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Texas Rangers Hall of Fame Broadcaster Eric Nadel joins the Nation for the final time this season
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I'm Rod Bradford of Baseball's and Boring, and we're going to have you covered every step of the way with instant reactions from players and coaches and managers and fans and reporters and everybody else who is immersed in this awesomeness and all the craziness that comes with October baseball. So follow baseball as I'm Boring in the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. [MUSIC PLAYING] Here we go. It's time for the one segment of the week where you can call in while intoxicated or in the process of catching a buzz, what you're drinking and what you're thinking is right around the corner, load up the phone calls. Now you want to sound off about what we saw with the Cowboys. Your chance to do it here on the phone lines here. On your home of the Cowboys, Eric Nadell said to join us here. It's brought to you by Tylock George iCare. And the Expressway is presented by the on-time experts and a good afternoon, Eric. How the heck are you? [MUSIC PLAYING] Do we got you, sir? Can you hear me mad, Doug? [LAUGHTER] Eric Nadell here on 105.3, the fan. And he joins us, I believe, from Los Angeles. Right, Eric, how the heck are you doing tonight? I am in the booth at the Big A in Anaheim. Absolutely spectacular day here. 78 degrees, not a cloud in the sky. Mild amount of smog today. Oh, right on. Right on, sounds like. We enjoyed our time there a couple of years back when we were at Cowboys training camp and got to go down and take in a game there. It was nice for an older building. Now, of course, we want to get your first thoughts on your experience last night and saying goodbye to one of the classic buildings there on the West Coast. Yeah, it was a pretty powerful experience. I figure I've done between 350 and 400 games at the Oakland Coliseum. And I saw my first triple play there. I saw my only inside the park Grand Slam there. Nolan Ryan, sixth no hitter. An altercation where Frankie Francisco threw a chair into the crowd. All kinds of crazy things have happened there. And I love it. I really enjoyed working there. I know it's run down. And I know they've had plumbing issues and wildlife issues. But I always enjoyed going there. And the fans were always really into the game. No matter how many were there, whether they were 5,000 or 30,000, the crowds were always really into it. You knew they were real baseball fans. And it's just such a terrible tragedy that Oakland is losing that team that I was very sad all day. And I had very mixed emotions about the game itself. And I didn't feel bad at all about the Ace winning that game. No, no, I was hoping that they would. The best possible experience for those fans, I know what that is like. From your perspective, how did they behave themselves throughout the evening? They did great. Two people ran on the field in the late innings. And they weren't trying to attack anybody or destroy the field. They ran on the field. And they were escorted off. There were a few objects thrown on the field, but really not an excessive number. And after the game, we'd been led to believe that everybody needed to get out of there as soon as possible. But the fans-- it was like a love fest there after the game. The fans stayed for-- well, we left an hour after. A lot of fans were still there. Everybody behaved. Fortunately, the Oakland players did not heed the advice of Major League Baseball security people and run to the clubhouse immediately. They stayed on the field. Marccotsay addressed the crowd in a true heartfelt manner, was a wonderful moment. And I think the Oakland fans didn't live up to that bad stereotype that people were basically trying to convey that these are bad fans or their hoodlums and all that kind of stuff. They definitely disproved all of that yesterday. Hey, Eric, I was asked this question last night. And what would be one souvenir you could take away from that ballpark if you could take anything? I'm not into saving stuff. They have a great playing surface. Bruce Boce always says it's the best playing surface in baseball. And I guess if I wanted anything, it would be grass and dirt. But what am I going to do with it? I know a lot of people have taken jars full of dirt. I don't have a place in my house for a jar full of dirt from the Oakland Coliseum. So I don't really have anything that I would take from there. Things I love about that ballpark are not things that you can walk off with. Sure, I saw where yesterday it was very emotional that they had their groundskeeper who had been on the job for 31 years and setting up the field the one final time. And the unfortunate thing about all this is that there's a lot of folks that are going to lose their jobs over this team moving. And it's people who work in the stadium obviously. But it's also a lot of people who work for the team and just aren't going to move to Sacramento or haven't even been offered the chance to move to Sacramento since the minor league staff there will be doing a lot of the jobs that people had been doing in Oakland. So it's tremendously tragic for those people. I don't know about you, Eric, but I might want to take some of that dirt and some of that California grass bringing on back to Texas and grow some myself in the backyard might be kind of nice. But I did want to ask you since it's Friday on an unrelated note what you drinking. Oh, geez. Oh, geez, sorry. Eric, I'm in the middle of a bet payoff. I could be sprayed at any time. And she followed just unloaded on me. But I want to know what you're drinking and what you're thinking, brother. Well, you know, we're in California. I've been drinking green tea today and in the afternoon, iced green tea, which seems very reasonable. And what I'm thinking is I'm going to be going to a lot of concerts over the next few weeks. I'm going to have that battle on a nightly basis. Do I want to go see a show? Or do I want to watch a major league baseball playoff game? And it's going to be tough. Starting with this Wednesday, when Marcus King and Brittany Spencer are playing at the South Side Ballroom in Dallas, that's a big one for me. I'm definitely going to see Lawrence next Saturday at the House of Blues. They're one of my favorite bands, and I haven't seen them since they were up in comers, playing in a small club in Deep Ellum. And then my first Kessler show, I think, will be October 9th when I go to see the heavy, heavy, and Dylan LeBlanc. But there are some great shows coming up at the Longhorn Ballroom throughout the month of October. And I'm going to be very busy enjoying music. Well, enjoy it, sir. This is our last conversation. Hey, whoa. This is our last conversation until the next season. Eric, and we love you, buddy. Go, Ranger. Thanks for having me every week. It's been a lot of fun. Cheers, buddy. Wow, that was very disrespectful to the Hall of Famer, and this broadcast position. You spent a over here. Now at T-Mobile, get four 5G phones on us and four lines for $25 a line per month when you switch with eligible traders, all on America's largest 5G network. [MUSIC PLAYING] Minimum of four lines for $25 per line per month without a paid discount using debit or bank account, $5 more per line without auto pay, plus taxes and fees and $10 device connection charge. Phones would be a 24-monthly bill credits for well-qualified customers. Contact us before canceling entire accounts to continue bill credits or credit stop and balance on a required finance agreement too. Bill credits end if you pay off devices early. ctmobile.com. Post-season baseball is here, and it is the absolute best time of the year. I'm Rod Bradford of Baseball's and Boring, and we're going to have you covered every step of the way with instant reactions from players, and coaches, and managers, and fans, and reporters, and everybody else who is immersed in this awesomeness and all the craziness that comes with October baseball. So follow baseball as I'm Boring in the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. [MUSIC PLAYING]