baseman every month, who gets it? who? absolutely. sometimes his wife comes down and collecting it. who s wife? i pick up the ball and who gets it. naturally. the public battle you never thought you d see is playing out on thanksgiving. a public war of words between the commander in chief and the chief justice. a thanksgiving freeze taking over the northeast. windchills in the single digits. is this enough to ground the balloons in the macy s parade? and heart pumping survival in dallas. a fire engulfs the building forcing people to escape through windows. good morning. welcome to a special
the game of baseball from catholic brothers at his orphanage. at the age of 19 19 was signedy the boston red sox as a pitcher and soon became one of the best pitchers and baseball. he still has records today. in 1920 he started with the new york yankees. and i have heard for many years, what s the worst trade in the history of sports? babe ruth, 19 year old picture for 35-year-old baseman who was out of baseball the following season. $100,000 is probably like $25 million today but it was still a lousy deal. he became one of the greatest hitters of all time, they knew they wanted to make him a hitter. we have george steinbrenner, one
school until 8:30 in the morning. appreciate you coming in. a first baseman for the red sox was honored by the chicago white sox in a pregame ceremony. he is retiring. during the game against those red sox a foul ball headed right at the head of the hock. you see another broadcaster reached out and made a grab saving his noggin. check out his new book available everywhere. tomorrow is his 77th birthday. they salute him with his signature homerun call, you can put it on the board, mercy! we love you, buddy. happy birthday and have a wonderful retirement, you will get a lot of time to spend with
would love to hear your reflections. you covered him from a couple of different angles when he was a senator and also when he was running for office. yes, candidate. i remember a couple of things stand out. after he had been a presidential candidate for the final time, 2016, i m covering hillary clinton, at the boston airport and trying to get home. we were on the same flight from boston to d.c. i said i m covering hillary. he waves his hand, not at hillary but the whole presidential dance. he said been there, done that, ed. i m over that. he sat down, you heard larry fitzgerald from the arizona cardinals talk about his love of sports. not just some guy thing. he really did. this is a guy who worked nonstop into his 80s on senate business, trying to get stuff done. he talked to me about paul gold schmidt, the first baseman for the diamondbacks. he has 39 home runs, henry, did you know that. 110 rbis. he had the statistics. and the other thing was a book about the history of the navy
half a pack of cigarettes. it s dark and we re wearing sunglasses. hit it. there is something about that dynamic that you don t get from a singular comic voice just like in life, two people contributing to the same thing can bring it more power than one person acting on their own. we ll stand here until they fade to black. how about a nice hand. you don t know why chemistry works, you don t know how to manufacturer. it s there or not and it s just beautiful when it works. put in another piece of film. this is a little off track but just for fun, why don t you tell me who was on first, yes, the fella s name, the guy in first. the first baseman. who was on first? are you asking me for? i m not asking you i m telling you. i m asking you whose on first. that s the man s name. go ahead and tell me who, the guy on first, the first baseman. when you pay off the first baseman every month, who gets the money? every dollar of it.