Peter Sagal

My motto is, instead of worrying about what's about to happen, enjoy some things that already did.

So, this hour, we're going to relish the great things we got to do in 2025, such as talking to the legendary sportscaster Bob Costas, which we did in September, along with guest scorekeeper Che Reinfest-Smith.

Now, I asked Bob if, as per the cliche, he had started talking about sports because he couldn't play them.

You know, I wouldn't say that I failed.

I wasn't that bad by schoolyard standards, but I couldn't make my high school baseball a basketball team.

And the baseball coach, who was also a math teacher, that's the way it works in high school, he actually said to me something to the effect of, you're not bad with a glove and you can run a little bit, but I don't think you can hit your weight and I don't think you weigh 130, which might have been true when I was 16 years old.

And then he actually said, you know...

you're always talking about baseball and you know more about baseball than any of my players.

Have you ever thought about broadcasting?

And I said, that's pretty much all I think about.

And he actually said, as if it was a movie, good, try that.

Whoa.

That's awesome.

And have you ever gone and like found any of the guys who didn't make the team and say, how long did your career in sports last?

One of them actually pitched in the major leagues for two years.

He did make it to the big leagues.

The rest of them have scattered to the four wins, and I'm sure they're aware of me, and I'm not quite aware of where they are, and I don't care.

Yeah!

And you went off to Syracuse University, right?

The Newhouse School, to learn your trade.