53:37
  it's
• 53:37
  not
• 53:37
  only
• 53:37
  in
• 53:38
  baseball.
• 53:38
  There's
• 53:38
  a
• 53:38
  carryover
• 53:39
  in
• 53:39
  the
• 53:39
  other
• 53:39
  games
• 53:40
  as
• 53:40
  well.
• 53:41
  But,
• 53:41
  I
• 53:42
  mean,
• 53:42
  when
• 53:42
  you
• 53:42
  grow
• 53:43
  up
• 53:43
  and
• 53:43
  baseball
• 53:44
  is,
• 53:44
  you
• 53:44
  know,
• 53:44
  what
• 53:45
  it
• 53:45
  was,
• 53:45
  what
• 53:46
  it
• 53:46
  meant.
• 53:46
  I
• 53:47
  mean,
• 53:47
  we
• 53:47
  used
• 53:47
  to
• 53:47
  go
• 53:47
  and
• 53:48
  play
• 53:48
  in
• 53:49
  the
• 53:49
  sandlots
• 53:50
  and
• 53:50
  make
• 53:51
  believe
• 53:51
  that
• 53:51
  you
• 53:51
  were
• 53:52
  Ted
• 53:52
  Williams
• 53:52
  or
• 53:53
  Willie
• 53:53
  Mays
• 53:53
  or
• 53:54
  whoever
• 53:54
  you
• 53:54
  wanted
• 53:55
  to
• 53:55
  be
• 53:55
  and
• 53:55
  have
• 53:56
  one
• 53:56
  hell
• 53:56
  of
• 53:56
  a
• 53:56
  time
• 53:57
  and,
• 53:57
  Christ,
• 53:57
  now
• 53:58
  you
• 53:58
  can't
• 53:58
  find
• 53:58
  somebody
• 53:58
  to
• 53:59
  play
• 53:59
  catch
• 53:59
  with.
• 54:00
  That's
• 54:00
  why,
• 54:01
  Stump,
• 54:02
  I
• 54:02
  believe
• 54:02
  there
• 54:02
  are
• 54:02
  so
• 54:03
  many
• 54:03
  Latin
• 54:04
  players
• 54:04
  in
• 54:04
  Major
• 54:05
  League
• 54:05
  baseball
• 54:05
  today
• 54:06
  because
• 54:07
  they
• 54:07
  play.
• 54:08
  They
• 54:08
  play
• 54:08
  when
• 54:08
  they're
• 54:09
  kids.
• 54:09
  They
• 54:10
  start
• 54:10
  out
• 54:11
  young,
• 54:12
  and
• 54:13
  that's
• 54:13
  why
• 54:13
  these
• 54:13
  kids
• 54:14
  are
• 54:14
  ready
• 54:14
  for
• 54:14
  the
• 54:14
  major
• 54:15
  leagues
• 54:15
  when
• 54:15
  they're
• 54:16
  17
• 54:16
  years
• 54:16
  old.
• 54:17
  Yeah.
• 54:18
  No,
• 54:19
  there's
• 54:19
  no
• 54:19
  question.
• 54:19
  And,
• 54:20
  you
• 54:20
  know,
• 54:20
  the
• 54:20
  carryover
• 54:21
  is
• 54:21
  you
• 54:22
  go
• 54:22
  to
• 54:22
  the
• 54:22
  college
• 54:22
  games.
• 54:23
  The
• 54:23
  college
• 54:23
  game
• 54:24
  is
• 54:24
  because
• 54:24
  they
• 54:24
  don't
• 54:25
  play.
• 54:25
  The
• 54:25
  college
• 54:26
  game
• 54:26
  is
• 54:26
  half
• 54:27
  what
• 54:27
  it
• 54:27
  used
• 54:27
  to
• 54:27
  be.
• 54:28
  You
• 54:28
  go
• 54:28
  to
• 54:28
  the
• 54:28
  high
• 54:28
  school,
• 54:29
  that's
• 54:29
  half
• 54:29
  what
• 54:30
  it
• 54:30
  used
• 54:30
  to
• 54:30
  be,
• 54:31
  so
• 54:31
  on
• 54:31
  and
• 54:31
  so
• 54:31
  forth.
• 54:32
  I
• 54:32
  mean,
• 54:32
  there's.
• 54:32
  There's
• 54:33
  a
• 54:33
  reason.
• 54:34
  First
• 54:34
  of
• 54:35
  all,
• 54:35
  baseball
• 54:35
  is
• 54:35
  the
• 54:36
  most
• 54:36
  difficult.
• 54:36
  I'll
• 54:37
  argue
• 54:37
  with
• 54:37
  anybody,
• 54:37
  it's
• 54:38
  the
• 54:38
  most
• 54:38
  difficult
• 54:38
  game
• 54:39
  to
• 54:39
  play.
• 54:39
  And
• 54:40
  there
• 54:40
  are
• 54:40
  so
• 54:40
  many
• 54:40
  different
• 54:41
  facets
• 54:41
  to
• 54:41
  the
• 54:42
  game.
• 54:42
  Each
• 54:42
  position
• 54:43
  requires
• 54:44
  something
• 54:44
  different
• 54:45
  and
• 54:45
  so
• 54:45
  on
• 54:45
  and
• 54:46
  so
• 54:46
  forth.
• 54:47
  And,
• 54:48
  you
• 54:48
  know,
• 54:48
  if
• 54:50
  you
• 54:50
  play
• 54:50
  golf
• 54:50
  once
• 54:51
  a
• 54:51
  week,
• 54:51
  you're
• 54:51
  not
• 54:51
  a
• 54:51
  very
• 54:51
  good
• 54:52
  golfer.
• 54:52
  You
• 54:52
  play
• 54:52
  seven
• 54:53
  weeks,
• 54:53
  seven
• 54:54
  times
• 54:54
  a
• 54:54
  week,
• 54:54
  you
• 54:55
  got
• 54:55
  a
• 54:55
  chance
• 54:55
  to
• 54:55
  be
• 54:55
  a
• 54:55
  pretty
• 54:56
  good
• 54:56
  golfer.
• 54:57
  Put
• 54:57
  that
• 54:57
  in
• 54:58
  perspective
• 54:58
  with
• 54:58
  baseball.
• 54:59
  And
• 54:59
  that's
• 55:00
  the
• 55:00
  reason
• 55:00
  it's
• 55:01
  where
• 55:01
  it
• 55:01
  is
• 55:01
  today
• 55:02
  and
• 55:02
  the
• 55:02
  reason
• 55:02
  that
• 55:03
  you've
• 55:03
  hit
• 55:03
  on
• 55:03
  it.
• 55:04
  Exactly.
• 55:05
  That
• 55:05
  they
• 55:05
  come
• 55:05
  from
• 55:06
  outside
• 55:06
  this
• 55:06
  country
• 55:07
  because
• 55:07
  we
• 55:07
  do
• 55:08
  not
• 55:08
  play.
• 55:08
  Everything
• 55:09
  today
• 55:09
  is
• 55:10
  easy.
• 55:10
  What
• 55:11
  is
• 55:11
  the
• 55:11
  easy
• 55:12
  way
• 55:12
  out?
• 55:12
  Dad,
• 55:13
  Can
• 55:13
  I
• 55:13
  have
• 55:13
  $50?
• 55:14
  Can
• 55:15
  I
• 55:15
  have
• 55:15
  $5
• 55:15
  gas?
• 55:16
  No,
• 55:16
  take
• 55:17
  the
• 55:17
  credit
• 55:17
  card
• 55:17
  and
• 55:17
  make
• 55:18
  sure
• 55:18
  you
• 55:18
  get
• 55:18
  enough.
• 55:19
  That's
• 55:19
  the
• 55:19
  moral
• 55:20
  today.
• 55:21
  When
• 55:21
  have
• 55:21
  you
• 55:22
  seen
• 55:23
  in
• 55:23
  years
• 55:23
  past,
• 55:24
  Stump,
• 55:25
  guys
• 55:25
  from
• 55:26
  Australia,
• 55:26
  guys
• 55:27
  from
• 55:27
  the
• 55:27
  Netherlands,
• 55:28
  guys
• 55:28
  from
• 55:28
  England
• 55:30
  playing
• 55:30
  baseball?
• 55:32
  You
• 55:32
  never
• 55:33
  saw
• 55:33
  that,
• 55:33
  but
• 55:33
  now
• 55:34
  they're
• 55:34
  there.
• 55:35
  Absolutely.
• 55:36
  Well,
• 55:36
  like
• 55:37
  I
• 55:37
  say,
• 55:37
  if
• 55:37
  you.
• 55:37
  If
• 55:38
  we
• 55:38
  don't
• 55:38
  play.
• 55:39
  Someone's
• 55:39
  gonna.
• 55:40
  And,
• 55:41
  like,
• 55:42
  you
• 55:42
  turn
• 55:42
  on
• 55:42
  your
• 55:43
  TV
• 55:44
  and,
• 55:44
  you
• 55:44
  know,
• 55:45
  you
• 55:45
  do.
• 55:45
  Well,
• 55:46
  if
• 55:46
  you
• 55:46
  can
• 55:46
  pronounce
• 55:46
  their
• 55:47
  names
• 55:47
  today.
• 55:48
  Right.
• 55:50
  I
• 55:50
  mean,
• 55:50
  it's
• 55:50
  sad
• 55:51
  because
• 55:51
  as
• 55:51
  I
• 55:51
  grew
• 55:52
  up
• 55:52
  and,
• 55:53
  you
• 55:54
  know,
• 55:54
  it
• 55:54
  was
• 55:54
  everything.
• 55:55
  And
• 55:55
  now
• 55:56
  it's,
• 55:56
  you
• 55:56
  know,
• 55:57
  again,
• 55:58
  they
• 55:58
  can't
• 55:58
  create
• 55:59
  enough
• 55:59
  interest
• 55:59
  to
• 56:00
  keep
• 56:00
  me
• 56:00
  involved.
• 56:01
  And
• 56:01
  it's
• 56:02
  a
• 56:02
  sense,
• 56:02
  and
• 56:02
  I
• 56:03
  hate
• 56:03
  to
• 56:03
  admit
• 56:03
  it,
• 56:03
  but
• 56:04
  I
• 56:05
  can't
• 56:05
  tell
• 56:05
  you
• 56:05
  that
• 56:05
  that's
• 56:06
  not
• 56:06
  true,
• 56:06
  because
• 56:06
  it
• 56:07
  is.
• 56:07
  I
• 56:07
  understand
• 56:08
  100%,
• 56:09
  Stump.
• 56:09
  And
• 56:10
  all
• 56:10
  we
• 56:10
  could
• 56:10
  do,
• 56:11
  my
• 56:11
  friend,
• 56:12
  is
• 56:12
  revel
• 56:13
  in
• 56:13
  the
• 56:13
  memories
• 56:14
  and
• 56:15
  watch
• 56:15
  tapes
• 56:16
  and.
• 56:17
  Right.
• 56:17
  Right.
• 56:17
  Watch
• 56:18
  Ken
• 56:18
  Burns
• 56:19
  baseball.
• 56:19
  I
• 56:20
  was
• 56:20
  very,
• 56:21
  very
• 56:21
  fortunate
• 56:22
  to
• 56:22
  be
• 56:22
  involved
• 56:23
  with
• 56:23
  them
• 56:24
  at
• 56:24
  the
• 56:24
  highlight
• 56:25
  of
• 56:25
  their
• 56:25
  career
• 56:26
  with
• 56:26
  those
• 56:26
  guys
• 56:26
  coming
• 56:27
  up
• 56:27
  through,
• 56:28
  you
• 56:29
  know,
• 56:29
  from
• 56:29
  the
• 56:29
  late
• 56:30
  70s
• 56:30
  and
• 56:30
  up
• 56:31
  through
• 56:31
  till,
• 56:32
  you
• 56:33
  know,
• 56:33
  about
• 56:33
  the
• 56:34
  time
• 56:34
  just
• 56:34
  before
• 56:34
  the
• 56:35
  old
• 56:35
  man
• 56:35
  passed.
• 56:36
  Yeah.
• 56:37
  So,
• 56:37
  you
• 56:38
  know,
• 56:38
  again,
• 56:38
  I
• 56:38
  say
• 56:39
  I
• 56:40
  saw
• 56:40
  the
• 56:40
  best
• 56:40
  of
• 56:40
  it.
• 56:40
  There's
• 56:41
  no
• 56:41
  question
• 56:41
  I
• 56:41
  was
• 56:42
  involved
• 56:42
  in
• 56:42
  the
• 56:42
  best
• 56:42
  of
• 56:43
  it.
• 56:43
  I
• 56:44
  saw
• 56:44
  the
• 56:44
  best
• 56:44
  players.
• 56:46
  A
• 56:46
  lot
• 56:46
  of
• 56:46
  them
• 56:46
  were
• 56:47
  my
• 56:47
  friends
• 56:47
  today.
• 56:47
  They
• 56:48
  unfortunately,
• 56:49
  you
• 56:49
  know,
• 56:49
  as
• 56:49
  we
• 56:50
  get
• 56:50
  older,
• 56:50
  unfortunately,
• 56:51
  we
• 56:51
  lose
• 56:51
  one
• 56:52
  or
• 56:52
  two
• 56:52
  every
• 56:52
  year.
• 56:53
  Outstanding.
• 56:54
  Well,
• 56:54
  Stump
• 56:54
  Merrill,
• 56:54
  it's
• 56:55
  been
• 56:55
  a
• 56:55
  real
• 56:55
  pleasure.
• 56:56
  I
• 56:56
  thank
• 56:56
  you
• 56:57
  for
• 56:57
  taking
• 56:57
  the
• 56:58
  time
• 56:58
  out
• 56:58
  of
• 56:58
  your
• 56:58
  Sunday
• 56:59
  evening
• 56:59
  and
• 56:59
  spend
• 56:59
  it
• 57:00
  with
• 57:00
  us
• 57:00
  down
• 57:00
  here
• 57:00
  in
• 57:01
  New
• 57:01
  York.
• 57:02
  No
• 57:02
  problem.
• 57:03
  All
• 57:03
  the
• 57:03
  best
• 57:03
  to
• 57:03
  you
• 57:04
  and
• 57:04
  the
• 57:04
  family,
• 57:04
  Stump,
• 57:05
  and
• 57:05
  I
• 57:05
  hope
• 57:05
  we
• 57:06
  get
• 57:06
  to
• 57:06
  speak
• 57:06
  again
• 57:07
  soon.
• 57:08
  Thank
• 57:08
  you
• 57:09
  very
• 57:09
  much.
• 57:09
  Me,
• 57:10
  too.
• 57:10
  That
• 57:11
  is
• 57:11
  Stump
• 57:12
  Merrill,
• 57:12
  ladies
• 57:12
  and
• 57:13
  gentlemen.
• 57:13
  That'll
• 57:13
  do
• 57:13
  it
• 57:14
  for
• 57:14
  me
• 57:14
  tonight
• 57:14
  on
• 57:14
  SPE
• 57:15
  Sports
• 57:15
  Talk
• 57:15
  New
• 57:15
  York.
• 57:16
  I'd
• 57:16
  like
• 57:17
  to
• 57:17
  thank
• 57:17
  my
• 57:17
  guests
• 57:18
  Dennis
• 57:18
  Martinez
• 57:19
  and
• 57:19
  Stump
• 57:19
  Merrill,
• 57:20
  my
• 57:20
  engineer,
• 57:21
  Brian
• 57:21
  Graves,
• 57:22
  and,
• 57:22
  of
• 57:22
  course,
• 57:22
  you
• 57:23
  folks
• 57:23
  for
• 57:23
  joining
• 57:24
  us.
• 57:24
  I'll
• 57:25
  see
• 57:25
  you
• 57:25
  Next
• 57:25
  on
• 57:25
  Sunday,
• 57:26
  June
• 57:26
  14
• 57:27
  for
• 57:27
  more
• 57:28
  sports
• 57:28
  Talk
• 57:28
  New
• 57:29
  York.
• 57:30
  Till
• 57:30
  then,
• 57:30
  be
• 57:30
  safe,
• 57:31
  be
• 57:31
  well.
• 57:32
  Bill
• 57:32
  Donahue,
• 57:33
  wishing
• 57:33
  you
• 57:33
  a
• 57:33
  good
• 57:33
  evening,
• 57:34
  folks.
• 57:34
  The
• 57:34
  views
• 57:35
  expressed
• 57:35
  in
• 57:35
  the
• 57:35
  previous
• 57:36
  program
• 57:36
  did
• 57:36
  not
• 57:37
  necessarily
• 57:37
  represent
• 57:37
  those
• 57:38
  of
• 57:38
  the
• 57:38
  staff,
• 57:38
  management
• 57:39
  or
• 57:39
  owners
• 57:40
  of
• 57:40
  wgb.