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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Okay, Casey, we don't normally do this, but I'd like
to begin today's show with the moment of personal privilege
if we can.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Sure.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Yeah, And we got a lot of stuff to get to,
tons of things going on in the world's Kennel and
Casey Show. By the way, thank you for joining us
the number one radio program here in Central India. And
they say, that's thanks to you our fabulous family. And
we don't do a lot of sports on this show.
We have a fabulous sports station in our cluster here
at Urban one that talks sports all the time. But
we will talk sports when it bleeds into society as
(00:37):
a collective, When something happens that affects a large amount
of people populous as a whole, we will talk about sports.
And that's where we're going to begin today's program, if
that's all right with you. Because this feels like it's
sort of like the Hulk Cogan or the Ozzy Osbourne thing.
It feels like a really big deal, and based on
(01:01):
the reaction on social media, it is a really big
deal to a whole lot of people. And that is
that Ryan Sandberg beloved Hall of Fame second basement for
the Chicago Cubs passed away yesterday at the age of
sixty five.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Yeah, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in early twenty four.
He was in remission for a while, but it returned
and spread later. And here's the thing, when a legendary
athlete like Ryan Sandberg passes away, you're not just mourning
the person. You're grieving what they represented. And for many
people it's childhood memories.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Yeah, that's perfect, and it's interesting think I'm this sounds
very selfish of me to say, but I'm so glad
he passed away when he did, which was last night,
and so I've basically had like twelve hours to kind
of get it out of the system. I mean, like,
I broke down. ESPN did a fabulous video montage tribute,
(01:58):
and I just completely lost it this more watching it,
because one of the things you don't realize is thinking of, like,
how do you even articulate Ryan Sandberg? And to so
many But the reason it's a big deal is WGN.
WGN was one of the original superstations along with TBS,
and that's why there are so many people who are
Chicago cub and Atlanta Brave fans. You saw these guys
(02:20):
who played for these teams every single day, the good,
the bad, it didn't matter because you didn't have the
on demand stuff like you do now.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
So whatever you could get is what you knew your
world to be.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
In WGN came into millions of people's homes if you're
an eighties or nineties kid like I was, every single day,
and so you saw this guy who not only was
he a phenomenal player, but he was a phenomenal role
model and professional. And if you were a person of
my age, you grew up wanting to be your per
(03:00):
tending to be Ryan Sandberg in your backyard. If your
parents followed baseball or taught you baseball, there's a good
chance they referenced Ryan Sandberg on how to field a groundball,
on how to run the bases, on how to be
a consummate professional, like he was the kid guy if
(03:20):
you're an eighties or nineties kid that every little leaguer
should have been like, because not only was he a
phenomenal baseball player, but he was a phenomenal role model.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
He belonged to a generation where people took pride in
showing up and working hard and then not demanding a
parade for it. Not only was he a phenomenal baseball player,
legendary defensive second basement, but he had good work ethic.
And you mentioned the WGN broadcast, and that's what bonded
(03:49):
so many families together, fathers and sons, and your proof
of that.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Yeah, And so, like, I was thinking about this this
morning after I had just a complete meltdown watching that
that that.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
ESPN tribute, and.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
I was thinking, like, because, like I said, we don't
we don't talk a lot about sports here unless how
it affects society. And one of the things I was
thinking about is how you don't realize as a kid
how relatively perfect your childhood is until it's so far
in the rear view mirror.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
That you'll never get it back.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
And I was thinking about how perfect those WGN broadcasts
were and how perfect they helped make my childhood, whether
it was Harry Carey, Steve Stone calling the games, Arnie.
I mean, they were so big that even the producer
who you never saw, Arnie Harris, became a legendary figure
in millions of households because he was referenced every day
(04:51):
on the broadcast, and the players that you saw and
Ryan Samberg and Andre Dawson and Mark Grayson, Greg Maddox
and the Cubs broadcasts were so big that the Cubs
are one of the few teams that thirty years later
a guy could have been and also ran on a
team and you still remember the name because for at
least one summer, you saw that guy every single day
(05:12):
in your in your living room, and you like the Cubs,
of which Ryan Sandberg was the face in the eighties
and nineties. Summer vacation it doesn't exist anymore because they've
changed how you know, this year round school stuff, But
summer vacation when you were a kid in central Indiana,
in some sort of semi thriving suburban community with respectable
(05:36):
parents and a decent upbringing, was like one long, endless
day where from the end of May to the middle
of August or end of August, it was just.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Like one thing.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
You were allowed to stay up late, you were you know,
it was just baseball every day. It was all of
these things, like it's just like the days just all
ran together. And the Chicago cub Us at one twenty
back when we were still in Central Time were just
like the focal point of that every single day. And
(06:09):
it's like the weird the things that you begin to
remember and what big parts they were of your life,
because like I so remember every day my dad because
he would tape the game when he would.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Go to work, literally tape and he said this.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Set the tape, right, the Bhay tape, And I just
would remember the stern summer lecture of if you're going
to watch that game, don't mess with the VCR so
that I can watch the game later and don't tell
me what happened when I get home.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
And the first hour because you can fast forward through.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
The commercials, the first hour and a half of my
dad's existence when he would get home every day was
watching that game. And so you had to make a
choice like do I watch the game. If I watch
the game, I have to leave the house when my
old man gets home because I will. I will, through
facial expression or whatever.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Let him know what happened in this game, right, And
that's like that's all. It's like, that's what these athletes do.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
And Ryan Sandberg was the f point of that because
he was there every single day.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Right, He had the batting average, he had the work ethic,
and it hearkens back to when they were judged by
how many games they played, not how many brands they
partnered with. Rhino was out there grinding out one hundred
and fifty games a year, and he was a great example,
and he was somebody for parents to draw on to
(07:26):
tell their kids play it like Sandberg.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
So there's two things, and then we'll move on and
get to the rest of the show. But two things.
I remember as a kid in June of nineteen ninety four,
when Ryan Sandberg suddenly retired, like I remember sitting in
front of my television. I remember WGN breaking in and
running the press conference, and I remember like afterwards they
(07:50):
were talking about how much money he was making at
the time. And Ryan Sanmdberg, for those who don't know,
suddenly retired, very reminiscent to Michael Jordan in nineteen ninety four,
which I believe was about the time Michael Jordan and
also suddenly retired.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
And he said at the time, I'm.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Not playing up to the standards I've set for myself,
and I don't want to let the fans down every
single day, and I'd rather just if my heart is
not in it, I'd rather just not let the fans
down every day, and he had some colossal contract. It's
funny now, like it sounds like such a smallment, was
like six million dollars or something. And I remember just
(08:24):
staring at the television and trying to process.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
Your your hero, your hero.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
Is leaving, like he's going away, and like hauling my
dad at work, and like almost being in tears over
and trying to process like what that, what that meant?
And it's so still seared in my mind. And so
I'm like thinking of all these things the past, you know,
twelve hours or so, about how important somebody was to
(08:54):
your childhood that thirty thirty years later you still just
vividly remember that that moment in time.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
He is known by many Cubs fans as their favorite
player of all time. Ten time All Star, nine time
Gold Glove winner, spent fifteen seasons with the Cubs. Inducted
into the Baseball Hall of Fame, they retired as jersey
and a little bit of kismet Him and Harry Carey
started on the same day with the Cubs organization. But
(09:21):
here he is talking about respect for the game.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
The reason I am here, they tell me, is that
I played the game a certain way that I played
the game the way it was supposed to be played.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
I don't know about that, but I do know this.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
I had too much respect for the game to play
it any other way.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
And if there is a single reason.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
I am here today, it is because of one word respect.
Speaker 2 (09:54):
Of course, he was honored with his statue at Wrigleyfield
in twenty three and tributes have been pouring in from
MLB and the Cobbs and fans alike. So here is
the Kendall and Casey tribute. It is the Sandberg game
we had to play.
Speaker 4 (10:10):
Very likely steel and the insight, the absolute they look
while I rage the five pertuing what relect book balls work?
Lets you bad burger blow ball on what bottle strikes
(10:33):
throughout a runner? First leven to night and favorite of
Cardle the bitch strike coll be out back corner. They
have Stabbury, the aspire, right field section, bob a struction, but.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
The back he didn't help.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
He don't say he didn't come all.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
He had a fun. How about that
Okay, Casey, we don't normally do this, but I'd like
to begin today's show with the moment of personal privilege
if we can.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Sure.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Yeah, And we got a lot of stuff to get to,
tons of things going on in the world's Kennel and
Casey Show. By the way, thank you for joining us
the number one radio program here in Central India. And
they say, that's thanks to you our fabulous family. And
we don't do a lot of sports on this show.
We have a fabulous sports station in our cluster here
at Urban one that talks sports all the time. But
we will talk sports when it bleeds into society as
(00:37):
a collective, When something happens that affects a large amount
of people populous as a whole, we will talk about sports.
And that's where we're going to begin today's program, if
that's all right with you. Because this feels like it's
sort of like the Hulk Cogan or the Ozzy Osbourne thing.
It feels like a really big deal, and based on
(01:01):
the reaction on social media, it is a really big
deal to a whole lot of people. And that is
that Ryan Sandberg beloved Hall of Fame second basement for
the Chicago Cubs passed away yesterday at the age of
sixty five.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Yeah, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in early twenty four.
He was in remission for a while, but it returned
and spread later. And here's the thing, when a legendary
athlete like Ryan Sandberg passes away, you're not just mourning
the person. You're grieving what they represented. And for many
people it's childhood memories.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Yeah, that's perfect, and it's interesting think I'm this sounds
very selfish of me to say, but I'm so glad
he passed away when he did, which was last night,
and so I've basically had like twelve hours to kind
of get it out of the system. I mean, like,
I broke down. ESPN did a fabulous video montage tribute,
(01:58):
and I just completely lost it this more watching it,
because one of the things you don't realize is thinking of, like,
how do you even articulate Ryan Sandberg? And to so
many But the reason it's a big deal is WGN.
WGN was one of the original superstations along with TBS,
and that's why there are so many people who are
Chicago cub and Atlanta Brave fans. You saw these guys
(02:20):
who played for these teams every single day, the good,
the bad, it didn't matter because you didn't have the
on demand stuff like you do now.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
So whatever you could get is what you knew your
world to be.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
In WGN came into millions of people's homes if you're
an eighties or nineties kid like I was, every single day,
and so you saw this guy who not only was
he a phenomenal player, but he was a phenomenal role
model and professional. And if you were a person of
my age, you grew up wanting to be your per
(03:00):
tending to be Ryan Sandberg in your backyard. If your
parents followed baseball or taught you baseball, there's a good
chance they referenced Ryan Sandberg on how to field a groundball,
on how to run the bases, on how to be
a consummate professional, like he was the kid guy if
(03:20):
you're an eighties or nineties kid that every little leaguer
should have been like, because not only was he a
phenomenal baseball player, but he was a phenomenal role model.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
He belonged to a generation where people took pride in
showing up and working hard and then not demanding a
parade for it. Not only was he a phenomenal baseball player,
legendary defensive second basement, but he had good work ethic.
And you mentioned the WGN broadcast, and that's what bonded
(03:49):
so many families together, fathers and sons, and your proof
of that.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Yeah, And so, like, I was thinking about this this
morning after I had just a complete meltdown watching that
that that.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
ESPN tribute, and.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
I was thinking, like, because, like I said, we don't
we don't talk a lot about sports here unless how
it affects society. And one of the things I was
thinking about is how you don't realize as a kid
how relatively perfect your childhood is until it's so far
in the rear view mirror.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
That you'll never get it back.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
And I was thinking about how perfect those WGN broadcasts
were and how perfect they helped make my childhood, whether
it was Harry Carey, Steve Stone calling the games, Arnie.
I mean, they were so big that even the producer
who you never saw, Arnie Harris, became a legendary figure
in millions of households because he was referenced every day
(04:51):
on the broadcast, and the players that you saw and
Ryan Samberg and Andre Dawson and Mark Grayson, Greg Maddox
and the Cubs broadcasts were so big that the Cubs
are one of the few teams that thirty years later
a guy could have been and also ran on a
team and you still remember the name because for at
least one summer, you saw that guy every single day
(05:12):
in your in your living room, and you like the Cubs,
of which Ryan Sandberg was the face in the eighties
and nineties. Summer vacation it doesn't exist anymore because they've
changed how you know, this year round school stuff, But
summer vacation when you were a kid in central Indiana,
in some sort of semi thriving suburban community with respectable
(05:36):
parents and a decent upbringing, was like one long, endless
day where from the end of May to the middle
of August or end of August, it was just.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Like one thing.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
You were allowed to stay up late, you were you know,
it was just baseball every day. It was all of
these things, like it's just like the days just all
ran together. And the Chicago cub Us at one twenty
back when we were still in Central Time were just
like the focal point of that every single day. And
(06:09):
it's like the weird the things that you begin to
remember and what big parts they were of your life,
because like I so remember every day my dad because
he would tape the game when he would.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Go to work, literally tape and he said this.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Set the tape, right, the Bhay tape, And I just
would remember the stern summer lecture of if you're going
to watch that game, don't mess with the VCR so
that I can watch the game later and don't tell
me what happened when I get home.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
And the first hour because you can fast forward through.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
The commercials, the first hour and a half of my
dad's existence when he would get home every day was
watching that game. And so you had to make a
choice like do I watch the game. If I watch
the game, I have to leave the house when my
old man gets home because I will. I will, through
facial expression or whatever.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Let him know what happened in this game, right, And
that's like that's all. It's like, that's what these athletes do.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
And Ryan Sandberg was the f point of that because
he was there every single day.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Right, He had the batting average, he had the work ethic,
and it hearkens back to when they were judged by
how many games they played, not how many brands they
partnered with. Rhino was out there grinding out one hundred
and fifty games a year, and he was a great example,
and he was somebody for parents to draw on to
(07:26):
tell their kids play it like Sandberg.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
So there's two things, and then we'll move on and
get to the rest of the show. But two things.
I remember as a kid in June of nineteen ninety four,
when Ryan Sandberg suddenly retired, like I remember sitting in
front of my television. I remember WGN breaking in and
running the press conference, and I remember like afterwards they
(07:50):
were talking about how much money he was making at
the time. And Ryan Sanmdberg, for those who don't know,
suddenly retired, very reminiscent to Michael Jordan in nineteen ninety four,
which I believe was about the time Michael Jordan and
also suddenly retired.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
And he said at the time, I'm.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Not playing up to the standards I've set for myself,
and I don't want to let the fans down every
single day, and I'd rather just if my heart is
not in it, I'd rather just not let the fans
down every day, and he had some colossal contract. It's
funny now, like it sounds like such a smallment, was
like six million dollars or something. And I remember just
(08:24):
staring at the television and trying to process.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
Your your hero, your hero.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
Is leaving, like he's going away, and like hauling my
dad at work, and like almost being in tears over
and trying to process like what that, what that meant?
And it's so still seared in my mind. And so
I'm like thinking of all these things the past, you know,
twelve hours or so, about how important somebody was to
(08:54):
your childhood that thirty thirty years later you still just
vividly remember that that moment in time.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
He is known by many Cubs fans as their favorite
player of all time. Ten time All Star, nine time
Gold Glove winner, spent fifteen seasons with the Cubs. Inducted
into the Baseball Hall of Fame, they retired as jersey
and a little bit of kismet Him and Harry Carey
started on the same day with the Cubs organization. But
(09:21):
here he is talking about respect for the game.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
The reason I am here, they tell me, is that
I played the game a certain way that I played
the game the way it was supposed to be played.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
I don't know about that, but I do know this.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
I had too much respect for the game to play
it any other way.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
And if there is a single reason.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
I am here today, it is because of one word respect.
Speaker 2 (09:54):
Of course, he was honored with his statue at Wrigleyfield
in twenty three and tributes have been pouring in from
MLB and the Cobbs and fans alike. So here is
the Kendall and Casey tribute. It is the Sandberg game
we had to play.
Speaker 4 (10:10):
Very likely steel and the insight, the absolute they look
while I rage the five pertuing what relect book balls work?
Lets you bad burger blow ball on what bottle strikes
(10:33):
throughout a runner? First leven to night and favorite of
Cardle the bitch strike coll be out back corner. They
have Stabbury, the aspire, right field section, bob a struction, but.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
The back he didn't help.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
He don't say he didn't come all.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
He had a fun. How about that
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