Curtis Granderson talks Cubs' road trip vs. PIT, STL, White Sox's success (Hour 2)

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Soren Petro 0:00

That one's driven deep to right field. There it goes. Three home runs for Curtis Granderson. What a night. There's a couple more bats coming up. Seven for Yanks. Sizemore lifts that one to center. Granderson going back on the track. It is gone. No, it's not. Granderson caught it. Saved a home run as Barfield gets back. And a swing and a high fly ball. Deep right field. And this game is over. What a night for Curtis Granderson. Codman hits a drive. Right center field. Back toward the wall is Granderson. Near the fence. Leaping and making the catch.

Unknown 0:45

He may have stolen a home run. And we've got a challenge. Curtis Granderson is already elected to use the MLB PAA's challenge. Okay. Let's get the Reno headsets on. And Curtis Granderson is popping the confetti backwards.

Rahimi Harrison 1:03

With Rahimi Harrison-Grody. Good work by the Grandy Man. On 104.3 The Score. Grandy Man.

Vinny Rotino 1:09

Some recent play-by-play call of Curtis Granderson alongside the stylings of Michael Kay and The Robbery. We are thrilled to have you in studio. Curtis Granderson, he is at Sea Grand 3 on X, the three-time All-Star, the founder of the Curtis Granderson Foundation, president and founder of the Chicago Baseball and Educational Academy, and analyst on TBS. Thank you for coming in, Curtis.

Curtis Granderson 1:31

Oh, it's great to be with you all, so thanks for having me.

Vinny Rotino 1:33

Well, we're thrilled to have you. I think this is a time that we don't get very often. The White Sox and the Cubs both play off contention after the Major League Baseball All-Star break. What do you think about just the state of baseball in this town right now?

Curtis Granderson 1:47

I love it. I love whenever you can have the big cities be relevant, especially this city when you have two teams. two historic franchises. Of course, everyone knows the Cubs and Wrigley Field, but the fact that Ice Cube is going to come into Chicago and do a full-on documentary about the White Sox logo, it speaks volumes to that logo and the generation that it's had. I remember being in school, practicing, trying to draw that Sox logo on my notebook. So it's got that impact. And when you have both teams winning, I think it's a great place to be in Major League Baseball.

Mark Grote 2:18

Oh, man, it's hot here too, man, because you know, you're from here bears are about to hit too i assume you were a bears fan yeah you know yeah i have my jc penny catalog where i circled my walter plate payton you know football where you got the plastic helmet and the little shoulder pads that was one of my best christmas presents i got i absolutely love that one i mean we'll talk all sorts of stuff about all the things that you have going on and obviously the cubs and the white socks but one thing too here i see it throughout the bullet points is something near and dear to my heart Major League Wiffleball. I played so much wiffleball growing up. We were obsessed in the neighborhood. We would put on my father's headlights on his car so we still had light when the sun started to go down.

Mark Grote 3:03

We tried to manufacture our own lights. Everybody's got ground rules. What's going on? And I turned on, I think it was ESPN the other day, and I was watching wiffleball, and I was just like, this is beautiful. What's going on with you and wiffleball?

Curtis Granderson 3:17

Yeah, at UIC, Curtis Granderson Stadium, arguably the best view in all of baseball. Oh, it is. You get the skyline, and Major League Wiffleball is back for a third year in a row at the stadium. And what's so cool is they turn the field around, so every seat is a great seat. Every ball they're hitting is coming to you.

Unknown 3:35

Wow.

Who is Curtis Granderson and why is he on the show?

Curtis Granderson 3:35

wild as a fan and it's just so impactful and probably the thing that stands out most to me is afterwards there's an autograph signing and the kids have their jerseys have their wiffle ball bats and balls and these are superstars to them they have had viral moments they're getting over half a million views for some of their games and we're one of the largest attendant games throughout the major league wiffle ball season so if you want to get your tickets they're still available you can go to grandyman.com which will take you to the cbea website also the curtis granderson website