January 14, 2025 • 3 mins
"Blummer" Geoff Blum is in for Adam Wexler today on The A-Team. Whenever he and Adam Clanton get together on-air, the go-ahead 2005 World Series Game 3 home run comes up. "Blummer" broke our hearts, as a member of the Chicago White Sox. But he says something about his reaction and why he had it... That maybe you haven't heard before now.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
If Blam and I are together at least on the air,
if not off the air, and we haven't been around
each other in a while, two thousand and five comes
up at least once, and usually I'm the one that
brings it up, believe it or not every time. Well
maybe if it didn't happen against the Astros, I wouldn't
have to do that, now, would I?
Speaker 2 (00:18):
But how come you don't where? How come you didn't
complain when I got traded to Tampa Bay and the
Great Loop Panela Tampa.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Bay Rays Because I didn't know you.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Then you didn't care until I showed up in two
thousand and five.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Now I like you, Yeah, but I didn't then.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
It's understandable.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
But it was profraid like I never talked about you
the way I talk about Jock Peterson or Joe Kelly.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
That's true. You didn't wear Yeah, no, that's not That's
the thing. I've had hair colors, but not pearls.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
That's the only thing people could point to. And it's
honestly not that big of a thing, because Roger Clemens
did the same dumb thing with his hair Our team job, Yeah,
he wass ago. He's like Rodman behind the plate. Yeah,
but like if you go back and look at that
home run you hit, there's nothing about it. You didn't
You didn't stomp your feet like adults I do, steroids, Garcia.
(01:07):
You just ran around the bases, You blew a kiss
to your wife, who wasn't there.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
No, she wasn't there.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
But we've we've gone through the story.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
We know all that of the reason why I didn't
trust me. I wanted to. I wanted to be.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
It's the biggest stage in the world, and you just
did with every kid mimics in their backyard, their whole lives.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
But the only reason I didn't is because I spent
time in that clubhouse, because I spent time in that dugout,
and I was competing against guys that I was trying
to do that with.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Second time out, time out. If I think what I'm hearing,
if that wasn't in.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Mark, if it wasn't mind or against the Astros, what
would you have done. I might pilin of Dave Parker,
the you know what out of that thing. It would
be like a Crawford box. It would have been a
Crawford buck that. Yeah, I would have I would have
strutted that thing out. Yeah, because Yeah, there was just
no way I was gonna you that in front of
guys that I really respected, and you know, they kind
(02:04):
they kind of taught me how to play the game, right,
So I just wanted to show them to respect.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Dude. That's of all the conversations we've had about this topic,
you've never told me that. That's No, that's one percent
of the reading. Yeah, I'm very happy right now. In
a weird way, I'm trying. I'm trying to get back
into good graces, like knowing that it could have been
worse for me, Oh, it could have been way worse.
And by me, I mean all of Houston. Yeah, I'm
(02:27):
just I'm the voice of the fan here, like there's a.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Lot of other National League teams. Oh, if that would
have been against the Cardinals, Oh well, it would have
been outstanding, Yeah, because that would have been because because
back then National League and I went two o three
with the Astros fighting our asses off against the Lewis Cardinals,
and that was you know, everybody likes to say the
(02:50):
Cubs Cardinals. I know that's a natural rivalry because you.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Bleep until twenty sixteen, thank you, Eva.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
And that's where I felt like it was the Astros
Cardinals more than it was the Cubs Cardinals. And on
the field, if you asked those those two clubhouses, I
guarantee you they'd say the same exact thing, because that's
how we felt too. They showed up and all of
a sudden, you kind of all of a sudden, you
know you John Singleton, the jersey on button, a little
bit chest out and try and do some damage. But
if that would have actually been against the Saint Louis Cardinals, yeah,
(03:19):
that would have been definitely a different reaction.
If Blam and I are together at least on the air,
if not off the air, and we haven't been around
each other in a while, two thousand and five comes
up at least once, and usually I'm the one that
brings it up, believe it or not every time. Well
maybe if it didn't happen against the Astros, I wouldn't
have to do that, now, would I?
Speaker 2 (00:18):
But how come you don't where? How come you didn't
complain when I got traded to Tampa Bay and the
Great Loop Panela Tampa.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Bay Rays Because I didn't know you.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Then you didn't care until I showed up in two
thousand and five.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Now I like you, Yeah, but I didn't then.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
It's understandable.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
But it was profraid like I never talked about you
the way I talk about Jock Peterson or Joe Kelly.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
That's true. You didn't wear Yeah, no, that's not That's
the thing. I've had hair colors, but not pearls.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
That's the only thing people could point to. And it's
honestly not that big of a thing, because Roger Clemens
did the same dumb thing with his hair Our team job, Yeah,
he wass ago. He's like Rodman behind the plate. Yeah,
but like if you go back and look at that
home run you hit, there's nothing about it. You didn't
You didn't stomp your feet like adults I do, steroids, Garcia.
(01:07):
You just ran around the bases, You blew a kiss
to your wife, who wasn't there.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
No, she wasn't there.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
But we've we've gone through the story.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
We know all that of the reason why I didn't
trust me. I wanted to. I wanted to be.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
It's the biggest stage in the world, and you just
did with every kid mimics in their backyard, their whole lives.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
But the only reason I didn't is because I spent
time in that clubhouse, because I spent time in that dugout,
and I was competing against guys that I was trying
to do that with.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Second time out, time out. If I think what I'm hearing,
if that wasn't in.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Mark, if it wasn't mind or against the Astros, what
would you have done. I might pilin of Dave Parker,
the you know what out of that thing. It would
be like a Crawford box. It would have been a
Crawford buck that. Yeah, I would have I would have
strutted that thing out. Yeah, because Yeah, there was just
no way I was gonna you that in front of
guys that I really respected, and you know, they kind
(02:04):
they kind of taught me how to play the game, right,
So I just wanted to show them to respect.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Dude. That's of all the conversations we've had about this topic,
you've never told me that. That's No, that's one percent
of the reading. Yeah, I'm very happy right now. In
a weird way, I'm trying. I'm trying to get back
into good graces, like knowing that it could have been
worse for me, Oh, it could have been way worse.
And by me, I mean all of Houston. Yeah, I'm
(02:27):
just I'm the voice of the fan here, like there's a.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Lot of other National League teams. Oh, if that would
have been against the Cardinals, Oh well, it would have
been outstanding, Yeah, because that would have been because because
back then National League and I went two o three
with the Astros fighting our asses off against the Lewis Cardinals,
and that was you know, everybody likes to say the
(02:50):
Cubs Cardinals. I know that's a natural rivalry because you.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Bleep until twenty sixteen, thank you, Eva.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
And that's where I felt like it was the Astros
Cardinals more than it was the Cubs Cardinals. And on
the field, if you asked those those two clubhouses, I
guarantee you they'd say the same exact thing, because that's
how we felt too. They showed up and all of
a sudden, you kind of all of a sudden, you
know you John Singleton, the jersey on button, a little
bit chest out and try and do some damage. But
if that would have actually been against the Saint Louis Cardinals, yeah,
(03:19):
that would have been definitely a different reaction.
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