 Green Mountain Support Services of Vermont, Washington County Mental Health, Israel, major media sponsors for Ableton on Air include Park Chester Times, Muslim Community Report, www.thisisthebronx.info, Associated Press Media Editors, U.S. Press Court, Domestic and International. Anchor FL and Spotify. Welcome to this edition of Ableton Early Air. The one and only program that focuses on the needs, concerns and achievements of the differently able. I've always been your host, Lauren Seiler. And Arlene Seiler's here. Say hi, Arlene. Okay. On this edition, we will talk about sports and people with disabilities and also sports and the COVID vaccine. With me to discuss sports is, or with us to discuss sports is Ron Rondon from Road Trip with Ron Rondon on Brooklyn Free Speech One TV. Ron, welcome to Ableton on Air. Hey guys. It's going wonderful. How's it going? I know sports has been really strange. Let's get into the interview here. I know sports has been really strange lately due to the pandemic. First of all, why don't we do this? Can you explain, for those that don't know, because I know you've been on the show before, and you help us out here at Ableton on Air talking about sports. Can you explain a little bit about your show and what your show is in New York? I'm in the morning here. We're talking about pop culture and food, terrible, that's a lot of surprises. We've got some great music yet. We don't know if we have cafe, but right now they're still on. The show is on every Friday night, like they usually say. It's on three to midnight. But the early birds, they always get the new episode. It starts from 4.30 a.m. to 5 a.m. It's on the same night Friday morning. Now, Brick Arts Media is the public access television station in Brooklyn. Can you explain a little bit about what they do? Well, we have about over a number of 610 hours of programming. A lot of programming from different shows like Greenlight Show, and, of course, they all have a five-minute computer and a number of other things. You can get up to 18 with that, but you don't want to live there. But there are a number of other shows. It's been so safe to have you come back to one. We will give the... We're going to give... Ron, we're going to give that at the end of the show. So, talk a little bit more about... So, what's going on in the world of sports? That's the main reason why we have you today. Well, there are a number of things I have to talk about. For example, we're happy that, you know, for the last nine, 10 months, we have no questions being... And you've seen it before, the Met baseball games and basketball games. A couple of people right there. And that will go right to a lot of good charities, a lot of good organizations. That was just nice about it. And then sometimes we also throw out a basketball game. They have the one with the virtual... No, the virtual thing. They see everything virtual. And there's travel and everything else. Well, I'm happy now that the crowd is going to be back inside the arena and see if there is a catch to the whole thing. And, you know, about that now, Larry. That's the grandest type of paper. Yeah, because from what I also understand, according to the Super Bowl, there was 22,000 fans... Yeah. ...in the arena for the Super Bowl. But I guess everybody had a negative shot. Yeah. So why don't we talk a little bit about the Super Bowl, about the match-up? Yeah, you know, I'm also in shot two, because I'm very pleased that we had crowd... Love you were bringing the crowd back to the stadium. I don't know anything about this. They've worked... And these are all heroes, by the way. And I want to thank them for what you've done with Ramon and Yuri in New York. They came. Well, okay. I'm pretty happy to form it. We can talk about that. I want to say to my knowledge, congratulations to Tampa Bay, because I'm one weekend at the city. What's there's something that... Say why? Say why I'm doing that. Go ahead. The first female Super Bowl? Yeah. And also, the NFL has made history lately as well. According to CNN, the NFL, as of January 24th, 2021, Robert... His name is Robert Sala, S-A-L-E-H. He is the first new head coach for the New York Jets, making history as the first Muslim American... To lead the first Muslim American to lead the national, the NFL. Now, you think that's great. See, this is what we say. This is a land of opportunity. I don't care what that's no good from step by. Glad he's gone. The future of the NFL, the future of the NBA. And if you remember... Because now it's giving people... Now it's giving people more... Now, speaking about... And this is Black History Month, too. Speaking about sports, is there anything going on with the... Because I'm on their page. The New York Liberty? Yeah. Is there anything going on with the basketball with the New York Liberty, which happens to be a women's basketball team for the WNBA? They will still be back next year. They'll still be back in May. So if they have a good chance to get a better player, they're going to be a better... If they need an assistant coaching staff, that can help a lot. And that's very important. What's with the Brooklyn Nets this year? Oh, my God. I'm saying I am surprised that Nets is already... Watch your language. Watch your language. Watch your language, please. Watch your language, please. Thank you. As far as the New York Yankees... Let's talk about baseball. I know we're jumping around. But this was a hard season for the New York Yankees. You want to talk about the New York Yankees? And baseball in general? Baseball in general. They've got something in one perfect way. Almost clenched knees. I think they deserve another chance to get the post one. But here's the one thing we're afraid of. Still doing this anyway. But sometimes it's a little bit difficult. And sometimes if I'm correct, sometimes before November or the start of November, but if I go to the Brooklyn Nets again, I will just stay. That's the beginning of my poker game. What about baseball in general? What do you think about this whole pandemic and not having fans in the stands, et cetera? I know, just when you look at the stage that was only cardboard cut out, number one talk sport is something unusual, very creative. Peter generated crowd. If you think as a soccer player, every soccer player would have no fans either. Yeah. Since. And the Italian league series are people who are die hard fans. Since we're talking about. How was hockey season this year? Well, I'm happy. So far, the founders are doing very well. So what's going to happen after that? Where are they going to go? Speaking of sports, let's talk about. And we'll get back to hockey in a minute. Recently, back in January, Hank Aaron passed away. He is one of the greatest players of all time, because when you look back at his great history, his great milestones, and I remember the night, I was a kid back there a while ago, watching that Monday night game between the San Diego Parties, Hank Aaron came up to that and I've never seen a terrific year. You got seven points in the way. You got to sit on his 15th home run. So we have three parents were there, some phones were there. He hit it right in the record corner, and then he checked. And I think there was another. But when you look back at your story, this is what he said. He is definitely the fact you are now the greatest of all time. And I think back, I think also back in 2020, another baseball person, was it Yogi Berra or Phil Rizzuto? Who? And Yogi Berra. Oh, Yogi Berra, who passed away? Hold on, let's check out, I'll get it real quick. All right, but I'll tell you one of the players just passed away was Tom Silver, one of the greatest baseball players of all time. No, no, no. Yogi Berra didn't die, he died in 2015. But go ahead, what were you saying? Well, Tom Silver, he did pass away sometime during the summer. Yes. He had COVID-19 because of COVID-19. And he was 74 years old. I think we dedicate a lot of time to Tom Silver way, everything else, and it was a lot to be brought up. So let's see. Oh yeah, August 31st, Tom Silver, November 17th, 1944, August 31st, 2020. Right. He was nicknamed the franchise. Yeah, and he's an outstanding pitcher. I'll say one of the best pitchers ever. That's a great, great pitcher. And I say he's a whole thing, he's a whole thing all the way. He once won, he was at the net, he's a dog, a white dog. Ended up being a forecaster for the last, I don't know how many years, about five years, and then he retired a little longer. Do you think, speaking about sports, do you think baseball is, well, baseball changed, you know, people get traded all the time. But do you think baseball is going to, or sports for that matter is going to get back to its original, or is it going to be really hard to really get back after COVID? To my opinion, I think it's going to be very hard because remember, this is a very, it's time to rebuild, be resilient in this team during COVID. Like, during COVID-19 and all kinds of stuff. I think it's time to rebuild the whole thing all over again, and hopefully when it gets back, because we want to get a full plan for another thing. Well, sports broadcasting has changed. And you're to the stadium, you know, to see the games, you know? Well, yeah, well, one of the things I also want to talk about, well, the stadiums haven't been the same, but do you think? I'm so surprised, I'm so surprised that Olympics is the same problem. No, but no, as far as baseball and getting into stadium run, do you think, let's talk about this for a minute. Revenue, for example, one of the biggest things that the Bronx is going through now, Bronx has Yankee Stadium, okay? And recently the borough president said that Yankee Stadium or the Yankees, you know, the ball club itself, hasn't been paying in and around Yankee Stadium. Like they haven't paid the taxes and stuff. I guess because of COVID, but the ballpark itself, okay? Tickets have been real expensive. The ballpark itself, for a hot dog and pretzel, for example, the prices are just absolutely crazy. Sky rocket, I know it's sky rocket. It's like about eight to $10 of iron. Like for example, hot dogs are about $8, $10. Sometimes there is a burger. Even one of my favorite places right here, Johnny Rockets, at the inside of the stadium. Oh, God, they sell you on game day. This is crazy about the prices on the ball. It never, I mean, for example, a family of four, a family of five, my fact, I'll get you the true price. Family of four, family of five. It's like $500 by the time you finish. Yeah, you better have going out to eat. Exactly, but I remember one stadium before, they said you buy a ticket and you get the food voucher, because this is also good, because you get to pay one price like about $25, $30, and you get the free voucher for a hot dog or anything. It is a nice deal, but you know, for me, I go to regular price and I go out for dinner, or I have to get a sandwich. I did this before a long time ago, I was on a roll with a jogging team, and they would only get their salary, so I was like, you can go out, you'll only bring your salary in there, but no vouchers, unless you buy a quarter in a year, and that was a long time ago. But yes, but based on what they're doing now, it's a change of... Well, the cheapest seats, this is like, for example, 2019, okay? The Toronto Blue Jays, this is 2019 schedule, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, tickets started at 135, right, you know, the highest seats. I mean, it's just, the cheapest seats is like $14, but the further you go up, or the further you go in the middle, and then you're adding food, it gets like $5, $600. And now? It's ridiculous. Anything you wanna say about that? Any more you wanna say about that? I would say not gonna either, but if I were you, excuse me, if I were you and I could go for a cheap of stuff, I could go to my early ball game myself, the one that cost me like $6 or $7, get in the stadium like on a free-to-seat, and then they're being kicked out the island. And then you can buy your food for about, if you go and see the master, sometimes it's about $4, sometimes it's like, sir, if you buy 10 dollars an hour after, we'll pull the gas up here, and it's a good thing too. So, compared to the stadium, we made your stadium for a minor league, which is a 45, okay, you got a city of 20 bucks in it, but the problem is you like to go for a minor league, and you want to gain minor league, and you get to college by home. And that's how we've got our public pipelines right here at MCU Park, one of the deaf fans here, and we're gonna take care of the entire minor league season because so there will be a lot of money back up in the third of minor league season, but that's my only thing I want to see. Actually, according to 2020 stats here, New York Met costs one hot dog in city field. New York Met, $11. A small beer, I'm sorry, I'm talking about beer. A small beer offered at New York Met stadium costs $11. How much, I don't know how much that is, $675 for a hot dog at Yankee Stadium, but the price has gone up slightly. Plus, if you got like four or five people, they're gonna want like two, three hot dogs. You can't just survive on one dog. For the beer one time, it was just like that, because I never did exactly until I went in there first hand, it was a great game, but when you find food there, and look at the prices. Because they don't allow you, they don't allow you to turn around and bring your own food in. That's the issue. Because they got you a bottle of water, and well, they got me here with a bottle of water, so that's good. And 1989 stats, okay. This is 1989, 90, something like that, you actually know. 2019 season, we're talking 2019 season, Chicago Cubs. A family of four, family of four can fork over between $234.38 to $370 in food alone. $338.38 to $370 in food alone. The $370 is the Amazon and Diamondbacks. That's so much money. It's so much because there's a lot of money for it. Plus there's a point of food right here as well. But that's not including souvenirs. That's not including parking, because I'm sure parking isn't free. Yeah, you know. Yeah, and it is so expensive. Like I said, census stuff is going to be crazy. And think about soon, if you look inside the thing, if you look inside the arenas as well, there are also the same questions. Suggestion? No, so what, the NIC or Ranger came, $8 or so. Suggestion to, Suggestion to all our fans, eat before you go to the stadium. I didn't say the same thing. Yeah, eat before you go to the stadium. Yeah, because it's highway robbery. Yeah. I was wondering, do you sell food to the Baku Center? What was that? The Baku Center, um, run. I was saying this, I was saying, I want to say to the fans that the next time you go to the stadium, you just want to say to the fans everywhere. If I was saying to the fans that they were around, they were playing number one. Number two, if you think it's up, if I were you and if I was a playing guy, so I wouldn't have to start doing that. Okay, we're going to go about another, basically, we're going to go about another 10, about another 20 minutes here. We're going to go a little bit over, because we want to cover a couple more things. So let's get back to, let's get back to hockey. If you want, and how's the hockey season? I know it's only 50-50 games this year for the NHL this year, but there's still not 31 things, but we're still waiting about the 32nd team who'll be joining the franchise next year. And that's who is the Seattle Crackers, which I have never heard of being myself, but they're representing Seattle. They're going to be upstairs. If I was a playing guy over at the NHL. Well, yeah, hockey hasn't been the same. I mean, we've had some hockey greats, Wayne Gretzky, several hockey greats, but it just hasn't been the same. Sporty? Any sport, any sport. I guess the Special Olympics too hasn't been the same. No, Special Olympics, Special Olympics actually, Special Olympics actually got canceled here in Vermont due to COVID. Oh, wow, yeah. And also, we have a team called the Vermont Mountaineers. What's your name, the baseball team? Huh? What does that mean, the baseball team? They're a baseball team. The Vermont Mountaineers actually got canceled this year. The whole season, because it's basically a college team. Yeah. So, but they, you know, they go, they're a local college team, they have college players, but they canceled their season because of COVID. And also, a lot of these sports, a lot of them are Vermont sports. A lot of them are lake monsters too, also. Yeah, the lake monsters, but also a lot of the Vermont sports, the UVM sports, they're like at 25% capacity, but a lot of them are, the seasons are not so good because of COVID. It's really strange. It is strange. Yeah. So, um... Yeah, that is the worst part when you lose when you lose a great basketball. Especially when you're losing revenue. That's the most difficult part. When you count, yeah, when these concessions stands, I mean, they're paying people, but when these concessions stands need money and these people need to get paid because they have families and then you cut everything off as, you know, I mean, you can't live on air. I mean, they say God's going to take care of everything, but people have to find other jobs. Yeah. That's right. Yeah. It certainly is anyway. I'm looking at some of the, I'm looking at some of the most important things. I mean, there's only say, when we had the teams that were up there with your family and there was the teams that were staying in the South and West, they canceled every single baseball team across the country. Well, we will be anything, but hopefully we're looking at some of the information on your end, since you're in New York now about COVID because a lot of the stadiums are being used, Barclay Center, Yankee Stadium, a lot of the stadiums are talking about, I'm talking about the vaccines. Do you know anything about, you know, how people can contact for the vaccines at the stadiums because I know that, I know that City Field is being used in Yankee Stadium and so on. So that's really quick. So that's really quick. Go over where people can, you know, contact you for, but first, what are you working on now with Road Trip? A game show studio way back, I know it's gonna help. Okay, so where can people reach you for sports and for different information for Road Trip? Thank you. I wanna go very quickly on the touch. Okay, well, we would like to thank Ron Rondon, of Ron Rondon's Road Trip with Ron Rondon, Brooklyn's free speech one, for joining us on Ableton on Air and, you know, keep doing your show. It's real important to get the messages, your message out there. Keep up the good work, you too, Ron and Arlene. We'll hopefully get you one of these days soon on video, hopefully we'll get on to the competition, we'll hopefully be back sooner or later. Okay, well, Arlene, anything else you wanna say before we end? Well, I wanna give a shout out to a lot of our friends here and to everybody at Brickyard Media and we know it's a tough year and we know it's gonna get better soon and of course, be free or it's gonna be very cold, but we'll be very cold, but keep watching, we'll pass on the links to Arlene and Larry and Chris. Okay, can you give your information? One last time, please, for Road Trip. Well, here it is, 4.30 a.m. to 5.00 a.m. On foot orientation by the night to 11.30 p.m. to midnight. It will be on Brooklyn's free speech network. Anything else you wanna say, Arlene, before we end? I think I saw something. Arlene, is there anything? Okay, well, we would like to thank Ron Rondon from Brooklyn Free Speech One for joining us on this edition of Abledon on Air. 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