Kevin Bieksa

And when we walked on, Cheech, Shorty and Murph would all be sitting ready on their seats waiting.

And they'd have these red plastic cups filled to the brim with red wine, like almost overflowing.

flowing so like it was a joke and i just remember walking by them win or loss and it would put me in a good mood and i'd smile and i and i'd say something to uh cheech like i'd chirp him about like lotto like 649 his goals against average i'd call him lotto and right away he'd fire back at me like don't worry cab those four goals you're on the ice for none were your fault

And I would just laugh.

And I just love that camaraderie.

And, you know, a week ago today, you know, Cheech and Harner Ryan are working the Vegas-Utah game.

And we're doing the intermissions.

And he's doing the color.

And we're texting each other back and forth the same thing.

He's making fun of something I said in the intermission.

I'm making fun of something he said in the color.

And I feel fortunate that that was my last interaction with Cheech because that's who he was and that's what I loved about him.

Except for the game before that.

Except for the game before that.

I didn't think your generation did that, Kipper.

Weather's good.

You see right now at the Jays game, weather's good in California.

It's been hot for a while.

I've been in the sun a lot, a lot of dog walks.

So I do have a tan.