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it was off the wall at fenway. he said it easily could have been a double but he didn't realize it at the time. he thought it might get caught. he didn't round first base fast enough so he pulled up at first. in retrospect, he's so glad he did because the first base coach was babe ruth who put his arm around him and said, way to go, kid. >> wow. that's great. >> he told me that story just last year. it was like he was a kid again. i mean, who wouldn't be excited by babe ruth, you know, congratulating you? you won the game, as it turns out, they had to play the bottom of the ninth, but still. >> i mean, they're amazing people. and their memory is just crystal clear. they'll say, sure, i knew babe ruth, of course i remember riding on the train. it's just great. >> those are wonderful stories. panelists, if you'll indulge me and stick around a little bit, i think gavin and sarah have some questions they want to queue us up with. it's all yours, gavin. >> thank you, gordon. to remind the audience, if you would like to
it was off the wall at fenway. he said it easily could have been a double but he didn't realize it at the time. he thought it might get caught. he didn't round first base fast enough so he pulled up at first. in retrospect, he's so glad he did because the first base coach was babe ruth who put his arm around him and said, way to go, kid. >> wow. that's great. >> he told me that story just last year. it was like he was a kid again. i mean, who wouldn't be excited by babe ruth, you...
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ultimately, i believe in 1960 or 1961 he was given his own day at fenway park. and i believe, michael, you said he's buried, what, a block or so from where you live? >> yes, he's buried in a cemetery just outside of west roxbury right next to his son, buddy. an amazing chapter in red sox history, to say the least. and to your point, gordon, he has such tragedy in his life. but finds a way to continue to give and give. and i think someone that's probably under-recognized in our city, and hopefully in the future we can recognize him for his great works. >> yeah, i think he may be a future candidate for the red sox hall of fame. we certainly should give that a close look. you know, one of the aspects that i would like to turn to, in addition to the involvement of the players, is the red sox as an organization heard from a lot of gis who were serving overseas. michael, you tell a couple of great stories in your book about a dozen or so marines, i believe, who were fighting in the pacific who reached out to tom. tell us that story. >> so he gets a letter from gaud da
ultimately, i believe in 1960 or 1961 he was given his own day at fenway park. and i believe, michael, you said he's buried, what, a block or so from where you live? >> yes, he's buried in a cemetery just outside of west roxbury right next to his son, buddy. an amazing chapter in red sox history, to say the least. and to your point, gordon, he has such tragedy in his life. but finds a way to continue to give and give. and i think someone that's probably under-recognized in our city, and...
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we almost lost fenway. the red sox, under the previous ownership, were working on plans to replace it, and then the team in the end was -- there is no certainty it would have happened, but they were serious about doing it, but then ultimately they sold the team. the subsequent ownership decided that was crazy and that they had a sort of -- a great asset that if they could only upgrade and modernize gently a little bit, which turned out to be exactly the case -- chicago -- yeah, it is beautifully integrated into the neighborhood, and it remains one of the most beloved places there is. on the other hand, so are other places that we were not lucky enough to keep. it's ironic that ebbets field in brooklyn was lost because it could be spectacular today, and now it went in the '50s probably because nobody cared about brooklyn and the fan base had moved to the suburbs, so forth and so on. today everybody wants to be in brooklyn, and if it had a ballpark that actually in some ways was better than wrigley and fenway
we almost lost fenway. the red sox, under the previous ownership, were working on plans to replace it, and then the team in the end was -- there is no certainty it would have happened, but they were serious about doing it, but then ultimately they sold the team. the subsequent ownership decided that was crazy and that they had a sort of -- a great asset that if they could only upgrade and modernize gently a little bit, which turned out to be exactly the case -- chicago -- yeah, it is...
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when i joined bloomberg this was a raging battle in boston and they had the courage to rebuild fenwaywhich desperately needed it and save all of the character of it. i bring this up because it believes it will dock in -- darken the door for a more interesting show at 9:00. when i see that i cannot envision the vip boxes, or even whatever it is called, the fancy -- you have to be out in the seats. jonathan: i know from the fact that when hammond goes to see the queen parks rangers he seats in the cheap seats. governor king i saw at villa park 10 years ago and i was sitting right in front of them, and he was not in the cheap seats. because, at that point it was a nightmare. mohammed is coming up later from queens college. we will talk more about it. jonathan: thank -- tom: they named it after the queen park rangers,. jonathan: i am not sure that is why they named it. we will get up to speed with the inflation story and then the equity market story. he has the big bull on the street. we have seen an all-time side -- all-time high after record high in this equity market. tom: the bears ha
when i joined bloomberg this was a raging battle in boston and they had the courage to rebuild fenwaywhich desperately needed it and save all of the character of it. i bring this up because it believes it will dock in -- darken the door for a more interesting show at 9:00. when i see that i cannot envision the vip boxes, or even whatever it is called, the fancy -- you have to be out in the seats. jonathan: i know from the fact that when hammond goes to see the queen parks rangers he seats in...
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this is one of the holy grounds in baseball with cooperstown, with fenway park, wrigley field. of the first things that comes to mind is field of dreams. it encompasses all that is good not in the game but in life, family relationships, redemption, pursuing your dreams, going the distance. that has not been lost on major league baseball. >> this is number one, watching field of dreams as a kid, it's such a story that is even beyond baseball, an american story, it's a story about inspiration, about making dreams come true, about a father and son playing catch and listen, i'm just jealous i'm not with the yankees playing against the white sox or one of these kids that get to make their dreams come true. will: so just to give you a little bit of insight, todd and jillian, what makes this so special, the story goes that two weeks after the movie wrapped up, it debuted, the field was here but it was going to go back to being a corn field but if you build it they will come, people started showing up, people started showing up and taking the sights in and they realized i think we have
this is one of the holy grounds in baseball with cooperstown, with fenway park, wrigley field. of the first things that comes to mind is field of dreams. it encompasses all that is good not in the game but in life, family relationships, redemption, pursuing your dreams, going the distance. that has not been lost on major league baseball. >> this is number one, watching field of dreams as a kid, it's such a story that is even beyond baseball, an american story, it's a story about...
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> yeah, it is like in glasgow, a headbutt is called a glasgow kiss >> seth: right that's called a fenway, is very similar. did you -- would you even attempt to do a boston accent after spending time there? >> i've tried, and i failed miserably. >> seth: yeah. >> it is really, really hard to do, and i actually think bostonians are quite precious, like scouters are with the liverpool accent like if someone doesn't do it right, they really -- they really make sure that you know that you didn't do it right. so i found a fair amount of that >> seth: yeah. they're not a coy people >> they're not shy, no, no, no, but i love that. i love that. >> seth: famously opinionated stock, the bostonians. and i want to ask as well, i know you are doing a fourth season now are you excited about what we're going to see with "killing eve"? >> yes, i am we're halfway through season four i obviously can't say much, but we've definitely got off to an exciting start i think now that because we know that it's the final season, they're definitely kind of pushing boundaries, especially with vinell where we kind of
> yeah, it is like in glasgow, a headbutt is called a glasgow kiss >> seth: right that's called a fenway, is very similar. did you -- would you even attempt to do a boston accent after spending time there? >> i've tried, and i failed miserably. >> seth: yeah. >> it is really, really hard to do, and i actually think bostonians are quite precious, like scouters are with the liverpool accent like if someone doesn't do it right, they really -- they really make sure that...
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around here we are, with medmen 2.0 to take it to another level >> they're opening a store next to fenwayhe next few weeks, so i'm excited about it >> talk about the structure of the deal when and how close you were to buying it 100% this. >> well, i can't buy it 100%, because i can't own anything in regards to -- i had to get approval from the tsx, from the nasdaq to do this. i ended up buying the notes from gotham, who are great partners to work with i worked with michael and his team on this here, so ultimately today our notes will convert to equity, which will be one of the largest shareholders when that happens. ultimately upon legalization -- and you've got to know i believe legalization is coming, that i was able to go ahead and do this i've been ask week not options why not invest in this company now i feel legalization is around the corner and, you know, at the end of the day, i see tremendous value here. >> is legalization around the corner senator schumer, you were on with us before the draft bill was released and then it came and landed with a thud all the pot stocks sold off.
around here we are, with medmen 2.0 to take it to another level >> they're opening a store next to fenwayhe next few weeks, so i'm excited about it >> talk about the structure of the deal when and how close you were to buying it 100% this. >> well, i can't buy it 100%, because i can't own anything in regards to -- i had to get approval from the tsx, from the nasdaq to do this. i ended up buying the notes from gotham, who are great partners to work with i worked with michael...
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answer but i'll also nominate the answer that james earl jones' character says he heard the voice at fenwayraham who never got the at bat. it's a wonderful movie, i was thinking my oldest, who's 10 now, it's time. we'll do it this weekend, watch this. >> you got to. >> i was going to say the vw van turns around, makes the u-turn and there's james earl jones saying moonlight graham. it's amazing. he was such an extraordinary character. so that's -- that's one of my favorite moments in the movie. i've got to say, my boys and i watch the movie all the time. i found my second favorite moment in that movie is when mika walks out of the room and stops saying, i don't get it. i don't get it. >> she doesn't get that either? >> no, she doesn't get "field of dreams". i don't get it. what do you mean you don't get it? >>> let's bring in meteorologist bill karins. do you have a favorite field of dreams moment? >> i've seen it two or three times but you guys are at a whole other level on this one. >> does that mean you've never seen it and you can't pick out even a single scene that you like? you don't
answer but i'll also nominate the answer that james earl jones' character says he heard the voice at fenwayraham who never got the at bat. it's a wonderful movie, i was thinking my oldest, who's 10 now, it's time. we'll do it this weekend, watch this. >> you got to. >> i was going to say the vw van turns around, makes the u-turn and there's james earl jones saying moonlight graham. it's amazing. he was such an extraordinary character. so that's -- that's one of my favorite moments...