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Chapter 1: How does Pony make a late appearance in our theme song?
How does Pony make a late appearance in our theme song? It's incredible. That thing has been overplayed to the point now where it becomes just common knowledge. I love that. I had a guy the other day came up to me and said... Hey, should I put my wooden teeth in? And I smiled at him.
God, that was great. What a moment in fan history. By the way, Jeffrey Lewis music is where that comes from.
Jeff Lewis rocks, baby.
And he just texted me the other day that his dad passed. Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. Yeah, our condolences as a show here. And asked me, it was part of a mailbag question. He mentioned some of his favorite sports memories with his dad, Bob. Some of them were Three Rivers Stadium related and asked me what some of mine were with my dad, who passed in September.
And I had Three Rivers Stadium sports memories as well. He took me here from Buffalo in 1979, right after the Bill Madlock trade, to see Madlock play his old team, which was the Giants. Mm-hmm. And it was great. I think the count, John Montefusco, was on the mound, and Dave Parker hit a line-shot rocket that never changed trajectory until it smashed off the seats in right field. So... The count.
I remember that Madlock trade because it was, and he came to a team where he was a four-time batting champ, I believe, when his career was over, but he batted sixth in the lineup because they had so many people in that lineup who were that good.
And he was the missing piece. Think about the lineup. And yes, I didn't come here to talk 79 Pirates, but then again, I did. Omar Marino, a premier base stealer leading off, followed by Tim Foley. One of the best at batting. He could move Marino over.
We've lost that thing in sports, in baseball today. You don't see that.
Not the prototypical leadoff man anymore. Then Dave Parker. All he was was the best player on the planet. Then Willie Stargell. All he was in 79 was the MVP with Keith Hernandez. Who batted fifth then?
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Chapter 2: What are some memorable sports memories shared with family?
Oh, the hit man. That was their platoon. Yeah. A four-man platoon of four guys who were all good hitters. Then, yes, you had a million-time batting champ batting sixth, Bob. It was incredible.
Yeah.
One of the greatest lineups of all time. Do you remember who won Game 7 of the World Series? Who started Game 7 of the World Series in 79 limits? Wrong. Burt Blyleven? That would have been my guess. Anybody else? Game seven. John Candelaria started game six, the Candyman. The Candyman. That's a good question. Jim Bibby.
Jim Bibby, that's right. With the biggest hands I've ever seen.
Followed by Grant Jackson in that game. Followed by our friend Teek. Do you remember who caught the last out limits? Omar Moreno. Wrong. Omar Moreno. The Antelope. I think, you know what, Bob? That was the only time in my whole life that a team, my team, one of my teams won the championship. The 79 Pirates. I adopted them in the earlier 70s. Because my dad was watching the 71 World Series.
I've told you the story, I think. And I was captured by Nelson Bryles falling off the mound onto his stomach. Something in my little five or six year old brain was captivated by that. And then they were the lumber company.
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Chapter 3: What makes a great baseball lineup?
They were the most entertaining team in baseball. So I adopted them and he took me on a pilgrimage here. And that's how it all began. Man, did I love that team.
Well, you didn't have a baseball team in Buffalo to be rooting for, so you needed something, right? So that was your adoptive team. That's a good team to pick. That was fun. You're right. Those guys, all of them could hit. All of them. Every single one of them.
Right down to some of the pitchers. If Don Robinson was in there, Bob.
Don Robinson was one of the best. Rick wrote it. Was he there? He wasn't there then. I'm trying to remember. Jim Hibby could hit. Yes, he could. He could hit.
All right, enough of the 79 Pirates, but definitely our condolences to Jeffrey out there. We absolutely love the theme song. Bob, I had these Chick-fil-A mini, what are they called? Limits? Mini things? Mini chicks? Yeah, they were just mini nuggets. No, there's a name for them. The mini chicks. And Jenna in the back knew the exact name. They were mini something. Bob, they're addictive.
They're these little butter biscuits with a little chicken nugget in them. And I overindulged, and now I don't want to eat the rest of the day, but I sure did enjoy it.
That's the problem with those kinds of food. You know they're going to sit in your stomach for a while.
Yeah.
And make you feel like, oh, I shouldn't have done that, but they were good.
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Chapter 4: How do food choices impact our day-to-day life?
Yes. Cam Hayward on with Jim Rome, I believe, talking about Mike McCarthy, but also talking about his own future. We've had Ray Fittipaldo wonder aloud whether Cam would play next season. It sure sounds like it. Let's take a listen. All right, so this is what Cam had to say on the Jim Rome show overall about Mike McCarthy.
I just talked to him not too long ago, and I love that he loves Pittsburgh. That means the world to me because that's someone who's going to value the job. That's someone who's going to make the most out of this opportunity. There's a hunger there. There's a respect there. His family still lives in Pittsburgh, and so we talked about that. My family still lives in Pittsburgh as well.
And, you know, we've resonated that his brother was actually my next door neighbor for all those years ago. So I've had a leg up in admiring him from, you know, afar. But he's a hell of a coach, too. You know, he's won a Super Bowl. And, you know, the players here today that have had a chance to be coached by him have a lot of respect for him as well.
But this was the kicker.
I don't want to play anywhere else. That is a very special place in my heart. But you always have to think about what can happen. Being prepared for every opportunity. Being prepared that the Pittsburgh Steelers might not want me on their team next year. That's just the way you have to look at it. You have to be able to deal with change.
Interesting stuff. And it sounds like from Cam's side, he's coming back, which means he's coming back because from the Steelers' side, nothing is going to happen. I don't think anything should happen.
Especially the way he played. Right, that's why. If you saw signs that it was tailing off, and we haven't seen those signs really.
You know, you had the contract situation that really ticked a lot of people off. That's just a fact. But I think I could be wrong that that's largely forgotten now based on the season that he had. This guy amazes me as a physical marvel. That body that he has like a refrigerator. And the punishment that it's taken. 193 starts, 228 football games.
And I'm not sure he wasn't playing as well as he's ever played last season at times. And it's not just at the line of scrimmage. This dude is still chasing, sprinting people down from behind 20 yards down the field. I marvel at this guy. I really do. I haven't seen too many. Physical specimens like him, and I'm not talking about Adonis-like creatures. You know what I mean? Yeah.
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Chapter 5: What were the rankings discussed in the podcast?
This is an outrage bomb. We also finished below a station in Maine. No, not what I made up. A Jim Colony sports trivia station in New Hampshire. Why does this bother you so much? Who cares? Because I don't want to finish eighth, Bob. I want to finish first. So, Bob, this is what happened. Number one was the Kentucky station in Lexington. They probably do a lot of Kentucky basketball.
The really big show, it's called, in Cleveland on their ESPN station finished two. And then a station in Nashville. Baskin and Phelps on the fan in Cleveland. Have you heard of that, Bob? No. Baskin and Robbins, an ice cream station, finished ahead of us too, Bob. And then people named Rothman and Ice finished five from Columbus.
But then number six is Bishop and Friends, also in Columbus, for the same radio station. 97-1 the fan.
Chapter 6: Why is Andrew McCutcheon a topic of conversation?
No, they must have like a duopoly kind of thing, two stations and once, and they both beat us. I'm sorry. There's nothing else to do in Ohio but to listen to the radio. Now I'm going to quit.
And then number seven. It's time to quit. Number seven is a show called Jason and John in Memphis. The names are just bad, too. Bill and Frank. In Fort Worth. Well, I mean, we are Pomp and Joe. Well, Pomp and Joe has a little bit of a flair to it. Not everybody has a pomp involved. No. But Jason and John, pretty generic. All right, Bob, I'm over it. I don't think you are.
Oh, my God.
Is this the first segment of this?
Yeah, we got to go.
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Chapter 7: What are the potential trade options for the Pirates?
We're almost done with the entire hour.
You should have told me that earlier. Well, you started 15 minutes late. What do you want to talk about next? Don't look at me when you said that.
He's running the ship. Clock management. This is what's going on here. I want to talk about your eighth ranking. I need to get some analytics in here. I want to see metrics to show Joe that you're going way over. Joe, what time is it? 1144.
Oh, make the smart call. Buell Insurance, 724-443-5610. Let's ask Dr. Kabaly if he thinks there's going to be another cam contract dispute in the future of TJ Watt and one Jalen Ramsey. All coming up next. Where'd Bob go? Where'd Bob go? There he is. Nobody knows.
I heard he's going to personally... Thank the Barrett guy. That's what he was on the phone with.
Yeah, a tweet thanking him for our eighth place finish wasn't good enough. Bob's going to fly to New York and thank him in person. Good old R.J. Barrett. Why are you so upset? I'm not upset, Bob. So a lot of people are around here. You just heard from somebody else who's upset about it. We played a win around here, and we won a Marconi.
Instead of looking... How far you have to go. Look behind you and see how far you've traveled. We've traveled from 16 to 8. Next year will be 4.
Next year we should be 1 on that trajectory, Bob, right? 16 to 8.
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Chapter 8: How does the discussion conclude regarding the Pirates' strategy?
Oh, no, you're right. 16 to 8 would be 8 to 4. I can never do math.
Why don't you just pull out the ratings, the Pittsburgh ratings? Don't you like guys kill on the ratings?
Yeah, but we're not allowed to say them, I don't think. Are we, Bob? Don't say them.
I don't know what they are. I think it's less stress when you don't know what they are. They are what they are. They're subjective in many ways. A lot of these things are.
Well, we get money based on what they are. True. At least I do.
But you're so rich. I've heard they went up since Bobcum.
they have can i send you down the hall to meet with a brain trust here and let him let him hear that what do you expect i mean he's bob listen all kidding aside he is bob so when i do a tweet of my story the other day and then bob retweets it that's a beautiful thing when bob joins the radio show even if it is once a week that's a beautiful thing too what are you trying to do
What did I tell you on Sunday, Bob, before the showdown? I said, Bob, what's your McCarthy interview? And you got him.
I said, you got him. He did get him, didn't he? Why don't we play that for the big boy? The question that lives in infamy and the answer that confirmed what everybody had been thinking. This is Bob at his very finest.
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