After Hours with Amy Lawrence PODCAST: Hour 2

The other night when the dream Center of the major league baseball universe I don't know if it will have the same ratings as the two NFL preseason games. I teased you guys last week because we had the Hall of Fame game from Canton that really started off Oedipal preseason edit dominated the night on TV didn't matter what else was on TV.

We were all in on a game at Keaton, which by the way is not that similar sorry not that dissimilar in terms of the atmosphere and the more intimate type of setting than what we got at the field of dreams in Dyer's bill just a few hours ago yes NFL evening about preseason tends to dominate among sports fans, but I hope you did not miss this, or you'll catch it on MLB network or on some of the various outlets like YouTube or social media to see the highlights, especially the Griffey's. It's after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS sports radio. You can find me on Twitter, a law radio on our Facebook page is named after the show, so YouTube channel you hear Reeser J say that is what keeps them coming back to work.

What he lives for so for heaven sake. The man spent a week in jail make you happy, please find our YouTube channel after hours with Amy Lawrence. We are live from the rocket mortgage Studios when you need certainty in the home buying process with a loan that fits your life rocket can look through to grandmas over games this will cause this is so cool coming in from the airport brought me back to Midwest Pittsburgh drive to Ohio to Michigan cornfields and players like this pretty much every player, every coach the managers the fans even the broadcasters themselves raved about the atmosphere and the nostalgia as well as the opportunity to be in a cornfield in Dyer's bill Iowa for the second field of dreams game between the Cubs and the Reds. The final call there with Pat Hughes on Cubs radio. It's after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS sports radio are pleased to welcome from Dyer's bill now that his work is done. Trent Rosecrans, who covers the Reds for the athletic Trent just to start out as I want to get your thoughts on this. What was it like to be there for a baseball game at the field of dreams were out of trouble, but I did not realize my father February that will walk you what you all 010 problems from parallel go through about father lost his father. Your bill right generation before the game your talking a little while ago I don't remember so much about what thank you for sharing that with us for sure you're right there a lot of emotions around this for a lot of people. I David Bell doing an interview on TV and getting emotional before the game when Ken Rosenthal asked about his brother who he lost to cancer last year and so I appreciate you sharing that with us Trent.

It still feels so significant that were able to get an actual baseball game out there and nowhere else in the world would it make any sense for athletes to walk out of a cornfield and get it so perfect there in Dyer's bill Iowa walk the walk through on how it was really cool plot baseball and really this facility makes all of those options available where you would get that on a major-league field. Why is that you think I know you're all wondering about the people you're going to talk about what it would game but yet have a lot of similar All-Star dichotomy was really well last year with no I don't think you can you hear a person and not that's not too much about the game it's about the atmosphere and about the nostalgia that that surrounds that Whole Pl., Trent Rosecrans covered the field of dreams game between the Reds and the Cubs is still there in Dyer's bill Iowa is joining us here after hours on CBS sports radio. I was pretty blown away when I saw the Griffey's walk out of the cornfield that gave me chills to to hear Ken Griffey Junior say to his dad. Hey dad want to have a catch your chance to talk to Ken Griffey Junior before the game what to say about the experience you about monograph around. We all held was really relaxed to correct them on the water. What you're up to now all all over youth outreach really important growing with the next generation of college football like you work for group baseball below football but still important so much love so much story but I was talking with Dr. love will talk about what we have this discussion. Like the opportunity to ring finger and called for the last one middle finger slot the next 100 yeah is also the pocket pocket bumpers. There like I'm old that's really my goodness. Where else would that happen, except for the field of dreams that that's fitting. Trent Rosecrans is covering the game at the field of dreams and Iowa for the athletic and and follows the Cincinnati Reds, which maybe about an unremarkable season. Except for this unbelievable experience. It's after hours on CBS sports radio. It's kind of interesting to think about Ken Griffey Junior and his impact on baseball and now going back to his MVP season, which was what late 90s of those mariners who haven't been back to the playoffs.

Since then he Cincinnati Reds years, but I think it's a lot about the current generation of sports fans Trent that you are sad sap. If you didn't see Michael Jordan play if you didn't see Joe Montana throw football to the point where there's a hell of a lot of sports fans out there, did not see Ken Griffey Junior that sweet swing of his dominated the plate real Michael Jordan will record you oh my gosh, I'm old all talking about Michael Jordan, oh God, I middle still, I wouldn't trade it though because they missed the younger kids missed out on seeing some of the greatest of all time. I wouldn't have traded it. One of my other favorite stretches of the broadcast on Fox is when John Smoltz was miked up with Joey Botta now interestingly enough, we just saw these types of exchanges at the All-Star game in the middle of the game. It counted so I was by the way that Joey was able to actually figure out what he was doing out there on the field and still carry on a conversation they talk to them about the fact that he said quote unquote old man and he's spanned a couple of different eras.

Not sure if you had to steer the conversation time with the Reds obviously is he seen so much, the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. Would he mean to that franchise and the fact that he still there. Trent underappreciated and think about your talk about your brother when Joey Botta while one I'm looking out into the Sean Casey George Foster brought a Giovanni photo of the 2008 national year 2000. Well, she's now at 38 years old.

They were talking to you about whether or not he will continue playing. He mentioned actually having a conversation with Ken Senior about the fact that Ken played into his 40s, considering where the Reds are, did he ever talk about how it's maybe not worth it to go through another stretch like this where they're trying to find their footing in baseball well go I will never know what will. I believe it is flowing through one-of-a-kind writing about all the experience and whose words off the top of the time were better than what I can write like I'm supposed to be a professional writer, probably the greatest generation. We talked about like pregame and it was unbelievably about how it regulated here playing catch and how relationship you know two people you're trying to help you one row. It like where they can capture the soliloquy about all the plate where grown-ups were, I would.

After the game he tweeted thank you Dyer's bill Iowa wanted an all-time experience. You built it.

We came with a heart to Moji now. Any man that will use the heart of Moji is a man after my own heart by he for him to be around for this experience it, and he's nearly 30 not access any 38 birthday not that far down the road to to be able to say now that he played in this game to I mean that's the type of experience that only so many guys will get a major-league baseball home in Toronto this year there was a home run in 2012 walks with career pretty much the whole way. So the great story they look good so I I'm really excited, while your will sorely go Trent.

We talked a lot about him and can obviously your experience, what about the faces and the words of some of the younger guys even Hispanic players maybe didn't see the movie or it wasn't a big part of their heritage.

Growing up, how did they feel about playing their Guerrero also talked about how cool it will wasn't really sure of its mouth.

Talk to Bruno about the 27th next roster spot for the travel and whatnot read called up Chuck and Rob who were captured break from two years ago. All of the 40 man roster and while joining the Baptist.

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Problem Dr. Romano seven Michael Gursky was coming up for nine and he had a little look for him. When the final out with well Chuck, you make you will now without having probably about what is that all of the player game about the replacement about ever said, quote what you cover for your project.

I really want Chuck to be writing about the cop said my love of what happened. I don't care about that one thing I'm torque well it's a perfect night to be a big dork especially. It has to do with being on the fields in the field of dreams and all of that nostalgia and surrounded by other people who would say the same thing about those feelings and Trent. Thank you again for sharing your personal memories or personal story with your dad. You can find Trent Rosecrans on twitter at sea. Trent covers the rent for the athletic but for tonight carried away transported to a different world in Dyer's bill Iowa it's it's really good to catch up with you. Thank you so much for sharing your personal perspective. No problem just over 30 years ago, Kevin Costner, starring in the movie that turned into not only an indelible piece of pop culture but really changed think it the way that a lot of people see baseball and now to be able to use that set that field that cornfield for actual baseball games it as they say transports the players as well as the fans to a different world stroke of genius. I do know who came up with that, but it's brilliant. Unfortunately they will not be able to return in 2023 because there's construction taking place. We heard that earlier in the week but if you're watching the broadcast. You saw they had a clip from the original movie where Kevin Costner is throwing BP to railing out onto the late Ray Lyons on his character and he throws a curveball. After talking about the fact that he couldn't hit a curveball and not only does he hit the curveball, but he hit it right back at Costner, who was on the mound and cluster docs in the ball careened into the bag of baseballs that he was pulling from any makes the quip of oh yeah you can in a curveball and Costner in paying tribute to Leota. Does this voiceover on the Fox broadcasting, which he said that whole scene was organic. It was not scripted.

It was not a stunt. It happened exactly like that and they kept it in the movie so that was really neat after having lost railing earlier in the year yeah yeah I go back and watch the movie. Now I can imagine a beer run on people getting it on demand really neat to see the Cubs and the Reds appreciate the setting to it was more than just a major-league baseball game in a cornfield, and nowhere else. Does that make sense. You can find me on Twitter a long radio still a long way to go but were getting closer to our Friday as we say here happy. All those Fridays after hours with Amy Lawrence CBSSports radio you are listening to the after-hours podcast after hours with Lawrence. Never ever never hit in the right like he stole something like that might close my love go home. You know what you always wear helpfully go in my car for about 30 after-hours interview ran a little long and that we have a shorter, hereby like the perfect opportunity to tell you about that the NBA has just made. I really like this stand taken by the Association. Bill Russell's number six will be retired all across the league similar to what major-league baseball has done with Jackie Robinson's number all 30 teams in the NBA will retire his number six jersey and it's the first time the NBA has never made a move like this one to have a jersey retired league why we get the reaction from former NBA player Antonio Daniels. I think this is a true testament to who Bill Russell was as a man as a man photo basketball stuff out the door.

What he had to endure to be great when he had to play through to be great in a city where he wasn't appreciated anywhere outside of those four lines, but he still brought it he still brought it to the tune of 11 championships.

I think this is the ultimate honor and very very very well deserved by the late great Bill Russell Bill Russell, of course, played in Boston and is Antonio Daniels himself was an NBA champion. He points to the success of Bill Russell and we talked about Bill when he passed away in the fact that his legacy and his impact is not just about what he did on the court. Of course we went through all of that as like this move. There certainly are other ways that the NBA has honored him these the NBA finals MVP award is named after Bill Russell.

He wasn't able to be there either in Boston or in Golden State when the war was handed out this year to Steph Curry but the fact that he himself has his name on the award and that he was an 11 time NBA champion that he was a five-time MVP that he is course in the Hall of Fame. These are other ways that Bill Russell will be remembered, but to have his number retired speaks to the fact that he was a pioneer and a trailblazer and that his path was hard and we glorify Jackie Robinson in and there is a movie about him. 42. We can talk about how difficult it was for him or what it must've been like for him to break the color barrier in baseball and similar to a Bill Russell who was the first ever player coach in the first ever African-American head coach in the NBA, but until you would ever walk those specific shoes and along those specific paths, there's no way to really understand when I send this to you when Bill Russell died in reading about him. I was blown away to discover that he was at Martin Luther King Jr.'s. I have a dream speech. He was there in attendance right he was at various events that feature Mohammed Ali, who was also known for his unpopular stands very often when it came to social justice and wanting quality for all races and for all ethnicities. So to honor Bill Russell in this way is significant because it is significant because it's not just about the basketball it's about the fact that he was also on the front lines and he was breaking color barriers, and so I like the move because it seems similar to a baseball is done to recognize the path that Jackie Robinson walked was not an easy one and really he was the one who could do it. How many other guys got to that point but didn't continue on. Didn't break through. It had to be Jackie Robinson.

It had to be Bill Russell. So I really appreciate that the NBA is taking this step been suggested by others. But as you hear from Antonio Daniels. This was the man who was tough enough who was determined enough who refuse to take no for an answer, refuse to turn back and maybe was even motivated by the racism of the discrimination that he experienced in his own city, even as Boston sports fans were celebrating all the championships that he was the catalyst for so Antonio Daniels on Sirius XM NBA radio and this move for Bill Russell will kick in immediately for the upcoming NBA season.

All right, you can find me on Twitter a long radio. Thanks for hanging out with us in checking out our social media as well. Also on our Facebook page now still had we've got an extensive addition of QB news because were often running in the NBA preseason we've also got what I will entitle what JMS took while he was gone, and this is not sport headlines. This is a collection of the audio that we compiled in the last week that it is potentially going to be inducted into the after-hours hollow flame. He needs to know you guys. He needs to know and so I've instructed him. You did not. She did you producer J not shoot all J has access to the audio but he swears to me that he did not listen to it had a time so will do that. Coming up next hour as well, but we did have more than one line we had to you guys because that's more than one that was such hyperbole that we had to tell preseason games on Thursday night. One of Them Taking Pl. in New England, but there was another that feature words, the ravens and not Lamar Jackson. Sorry brides as they were hosting the Titans we saw the rookie Malika Willis, Tennessee quarterback Billy QB one on this night and got to hear from him after his first preseason snaps. I eat chicken wings after hours of video sports radio 20 chicken wings and Mike, you are listening to the after-hours podcast so make those were the after-hours glory. He made the team, going back to pre-draft experience and as we now know he was drafted by the Tennessee Titans and he saw his first taste of preseason action on Thursday evening, Titans, Ravens Taking Pl. in Baltimore and Malika Willis go six for 11 with 107 yards in a couple of sacks in there as well. So welcome to the NFL rookie year. A highlight from WK RN news to in Tennessee well how one Malika Willis is looking for what was most pleasant football means a lot to learn from Melaleuca so this is really cool to get out there again the things probably just made up for Melissa to continue to like you rely on it though but that's what the precedence for so you see those things. Guess a lot of the sentences but one we had in play before the joint purchases to have opportunity to discuss what I say just a look at something for this works and work in the middle. It's against my religion to give you preseason FL scores a little bit like it's against my religion to give you spring-training scores. I refuse that the games do not matter. I don't ever give you All-Star game scores either. I might tell you wins for the MVP purposes, but I appreciate that the rookie quarterback first notes is not the result they were looking for.

He needs to learn your success in the preseason is a direct correlation to your lack of success in the regular season. For instance, if you go for no in the preceding you're doomed to have a season in which your below 500. I'm convinced that that's how it works. The majority of the time, so don't you worry Malika Willis but yes, welcome to the NFL and in so working to see a lot of talk about whether or not Malika can take that job for Ryan Tannehill will hear from Ryan to Neil after the top of the hour. As part of an extended QB news because producer J it's after hours on CBS sports radio also on Facebook and YouTube and then you can find me on twitter. A long radio. Good to connect with so many of you this week. Our phone number 855-212-4227 was talk to Josh is in Portland. Welcome to the show. Will you do a great job to you right after I look to JR would crush it. My question to you in regards to you to retire the number search across the league, which I completely agree with.

I think they absolutely have a good decision doing but the ability to allow current players wearing the number six continue to wear the jersey I think opens up the NBA to controversy that didn't need to think they should've just returned it and absolute, and not a lot of players because now I'm looking@mva.com. The top three players currently wearing number six are Lebron James, Alex Caruso, Christoph, and then beyond that, there's probably only local people would know what those guys are attached to how this all out one of those big time names decide to retire this myself and another guy says I'm not going to work in honor of the NBA opened up some kind of window to controversy. The allowing this to continue. Now now now now it has not, and I'll bring up the example of Jackie Robinson. Major league baseball. I understand what you're saying but the players who were wearing that iconic number 42. At the time were allowed to continue wearing until they were done and the guy that wore it last and Morris. I think with the most grace and class as well as represented Jackie Robinson with his performance was Margareta Rivera and you would never want to take that away from him.

He's a Hall of Famer guy that you know is a household name at the time he was pitching in it, whether you are Yankee fan or not you understood what Mariano Rivera meant to major league baseball so I understand that every guy who wore 42 at the end what was playing at the caliber of the level, or a Hall of Famer like Rivera but it doesn't matter.

I feel like that's the that's the road that the NBA should take and there are other players in case you didn't know in baseball who still wore 42. Even after it was retired so was retired in 1997 first uniform number for baseball to be retired across the sport, but for instance I remember with the Red Sox move on. One, it scares me wore it for another year before he retired.

He was after the last black player in baseball history to have 42 is a uniform number so you never know to use your term what's going to fall out. By allowing these guys to continue wearing it, but to me it's actually it's a source of pride for these guys to say hey I was the last one to wear the league and I think for that reason, though represented well.

I would hope that I would question societal. No no no no no Lebron I'm going to also return number six bought a different player decide not to get mad at you, creating some controversy where it doesn't have to be number point is that Bill Russell's number one seats. It's no longer in use by the players who are currently using. Now it will become unavailable. That's the point. But the guys who are currently wearing it again this is something that's a source of pride for them to wait.

They know anything about their NBA history. Okay cool. Josh could talk to you. Bob is in Rhode Island. Bob welcome to after hours. I wanted all about what you spoke about okay and I want that how God now was the only one off of the loss of scholarship and Bill Russell off of the scholarship needed to make the most and and what happened in the first year when he was with universities so they gained 128 21 game they won the championship final for someone else from the North California North house California ear of the year and at that point, the racism of it. He that point on only focus on team title that individuals wanted by a bitter old man and look what happens. Now this is great that this happened yes I would agree with that. I like to move by the NBA. It's not as though it came out of left field because it certainly was one that was talked about because of his impact both on and off the court. Similar to Jackie Robinson because of the barriers that he smashed through, but it's good that the NBA makes it official. I want to yield. The only reason that very well. Player fundamentals in Vegas going to head extra since extra basketball actually lock. Imagine that a magnet like to thank the guy could put the ball in the basket Perley's size that's that's great I love it. Bill Russell obviously was not a Hall of Famer because of his scoring. If our member correctly. His his career average was not that much more than 15 points per game, but he was a tenacious rebounder and really changed rebounding defensive rebounds rebounding specifically in the NBA. After that Bob went to let go because where the top of the hour, but thank you so much for that to recollection that memory from Rhode Island's 855-212-4227 our call before that Josh in Portland referenced players in the NBA, who are wearing number six. Right now there are 25 players including Lebron James Ward number six last season and the NBA. As I pointed out will allow you guys to continue to do that until they change their mind to their out of the league is after hours on CBS sports radio