Mario Lemieux returns to PPG Paints Arena, a trip inside Starkey's mailbag
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Why was Mario Lemieux at the Penguins game?
Bob, do you stay in touch with Jory Rand? Occasionally through text, you know. Just check in, see how he's doing. Same thing with me, but he lives on a different coast. He's a nice man, isn't he? I find myself texting him at hours that he should be sleeping and vice versa. Yeah, Jory's a good dude. Has three kids now, doing well. Remember how mad Tomlin used to get at him? yep i do remember when jury ripped the mario statue when it first was unveiled on unveiling day and that became a huge thing i remember that too it was so funny he was under intense heat because he was the only guy uh who had the guts to say i don't think this is a great statue the penguins were mad everybody was mad you guys must have got a lot of hate mail did you
Well, a lot of Penguin fans absolutely didn't like that comment. I kind of appreciated it. It took me a while to get to that point, but when you see him splitting defenses all over the place, that's one of the things that made him special. It's a very meticulous piece of art. It's incredible, but I will always admit that when they first unveiled it, I was there. that day when they pulled the cover off it. And my first words were, where is Mario? And that's never a good thing when it's a statue. But I think upon further viewings, it's a wonderful piece of art. It really is. It's a testimony to what he did. He just would go through people. And he was there last night, Bob. Do you think what's happening with the Penguins' ownership situation?
And do you think Mario will be involved with the new owner or owners? If there are new owners. I think there will be. I think that's going to go through. This is strictly guesswork, but if I were the Hoffman group, that group that's reportedly going to buy this, I would do everything in my power to have him back involved. Everything. And I think he would be willing to do it because it's a new ownership group. And if they reach out to him, why wouldn't you do that? I mean, it sure is a different vibe. It's a mistake the Fenway group made. And a good vibe to see him in the building, isn't it? It just, that needs to be. And now he's a grandfather and many times over, so he understands how precious all this stuff is, I think.
Does his son Austin still golf, Bob? Yeah, I know he's really good. I don't know how good he can be. Is he better than you? Way better than you? He's better than Mario. He's better than, you know, he can hit the ball a ton. Wow. And he's won some local events. Righty or lefty? Righty. Is he better than Ben? Yes. I mean, I think he's an upper echelon guy who can compete on local tours and win. I don't know how far he's going to get in this because it takes an awful lot, man. You've got to be shooting 65 every time you're out there, no matter what the event, no matter what the yardage. But he's going to give it a good go, I think, or has. I don't know exactly. I haven't talked to him in a while, so I have no idea where he is in this.
Are you friends with Andrew Stocke, Bob? Yes. Is there a little bit of a personal rivalry as well? No. No. Okay. Why? I just wanted to check. Out of the blue, that comes out. No, Andrew and I, we once rode in a celebrity harness race. Celebrity harness race? Yeah, down in the meadows. Can you further elaborate that? It was Albie Ochsenreiter, me, and Andrew. Talk about coming out of nowhere. And then, you know, you got to dodge flying stuff that, you know. Yeah, I did the harness racing once. It's not easy. There's horse crap all over the place. Everywhere. It comes in your eyes. You know, you got to wear those goggles. Yeah. It gets a little bit alarming. We were pretty close to one another, and I didn't like that feeling.
How was Albie as a teammate? Good? We weren't teammates. We were rivals. Riding against each other. Who won? I can't remember. I don't think it was me, but I can't remember who won. Lemons, you ever been harness racing?
What are the implications of Mario Lemieux's potential ownership involvement?
No, not once. Didn't know it existed. Well, Dave Pallone, if you ever want a guy, that dude is the most decorated harness racer there is. He's from here. He's at the Meadows all the time, setting records over and over.
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