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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
"mudcat" Discussed on Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
"Some size at the end, just like at the beginning. So part of the reason why I think they're fan base is in the mood that it is in, is that they got promised a lot. They got a lot of talk about multiple championships. They got a lot of talk about how the White Sox basically sold 2016, 2017. At least bet at the time, we had not seen a team that had like two friendly rotation starters locked up on a really team friendly deals and even at the time had a meeting it was a big trade asset. We had not seen the team that had that level of core in place with that level of value stripped out. And so this was supposed to be this big rebuild that set them up for good for the long term. They're going to be a dynasty the way the Astros have become where they're annually in the playoffs regularly and you could have a 5 to 6 to 7 to 8 year competitive window where they have multiple World Series appearances in there. So I don't think there's really any way they can match up with the level of expectations they set. I think any reasonable standard would just be winning the Yale central getting back to playoffs winning a playoff series being relevant in the late playoff discussion. All I think would be a reasonable successor seems certainly given what was actually put into this off season, which was more two real major additions, one, which is now Paris fraught around the core that that's probably a reasonable expectation for them if everything goes right. I don't really think that given what they've sacrificed for this to be the competitive window given the fact that kind of abundant three years and hyped us up as a time where they'd be annual contenders. I don't think just when he had division is really going to satiate their fans because they were promised a lot more, but I think just looking at this rasa day and what they have, I think that if they won the AL central, they won 93 plus games. I would certainly write that Pedro go folded a really good job with what he had. And it'd be hard for me to give another F to the front office if the pieces they put together delivered that. It's hard to win the divisions. I would know because I covered the White Sox now. They haven't won that many. So I think that's what a success is. I think when he a playoff series, they haven't won one since 2005. Even if they just get flattened in the LCS by an Astros or a Yankees team that I think is a tier above them, I think that'd be a successful year. But theoretically given that they were 81 and 81 last year and really bad that maybe even worse from a run differential perspective, even just add winning 90 games and being a wild card team or just being in the hunt all season long and just looking better, but obviously better, but there's this gulf between what they say to their expectations where and what I think is actually reasonable to expect from the group that they've assembled, which is a lot more just, you know, win a bad division. I think that'd be a good year for them. Right, well, we will see if going to summer school can help the White Sox salvage their GPA. You can read about their studies, I'll see you some lung at the athletic, and you can find James on Twitter at JR vegan, James, thanks, as always. I thought this had to end with me doing a prediction is that sometimes last year. Yeah, we've scrapped it. But if you've got one holstered and ready to go, I don't want to waste your time. If I'm out, I don't have to be wedded to some prediction. I would definitely not do more than what's required me. I will take, I will give a sea level performance where I do nothing above. What is it? Perfect. Okay, we will conclude with the past blast, which comes to us from 1970 and from David Lewis and architectural historian and baseball researcher based in Boston. David writes, 1970, Finley covers his bases. In 1970, ever eccentric athletics owner Charlie Finley was, as UPA put it, at it again. In an effort to liven up opening day in Oakland, Finley requested and received permission from baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn to use bases painted a bright gold on a one game trial basis. The experiment called for first second and third base but not home plate to be painted, finlay was quoted as saying it should make players want to reach base more often. Which is an interesting hypothesis. Should it? The fact that the bases are painted gold is the idea here that we will fool the players into thinking that they're golden that they get to take the bases back with them. I don't know that it would make them want to reach base more often, but I guess it's pretty to look at. Continuing here, adding to the opening day spectacle, a's pitcher Jim mudcat grant was tapped to sing the national anthem, reportedly the first active player to do so. Finley evidently liked the experiment enough that he suggested colored bases as a permanent rule change at the 1970 winter meetings in December. This suggestion, along with a proposal to add a 22nd pitch clock, was ultimately rejected by the playing rules committee. So finlay, he was et cetera is a good word for it. He was ahead of his time in some ways, and he was a showman and promoter and he liked some sideshow elements and he liked colors, colorful uniforms, colored bases, colored balls, right? Orange colored baseballs. Initiative, but colored bases. I don't know. I mean, it's similar to today where we're talking about a change to the bases and an actual pitch clock. So finlay would probably be pleased about that, but I guess you would be disappointed that the bigger bases are still just plain old boring white and not break gold. Yeah, I mean. Wow, wow, could have had an even better photo up. Short air in Arizona earlier this week if the basis were not only bigger, but bright gold. Gold. You know? Championship bases. It's like when it's like when a club wins the World Series and then their numbers get to have the gold outlining, you know? Yeah. Maybe someday. Maybe someday. All right, that will do it for today and for this week. Thanks as always for listening. RIP to Tim mccarver, who died on Thursday at age 81, 21 year playing career, two time all star, two
Bloomberg Radio New York
"mudcat" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"He released his tenth book, Ricky. The life and legend of an American original on baseball legend Ricky Henderson, bless will talk with him about the current state of the game coming out of the all star break and heading toward the trade deadline. I am excited for our conversation with Howard Bryant, his book on Ricky Henderson really goes beyond the blockbuster numbers at Ricky put up in his long career. It touches on his impact. It really digs into his impact in terms of diversity and sports as a black athlete and his impact on player salaries, which is fascinating because he was really ahead of his time. He's also in a group of legendary athletes that played in the Bay Area, which made me think of one of our own here at Bloomberg. Seth Magdalene Seth is a producer who has a very unique background in baseball, especially in the Bay Area. Seth produced a documentary called the Bay Area black aces, and I want to bring him into the program. Seth, welcome to the show, tell us a little bit about your background and baseball. I started out in baseball in the late 80s and took that all the way to Bloomberg where I was producing the sports business show portfolio when I first joined the network. You wrote and produced a documentary called the Bay Area black aces that won the Northern California Emmy Award as the best sports program in 2004. And the decade before that, you didn't mention you actually worked for the a's organization during Rickey Henderson's second tour of duty and that that'll be important later on. I want you to explain to us a little bit about the premise of your documentary Bay Area black aces, because Ricky Henderson is not a pitcher, but he's certainly a Bay Area superstar. The black aces concept was generated by one of the 12 African American pitchers in history to win 20 games in a season to be an ace, and that was Jim mudcat grant. Who pitched in the 1950 60s and 70s, and back in the early 2000s, he was promoting the fact that this wasn't exclusive baseball club. And baseball is all about numbers and clubs, right? The 500 home run club, the 3000 hit club. And to that point in the early 2000s, there had only been 12 black pitchers to win 20 games. And mudcat really wanted that to become a thing. And what I noticed, and I had been working in the Bay Area, is that of those 12, four were a Bay Area pictures, a pitch for the Giants and the a's. I know there are people who'd like to make that a trivia question, but it was Sam Jones of the Giants was the first, then Vita blue, then a fellow named Mike Norris, who figures very much in Ricky Henderson's career as Howard Bryant, Howard Bryant's book makes clear. And then Dave Stewart. And so my documentary was about what made it possible for this concentration in one in one city to take place. And that actually since then, there have been two more in the club. CC Sabathia, who grew up in Vallejo and dontrell Willis who grew up in Alameda, California. So it's really kind of a remarkable cluster. As a child of baseball cards, I have my Vita blue baseball. But again, like you said, it was rare to see a black pitcher. You know, for every bob Gibson, there were not a lot of people who were and even bob Gibson and every one of them really had to fight to get taken seriously in that role. And unfortunately, now with the way baseball has evolved, we're probably not going to see 20 game winners very often anyway. And so it's interesting. That category may kind of go to history, but certainly the issue of race and baseball with participation now this year down under I think it's 7.2% of players on big league rosters are black and that's down from a high of 35 in the mid 1970s. So I think about that, how much it's changed. You talked about how four of those pictures were from the Bay Area teams, who were playing for barrier teams and grew up in the Bay Area at the east bay specifically. Economic clusters is something we talk about a lot in business, right? Silicon Valley has a lot of engineers and because there's a lot of work opportunities for them. You have more developing in the region as well. Why is it from where you sit and from what you've observed do we have this precipitous drop off in black baseball players? Yeah, there's a lot of studies on that. One is just in general where the culture has gone that football and basketball have overtaken baseball in general in the culture and now soccer is really close behind and I think those games are perceived at those sports are perceived as being more friendly. They take less baseball, you know, you need more players, not from football, but certainly from basketball. You know, you can play three on three basketball and get really good and you can't play three on three baseball. Right. Lack of fields, lack of mentors, those factors have certainly been discussed. And to some degree, I think, you know, just lack of a welcoming feeling in the game. Also, lack of college scholarships, a lot more players now in baseball come out of college and fewer players who get college scholarships are from the black community. So it's really complex. But undeniable. Seth, you are the man. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. We really do appreciate it. So nice to join you, thanks. Thank you, Seth. Up next on the show more baseball author and ESPN senior writer Howard Bryant joins us to talk everything in LB plus
Bloomberg Radio New York
"mudcat" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"With author and ESPN senior writer Howard Bryant. He released his tenth book, Ricky. The life and legend of an American original on baseball legend Ricky Henderson, plus we'll talk with him about the current state of the game coming out of the all star break and heading toward the trade deadline. I am excited for our conversation with Howard Bryant, his book on Ricky Henderson really goes beyond the blockbuster numbers at Ricky put up in his long career. It touches on his impact. It really digs into his impact in terms of diversity and sports as a black athlete and his impact on player salaries, which is fascinating because he was really ahead of his time. He's also in a group of legendary athletes that played in the Bay Area, which made me think of one of our own here at Bloomberg. Seth Magdalene Seth is a producer who has a very unique background in baseball, especially in the Bay Area. Seth produced a documentary called the Bay Area black aces, and I want to bring him into the program. Seth, welcome to the show, tell us a little bit about your background in baseball. I started out in baseball in the late 80s and took that all the way to Bloomberg where I was producing the sports business show portfolio when I first joined the network. You wrote and produced a documentary called the Bay Area black aces. That won the Northern California Emmy Award as the best sports program in 2004. And the decade before that, you didn't mention you actually worked for the a's organization during Rickey Henderson's second tour of duty and that that'll be important later on. I want you to explain to us a little bit about the premise of your documentary Bay Area black aces, because Ricky Henderson is not a pitcher, but he's certainly a Bay Area superstar. The black ace is concept was generated by one of the 12 African American pitchers in history to win 20 games in a season to be an ace, and that was Jim mudcat grant, who pitched in the 1950 60s and 70s. And back in the early 2000s, he was promoting the fact that this wasn't exclusive baseball club. And baseball is all about numbers and clubs, right? The 500 home run club, the 3000 hit club. And to that point in the early 2000s, there had only been 12 black pitchers to win 20 games, and mudcat really wanted that to become a thing. And what I noticed, and I had been working in the Bay Area, is that of those 12, four were Bay Area pictures at pitch for the Giants and the a's. I know there are people who'd like to make that a trivia question, but it was Sam Jones of the Giants was the first, then Vita blue, then a fellow named Mike Norris, who figures very much in Ricky Henderson's career as Howard Bryant, Howard Brian's book makes clear. And then Dave Stewart. And so my documentary was about what made it possible for this concentration in one in one city to take place. And that actually since then, there have been two more in the club. CC Sabathia, who grew up in Vallejo and dontrell Willis who grew up in Alameda, California. So it's really kind of a remarkable cluster. As a child of baseball cards, I have my vital blue baseball card. But again, like you said, it was rare to see a black pitcher. You know, for every bob Gibson, there were not a lot of people who were and even bob Gibson and every one of them really had to fight to get taken seriously in that role. And unfortunately, now with the way baseball has evolved, we're probably not going to see 20 game winners very often anyway. And so it's interesting. That category may kind of go to history, but certainly the issue of race and baseball with participation now this year down under I think it's 7.2% of players on big league rosters are black and that's down from a high of 35 in the mid 1970s. So I think about that, how much it's changed. You talked about how four of those pictures were from the Bay Area teams, who were playing for barrier teams and grew up in the Bay Area at the east bay specifically. Economic clusters is something we talk about a lot in business, right? Silicon Valley has a lot of engineers and because there's a lot of work opportunities for them. You have more developing in the region as well. Why is it from where you sit and from what you've observed? Do we have this precipitous drop off in black baseball players? Yeah, there's a lot of studies on that. One is just in general where the culture has gone that football and basketball have overtaken baseball in general in the culture, and now soccer is really close behind. And I think those games are perceived at those sports are perceived as being more friendly. They take less baseball, you know, you need more players, not from football, but certainly from basketball. You know, you can play three on three basketball and get really good and you can't play three on three baseball. Right. Lack of fields, lack of mentors, those factors have certainly been discussed. And to some degree, I think, you know, just lack of a welcoming feeling in the game. Also, lack of college scholarships, a lot more players now in baseball come out of college and fewer players who get college scholarships are from the black community. So it's really complex. But undeniable. Seth, you are the man. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. We really do appreciate it. So nice to join you, thanks. Thank you, Seth. Up next on the show more baseball author and ESPN senior writer Howard Bryant joins us to talk everything in LB plus
Bloomberg Radio New York
"mudcat" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Writer Howard Bryant. He released his tenth book Ricky. The life and legend of an American original on baseball legend Ricky Henderson, bless will talk with him about the current state of the game coming out of the all star break and heading toward the trade deadline. I am excited for our conversation with Howard Bryant, his book on Ricky Henderson really goes beyond the blockbuster numbers that Ricky put up in his long career. It touches on his impact. It really digs into his impact in terms of diversity and sports as a black athlete and his impact on player salaries, which is fascinating, 'cause he was really ahead of his time. He's also in a group of legendary athletes that played in the Bay Area, which made me think of one of our own here at Bloomberg. Seth Magdalene Seth is a producer who has a very unique background in baseball, especially in the Bay Area. Seth produced a documentary called the Bay Area black aces. And I want to bring him into the program. Seth, welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background and baseball. I started out in baseball in the late 80s and took that all the way to Bloomberg where I was producing the sports business show portfolio when I first joined the network. You wrote and produced a documentary called the Bay Area black aces that won the Northern California and the award as the best sports program in 2004. And the decade before that, you didn't mention you actually worked for the a's organization during Rickey Henderson's second tour of duty and that that will be important later on. I want you to explain to us a little bit about the premise of your documentary Bay Area black aces because Ricky Henderson is not a pitcher, but he's certainly a Bay Area superstar. The black aces concept was generated by one of the 12 African American pitchers in history to win 20 games in a season to be an ace, and that was Jim mudcat grant, who pitched in the 1950 60s and 70s. And back in the early 2000s, he was promoting the fact that this was an exclusive baseball club. And baseball is all about numbers and clubs, right? The 500 home run club, the 3000 hit club. And to that point in the early 2000s, there had only been 12 black pitchers to win 20 games. And mudcat really wanted that to become a thing. And what I noticed, and I had been working in the Bay Area, is that of those 12, four were Bay Area pitchers who pitched for the Giants in the a's. I know there are people who'd like to make that a trivia question, but it was Sam Jones of the Giants was the first, then via the blue, then a fellow named Mike Norris, who figures very much in Ricky Henderson's career as Howard Bryant, Howard Bryant's book makes clear. And then Dave Stewart. And so my documentary was about what made it possible for this concentration in one in one city to take place. And that actually since then, there have been two more in the club. CC Sabathia, who grew up in Vallejo and dontrell Willis who grew up in Alameda, California. So it's really kind of a remarkable cluster. As a child of baseball cards, I have my vital blue baseball card. But again, like you said, it was rare to see a black pitcher. You know, for every bob Gibson, there were not a lot of people who were and even bob Gibson and every one of them really had to fight to get taken seriously in that role. And unfortunately, now with the way baseball has evolved, we're probably not going to see 20 game winners very often anyway. And so it's interesting. That category may kind of go to history, but certainly the issue of race and baseball with participation now this year down under I think it's 7.2% of players on big league rosters are black and that's down from a high of 35 in the mid 1970s. So I think about that. How much has changed? You talked about how four of those pictures were from the Bay Area teams, or were playing for barrier teams and grew up in the Bay Area at the east bay specifically. Economic clusters is something we talk about a lot in business, right? Silicon Valley has a lot of engineers and because there's a lot of work opportunities for them. You have more developing in the region as well. Why is it from where you sit and from what you've observed do we have this precipitous drop off in black baseball players? Yeah, there's a lot of studies on that. One is just in general where the culture has gone that football and basketball have overtaken baseball in general in the culture as and now soccer is really close behind and I think those games are perceived at those sports are perceived as being more friendly. They take less with baseball, you know, you need more players, not from football, but certainly from basketball. You know, you can play three on three basketball and get really good and you can't play three on three baseball. Right. Lack of fields, lack of mentors, those factors have certainly been discussed. And to some degree, I think, you know, just lack of a welcoming feeling in the game. Also, lack of college scholarships, a lot more players now in baseball come out of college and fewer players who get college scholarships or from the black community. So it's really complex. But undeniable. Seth, you are the man. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. We really do appreciate it. So nice to join you, thanks. Thank you, Seth. Up next on the show more baseball author and ESPN senior writer Howard Bryant joins us to talk everything in LB plus
Bloomberg Radio New York
"mudcat" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"His tenth book, Ricky. The life and legend of an American original on baseball legend Ricky Henderson, bless will talk with him about the current state of the game coming out of the all star break and heading toward the trade deadline. I am excited for our conversation with Howard Bryant, his book on Rickey Henderson really goes beyond the blockbuster numbers at Ricky put up in his long career. It touches on his impact. It really digs into his impact in terms of diversity and sports as a black athlete and his impact on player salaries, which is fascinating, because he was really ahead of his time. He's also in a group of legendary athletes that played in the Bay Area, which made me think of one of our own here at Bloomberg. Seth magdalena Seth is a producer who has a very unique background in baseball, especially in the Bay Area. Seth produced a documentary called the Bay Area black aces, and I want to bring him into the program. Seth, welcome to the show, tell us a little bit about your background in baseball. I started out in baseball in the late 80s and took that all the way to Bloomberg where I was producing the sports business show portfolio when I first joined the network. You wrote and produced a documentary called the Bay Area black aces. That won the Northern California Emmy Award as the best sports program in 2004. And the decade before that, you didn't mention, you actually worked for the a's organization during Rickey Henderson's second tour of duty and that that'll be important later on I want you to explain to us a little bit about the premise of your documentary Bay Area black aces because Rickey Henderson is not a pitcher, but he's certainly a Bay Area superstar. The black ace is concept was generated by one of the 12 African American pitchers in history to win 20 games in a season to be an ace, and that was Jim mudcat grant, who pitched in the 1950 60s and 70s. And back in the early 2000s, he was promoting the fact that this wasn't exclusive baseball club. And baseball is all about numbers and clubs, right? The 500 home run club, the 3000 hit club. And to that point in the early 2000s, there had only been 12 black pitchers to win 20 games. And mudcat really wanted that to become a thing. And what I noticed, and I had been working in the Bay Area, is that of those 12, four were Bay Area pictures, a pitch for the Giants and the a's. I know there are people who'd like to make that a trivia question, but it was Sam Jones of the Giants was the first, then vied a blue, then a fellow named Mike Norris, who figures very much in Ricky Henderson's career as Howard Bryant, Howard Bryant's book to make clear. And then Dave Stewart. And so my documentary was about what made it possible for this concentration in one in one city to take place. And that actually since then, there have been two more in the club. CC Sabathia, who grew up in Vallejo and dontrell Willis, who grew up in Alameda, California. So it's really kind of a remarkable cluster. As a child of baseball cards, I have my Vita blue baseball card. But again, like you said, it was rare to see a black picture. You know, for every bob Gibson, there were not a lot of people who were and even bob Gibson and every one of them really had to fight to get taken seriously in that role. And unfortunately, now with the way baseball has evolved, we're probably not going to see 20 game winners very often anyway. And so it's interesting. That category may kind of go to history, but certainly the issue of race and baseball with participation now this year down under I think it's 7.2% of players on big league rosters are black and that's down from a high of 35 in the mid 1970s. So I think about that. How much has changed? You talked about how four of those pictures were from the Bay Area teams, who were playing for barrier teams and grew up in the Bay Area at the east bay specifically. Economic clusters is something we talk about a lot in business, right? Silicon Valley has a lot of engineers and because there's a lot of work opportunities for them. You have more developing in the region as well. Why is it from where you sit and from what you've observed? Do we have this precipitous drop off in black baseball players? Yeah, there's a lot of studies on that. One is just in general where the culture has gone that football and basketball have overtaken baseball in general in the culture and now soccer is really close behind and I think those games are perceived at those sports are perceived as being more friendly. They take less baseball, you know, you need more players, not from football, but certainly from basketball. You know, you can play three on three basketball and get really good and you can't play three on three baseball. Right. Lack of fields, lack of mentors, those factors have certainly been discussed. And to some degree, I think, you know, just lack of a welcoming feeling in the game. Also, lack of college scholarships, a lot more players now in baseball come out of college and fewer players who get college scholarships are from the black community. So it's really complex. But undeniable. Seth, you are the man. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. We really do appreciate it. So nice to join you. Thanks. Thank you, Seth. Up next on the show more baseball author and ESPN senior writer Howard Bryant joins us to talk everything in LB plus a look at
Native America Calling
"mudcat" Discussed on Native America Calling
"Winter games. And you can join us of course. What native winter games do you enjoy? We'd love to hear from you. One 809 9 6 two 8 four 8 is the number of the call. That's also one 809 9 native. Joining us today from the lacunae reservation in Wisconsin is Paul demaine. He's the chairman of the board of directors of honor the earth and an organizer of the inner tribal nation snow snake festival. And he's from the United Nations of Wisconsin and of ojibwe descent. Welcome back to native America calling Paul. Good morning to native America. Joining us from red Lake Minnesota is Susan ninham. She's a teacher and games organizer. She's ojibwe. Welcome to native America calling as well, Susan. Hello, my relatives. Joining us from the headquarters of the Ho chunk nation in black river falls, Wisconsin is John Green deer. He's the health and wellness coordinator for the Ho chunk nation and first place winner of the zero to 54 category at the first inner tribal nation snow snake festival. He's Ho chunk. Welcome back to NAC John. Greet every one of you. And joining us from block to flambo Wisconsin is Wayne valor. He's a director of language and culture at the loch D flambo public schools. He's ojibwe and a member of the loch de flambo band of Lake Superior chippewa Indonesia. Welcome to the show Wayne. And manoa in the sonobe. Hello to all my fellow native people out there. And I'm happy to be on the show today. And thank you all all of my guests for those warm introductions. Paul, I'd like to have you kick off today's conversation. Hey, I watched some videos on YouTube. It's no snakes. It looks like a lot of fun. Tell us more about the game. Well, let me correct one thing because I know in the article and you said that to that, it was the first annual inner tribal snow snake festival and because the island has about an 800 to a thousand year history amongst the ojibway having one spin their capital and probably another 12,000 years of presidents by indigenous people from as far away as Ohio and cahokia, Illinois, I'm thinking that this probably wasn't the first annual, so it was one of the most wonderful experiences that I've been involved in in a long time. And of course, we've looked at the reemergence of this game and string games and indigenous sports across the country, the revival of lacrosse, the use of these games for the judiciary in some cases for settling disputes for entertainment reasons for honing your skills, perhaps going back to the days of javelin hunting. They seem to be very functional in many ways and they seem to be entertaining and of course mental health in the middle of a pandemic and being outside growing snow snakes with your relatives and friends with something that was really reinvigorating and we had a huge crowd. We started out a year ago talking about a handful of people coming together to throw a snakes and be an epic about it, returning this game to Madeline island and discovering all the words and other languages that go with it, the different types of snakes that are there, the different kinds of tracks, the different kinds of rules that you need to comply with either from a traditional point of view or a modern revision because essentially we didn't have a Madeline island, snow snake metal manual. So we kind of rewrote all our rules to accommodate all the people that came and the pulling together was tremendous. Dan ninham took the charge of organizing a consensus on rules and regulations and processes as white Susan took care to make sure that the things on site were being dealt with in terms of games and prizes and keeping track of things. So there was just a tremendous and John John who you got on here through the winning snake so he can curl around about that whole thing, but it was just an experience that was phenomenal and if anyone's told you about how the ice road, the one mile long ice road from the mainland to the island, opened up on Thursday night as people started arriving in that ten 38. We were told that there was an ice even people needed to get off and so everyone but me at 11 o'clock was off the island and my car got stuck there for about an extra week. I had all kinds of ways off the island, but that was a pleasant experience. Okay. Lost Paul. Yeah, Paul, are you there? Yes, I am. Okay, just lost you there for a moment or maybe it was on my end. I'm sorry, so anyway, Paul, thank you for that history, fascinating. This game goes back so, so many centuries apparently and so much culture behind it. So can you tell us a little bit more about the object of the game snow snakes? How has it played exactly? Well, if people have a chance to look at the video it's on YouTube, snow snakes on Madeline island, but the intent of the game is skill building. So in other words, people in this particular case are looking for distance in terms of their throws, we probably had 5 or 6 different types of snakes. We had mudcats, which are short, we had long javelin, snakes, we had snakes that are on ice snakes with a large head at the front. We had snakes that had pewter and lead in the front of them. And so we kind of cleared the track real early by saying that we would accommodate all different types of snakes, all kinds of different individuals on the crack. There was an on ice track that is flat on ice and cleared off and that was used by more of the amateur throwers and non competitive throwers, a wider track. And then there was a hoop track that bob schenck from red Lake brought over, which I had never seen ever before in my life. I heard of. And that intent was throwing snakes at a rolling hoop target as they roll that target that hoop on the other end. So there's a person on the other end. He rolls the oop in several people lined up on an ice cleared square throw snakes to try to get as close as that hoop are in the hoop with a different level of points for getting closer going through. So we learned quite a lot about the differences of games, the pointing of the game's individual throws, competition teams and we tried to really hear from everyone. I think we got a good start. We don't have everything. Our New York Seneca delegation got snowed in out in Buffalo so they couldn't come show off their highly professional skilled snow snake operation. They've been doing it for years and they are into intensely. So a lot of diversity, a lot of conversation, a lot of consensus making and a hell of a lot of fun. Well, let's hear from our zero to 54 age group category champion John Green deer. John, that's a pretty wide range of competition there, zero to 54. Tell us about your winning throw at the festival. What did it take to win that? I have no idea what it took. You know, one of the unique aspects of this game is there's so many variables you can have, you had mentioned the types of sticks and the snow and the skill. A lot of that has to come together and synchronize you can have a champion stick and it's just not connecting with the track well enough and I thought that was my curse for the weekend because I think in Indian country we always watched what we see and how we see it. And I think I crossed some lines early in the fall by talking a little smack with my brothers about this game and I was not really backing it up that whole weekend. I think I was only throwing like one 50 or one 60 at best and I would definitely have been in the youth category and it wasn't until that last thrill that thing just got some heat. So it was exciting. I was really I was really competitive going into it, but on the ice, my drive for competition was gone. It was like seeing people on a moped. They're always going to be smiling. They're always going to be enjoying life. On a boat and everyone was smiling the whole time. And you kind of forget about that and you find yourself cheering just as hard for your competitors as you do yourself. So I had an amazing time out there and then it wasn't until that last one. Even my daughter came up and just said, dad, you know, I was worried about you. You talked a lot of smack until today. So yeah, the energy was pretty high. I think I floated back to my hometown. The next day. So it was fun. So yeah, I'm going to wear it well. I'm going to raise that because the challenges are going to be out there. And I think that's what we need. I think that's really the shot in the arm that we have not had. In terms of whatever type of activity and competition that we have out there that is healthy and healing for our people in our villages. John, I want to thank you again on your championship, but I do have to say, I think you kind of lucked out with those brothers from the Seneca nation not being able to show up because I think you would have had a little bit more competition had they been there, but folks think we were going to have to take a break here in just a short minute. But again, we are talking snow snakes. We're talking winter games, native style, and we really want to hear from you. So give us a call. One 809 9 6 two 8 four 8. That is the number to call. Give us a holler. We want to hear from you. Tell us what you're doing in terms of winter games, how you're enduring these colder winter months and of course coming out of the pandemic as well. So lots of opportunities to go out there and have some fun. And we want to hear from you. My name's Sean.
WTMJ 620
"mudcat" Discussed on WTMJ 620
"Elsewhere around the division Cubs win today They defeat the Marlins to nothing. The Cubs had out Mills on the mound. He went five scoreless, giving up just six hits, three strikeouts and no walks. Only one R B I in the game as one run scored out without it being driven in. As Jack Peterson had the only R B of the game for the Cubs, low scoring contest, Cardinals and Braves playing a double header Today, first game goes to the Cardinals by a 91 score. This was a doubleheader games. So Adam Wainwright throws a complete game, which was seven innings, giving up one run on three hits. The two teams are in the middle of Game number two and the Braves lead by a one. Nothing score. Quantum Kim on the mound for the Cardinals is giving up one run on two hits in three innings. Reds lose to the Padres 32 as they had Luis Castillo on the mound. He did this might make Brewers fans feel okay. He pitched pretty pretty wet. It's not just the Brewers that he beats Castile and not they beat, but he pitched well. Six innings, three runs, two earned on six at seven strikeouts, three walks. He does, however, take the loss. And the Pirates lose to the Indians by a 21 score standings right now in the National League Central, the Brewers and the Cubs. They are tied atop the division with a record of 40 and 32. Cardinals are 3.5 back too early to be three or four back, depending if they win or lose that game. They're playing right now. The Reds four back and the Pirates They are sitting 14 games back in the division. So this continues to really be a four team raised in the division and the Brewers and Cubs so far have been the class of the division as far as the Brewers minor league affiliates. Triple A Nashville playing at Gwinnett Nashville, wins by a six to a Scorpio. Double a Biloxi, They play a doubleheader at Rocket City Win Game one. No. Excuse me, lose game 132 and then wind up losing game 261. So they get swept in that doubleheader, the Wisconsin timber rattlers. They get rained out at Quad Cities and the Carolina Mudcats. They get rained out. At home against Fayetteville, Brewers get set to open up a series at Arizona coming up tomorrow, the Brewers will have Brett Anderson on the mound. The left handed pitcher comes in with a two and four record A 4.24 a Diamondbacks will oppose with Meryl Kelly. He's two and seven with 5.40 a eight 41st pitch. That means our coverage. Is set to begin at 805 and I will be back with you after the game and the wee hours of the morning, potentially depending on how long the game goes, But we will have it for you. Brewers External is following Monday's contests of the Brewers. They come up with the wind today. 76 over Colorado will talk to you coming up after the Diamondbacks game here on WTMJ. Transportation,.
KFI AM 640
"mudcat" Discussed on KFI AM 640
"The news. A small brush fire is burning. In Silmara. The fire is burning off little to hunger Kenyon Road that is near a shooting range. The fire is burning to the west, and there are some light winds about one acre has burned. A security guard has been hit and killed at an apartment complex in Long Beach. Police say an SUV hit the guard shack to the century villages at Cabrio Apartments yesterday afternoon. The Guard shack was destroyed and the security guard was inside and killed at the time. The driver of the SUV ran off news brought to you by router hero. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he is not happy about president Former President Trump's allegedly asking the Department of Justice to subpoena personal phone records of at least 12 people in 2017 and 18. Those people included Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff and Eric Swallow. This is not just some kind of Washington insider thing. It's about people's phone records being subpoenaed without them, even knowing about it and who knows who would be next? The Justice Department inspector general is investigating, and Schumer is demanding. Senate Republicans joined Democrats to subpoena then attorneys General Jeff Sessions and Bill Barr, the first black picture to reach 20 wins during an American League season, has died. Jim Mudcat Grant pitch for seven different teams during his 14 year career in the major leagues in 1965, the two time All Star led the American League in victories, winning percentage and shut outs and help the Minnesota Twins reached the World Series. Four years later, Grant was the opening day saw her for the expansion Montreal Let's suppose in their first game, former President George W. Bush autograph and several other black aces at a White House ceremony in February 2000 and seven marking National African American History Month Reporter Joel Stern says Grant was 85..
WTOP 24 Hour News
Mudcat Grant, American League’s First Black 20-Game Winner, Dies at 85
"People have had Major league pitcher of the 19 sixties, has died. I'm Tom 40. His name was Jim Grand, but he was much better known as Mudcat during a near decade and a half long career in Major league Baseball grants. Best year by far was 1965 when he became the first black pitcher to win 20 games in the American League. In the process, he helped pitch the Minnesota Twins to their first pennant, after which he was a star, though in a losing effort in the World Series. In addition to the Twins, he pitched raw number of other teams, the longest for the cleavage. And Indians. Jim Mudcat Grant was 85 Tom
KTRH
"mudcat" Discussed on KTRH
"Also Katie Ridge Golf course. Owners dot com 24 Hour Traffic centre remaining hot and humid here heading into the business week. Mix of clouds and sunshine today about a 30% chance for an afternoon evening storm low to mid nineties he did X up over 100 upper seventies Tonight Partly cloudy, hot and humid Monday again about a 30% chance for an afternoon and evening storm low to mid nineties. Straight storm Tuesday. Lot of mid nineties meteorologist Ken Boone at the Weather Channel already heating up 92 humble 89 in Pasadena, 87. Under fair skies in Houston of the Ktrh, John more services 24 Hour Weather Center. It's 10 31 our top story. Speaking of the G seven summit in England today, President Biden says other leaders pledged to pitch in for 500 million Covid 19 vaccine doses. To distribute to poorer countries. That's on top of the 500 million. The U. S. Has already committed. Police have one suspect in custody for Saturday's mass shooting in Austin. Two suspects are accused of opening fire into a crowded downtown area in the Texas capital is shooting left 14 wounded in two in critical condition. Jim Mudcat Grant, the first black picture to have a 20 win season in the American League, has died at age 85 grand pitch for seven different teams. During his 14 year Big League career 1965. He led the L and victories, winning percentage and shut outs. Who's on demanded ktrh dot com Our next updated 11 now more safe money with Scott, Man, I'm Corey Olson on NewsRadio. 7 40 ktrh. If you're on the road and listening to this, it doesn't matter where you're going with Jiffy lube anywhere as possible. Your skilled technicians are here to change your oil breaks, batteries, plus so much more you can.
KNBR The Sports Leader
"mudcat" Discussed on KNBR The Sports Leader
"And I don't mean to belittle it when I say only in Mexico, but he had a terrific Korea down there. Well, you came up with the Cleveland Indians Tell me about getting to the big leagues for you. When did it all happened? Maybe a first game in the big leagues Get into the big leagues was extremely difficult. In my day. You couldn't start in double that You had to start in Class D now because Of the segregation problems and we had our class D team was in Tifton, Georgia. I couldn't go there, so they sent me to Fargo, North Dakota, where I won rookie of the year and I won 21 Ball games became the first half for American to win 20 games in the minor league system. Then I went from Claire. See the Class B, Where won 19 games almost didn't lose a game And then I went to reading Pennsylvania. Classy. We are learned a great lesson because Was 11 in one and I was getting a little bit older, a little bit more confident, and I thought I knew more about baseball than anybody else. I was upset that it didn't take me immediately to the major leagues after I got to be 11 and one slough it off a little bit. Didn't stay in shape, got in an argument with the manager and ended up to season the second half, winning only two ballgames. So it was a great lesson for me to learn at that time that you must not lose focus, despite the fact that you are disappointed in something well, I went to winter ball and straighten everything out and I got a chance to go to San Diego in the Pacific Coast League on 1 18 there and then they brought me up to the major leagues. After that, Tell me about getting up to the big leagues and what that was like. Carbon fell was there, But then they fired. Kirby fell, And then they hired Joe Garden and then Joe Gordon was traded as a manager for Jimmy Dykes, but it was difficult to get to the major leagues. You just couldn't the Cleveland Indians had a terrific ball club. They had a terrific pitching staff early win Bob Lemon Herbie School on How them On Right now Alaska. They sent many pictures back to the minor leagues, but I was lucky that I came at that particular time when their careers was winding down. So I broke that pitching staff and I won my first game. But you know, when you are rookie in the major leagues, everything is huge. Everything was exciting. The road trips was exciting, but Larry Doby was on the ball club when I got there, they say you're rooming with Larry Doby. So I went in the room. Larry came in the room. He says. Oh, you're much cat Grant. I said Yes, sir. Mr Dobie, He said wish bad you want I said Yes. So, Mr Dobie, he said we're going to have to get rid of that. Yes. So, Mr Don't say yes, sir. Mr Dover, Julius Swamp Fire. Grant never made it to the big leagues but pitched effectively in the minors from 1956 through 1969. Swamp Fire had his two best seasons with Monterey in the Mexican League in 1966 and seven winning 38 games while losing only 19 over the two seasons. Mudcat and swamp fire. I would have liked to have seen them together. Pitching in the majors. This is Marty Lourie joined Mudcat Grant tomorrow as he tells.
KNBR The Sports Leader
"mudcat" Discussed on KNBR The Sports Leader
"That would have been better for my first save, but I'll take this one. Yeah, they shut down Trade Turner pretty well, I thought, uh and Soto, you know they're walking him this and that. But Trade. Turner could be dangerous. And, uh, they've gotten them at times when he could get on base, steal a base and create some havoc and they've handled trade Turner pretty well, I think in this series Let's face it. Washington doesn't hit there. I don't say they don't hit their challenged as an offensive team. Really, They are really challenged and the Giants to you know, other than the you know the big boys having career years, But these complementary players can go very silent for, you know, 234 games in a row. And you brought it up a billion times at 789 slot. You know, you got to get some action out of that part of the order. So we'll see what they do today against Joe Ross 11 homers anything about Cueto today? He's gonna have to go deep. I believe I think he's got to go to least five give him a solid five inning hero. He went four and a third against the Cubs. He didn't look sharp at all that game before that, again pitched against the angel. So today really is going to be a Johnny Cueto days, get out there and established himself and get into a night of rhythm. Think that's going to be good for him. It will be a day game. There will be hot, humid form. He loves the hot heat. I think the Giants need to get him going, and I think they need to score some early runs. And we keep saying this and You know, Sam Spear said three runs in 24 innings. Well, you gave him one because you started the runner at second. It's really two runs The Giants have obtained in 24 innings and they steal two wins. So you can't beat that. But Going back to what she said earlier, Marty the bullpen and a bullpen game couldn't have been better. They were just throwing strikes. They walked one polite where one guy all game and that was eight innings and You know, we keep ripping on the bullpen. Well, today, I'm putting a big star in her back because I really think every one of them went out there and competed and did well, yeah. I don't have a problem with him. You know, as I say, and we get to July 31st and maybe Helpful to have one big arm at the end of the game. It's gonna be interesting with Farhan does it really will be. Who's going to be heard Who's not hurt who we can count on for the second half. They could use a bat. They could use a bat and they may have the bad on the team now, but they've got to get hot, Slater Duggar, whoever it's going to be, they can use the bat and they could also use that. Guy at the end of the game that Edwin Diaz, who comes in and says, okay, the game's over. Just give me the ball that Brian Wilson of the world You know that kind of thing? Well, it's going to be interesting guys getting off the I L U Stream ski coming off. They're going to have to make a move today because the double hitter, they added a player, so I'm pretty sure to probably be a pitcher. You know Mark Sanchez was saying that between the games yesterday because I do believe they have 13 or 14 pitchers. Um, but then again, what happens when rough comes off? What happens with these other guys that have been Dealing with the I. L and they start coming back. They're going to have to make some serious moves here in the next couple of weeks. Well, I think Vossler may go today. Maybe I'm wrong. Um, but we'll see. We'll see what they think they need and we got four coming up with Arizona five and 32 for coming up with Arizona. So you've got to feel good about that. There are two ahead of the Dodgers forehead of San Diego. So Main thing is another day off the calendar and we get ready for baseball today. Bill Mudcat Grant passed away yesterday and we talked about it in between games as a wonderful man. You know him? I had the chance to to get to know him. A very special person in the baseball world and the wrath, went back to our archives and came up with one of my memories of the game with Mudcat Grant. So on this Sunday morning, I want to play that. So we'll take a break. Ah, and here from the the Deer Mudcat Grant, and it's a beautiful story that he tells and baseball lost one of its great ambassadors yesterday. So we'll do that It will take a break and then the professor so join us at the bottom of the hour. Alright, more coming up can be our 6 81 away One of 4.8 the one of four point where? Where am I? Bill one. Oh, 45. There you go. Oh, four or five. These sports leader. It is 6 20 in the morning. All right, we're talking baseball. With Marty Laurie, Bill Lasky and Carrie Crowley on KNBR, 1045 and 6 80 v sports sleep. It makes a little sports analysis, pop culture and great interviews. And you've got the rich Eisen show podcast Kurt Warner here occurred. You know, another guy who doesn't leap off the page with the physical skill set either is Tom Brady, right? And so and he's one. We don't need to go into the ability to process information and get through progressions and get it to the right guy and.
WTVN
"mudcat" Discussed on WTVN
"Morning in Cleveland. Five people were killed and four others were injured after three separate shootings took place within 90 minutes of each other. A 23 year old man was killed in the Glenville neighborhood. Another man died after he was shot in Fairfax and in the Kingsman neighborhood. Three men to 40 year olds in a 36 year old man were all killed in a shooting in the 8800 block of Buckeye Road. Those injured included three women and a man. A stabbing at a Columbus gentleman's club left one person dead. Early Saturday morning. Police were called the confidential Gentlemen's Club just after 2 30. 34 year old Clyde Woods Jr died from his injuries among Caramel East Hospital. A man accused of stabbing a 74 year old woman more than 30 times earlier this month, was taken into custody early Saturday morning in Mansfield. 19 year old Isaac Lawhorn was arrested at an apartment in the 100 Block of East Cook Road. He's charged with Felonious assault and is being held at the Richland County Jail. The condition of the victim is not known. The final Jeopardy answer is an audio clue. Katie with 7999, u R R Jeopardy champion. The question is who is Katie Sokolski of Kent, who works as a graphic designer. In the main street can volunteer Czajkowski won jeopardy Friday night and we'll be back Monday with Savannah Guthrie starting here two weeks as a guest host, actress and neuroscientists Biamby Olic was the guest host on Friday. Former Cleveland Indians pitcher Jim Mudcat Grant died Saturday at the age of 85 Grand began his career with the tribe playing in Cleveland from 1958 to 1964 and made the All Star team in 1963. While with the Minnesota Twins, Grant became the first black pitcher to win 20 games in a season in the American League and the first black pitcher to win a World Series game for the American League. Grant would play for seven different teams during his major league baseball career, which ended in 1971. A cause of death is not known. I'm Sean Gallagher, keeping you up today to a trending news stories at the top and bottom of every hour. Columbus is used is on news radio 6 10. W T V. N. There's a.
ESPN Chicago 1000 - WMVP
"mudcat" Discussed on ESPN Chicago 1000 - WMVP
"And that's where I got to read, you know, see some of the great players off all time, including with Henry Aaron came through their Mudcat Jim Mudcat Grant, and I know you cover all these things. But that will be a conversation for another day. Well, I mean, let me quickly ask, we just lost him. Karen, of course, just a few months ago and one of the genuinely great not only players but people and one of the most important people in the history of American sports, and so many ways. Tell me that you're saying that you saw him play when you were a little kid. I'm minus that my grandfather regale me with stories of when Hank Aaron will come through there, along with Jim Mudcat Grant. Cool, Papa Bell, you name them. They all came through Hattiesburg to play And it was not a typical for there to be double header games played them because certainly back in segregated America. That was one of the principal forms of entertainment for the fans. Then he even told me about Satchel Paige and the hesitation pitch back then greening that folks just couldn't hit and just to think. Hey, Greeny! What was Satchel Paige was? I guess he in his early forties when it got to the major league, and they even outlaw Of the picture then, and it wasn't as effective as it was early in those days, So that's why baseball was my first love. My folks thought that I was kind of become a picture, and I played C Y O baseball greedy against them. Some of my teammates there's a blonde haired kid named Steve Garrett, who went on to play in North Carolina. He was a multi sport star, Greenie, a gave up baseball because of this, and it practiced. I'm standing there in the batter's box, and I know Steve has got an array of pictures. He went to play a Chapel Hill, North Carolina Chapel, help he This pitch Greeny. I see it coming up. That's the curveball. Of course, he didn't take this long. Well, that curveball is gonna break in about a nanosecond. You know what? That's a late breaking furball. What's going on here? I dropped into the dirt. And, of course, the ball at the last nanosecond went across the plate, Stevie, right, so I gave up baseball because I did not have what's but the will to stand in there at that time. That's when I picked up. Basketball is my love. Probably wise screening in the great JB one last thing I wanted to ask you Because a little birdie whispered in my ear that you have a story. I'm going to find fascinating that involves Len bias and I am dying to hear it. You know what Greeny. That was a tough story of this was when I was working with the local CBS affiliate, W. USA, and, of course, being a basketball star here in the area, blessed to be working on that station and Larry Bird with the Celtics was so excited when they the Celtics drafted Len Bias it was going to resurrect his career. His enthusiasm or important was Larry Bird was consistently a beast on the basketball floor. But The Celtics were thrilled when our back who was a friend who's lived here in Washington, D. C. He was all excited when I got there early morning news and the call that Lynn Bias had passed from an overdose. First person I called was red are back. He always called me Brownie. And I said, Hey, I still call him coach. I said, Coach, I'm just calling to express my condolences. I'm so sorry to hear about Len bias as I'm sure you are. And Len Bias was a friend. And Red says waking up with a groggy voice. Brownie. What are you talking about? I said, Oh, Coach, You mean to tell me you don't know, he says Browning. What is it, and I told him what the situation was. And of course, that was a very tough phone call, and it shook up the world for sure. But that was one of the It's actually a low light, but certainly a significant amount of stone and I got a chance to talk with the lens. Mom Lenny's bias. Another's. And, of course, his brother also passed not too long after that, but Mrs Lonnie's bias in the family very, very strong folks. And, uh and I thanked him for giving me access during that time to tell the tough story. You broke the news to our back that Len Bias had died. You know, let me just finish it by saying We probably are talking to a large number of people who are not old enough to have seen Len Bias. People like J. Billa's tells me all the time because he played against him, Len Bias would have been One of the three or four best players in the end before 10 years if he had not died before he ever got a chance to set foot on the court. Most people I think, know the story of that tragic death. Tell people who don't know just how good a player he was going to be. And again, you're right, greedy and you'll have to put some context for those who won't remember back then. But David Thompson, as you will recall was just phenomenal athlete in the SEC conference, and he and Lynn Bias used to have some flat out wars. Nickname and what it may not be very delicate, and you know how athletes green and give each other's names. They called him horse H O R S E because he was the strongest, of course, could leap. He loved the crunch time. You could give him that ball in crunch time, and he would deliver using what they thundering slam dunk, But he was flat out a phenomenal basketball player, and we couldn't wait much less Larry Bird and the Celtics. For him to get to the NBA to see what he was going to do, but flat out one of the all time greats ever in college and I'm sorry we didn't get a chance to see what he would have been in the NBA green. How tragic I mean, died of an overdose right after the draft and never got the chance to play in the N B a at all. James Brown. What a what a pleasure. This is. Thank you so much for taking all this time for me The best wishes to your daughter with the excellent taste and be well best to your family. And I hope we get a chance to do this again soon. Thank you so much. Green into your wife, Stacy and your two kids as well to have a great day, buddy. Thanks so much for having me. That's a pleasure. James Brown with me here on ESPN Radio. What is the light? That was for me again? I started out in the business. As a behind the scenes guy at a sports radio station in Chicago..
106.1 FM WTKK
"mudcat" Discussed on 106.1 FM WTKK
"I don't think it is, But what's he going to do? Well, you know, orgy boats. Yeah, we mentioned that. That's sitting here. Is quite well. This is not a boat. Where was this? This was just outside of Paris. He owns a ton of houses. I think he owns one in Paris. So I don't know. The party, which featured booze, sound systems and even light installations. Wow! Got kicking around 9 P.m.. Three hours after Francis curfew, France still has a 6 p.m. curfew. Yeah. Responding. Officers say that they found 81 people participating in the Event. And we're able to do and issued each of them a curfew violation but also were able to figure out the three who the three organizer's were Who claimed they did not know that that was breaking. Protocol. I mean, I haven't seen what their laws are surrounding this if it doesn't Means probably not illegal in France to be inside the house and have sex right? So let's it puts a number on it. I don't know, man. See you take that one to court. The judge Judy see what she thinks. All right. So yeah, That's the thing. They're, um so anyway, I just Said. Several people sent me this story. I don't know what I'm supposed to do with that. Because I'm not full. I guess Maybe people don't like the new name. They think it's dumb. But I also understand why the baseball team was renaming themselves because they were named the Burlington Royals. And that was because they had a An agreement with Major league and specifically the Kansas City Royals. So they've ended the team's affiliation. The Kansas City Royals, so the baseball team in Burlington needed a new name. So what is the new name? They went with the Burlington sock puppets. But why? Why? Why the sock puppets? Well, first of all, what do you think? Considering that there's there's minor league teams called the trash pandas. I mean, there's what did I down in? Savannah, Savannah's bananas, Savannah Bananas. What? It's great. Yeah. What evidence? There is finally baseball team. I don't expect much as far as the naming goes. So if they want to do something weird, whatever. Look, some names their stupid I'll give you example One team I know of that literally named their team after the thing you least want to find in your mailbox. Bills. Who would do that? Right? That's dumb. So Savannah bananas versus the things that haunt you financially in your mailbox. The bills. Not taking the bait. No, okay. That's right. I'm hearing they're named after something else. Some guy named Bill. And another guy named Bill, So that's two of them. That's Bill's okay. All right. So anyway, Um, let's see. What are some of the other names here. Richmond flying squirrels. You got a bunch? Yeah. Rocket city trash pandas. That's That's down in a sweat. Huntsville. I think that's what Huntsville Alabama is The rocket city trash pandas. So it makes sense. So if you're gonna go with Burlington Sock puppets Okay? The team colors will be red, white and blue with logos featuring throwback athletic socks. Sure. Try to figure out if there's somewhere in here. How did they come up with it? First game of the season. June 5th Berlin's an athletic stadium hurt doctor. All right, so well. Here's the quote from Dan Simon of Studio Simon, who came up with the organization's new identity. Pain, a midge to the rich textile tradition of the local area. Okay, well, that's the thing. As we explore all possible identities for the team and engaged locally. With so many different people. The stories and responses revolved around the uniqueness. Of what makes Burlington so special, and ultimately it's the people. Said Rank your owner and president of cloth don't know if I'm pronouncing that right. The people here in Burlington, both with those new to the area, and those who have been here for so long have this desire to be great. It is a community that works well together and his transition from industry to industry over the past 100 years. All right, so somebody e. I guess we have one of you has got a beef with this wants to explain why I just think it's funny. No. People are sending me all the different pine early teams from where they used to live. Biscuits way there's team called the Biscuits. It's not about the team name you know, with with a good minor league baseball team and entertaining a minor league baseball team. Sure it's kind of about the branding. But you know that when you get into the popular ones at the end of the day, it's that they Put in, you know, they put on a good show. They do a lot of community events. Obviously, um, you know, you go to the game. It's rather inexpensive thing to do. But you're still gonna go watch. You know a lot of times you go watch Major league baseball players, and some of these That a rehab in or just, you know, are needing to figure out how to get there, Swing back or whatever it may be. So I love going to minor league games. And obviously we are, you know, we got A ton a ton of minor league teams all across the board to try it in the triangle where we broadcast And even out on the you know the furthest reaches of some communities and across North Carolina. From Mudcats Toe bulls to grass are Toe grasshoppers, Um Try to think. They They had a minor league team up in Well, that track that Astros thing that I got Ross in there that is a trash can with a grouch in it. That basically is mocking the Houston Astros. Liar. Yeah. I mean, it's great. That was from ST Paul Saints, which is my leave. My buddy actually works there up in ST Paul, Minnesota. They really were doing those took only took like 12 months to get the damn thing. We got it, and now it's in the toy collection in in Ross's studio there, so Awesome. What is this? All right, so now I'm allowed to make fun of the bill's not you. Boston, Paul. All right. You know what? Boston Paul. Good for you. I have a story my stack just for you. Sending me email..