REShow: Tom Grossi - Hour 2

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This is amazing man. Absolutely. Here. Let me put on my St. Jude pin that you got to represent. Of course, of course, right here.

So walk me through again how this started what you what you've been doing. Yeah, June, right? All of June. So all of June. So yeah, we started May 29th. I think at this point, it's tough to keep track of the days.

But yeah, you know, I'm not gonna hold you to it. Yeah. Like where were you on day six? Yeah, so made this started back in February. And it got to a point where I do characters for different NFL teams and all that great stuff. And I was like, you know, it'd be really funny to dress as those characters. And then just like, go to the NFL stadium shoot a skit, you know, something like that.

And I thought about that for a few years, and just just never got out there. Yeah. And of course, I'm in the shower on Valentine's Day washing my hair and had the greatest idea I could possibly because that's where you have them. It's in the shower on Valentine's Day on Valentine's Day visual, Tom.

Thank you. I really just wanted to paint the picture. You know, I was getting ready for a nice moment, you know, like a nice candlelit dinner, dogs and cats shampoo and conditioner in one exact, of course, of course, you know, we're washing it up.

We're getting the scalp. Yes. And it got to a point I was like, Well, what if I do 30? Like, what if I do all 30? But people have done that, right?

People have done like in a season or they've gone to games and stuff like that. Sure. And I was like, Well, what if I do it in 30 days? And I'm sitting on this, standing technically. And I was like, you know what, maybe I could do this. And for two and a half months, I planned it out before I even said a word. I just planned it out. Try to like, what would this look like? What would the route look like? The logistics of this thing? Yes.

And I would do it in June, because June is really the one month out of the year, the NFL has no coverage. Pretty much right. So there's like, Oh, TAs for a hot second. And then we talk about Stefan Diggs for two minutes and like that kind of stuff, or 20.

Yeah, exactly. So I said, Okay, let's try to do that. And I came up with the idea. And then on draft night, night one during the draft coverage, I announced and now we're here on day 30. And so far, and look at this video of you just going around the country and meeting people and being all around the NFL world. And you get to see the passion of the fan bases that are out there. My gosh, so significant. How did you choose?

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for your charity? Yeah, so this is this goes back a few years at this point. So I started this in 2015.

I was a full time teacher to was teaching high school history. Bless you. Thank you. We did that. And it got to a point where I just love the Packers. I actually started this because of the NFC championship game that the Packers lost to the Seahawks because it was just so destroying. So it was therapy. So I mean, I made a video and it did pretty well and then started the podcast. But I bring on guests every single week of the opposing team. And it was in 2015 where I brought on a guest.

And as you know, you plug things right for the guests to plug everything away. And it was he wanted he didn't want to plug socials. He wanted to plug a charity that provided service dogs to vets. And at this point, I was on a teacher salary. I was not making a lot of money. And I was like, Man, I just don't have money for this. So I donated $50. And it was really like, if I ever get to a point where I have any type of platform, I'm going to use it to give back. So two years ago, when things really started kicking off, we raised $81,000 for various charities, a lot of smaller name ones, but really, really good charities.

We vet them very, very tough. Yes. And then last year raised about $102,000 for various charities, including 62k in just nine hours. And that's this community.

I mean, that's what it is. This is all football fans, how we've raised $330,000 for St. Jude as just football fans. That's how much you've raised today. Yeah, we've raised.

So it's been incredible. But for St. Jude, you know, for something like this, it's a organization I've wanted to work with for quite some time. On top of that, I don't have to educate anybody on what St. Jude does. Everybody knows how good they are.

And they know the mission. And I didn't even tell St. Jude I was doing this. Oh, no, I don't. No, I don't tell my charities that I raise money for them.

They just get a check in the mail like a month and I don't want recognition or anything like that. So yeah, no, I just picked St. Jude and they found me. Because in Buffalo, I jumped through a table. I saw that. Yeah. It hurt. It's like Buffalo's always with me because it's in my back. So you cracked one open. There you go. By the way, very, very royal crown you've got on your head there.

I think it's like a fast food. And that was gravel, my friend. Like that wasn't grass. I thought it was gonna be grass. I found an old picture from two years ago. And it was not. It was it was gravel.

By the way, I love it. I love the multiple camera coverage. We had a drone there.

Like a fan brought a drone. It was incredible. And it hurt. We powered through. And then the next day we missed our 5.09am flight. I was running on 90 minutes of sleep.

So I drove six and a half hours to Foxborough to make it to the next fan event. But in talks about St. Jude, yeah, I don't tell them anything. And then they found me and were like, What are you doing? Because they saw that. And they were like, Are you just hurting yourself for money? And I was like, No, no, no, no, that's not what it is.

And, you know, we got to this place where now I was able to go to Memphis and visit the campus and just have that incredible experience. And since then, it's just been full steam ahead. Well, if you're doing this to just hurt yourself to raise money, you would have lit that table on fire before you jumped into it. Wait, wait a minute. I'm being told Bills fans do that, too. Wait a minute. Pack that backyard. Right. And again, like, this is just the like, this is the fan base that we built for eight years.

And it's incredible. And, you know, going to this point, you know, we've talked about it with sponsors and all that stuff. I don't take sponsors on my main channel. I don't do any of that stuff. Sure.

And this is all self-funded. Like, I did not buy a house this year. Like, I did save a down payment and say, I want to do this instead. Are you serious? Yeah, because, like, this is what you're supposed to do. Like, we've been doing this chaotic good because I'm a D&D fan, but like chaotic good. And we've inspired people, whether it's to donate.

Whether we do local raids of local businesses whenever we're in town. Like, that's the whole point of this. We're bringing every fan base together under like one roof. We have Saints and Falcons fans hugging it out after fan events. Like, that's what this is about.

Like, we're we're putting a spotlight on fans and the teams. And like, there's just nothing better that you could do to raise money. Anybody who raises money for St. Jude goes to making sure that not only that sick kids get better, but parents or any guardian never sees a bill for anything. Travel, transportation, food, lodging, and of course, the health care. So everyone just focuses on the kid and makes things great for the kid. And some of the research that they have done to make sure that these kids get better. It's truly heaven on earth in Memphis, Tennessee.

No question about it, brother. It's sharing too, right? It's sharing around the world that information. It's that collaboration saying like we're trying to reduce child mortality rates in all these other places. And these aren't talking points. Like these aren't just like going through like this is what they're doing. And it's incredible.

And that's one of the reasons why I picked them. That's amazing. So how did you let's let's talk about your journey here. So you went to where first? Where did you go first?

Green Bay, Wisconsin, Lambeau Field because I'm a Packers fan. So okay, so you drove from New York to that one. Yes, flew to that one. And anytime we could, get a flight was great. We only missed two flights this entire time. That's impressive. Yeah, we only missed two flights, a couple delays, only one layover.

Not too bad. But yeah, I went to Green Bay, Wisconsin. We got there a day early.

Okay, did some filming. Shout out to Wes Hodkiewicz who showed us around gave us a little private tour. And for the beginning of this tour, I mean, we weren't even let into these places. Because like I said, like, I'm just a guy in a basement who like makes football videos. That's just like we're sometimes for some stadiums just knocking on the door saying, Hey, let me in.

Would you let me in? Yeah. And like, a lot of them to begin with, like, just ignore, which is fine. Like, I get it. Like, I don't have those connections.

It's all good. And so the Green Bay was the first one who let us in because of Wes and so grateful for that. But then the next few, we just didn't get into any stadiums. But then it was about, again, what this whole thing was, was highlighting the fan bases and the cities. So I remember when we went to Detroit, and Detroit, we had a fan meet up outside the stadium and security came over. And they were like, What are you doing? And I was like, Hey, like, I sent emails. So it was just like, we're just doing like a quick fan meet up, just like, you know, some pictures, all that great stuff, just signing some things. And we moved, we were moved across the street, which was fine. And then a representative from the Lions came out after it was done. And they're like, Who are you? Like, what are you doing here? Because we had about like 50, 60 people there.

And after that, they're like, Okay, well, we have like a high school graduation rehearsal going on. But do you want to like go in the stadium? You can't shoot anything except like the ceiling.

But do you want to do that? And I said, Yeah, because that was the first stadium that we were allowed. into besides Lambeau Field. And I remember texting Johnny Barks, who's my camera editor guy, who's been with me this entire time. And I was ecstatic. I was like, someone let us in.

This is amazing. And I will say that that's been one of the best parts to the cities that people are like, Oh, we got to be careful about the city. Like, Oh, don't go to this city. We had the time of our life in Detroit. Like there were so many genuine good people there. Baltimore was another one like Baltimore is a tough city. The people there were electric.

Awesome. And being able to highlight each of those, like the just the people, the communities that the businesses when we go and do local businesses, that's been the best part of this. And so by the time that the game changer one was the Patriots, the Patriots, they didn't even tell me, don't tell him that. Listen, I got Well, the crafts are very philanthropic people.

They were incredible. They give the, you know, my brother in law has an annual event for the Jimmy Fund and the Patriots every year like countess. And yeah, every year.

So without fail, I didn't even know how that story went. So I because I called every team, like every team back in May, called every team, emailed every team, what have you. And I called the Patriots, and I just probably got somebody on a bad day. And I was like, Hey, do you do stadium tours?

They're like, we don't know how to do that. I said, That's okay. So what about the Hall of Fame? Because I know that's right next.

Yes. He goes, Have you been to the Hall of Fame before? And I was like, Yeah, I think a few years ago I went, he goes, Well, nothing's changed. So don't bother coming. And I was like, Oh, okay. So I was like, I expected nothing.

Nothing. We get there. The whole fan base is outside.

There's at least 50 to 75 people there. Yes, the Patriots walk out and they go, we want your entire tour to come in. We're gonna give you all a personalized tour. So they brought us all in.

We did a personalized tour. I'm running on 90 minutes of sleep after driving six and a half hours and jumping through a table the day before. Yes. So I'm hurting. Right. At the end, I go back. I'm hurting. But you got to get there regardless. By the way, I just love how what you said is all factual.

And it's not like tongue in cheek at all. Nope. Because you literally.

Six and a half hours. I'm hurting. I jumped through a table.

I 90 is like we just went. That's it. What an NFL fan thing to say. Fantastic. I'm sorry. So you were interrupted.

Go ahead. So at the end, like the fan event was over. We took pictures with everybody because of these fan events to like, it's my responsibility.

Everyone who's come out. People have flown in. People have driven over eight hours to get to us. So I don't leave until everyone has a picture and or autograph because, like, that's just the best thing that I can probably do. Yep. And so I'm running on all this. I'm exhausted. And I'm like, All right, can I just come back real quick?

Just me just for some B roll. And the staff comes out and they're like, the crafts want you to see something. And I'm like, OK. And they just hand me three Super Bowl rings, Rich, like in my hand.

And they go, just don't put these on over the hard floors because one's a little loose. And they walk away once a little loose. So I'm standing there with three Super Bowl rings in my hand, terrified because I'm running on no sleep. It was a death grip on this. I sat in a chair and I was like, get the shot, get the shot, get the shot. And I was like, please take me back.

Do you see the face there? That is exhaustion, my friend. And it didn't get better after that.

Like the sleep debt that I've accrued over this, like we get usually about three hours of sleep a night and then we're off to the next city. So what a flex, by the way, if you did like what was it, R.K.K. or Jonathan Kraft, like, what do I have here in this draw? Give me these three Super Bowl rings. Let him put it on. I know how Putin got a ring.

Apparently walked away and took it. It was that. And the reason that got set up is because a diehard fan named Tim went to the Patriots and was like, you have to let this guy in.

They went to the Crafts and the Crafts said absolutely. And from there, it's been amazing. And we haven't been able to get into every single stadium.

For example, MetLife, which I've been to many, many times. Ed Sheeran, there's the production going on. They're like, you can't even be on the property. So I filmed it on the side of a highway.

I got you. Which is a very New Jersey thing to do. Honestly, it really is.

Was it Bada Bing in the background? Yeah, absolutely. So it was great. But the teams that have let us in, they've been so generous. They've been so incredible. We were kicking field goals on the Bengals Stadium.

Like it was it was amazing. And like the teams that have gotten this, like we've just made them look amazing. Even the ones that haven't, like we make them look amazing, too.

But at the end of the day, it legitimately is about the fans. And of course, it's for the kids. Of course. Tom Grossi here on the Rich Isaac Show. What's the big finish?

What do you got? Because you're going to SoFi today, right? Yes, we're going to SoFi. I've never been to California except for a couple of days ago when I was in Santa Clara. So this has been an incredible experience.

The field of jeans, you went up there? Oh yes, we did that. And the 49ers, they brought two employees and they were the only ones in on a Sunday.

Like it was it was incredible. And that's like the stories that we're telling. It's the people. The amount of people who have been so helpful. The Uber drivers who have tipped us $5 for St. Jude.

The desklers, James in Pittsburgh, who gave me $20 when he asked what we were there for. Like that's been the story of this entire time, just how genuinely good people are. We've encountered just incredible human beings on this trip.

And it's just been amazing. And so, yeah, SoFi, we're going to head there later for a tour, trying to host a fan event there, too. That's been in the works and trying to get that done.

But that's likely going to happen. Does NFL Network know you're in town? I don't know.

Because we're right across the street from SoFi. I mean, listen. I can make a call. I mean, that'd be great.

I mean, just to try and raise money for kids. I don't know what NFL Total Access might have some room on a rundown on the Wednesday of the end of June. June 28th, rundown. All right. I'll make a... I appreciate you. Of course. That's the least I can do. And just, you know, SoFi Stadium indoors is truly like you're wearing VR goggles.

It is one of the most amazing sights you can see. And just take notes and tell these two Rams season ticket holders what it looks like. Because they don't go in the building.

No. They make sure the Cowboys fans get good seats. They make sure that the, you know... Eagles, Bears... You know who the visitors are this year. Not because you're planning out when you're going.

You're just planning out when you're selling, right? Eagles and Eagles are in town. See, they know. I will say the Cowboys were another amazing team to us. Like, they were so incredibly generous.

The Joneses? They were so good to us. So our dads are Cowboys fans. We're both Packers fans and both our dads are Cowboys fans. How the hell did that happen? So I'll tell this story super quick.

Go for it. I was in elementary school and my dad... We're in New York. You can't be a Cowboys fan in New York. And my dad tried to raise me as a Cowboys fan.

So I went into school. It was 1996 or 97. And the Packers beat the Cowboys 45 to 17. That's the Farve. That's the Farve.

Height of Farve. That's it. Oh yeah. And so a kid told me that. And I wasn't watching football. I was like six. So a kid told me that. So I went home to my dad and I said, Dad, I heard the Packers beat the Cowboys.

I'm a Packers fan. And I stayed like that for 26 years. Damn.

And did your dad let you stay in the house after that? Apparently the answer is no. In some way, shape, or form. On that point... So as I said, I was a teacher. And it's a risky thing to just, as you know...

It's a risky thing to set out on your own and then try to do that yourself. Taught for six years and my dad was like, Do not quit your job because you're leaving a pension. You're leaving benefits. You're leaving all these things.

And it just got to a point where I said, I'm gonna take a leap. And that was two years ago on June 25th. And so just a week ago or so, I brought my dad, Johnny's dad, out for the first time to AT&T Stadium.

Get out of here. They got a tour. Is that the photograph that we saw? Is that... Because I couldn't see it out of the corner of my eye. Put it up again, Hoskins, if you don't mind.

That was a very surreal experience for me, like full circle. So get out of here. Yeah. So those are your dads right there? So yeah. So that's my dad. On my right, that's Johnny's dad.

That's Hal, a veteran on his left. So yeah. Come on, guys. The Cowboys were incredible to us. And that was like a... That was... Because again, and I don't know if you feel this way, Rich, I feel like when you're doing things, it's very tough to reflect and be like, oh, this was really cool that we did this.

Because it's like next city, next thing. Of course. Trying to raise money for kids. That was a moment when they were looking at the field. I was looking the other way because I was like, damn, like my dad told me not to quit my job. And here I am giving both of our dads this experience.

That's it, buddy. It was just something that I built for eight years and I worked so hard doing it. And it was just such a coming home moment. That's beautiful, Tom. And it's tough to live in the moment sometimes, certainly when you're thinking about taking leaps and the leap you're taking is through a table. Yes.

Sometimes that's not easy to keep everything in perspective. Well, Rich, it's like the greatest picture that's ever been taken of me. I dropped an elbow. Is that still a scab from it? Oh, yeah.

The actual scab fell off just a few days ago. Well, I mean, okay. Tom, I was gonna ask you that because I've noticed you're rubbing your elbow and that I was like, look at that picture. By the way. And also, if I'm not mistaken, is that a Burger King crown?

So that's a fast food crown. That's based off one of the characters I created for the Bills. There have been fans that have cosplayed when we're coming to and again, Rich, the first day.

Look at that scene, by the way. Day one. Day one, Johnny and I are walking to the first fan event. It's Tuesday, 11 o'clock in the morning. I turn to Johnny, I go, dude, how many people are going to be at this event?

And Johnny's like, 12, maybe. And there was 45 people there. We had teachers there on their lunch break. We had parents bringing their kids who were skipping school. And now we have over 250 people turning out to these events.

I'm a guy who talks to myself in his basement. And this is the fan base. And it's just a very like reinforcing like, wow, there's there's something happening out here.

And it's just it's amazing. Well, this is a beautiful thing for many different ways, because you are you are experiencing firsthand what I think you you sensed doing your videos and making your videos is that the NFL fan base is awesome. They are passionate, but they got big hearts, man. They do.

They do. And I see it every year with this charity run for St. Jude. You know, you and I share that, you know, that this this love for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. So you're seeing you're seeing how giving these fans are. But just the fact that that truly again and I know we keep showing this photograph of you at Bill's Mafia because, you know, obviously Packers fans or Seattle fans, I could keep going on. 49er fans are very underrated.

They're everywhere. Steeler fans. One year. Chris, just quickly, you knew back in the day for the Rich Eisen podcast took Heinz Ward to be the correspondent at the red carpet in the Oscars, right? Correct.

What was that going? Zero people. Right.

When I should have to get my credential. Right. The Oscars people were like, why is the NFL network here? Right. And it was me. It was you. You knew. I knew.

Heinz Ward knew. That's it. Right. That's it.

And Heinz Ward manager. And then go ahead and tell them what happened. Yes. So we're walking the red carpet where they're hours and hours before you have to be in a tuxedo to be on the Oscars red carpet. So we're just kind of walking around and all of a sudden they have a grandstands for some fans and we look up and there's people yelling, Heinz, Heinz. We look up, there's like six Steeler fans wearing jerseys and waving terrible towels at the Oscars. And we're just like, wait, what? Why are you here?

Why are you here? Right. It was incredible.

Correct. They did not know we were coming. So they're everywhere.

They're passionate 24-7, 365, which is why you, along with who you are, how you go about it, what you're saying, and St. Jude all together, they're showing up on a June afternoon on their lunch break. It really is amazing. It's awesome, man. It was 106 degrees in Arizona and we packed out a local restaurant there. We packed it out. There was at least 100 to 150 people there.

Wearing red, the red, the Red Sea. It was awesome. And I mean, even you talk about the 49ers fans. So this has started to happen now. So as I mentioned, some teams like they give like signed things to auction off and that's really, really kind of them. It's super, super generous and I'm super grateful. Fans are now coming out to these fan events with signed memorabilia, things that their grandparents have given them and going, I want to auction this off at this fan event to raise money for St. Jude. So we are doing live auctions. They screenshot their donations to St. Jude at the very end of the fan event. Whoever has the highest, we do.

At Santa Clara, we had at least like eight items to give away because people were just like, this is for this. Beautiful. How can people, what website can we send them to right now? So there's on social media, it's all there, but on YouTube, it's just Tom Grassi. If you want to hear this Muppet voice more, um, you just go to Tom Grassi and on every 30 and 30 video you can do directly through YouTube. It goes to St. Jude, but there's a link in everyone that's like a direct link.

You just click on that and there you go. That's a pleasure to meet you, Rich. I appreciate you.

Thank you guys so much for having us. I hate to, I hate to give a suggestion, but I get this every year because for my run every year it gets more and more difficult, but this is not about me, even though I'm literally making it about myself for a quick second. Hold on a second, every single year I run and people are like, you got to do it again. And every single time I'm like, really? Okay. So I look at you and say, I think you got to do this again.

And I understand that you put off the purchase of a house when I'm saying that, but now you're not just knocking on door. You're not cold calling NFL teams. They know what you're doing. They know who you are and the fan bases will know more that you're coming to town.

Maybe you just thrown it out there. I think do it again. The sequel to this, we've seen the stadiums empty. Maybe we see them a little full and throw the biggest tailgate the cities have ever seen. So now we're talking. I think that's the next iteration of this. Kicking it up a notch as somebody in New Orleans would say right here on the Roku channel. Good to see you, sir.

I'm so thank you. Tom Grossi. Everybody go follow. Give out your, your, your accounts. Give everyone out one more time here. It's Tom Grossi comedy on the socials, but it's Tom Grossi on YouTube and it's just, it's just me. And shout out to Johnny Barks, you know, who's with me this entire time.

We're just two guys with a laptop trying to make this work on hotel wifi, driving trains, you know, however we need to get there. And fantastic. This is great. Thank you. All right, everybody. Donate to St Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Once again, it gets sick kids better and make sure those who want to make sure the sick kids get better. Never see a bill for anything. Thanks for coming on here. Thank you so much. You got it.

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I would too. I don't I don't remember it. Did they not invite you, Patrick? Maybe. It's entirely possible. Maybe that's what's happening here. Wait a minute. We're onto something. Thank you.

I don't mean to get in, you know. 25th anniversary is over. I was about to say it's a nice kumbaya feeling of the quarter century reunion.

Yeah, I think that's what it is. They tell the story and I was the only one left at home. So it's the 25th anniversary of the Sandlot. Patrick's on in hour three to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Sandlot. Patrick Renna in studio shortly here on the Rich Eisen Show. I'm sitting at the Rich Eisen Show desk furnished by Grainger on the Rich Eisen Show radio network with supplies and solutions for every industry. Grainger is the right product for you.

Call clickgrainger.com or just stop by. Man, I'm telling you. I just love stories like the ones that Tom Grossi was just telling us. And I know you might think I'm like an NFL hunk.

I'm a 54 year old cheerleader for the NFL. But honestly, like I just the passion of the NFL fan base. It's been great to behold over 20 years. And I understand baseball fans are passionate NBA fans or whatever.

It kind of I mean. I think it's more than just the sports aspect, which is showing human beings caring for human beings and community. And that that to me is what it's seeing it on display in Germany, for instance, last year.

Yeah, that was there's a reason why Brady and Pete Carroll both said it was one of their greatest football experiences of their entire lives. And it's because the seeing the fans over in a different part of the world. Did you see that the Frankfurt game between the Dolphins and the Chiefs sold out in 15 minutes yesterday? No way. Really?

15 minutes. Wow. That's Taylor Swift ticket fast. That is Taylor Swift ticket fast tickets for the football game. Did you get did you get your Taylor Swift ticket? Oh, no.

My pre-sale started a half hour ago. Oh, if you're finished. You're out.

He was here. Hold on a second. Four already resale. I mean, you got four. I'm already in. I got my I got a buddy that does a lot for me.

Oh, so you're not doing it on Rich Eisen Showtime. That's a shock. I'm not even logged in. Oh, I'm going to join the queue. You got a buddy? You got a buddy? You got a guy? I got a guy. I got a guy.

Because he sells the tickets for me. Terzo and I, let's take Terzo's phone call. All rise, everybody.

All rise. Terzo and I went back here on the Rich Eisen Show. What's up, Terzo? What's up, guys?

Hey, Rich, got a couple of things for you. Man, this offseason for the NBA and NFL, I think it's just going to be crazy. It's just all of the different intrigue where any of these players are going to end up. Man, it's just been fun listening to all the guests you guys bring on to speculate and kind of get the fan bases all riled up. It's just been enjoyable. I love it.

What else you got on your mind, brother? Well, is it more likely that Shohei stays with the Angels if they make it, just make it to the playoffs? Or is it less likely that he leaves? Well, obviously, it's more likely he stays if they make it to the playoffs than not. If they don't make it to the playoffs, then I think he will definitely kick the tires more strenuously than he might not otherwise.

But let me just tell you, man. They also tank in July. He could still get traded. They're not tanking in July. I mean... I know. This is a team that lost, what, 18, 13 in a row, and Joe Madden is their manager. I know.

Well, and I just don't see them trading him either because I don't think anybody's going to give up the Kings ransom to try and get him. It's just going to be so expensive. Thanks for the call, Terzo.

Greatly appreciated. Could you imagine? Let's just sit here for a moment. I got time.

So do we. What would a Shohei Ohtani free agent tour look like? What would it look like? In what city? Let's just... Let's just start.

Hold on. You know what city I'm going with first. You can name the cities. New York City.

Like, where do you take them? What would happen if Ohtani was in play, officially in play? And the Angels are obviously going to have a seat at that table. I don't think he'll turn his back on them. Right.

Well, yeah, like Goodfellas Paul Cervino, I got to turn my back on you. Which he might do. But what would it look like when Shohei Ohtani arrives in New York City?

Pomp and circumstance. And if you are the Yankees and the Mets, how insane will the jockeying be to get him first? First. Boston, you're getting them first. Okay.

Why? No, there's nobody else in Boston. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, if they could visit New York, I would have been in terms of that's the list.

No, no, no, no, no. There's obviously, you know, everyone's going to shoot their shot. San Diego, Seattle, Chicago. New York City. If he goes to some place with the Mets, they're out to dinner. Right.

And you're the Yankees. What do you go to someplace more expensive? What do you do? What's the most expensive restaurant in town? I don't know. First and foremost, you got to do your research.

You got to see what type of food you like. Correct. You got to figure out, like, what would a free agency tour for Shoei Ohtani look like?

Have a nice dinner at Sartiano's at the Mercer Hotel, you know, take them to, you know, I mean, the White Horse Tavern, have a few drinks with the locals, the Mineta Tavern, you know. Dude. It's got to happen. It's good.

I just want to see it. Then he goes to Chicago. Then he flies to San Diego here in L.A. It wouldn't be the same.

I'm sorry. Southern California. It just wouldn't be the same thing. Dodgers and Angels trying to jockey for position. You wouldn't even know what was happening. In New York City, Ohtani's coming to town to sit down with the Yankees and the Mets. It would be totally lit.

I want it to happen just for the back pages. And it'll be happening in December, you know, when the Jets and the Giants are for hopefully for them making a playoff run. Dude.

See, that could be the problem. Off the charts. December is going to be cold and he's going to be like, whatever. I know. That's where you're going to play. That's where you're going to play. But it's also it'll be different. You know, you're not in Disneyland anymore. You know, Tomorrowland looks a little bit different in New York City.

Radiator Springs. Yeah. I think that's California Adventure, if I know my if I know my different Disneyland parks. It's been a while. You've been there more recently than I have. I have not. I did not. Oh, you did? How'd you get out of the Disneyland day? He had to work.

This is great. What? I was working. I was here.

Don't be ridiculous. You've been there by lunchtime. You're out of here by noon. Yabba Dabba Doo down the back of the dinosaur.

You are in Disneyland by one o'clock. Latest. I would have been the fifth wheel.

It would have been awkward. Fifth wheel. Yeah. Yeah. But there was a four of them. He was like, oh, it's a four of them.

Yeah. He can't go on rides like that. He can't go on rides like that. It's not golf. How'd you get out of it? I played golf that day.

We have many a photograph of kids dead asleep in the car seat on the way home. They were there for 14 hours. That's what makes sense. That's the reason. Oh, yes.

Oh, Tony's free agent tour would be lit. All right. Let's take a break here. Speaking of the kids, I'm telling you, what a time to be alive to be a child and be able to get a live tour Phil Mickelson team cape. I mean. Oh, my gosh. Talk about time for you of your life as a child, huh? That's coming up.

Get an inside look at Hollywood with Michael Rosenbaum, actress Kristin Ritter. Your parents let you travel by yourself. It was a different time. They just put you on a train as a 15 year old girl. You went to New York.

I went on a bus and I did get picked up at Port Authority. They thought I was a runaway. What would they do?

They'd detain you and get people on the phone and then they finally let you go to your modeling job. How many times did it happen? Once or twice. It just seems like it wouldn't happen. It happens.

Yeah. Inside of you with Michael Rosenbaum, wherever you listen. Back here on the Rich Eisen Show, 844-204-rich number to dial. More phone calls to be had. Miles Sanders of the Carolina Panthers, Patrick Renna, formerly of the, well what's your cast member of the Sandlot? You're always a cast member of the Sandlot. Breaking news.

What's happening? Brogman did not get Taylor Swift tickets. I didn't get Taylor Swift tickets. I waited in line. There were thousands of people in front of me.

I finally got through. Who would you get them for? It could be my turn. Who would you get them for?

Whoever wants to buy them for me. I was just going to say. He's not going. So this is purely prospecting.

This is purely for research. You're prospecting. This is money grab. It was one person in front of me. It was my turn and then a screen popped up.

Sorry, no tickets available. She sells out like that. It's insane. And she's really good live. So Mike, we understand she's an outstanding entertainer.

I mean, I didn't like her years ago and I'm kind of antihero. You know what, though? No, I got to tell you, Chris, you you are well known in the SoFi ticket world of being a prospector. And I think I think this is this is no, no, no, no, it's just I think I think he's got he's got a reputation and they're like, no, they're like, no, you've had enough. You have had enough reselling tickets from SoFi Stadium.

You're a Patriot fan who is absolutely prospecting and you're out. They sniffed you out. They sniffed you out. They're like, because some eight year old girl or thirty nine year old quarterback is going to go to this concert and rock out. And you were just going to only jack up the cost that only a thirty nine year old quarterback can afford. And maybe an eight year old girl could not jack up.

So they sniffed you out. I take offense to jack up. Oh, yeah. OK. Fair market value.

You know, you look at the menu and it says MP next to there. That's market price. That's not my fault. OK. That's just what the market bears.

Rich, you think quarterbacks should get fair market value for their worth because it's their turn. Correct. This is my turn. Well, apparently not. Apparently not. They said it was someone else's turn.

I didn't get through. Just saying here in the rich eyes and show it. Let's take a phone call. Fitz in Dallas.

You're here in the rich eyes. What's up, Fitz? Hey, now. Hey, now. Oh, well, greetings from Dallas, guys, where it is a cool one hundred and fourteen degrees. Oh, yeah. Not going to be able to do probably cheaper.

It's probably it's probably it's probably cooler in Cancun, as some people in Texas might know. What else you got? What do you got, Fitz? Guys, I want to do something with you guys for R.E.S.

consulting. Yesterday, in the third hour, you guys were talking about the tour and are the guys going to come back and play and I have a couple of suggestions that maybe you guys could talk about and I'll hop off once I'm done here. But I was frustrated last year when those guys left. And quite frankly, I think the PGA should make them crawl back and you got these new guys that have come in because I said from the beginning, I said, you know what, there's plenty of talented players that are out there that will take the place of those guys. And they've been out there and they've been sweating and really competing.

And so the first idea that I had was, why don't we do a lay in tournament or, you know, the guys that want to come back from Live, put them up against these newer guys that had to earn their cards this year. Yeah. Okay. And I know that's tough.

No, and I know, and Fitz, I'm going to cut you off because I don't know if it's the weather or not, but the phone was a little bit in and out there, but thank you for the call. You know, I mean, what are they going to do with the players who want to come back? The question is, do they want to come back? Let's talk about the Live tour a little bit. Because the Live tour is back in action for the first time since all of this went down with the Live tour and the PGA tour and they're in Valderrama in Spain, the famous course in Spain named after TJ's friend Wilmer, impressive that he's got a course named after him, and they had a press conference with Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, I've heard of him, right?

Oh yeah. A championship Wanamaker trophy winner, right? Five time major winner. And Phil, they were all sitting there in Valderrama and Phil didn't speak at the US Open and didn't make the cut. So this is the first time we're hearing from him since the merger, but don't call it a merger.

Phil had this to say when asked if he wants back on the PGA tour. I mean, I think that right now we have basically an agreement to have an agreement. So there's really, and everything over the last couple of years that we've been told by Greg and everybody on Live has come to fruition. So we have a lot of confidence in what they have been saying to us because everything has been happening, and we don't really feel the need to publicly posture our position. So there's really no need for us to talk about things publicly, but to just let it play out.

I don't think you answered. Just specifically, do you have any interest in playing in the PGA Tour in the future? So rather than just say yes, no, I would say that all of the, from a player experience, all of the difficulties and challenges and the things that take a lot of excess of energy output throughout the week have been fixed at Live. And so the player experience here is incredible, and I just can't envision a better scenario for me as a player than playing out here on Live. Dustin Johnson talking about the same thing.

The player, let's just call it what it is. The players on Live Tour absolutely love it there. They play 54 holes. They travel the world.

They are making a gajillion billion trillion dollars, okay? They are, I'm sure, staying in the finest hotels there. I'm sure their families are treated like royalty, by the royalty that runs this league and tour. And he said what Greg's told him, it ain't the cousin from Succession.

It's Greg Norman. And who knows if Norman's still involved? Nobody knows what the next step is, which is exactly why Phil is just living in the moment in the present.

There's no need to publicly posture, because that's only going to kick the hornet's nest. And they believe Live's going nowhere. Now the document that we just are beginning to see for the first time over the last 24, 48 hours, that's going to be front and center at a United States Senate hearing on July 11th, six page document between PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia. It says that the Live Tour, whether it lives or dies, will be at the discretion of the new company that has three members of the four member board seats being PGA Tour types. Americans, PGA Tour types. It's like the Live Tour is dead is a doorknob to me. But these guys are living in their Valderrama bubble, having a blast.

And I, you know, la, di, da. I don't think any of them are sitting there with their Wanamaker trophies and their jackets or all of them, you know, worried about am I going to the PGA Tour or not? I don't think, and case in point, Phil Mickelson is actually thinking the opposite if you really want to get inside of what he's saying, because I don't know who asked this question, but he, it's a team golf tour? What's the name of his team? High Flyers? The High Flyers?

I think it's for those scoring at home, it's HY? Yep. And then capital F Flyers? We're also being sued for logo infringement. Oh, I had no idea.

Yeah. And then they might get sued for cape infringement because they're High Flyers, they're selling capes for kids. I don't think it's that cape, not Crusaders. I don't think it's Crusaders. I think it's flying like, if I had to guess, it's Superman? I don't know. Here was Phil Mickelson, you tell me if this is a guy, if this sounds like a guy who's thinking about the PGA Tour and whether he's going back.

Hit it. I noticed that we are selling High Flyer capes in the merch tent. Can you tell us a little bit about the genesis of the High Flyers capes? It's aspirational, Jane. It's not for everybody, but it's a cool thing about our team and it's the creativity of my wife, Amy, and what she brings and we envision a lot of little kids running around the golf course in capes and that's kind of what we're hoping for and have them dreaming about being a High Flyer one day.

I know we're only a year into Live, but where it's going to be in 10, 15, 20 years is pretty exciting. Are we going to see you in a cape one day? Yeah, possibly.

There you go. Sounds like a guy who's got the PGA Tour on the brain, huh? You know what's going to be fun? When they do the valuation of the Live Tour and they go line by line and then there's going to be a line that says capes and somebody's going to be like, who ordered the capes?

Oh, it's the Mickelson's. They ordered the capes. The capes are going to be on line on them.

I don't know how expensive... Hold on, let me check. It doesn't matter.

I don't even want to Google this. Are you picking up what I'm putting down? They think it's... It's a joke, man. 15, 10, 15, 20 years, the Live Tour? Phil was asked about that last sound bite. One other thing, oddly, most people think that Live is going to go away. They thought that agreement basically said that, but you're talking about capes, you're talking about going to the future.

So it seems like all of you believe that this is going to be around for a while. I think actions are a little bit stronger than words. I think if you just look at what Live is doing and what we're doing, I think that is more of a statement. I honestly don't know what that means. I don't know what it means.

I don't know what it means. I don't see what the Live Tour is doing, quite frankly, because I don't watch it. They don't turn a profit. I don't know what they are doing, except making these players insanely wealthy and happy. They look so happy, a radio audience. These three guys look so happy.

They don't miss the travelers in Cromwell, Connecticut at all. They don't. Dustin Johnson says, I don't want to play more golf than I'm already playing. They don't miss it at all. And anybody pushes back saying, well, they don't play enough golf to win majors.

The guy in the middle, Brooks Koepka, just won again. So to me, the only way the Live Tour does survive, and this is if I had to guess what's more likely, you know what's most likely? That the Live Tour does survive because this deal ain't going through and the capes will still be in the tent for you to put on your kids if you want to be like the Mickelson team golf players. What a time to be alive as a child. You can get a high flying cape. Not currently available on the high flyers. I don't know. I mean, that's soon to come.

And honestly, does that sound like, he's like, oh yeah, my wife is coming up with these ideas and the salaries are like, yeah, make the capes, we'll sell them. Because you're Phil Mickelson and you're happy, your kids are happy, your wife's happy. Are golf fans happy? They say it's better for golf.

Nobody is watching. I don't know what else to say other than the fact that anybody that's out there wringing their hands over, well, how are they going to let these players back into the PGA Tour? They're like, I don't give a damn.

I'm selling capes, I'm here in Spain. Greg Norman's telling us we're good. From his yacht, lifting his glass like he's Randolph or Mortimer or whatever.

Billy Ray, looking good, that's what they're like, feeling good. Enjoy the Senate hearing. We're here in Vilderama.

Vilderama. I know that. I mashed it together and seen. Hour three coming up.

I got a cape. You know what I mean? Those sound bites to me are like, they're out, what do they care? Checks are cleared, piles of cash are accumulating, I'm sure they've got great investments. I'm assuming one of them is their investments aren't, you know, the Knicks plus three and a half anymore.

I don't know. They are not thinking about, wow, we're going to get back in touch with the PGA Tour. No, of course Phil's not going to publicly state what he wants. Why would he? It's only going to serve to make things worse for the deal to get together if that's what his benefactors want.

Clearly they do. He already was well aware of the geopolitical ramifications of the live tour from jump. He knows the live tour PIF doesn't want anybody from Riyadh to be raising their hand at a deposition. Yeah.

So he's not going to say anything to upset that apple cart. Certainly when the checks are flowing and getting cashed and the capes are selling, get yourself a cape. Like Costanza's lawyer.

Yeah, like that or like Bruce Wayne. Good job, Mike. Well done. That was really funny.

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