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June 25, 2024 5:41 am

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It's the one that I watch most closely and that I really enjoy. Before we get to that and let you hear from the Florida Panthers this season, according to front office sports, the NHL has seen record breaking attendance, a boost in TV ratings, another record for annual revenue and a game seven in the Stanley Cup final. Now, I dare say the new TV package with ESPN and ABC helped because you got a lot of times games broadcast on free, over the air television, which is a big deal. So for the NHL to have the spotlight, to have the stage, but also to have its final extended a full week after the NBA finals is a big deal. And to have a Monday night where there's, other than the College World Series, not a whole lot going on. Again, outside of June baseball, which isn't quite as compelling as a game seven of the Stanley Cup final.

But good for the NHL. It was a brilliant season. There are a lot of great storylines and a first time champion, which is awesome. Not to mention, Connor McDavid, Leon Drysidel on the Stanley Cup final stage for the first time and going from being down 0-3 to up. Well, to winning three games in a row and that wild pendulum swing in the final alone.

Terrific. I hope that you enjoyed it. In terms of drama, it certainly had a lot more than the NBA finals. Now, the NBA finals had their own stories, but I can understand why many of you were captivated by this one. It's After Hours with Amy Lawrence on Twix at ALOL radio or our show account at Amy After Hours. And then our Facebook page, too.

I'm so glad you're enjoying pig racing, which personally is my favorite championship of the weekend. I do love that the Florida Panthers knew it would take everything they had and they were OK with giving that. I appreciate that they still were saying all the right things, even after losing game four, losing game five, losing game six, seeing this go to a game seven. And yet they refused to say there's more pressure on us. They refused to say, you know, we've we've squandered an opportunity. They refused to say it.

Now, a lot of the media was saying it, as Paul Maurice tells the story from Sunday, I guess it was, when he got to the arena. But for the Panthers, this was always the end game. Who cares how long it takes to get there or how many games you have to win or what people will say about you. Ultimately, give it four or five years and all they're going to say is Stanley Cup champions, which is what I love about sports.

The world keeps spinning on its axis. And as much as we obsess over moments or streaks in a particular series, you give it four or five years down the road. And those stories are old news, right? It's it's a rare story in sports that transcends its particular year, meaning we're still talking about it years later. But what they can never take away is Stanley Cup champion. Who cares if it took three games, four games, five games, 12 games, 87 games or 31 years.

Now they can always say they were Stanley Cup champs. And I really do believe that Florida emptied the tank for this. They were pushed to the brink. They absolutely were, but we saw them push back.

And I love that element of it as well. The adversity. They were in the same position now facing, quote unquote, elimination. And I love that it was such a rush for the sport and for the fans. So, yes, Gary Bettman was out there. He was awarding the consummate trophy first to get that over with and then moved on to the Stanley Cup.

And it is the privilege, the honor of the captain to be able to hoist the cup first. So I think he was ready to grab it from Gary Bettman. But Bettman made him stop. You could hear him say something or see him say something to him.

Couldn't hear it, of course. And he's something along the lines of we have to take a photo first. I noticed that as well. He wanted to just straight up take it and started skating with it. Right. So Barkov, as the captain, is able to hand off to whomever he wants, but not until he's had a cool skate around and a celebration with the fans.

And it was noted, of course, that he's the first ever Finnish-born captain to win a cup, meaning he's the first ever Finnish player. I just saw it again. Actually, he just replayed it on TV where he tries to grab it away from Gary Bettman. They really should have that pre-choreographed. Whoever wins, we've got to take a photo first because you get excited. You want to grab it and skate. You think they're paying any attention whatsoever before game seven? No.

Two instructions what might happen when it's done. I'm so glad this happened for the Panthers in front of their fans, especially given last year and what the Panthers fans went through. But anyway, Barkov is the first ever Finnish player, Finnish-born player, to be the one who gets the cup from the commissioner. And I know that wasn't the biggest thing on his mind, but still pretty sweet.

Obviously, it's not the main thing I'm thinking about right now, but it means a lot for sure. I love to look up the number of years that guys have played, not just in the NHL but also played with the particular franchise, because you get such great stories that way, too. It's his 11th season in the NHL.

He was drafted by the Panthers. He's been there the entire time, which means, of course, there have been some bleak seasons and last year's loss. Well, it was a long ride, but sometimes it takes this long, and we deserve it for all the hard work we've done as a team, as an organization, as a community. Every single year, it's been so much fun to see how much it grows. It's great.

Best place to be right now. So congratulations to Barkov. How about Sergei Bobrovsky? A lot is made of the goaltender. He did not win the Kansmaeth Trophy.

I'm sure it doesn't matter right now. In this Game 7, only allows the one goal, makes 23 saves. At 35 years old, he's into his 14th season, or he just completed his 14th season in the NHL, and finally is a champion. We had a great group of guys. We came out, fight for each other, compete for each other, and, again, we've done it, and we're so happy. Yeah, there's some really cool stories that were told to Emily Kaplan, who was doing the on-ice interviews for ABC. She's terrific. I loved her conversation with Matthew Tkachuk. I almost teared up myself in watching him answer the questions that she asked of him, partly because his dad, he had played in the NHL and had never won a Stanley Cup, and so between his dad and his brother, the two of them, he told the story of how they walked him out to his car before he came to the rink and that it was a really special moment for them and that he nearly lost it himself. So, yeah, for him to be able to share this with his family, that they're in the building, right, and, gosh, they kept getting shown on camera. They were extremely emotional. His dad especially was in tears.

You kind of get the idea that this isn't just for Matthew. It's for his family, and he was talking about that, too, and actually talking about the fact that he used to play for the Calgary Flames and that he's got Canadian roots, and so this isn't just about South Florida. I've got my family in Boston, my family in Ontario, my grandpa Bata in Winnipeg. Shout-out to all of them, and shout-out to my fans in Calgary, so you know I've been wet. I've been tinned wet.

Hmm. On ice on the NHL Network, Keith Kachuk is his dad, and I just looked it up, 18 seasons that he played in the NHL, and you can understand why he was visibly emotional, why he was crying, why his family was all in. He spent a lot of years in the league without winning the Stanley Cup, so he gets to see his son win it, and I would bet, if you ask most parents, if I could win it or my kid could win it, the vast majority of them would say, I'd rather have my kid win it. That's just the love of a parent and the love of family, but still, for him to be able to be there and to enjoy it, that's awesome. I love those family moments and those family stories.

It's after hours with Amy Lawrence. It's a lot of the kind of deep breaths now that the hoops and hockey seasons are done. We still do want to talk about the College World Series and the championship for Tennessee, first time in the volunteers franchise history, which is pretty amazing, defeating Texas A&M, who's also seeking its first title at the College World Series in Omaha, so it's really a championship Monday.

Love to hear from you. Longtime listener Kevin was responding to one of my tweets about the Stanley Cup, the actual cup itself, and I was just saying that I love the tradition of how each player gets to skate with the cup and gets to kiss the cup before handing it off to a teammate, and you've got the joy and you've got the cheers and you've got the relief and you've got the relief and the elation and the smiles. It's all amazing, but how when the individual player skates back to his teammates and there's always the next guy waiting, right, it's just awesome. I love watching that.

They've coordinated it. There's a pecking order, and so they all know who's gonna get it next, and they all wait their turn, but they all cheer for the guy in front of them, so that was awesome. So I was responding to it, and Kevin replied that it's still the best trophy in all of sport.

The gold medal is a distance second, so I think that's a fun show question. What is the best trophy or the greatest trophy in all of sport? Do you agree with Kevin that it's the Stanley Cup? Not which one is the toughest to win.

Which is the greatest trophy, the best trophy in all of sports? So on our show, Twix at Amy After Hours, you've also got my account at ALaw Radio, and then on our Facebook page, our phone number, 855-212-4227. Thank you for hanging out with us on this championship Monday night. Jack Michaels is with us from Florida next, the longtime voice of the Edmonton Oilers who just called this game seven.

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Pampers will try to pin it in the corner. Ten seconds to go. Seven seconds. Florida two. Edmonton one. Oilers pulling. Two seconds.

One second. The season is over. The Florida Panthers have won the Stanley Cup.

Two-one in game seven. This is After Hours with Amy Lawrence. Jack Michaels earns rave reviews for his energy and the fans love listening to him. I love listening to him. I feel like he must sweat himself. Maybe buckets while he's calling a game and yet he does such a wonderful job of setting up the atmosphere and bringing it to us even when we can't see the game with our own eyes.

It's After Hours with Amy Lawrence. He's also a personal friend. I've enjoyed having him on the show, going back to the pandemic, actually. Do you remember when the arenas were empty and he was setting the scene for us in that way and helping us to understand the conditions under which these teams were playing in a bubble where there were no fans and really nobody allowed except for essential personnel.

Still to come, JJ Redick introduced two days before the NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers and Tennessee, the champions of the College World Series. But the Stanley Cup final is over following a tight game seven and Jack Michaels, true to his word, joins us now from Florida. Jack, I listened to your pregame. I listened to a good portion of the third period. I heard you say it multiple times. This is the biggest game in Stanley Cup playoff history.

Why? For sure, Stanley Cup final. You know, if you think about the great Stanley Cup finals, it's kind of a short list, to be honest with you, because in hockey, for whatever reason, if you think about there hasn't been a, you know, a ton of dramatic game sevens. We haven't had a game seven overtime game since 1954. You know, and so, I mean, when it comes to the Stanley Cup final, the comeback and the chance for Connor McDavid to officially, you know, stamp whatever he needed to, if he needed to at all, you know, take his rightful place on the mantle of all-time greats in this game, you rally from three games to none.

I mean, that's historic. I think all-time teams are something like 402 and four, you know, in those situations when you include the NBA in Major League Baseball, maybe 402 and five, because it's happened four times in hockey and only once in baseball history. So I think the relevance of rallying from three-nothing down to force a game seven, combined with the players' choices, the best player universally accepted in the game, I mean, that doesn't really happen that often, in any of the four major sports. I mean, Amy, if you think about it, in our lifetimes, what has it been, other than Michael Jordan? Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, in our lifetime, and now Connor McDavid.

I think there's always been an argument about the best baseball player or the best football player. Even when Tom Brady was at the peak of his power, it was like Peyton Manning was still there. So I think that's why I felt like tonight was a really big deal. It's going to be a Stanley Cup final that's remembered for a long time, where normally, you know, if it had just ended in fourth straight or whatever, you don't think of Edmonton and Florida as like capturing, you know, the whole world's attention. Well, I think the Stanley Cup final really did, and McDavid and the comeback were two big reasons why. The Oilers forced a game seven by completely changing the style of play following games two and three, and the way that they were able to stack goals in the last three games so impressive. What was the major difference between the three Oilers' wins and what we got in game seven? Well, part of it was they weren't really able to do much off the rush against Florida. You know, in the eight-goal outburst in game four that served a term this series completely around, Amy, they got seven goals off the rush. Now, I kind of knew that wasn't going to necessarily happen again.

I mean, it just doesn't. But they were still able to score timely goals off the rush with speed. They were the faster club. They were able to utilize that speed and do some damage on Florida. The other thing they did is they dominated special teams. I mean, they outscored Florida's power play shorthanded in the series and still lost. They outscored Florida. I think it's maybe one of three or four times ever that the Stanley Cup final aggregate goal scoring was in favor of the loser of the series.

So, you know, you do a lot of things right. You get to Bobrovsky. And it started with the two goals they got late in game three to come from 4-1 down to lose 4-3. And then they shelled them for five in the next game. You know, obviously, the 8-1 blowout.

They go down to Florida. They were able to get up early. At the 25-minute mark of the Oilers' three wins, Amy, they were up 5-1, 3-0, and 2-0. In this game, Florida got the first goal and never trailed at any point. And that was, I thought, a massive difference because, as you know, when it's going the other way, it's hard to stem the tide. And for Florida to get that first goal tonight, even though Edmondson was able to counter and tie it, the fact that the Oilers never got the lead, I think, kept Florida in a more positive state of mind where if they had fallen behind tonight, it might have been, well, this is inevitable. We've blown our chance.

Can't reverse the momentum. And the fact that they got that first goal and never trailed at all in game seven tonight, I think, was massive and allowed Bobrovsky to settle in, as well. I mean, 24 shots, Amy. And I realize the Panthers only had 21, but 24 shots against Sergei Bobrovsky, that's not enough.

I mean, it's just not. They needed more. Although there were some fairly dramatic saves toward the end, including a couple he made without a stick and one he made from his rear end and then another time denying Connor McDavid point blank. He still made a handful of saves. I mean, he still played the kind of goal that Florida needed him to. To be honest with you, 15 shots through two periods, they didn't really test him that much in the first 40 minutes. They waited a little too long, and that allows him to settle in the game and feel confident about making kind of some of the acrobatic saves that you're describing in the third period.

But absolutely, he came up big. He had one extra save than Stuart Skinner did. I think, you know, the Sam Reinhardt game winner with five minutes to go in the second period is probably one that, you know, Stuart Skinner would like to have back. But, you know, when you lose two to one, you can't start pointing at the goaltender.

I mean, that's not why he lost the game. He's the longtime play-by-play voice of the Edmonton Oilers back into the Stanley Cup final, forcing a Game 7, but now heading home without the Cup. Jack Michaels is with us still from Florida.

It's after hours with Amy Lawrence. Connor McDavid, as you point out, best player on the planet, has a breakout middle of the Stanley Cup final. A lot of attention on him. How would you describe his Game 7?

He'll tell you I wasn't on the score sheet the last two games. And, you know, I think he'll probably, you know, find fault with his game even though he, you know, scored the fourth-most points in the history of the Stanley Cup playoffs, broke Wayne Gretzky's record for assists in a single Stanley Cup playoff run. I mean, he and the rest of the team have a lot to be proud of.

They really do. These are the elite of the elite. And both he and Leon Dreissel, who did not score a goal in the series, and, you know, finished the postseason on a nine-game drive spell without a goal. And this is a perennial 40-goal scorer and a three-time 50-goal scorer and an MVP in his own right. They're going to be hard on themselves. But, you know, that's just the nature of taking ownership of being two of the five best players in the game. They're going to wonder what more they could have done.

I will say this. I thought Edmonton's depth was good enough in this series and in this playoff run. I mean, they had 18 different guys score a goal. You know, they had more guys ship in than anyone else in any other, you know, any other Stanley Cup playoff team.

It wasn't their depth that let them down. Ultimately, I think you spot a team, a 3-0 series lead. Florida didn't lose four in a row all year long, Amy, even though you probably could make an argument that Edmonton outplayed Florida in two of the first three games. At this level, in the Stanley Cup final or in the final round of any of these major professional sports, you can't afford to let a game get away. You can't afford to let a goaltender steal a game from you.

You've got to win the games you can win because usually they come back to haunt you later in the series. And Edmonton's lack of margin for error, you know, ultimately cost it in this series where, you know, many people from Edmonton will leave this series thinking that perhaps the better team did not win. Connor McDavid ends up with a Con Smythe trophy. It's his first Stanley Cup final. How do you feel about a player from the team that didn't win ending up with that award?

There's arguments on both sides. I mean, McDavid was so far and away the leading scorer. He had 42 points. No one else had more than 32 in the postseason. And Sergei Bobrovsky, while winning all 16 games for the Florida Panthers, his save percentage was, you know, barely over 90. So it wasn't like he was a Jonathan Quick or lights out, and you could say, hey, if McDavid had a quiet last two games of the series, what about Bobrovsky's, you know, middle three where he literally stopped 75% of the shots in those three losses? I think there's an argument to be made that McDavid did deserve it. I think it's weird. I'm sure McDavid thinks it's weird.

He certainly didn't accept the ice on the award, as you no doubt saw. Right. It doesn't happen very often. Most recently, J.S. Chigurh, the Anaheim Ducks, in 2003. It's often a goaltender.

Ronnie Hextall in 1987 for the Flyers against the Oilers. But it is an aggregate of the Stanley Cup playoffs. It's not just the finalists, and it is strange. When you look at the combination of Florida's balanced attack and Bobrovsky's rough go in the middle portion of the Stanley Cup final, I do think it's justified, but I also obviously think there's an argument for Bobrovsky to, you know, to win it because he did win all 16 games.

What's amazing about Bobrovsky, Amy, is how quickly people forget. Last year, he entered the postseason, and this is the postseason where Florida would advance to the Stanley Cup final. He was the backup. He was behind Alex Lyon, who's a journeyman goaltender. Goal tending is, you know, here today, gone tomorrow. And Bobrovsky certainly has been brilliant the last two postseasons. And the push to the Game 7 and a lot of the pressure that was on him from the other side, it's a pretty sweet ending to his story as well. Jack Michaels is with us still from Florida following Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final.

It's after hours with Amy Lawrence. As much as you can share, what was it like with the team once the game was done? Well, I mean, that's the one thing I've learned covering professional sports at all levels. And as you know, I had a long, long tour duty in the minors and, you know, now in the National Hockey League close up to a Game 7 loss.

It is soul-crushing. Yes, they're pros. Yes, they're highly compensated. But at the core, Amy, these are athletes like you and I were little kids. They're still those kids, right? They're still like us back in the day. And this still means everything to them. And to come up one goal short after a 107-game campaign, 82 in the regular season and 25 in the playoffs, is absolutely devastating. And they were gutted after the game.

It was silent. And no one wants to talk. No one likes to lose. Everyone feels lousy. That's just the way it is. It's not a, you know, a turn-the-page moment for these guys, not in the immediate moment. It hurts, and it's gonna hurt a while. And what makes them amazing pros is eventually they're able to turn the page and move past it and find a way to get hungrier for next year. But tonight, it is utter devastation.

And there's no talk of contracts or money or where I'm going on vacation. There's just despair. It's a really long flight back to Edmonton, too. I know that you talked about the atmosphere inside the building during Game 7 on your broadcast. Listened to a lot of it. Did it live up to all the hype of a Game 7 for a Stanley Cup? It absolutely did. I mean, the atmosphere in Florida was electric. The Panthers were obviously well-represented with it being on home ice. Edmonton always travels well, and there were several thousand Oilers fans in the parking lot before the game and obviously crammed into the arena.

So, I mean, there were alternate chants of, let's go, Oilers, let's go Panthers, we want the Cup, you know, all that stuff. And Florida did. I mean, they turned out. It was a great atmosphere in Florida.

I'll tell you what. Florida earned it, and they deserve all the accolades that are to come their way. It's not easy to win a Game 7 against the league's best player, let alone a team like the Oilers that were well-balanced. And these were two very good teams. I don't know whether they were great teams. Like, I don't know whether Florida's gonna go on a run like Chicago and win three Cups in six years.

I don't know whether that's in their future, but I can say that when you get to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, you're pretty certain that these are the two best teams going. And it was a, you know, a titanic battle with not a lot of room out there, not a lot of scoring chances, desperate teams. I mean, obviously, Florida's playing to avoid the biggest collapse along with the New York Yankees in 2004 in modern sports history.

I mean, that's what it was. So they were playing for their lives, and they're playing to win the trophy that's generally considered the hardest to win in the four major professional sports, and that's the Stanley Cup. And that trophy still means more... I'm sorry. That trophy means more to their sport than the Vince Lombardi trophy, the Larry O'Brien or whatever it is in the NBA and that World Series thing with all the flags on it.

I mean, I'm sorry. The trophy itself, Amy, it's hard to overstate the significance of it relative to the game. It's all about the Cup. Half the people forget what the other trophies are named, and you know, that's what they play for, and it's unique. It makes hockey that much more interesting. It's the hardest trophy to win because you've got to win 16 games. And I know you do in the NBA, but the first and second rounds usually do not have the same degree of competitiveness that they do in hockey.

They just don't. And the record shows that. The record would indicate that you don't have many eight-seeds going on a run the way the LA Kings did to win the Stanley Cup. Anyone can win once you're in the tournament, and I don't think that's true with the other sports.

And it's so stark as well because you can be so close to it, and yet you can't touch it until you earn it, which means you might as well be on the other side of the planet, even if you're in the same building with it. Yeah, it's an incredible tradition, and it's always amazing to watch it walked out onto the ice. But it is the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. There's a certain pride and honor in navigating the gamut of a two-month playoff campaign that's as physical, and we always find out about injuries and broken, you know, I mean, Jacob Trubas, you know, played with a broken ankle for the Rangers in their conference final loss to the Florida Panthers.

I mean, these are ridiculous injuries that players are driven to play through because of that Stanley Cup. So, I just wanted to say that, too. It's really something. It was my first cup final. You really have a greater appreciation of what these teams and what these players go through just to get to the end.

Absolutely worth all the investment. You can find Jack Michaels on Twitter at EdmontonJack, long time play by play voice of the Oilers, and it's always good to have him. We promised that we would have him on the show again for a Stanley Cup final, and of course, Jack, you always deliver the emotion and help us to break it down.

So, thank you so much, and safe travels. The real sadness here is that it's going to be a long time before I talk to you again. So, I always enjoy our chats, and like I said, if you ever need a side gig as an agent, I've got an opening.

If I ever need a side gig as an agent, well, I don't know. I suppose if Jack is willing to return the favor, we have a mutual admiration society, and I do appreciate his professionalism not only in calling a Game 7 that did not go the way of his employer, but also in describing it and bringing the energy for that conversation as he promised that he would, whether it was a win or a loss for the Oilers. So yeah, a lot that they will sift through. I did communicate with Jack and asked him about when they would head back to Edmonton, and he said mid-morning on Tuesday. Charter flights, they're the way to go, but yeah, it's a six-hour trek to get back to Edmonton. And then, it'd take a couple days, maybe a couple weeks, but you can imagine the Oilers will want to get back to work the way the Panthers did after they lost the Stanley Cup Final just a year ago at this time.

A lot to build on there. A big question mark. Leon Drysidel has the one year left on his deal, and how do they pay him? Do they keep him? How do they pay him? What about a Corey Perry?

What about some of the other veterans? But the biggest question is getting ready for Leon and potentially extending his contract. Alright, what is the best trophy in sports? Jack mentioned the baseball trophy with all the flags on it. And I have no idea if the baseball trophy that is awarded to the World Series champ has a name. Marco, any idea if that trophy has a name? Commissioner's trophy. So no, it doesn't have a name.

It's the dumbest name ever. Because it's handed to the winner by the commissioner. Hence, the commissioner's trophy.

The commissioner who called it a hunk of metal recently. Yes, he did. Yes, he did.

Yes, he did. It's a good name. Awful. Awful. We need to be naming it after something. Someone. The only thing you can hope for is that the idea that they named that 120 years ago and didn't think anything of it, but no, that's awful. Just awful.

I don't know. A great World Series champion. Or just Willie Mays since he passed away. What a great way to immortalize Willie Mays who was a World Series champion himself.

No argument for me. Honestly, anything you do is going to be better than commissioner's trophy. And to be fair, if I didn't Google it, I would have never known that. Who the hell has ever said the commissioner's trophy? Oh, I don't know that I've ever heard it. Or if I have, it didn't resonate with me.

Maybe I did and it went in one ear ball and out the other. It's because it's an awful, awful name. Awful.

What is the best trophy in sports? Some of you are responding on Twix at Amy After Hours and then also on our Facebook page and we'll retweet those. You can find the threads. Good stuff. Also, pig racing. Marco, have you seen the video I put up of the pot-bellied pigs racing at the state fair? I have not. Oh, man. You've not lived until you've seen pot-bellied pigs race.

And I used the word race loosely. Oh, no. It's amazing. You have to find it. Either that or producer Jay will show you in the computer.

You have to hear it, too, because I was taking the video and I didn't realize how loudly I was laughing. I should have known. But that's the soundtrack as these pigs are making their way around the track. Okay.

I don't know. I was picturing more of the squealing being so loud. Oh, no, no. There's no squealing. No squealing. The babies were squealing. So there were two heats of baby pigs before this one.

16 weeks old and then 14 weeks old. They raced around. Heats.

Yes, there were heats. They raced around this little mini track like someone was chasing them, which I guess if you're a baby pig, that's kind of how you feel. When the older pigs came out, it was a completely these were the heavies, if you will.

It was a completely different type of race. They're probably really actually being chased. So great. Anyway, if you need some laughs on this Monday night into your Tuesday morning, you need to kick well, pig racing on both of our social media sites. and turn energy into main character energy.

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Price and coverage match limited by state law. It's After Hours with Amy Lawrence. We aim to please. You are listening to the After Hours podcast. We now ask those who are able to please rise and join us in observing a moment of silence for the ultimate forever giant, number 24, Willie Mays.

This is After Hours with Amy Lawrence. A moment of silence before the Giants and Cubs played their game on Monday. That courtesy of NBC Sports Bay Area, there was a pregame ceremony to honor Willie Mays and every single one of the Giants were wearing jerseys with the number 24.

It was poignant. It was bittersweet and I know the Giants were part of the tribute at Rickwood Field in Alabama last week and obviously that was important as well to highlight and celebrate the players that have survived from the Negro Leagues and of course to tell stories about Willie Mays and yet this tribute was home where Willie had the majority of his pro career but also made the greatest impact and of course was always around. This was what he considered to be his home and so they had a really neat pregame ceremony. I watched a bunch of the half hour tribute. It was taking place same time as you're getting a game seven and the College World Series so hard to watch a lot of it but just about a week after we lost Willie at the age of 93, there were a lot of really neat videos as part of it and different dignitaries and other people who knew him and were part of his life and then you get the Giants and the Cubs who have to go out and play a game and it ended in an odd manner. Well we all got to wear number 24 so that's pretty cool and then you know all the stuff pregame certainly gets you attention we've been thinking about this all week and finally win a game for him whether it was Rickwood or whatever we had trouble winning games during his tributes so it was good to be able to do it at home here. I'm sure they were all anxious to get back home and have this special tribute because he played more than two decades there and was an MVP when he was with the Giants multiple times all the all stars and the gold gloves and the games played and to be able to wear his number really sweet so I love the fact that they had their private moment it reminded me a little bit of when a celebrity or a public figure passes away and he's so beloved by the populous and he's so beloved by so many people he or she that there is a ceremony that's open to the public where people can come and pay their respects but there also needs to be a private ceremony for family and close friends so that they can grieve in private and in their own way as opposed to having to be on camera and to be out in front of everyone and everything so this was more private if you will an opportunity for these Giants to be able to pay their respects to a franchise legend it's after hours with Amy Lawrence we're asking you in the wake of our revelation that the World Series Trophy is called the Commissioner's Trophy it's time to rename it I would like to start a petition to rename it the Willie Mays Championship Trophy or the Willie Mays World Series Trophy either way it's not the name that makes it the best trophy in sports what is the best trophy in all of sports we're asking you on both of our social media sites and some of you are responding Rob just sent a picture of the National Championship Trophy in college football it is spectacular I'll say that it's a really sweet design saw some responses as well on our Facebook page and no we're not talking about the greatest achievement that could also be argued of course but what is the best trophy Rory sent us a photo of the Indy 500 Trophy which is unique and striking as well what is the greatest trophy in all of sports the one that you would like to most get your picture with along with the ring of course it's After Hours with Amy Lawrence of the Kona Electric or the groundbreaking 601 horsepower IONIQ 5N and it's not just the comfort in knowing that every Hyundai EV is backed by a 10 year 100,000 mile limited electric battery warranty Hyundai's EVs transform a low hum into a loud adventure they bring color to your journey and turn energy into main character energy so forget everything you thought you knew about EVs and turn the extraordinary into something truly electrifying there's joy in every journey so that we conclusively
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