Jim Rome

I think that I am not, I'm not a hack. I'm not a hack. I'm not without talent. I'm not, I had a plan. I had a plan and I had a vision, but I got real lucky with timing, of course. I know that. I was born at the right time. You know, a lot of these athletes that we talk to, guys that are like my age are like, damn, man, look at the money. I'm like, you can't help when you were born.

I think that I am not, I'm not a hack. I'm not a hack. I'm not without talent. I'm not, I had a plan. I had a plan and I had a vision, but I got real lucky with timing, of course. I know that. I was born at the right time. You know, a lot of these athletes that we talk to, guys that are like my age are like, damn, man, look at the money. I'm like, you can't help when you were born.

I got in at the right time. However, I had a plan and I'd been thinking about that plan and it was a bold plan and I was not afraid to execute the plan when I got the opportunity for the plan. So I am not without talent, but I was... strategic. And I know there were people more talented than me that abandoned the fight before I did. I figured out it was a war of attrition.

I got in at the right time. However, I had a plan and I'd been thinking about that plan and it was a bold plan and I was not afraid to execute the plan when I got the opportunity for the plan. So I am not without talent, but I was... strategic. And I know there were people more talented than me that abandoned the fight before I did. I figured out it was a war of attrition.

And if I can outlast them, I can stay in the game. And if I get my shot, I can win. So I'm just saying to you, yes, I have some talent. I'm not a hack. But believe me, I came up with people in local markets that had far more talent than abandoned the fight. And I know they were looking at me like, I know I'm better than that guy. I know I'm smarter than that guy.

And if I can outlast them, I can stay in the game. And if I get my shot, I can win. So I'm just saying to you, yes, I have some talent. I'm not a hack. But believe me, I came up with people in local markets that had far more talent than abandoned the fight. And I know they were looking at me like, I know I'm better than that guy. I know I'm smarter than that guy.

To which I would say, you're right. Except you abandoned the fight and I stayed in.

To which I would say, you're right. Except you abandoned the fight and I stayed in.

Great question. I think at least on the way up, at least on the way up, again, the self-awareness, but what I recognized, and I think you'll understand this, I was gonna do it differently and not do it differently just to be different. I just recognized something on the way up There was only WFAN and there was some major markets that had some major shows, but there was almost no content.

Great question. I think at least on the way up, at least on the way up, again, the self-awareness, but what I recognized, and I think you'll understand this, I was gonna do it differently and not do it differently just to be different. I just recognized something on the way up There was only WFAN and there was some major markets that had some major shows, but there was almost no content.

So I grew up in LA and I'm listening to like Dodger talk. It would just be post-game talk. And it would be something along the lines of, hey, what do you think's gonna happen in the next homestand? Great show, I'll take your answer off the air. And I'm like, man, that's whack, that's boring. What kind of show is that? Not very interesting.

So I grew up in LA and I'm listening to like Dodger talk. It would just be post-game talk. And it would be something along the lines of, hey, what do you think's gonna happen in the next homestand? Great show, I'll take your answer off the air. And I'm like, man, that's whack, that's boring. What kind of show is that? Not very interesting.

Exactly. Well, and it'd just be some dude flexing his knowledge of the pitching staff with a giant voice. I'm like, that's, that's not a very interesting show. That's not me and my guys get around. We talk shit. We just, we, if I ever get a radio show, I'm going to make sure it's entertaining. I'm going to make sure that, that it's a show.

Exactly. Well, and it'd just be some dude flexing his knowledge of the pitching staff with a giant voice. I'm like, that's, that's not a very interesting show. That's not me and my guys get around. We talk shit. We just, we, if I ever get a radio show, I'm going to make sure it's entertaining. I'm going to make sure that, that it's a show.

So if there was another thing that I was good at, I think that I, for whatever reason, I just started doing something that had never been done. You know, I've even heard you give me credit for this, that my whole thing was I was declarative. Like, here is my take. Here is my opinion. What is yours? What is yours? Let's do a show here. Let's do a show.

So if there was another thing that I was good at, I think that I, for whatever reason, I just started doing something that had never been done. You know, I've even heard you give me credit for this, that my whole thing was I was declarative. Like, here is my take. Here is my opinion. What is yours? What is yours? Let's do a show here. Let's do a show.

I don't know who actually started it. I was on the West Coast, so I didn't hear those guys, but I had obvious respect for those guys because it was FAN.

I don't know who actually started it. I was on the West Coast, so I didn't hear those guys, but I had obvious respect for those guys because it was FAN.

Believe me, one of my goals was to get a job at FAN until one day I was sitting over the ticker tape, the old AP machine, when I was in Santa Barbara, and I'm reading it, reading it, reading it, and then it comes across, 690 AM, San Diego, going all sports, and then I went full press. All I did was try to get a job at that radio station to get my shot.

Believe me, one of my goals was to get a job at FAN until one day I was sitting over the ticker tape, the old AP machine, when I was in Santa Barbara, and I'm reading it, reading it, reading it, and then it comes across, 690 AM, San Diego, going all sports, and then I went full press. All I did was try to get a job at that radio station to get my shot.