 Welcome to another edition of yes we're here I'm in joy and I'm honored to have one of my close friends and one of my favorite people in sports broadcasting join us today JP John Morose how are you doing buddy first and foremost you know doing great my friend great to be on the air with you and then thanks for the kind words too kind as you always are and thanks as always for all the great soccer and baseball conversations we've had I love it well listen first and foremost I know your wife has been working in and out of the hospital how are the family doing and how difficult has it been for you obviously as a sports broadcaster during this time thanks for asking yeah we've been doing well here in Michigan my wife I'm so proud of her she's an internal medicine doctor at University of Michigan and the VA hospital here as well so she's been very busy goes back and forth between those two hospitals depending on the month and we're doing well so far we have some different rules in place at the house we have three kids and then they know now not to go run and hug mom as soon as she walks in the door because we have a different protocol where she's got to make sure that she's got all of her health care clothes go right to the to the washing machine just to be healthy and wash hands there all that stuff so a lot of the rules the girls have gotten accustomed to here at the house and so they're they're aware of it and for my wife really and it's a matter of supporting her as best we can and and I think all of us that are going through this and we're all we all have different jobs as citizens right now we all kind of strike that balance between how much do we talk about the fight against COVID-19 how much do we let our lives breed a little bit and find other things to talk about so honestly as a husband and a father a lot of it's just about trying to read the temperature of the room so to speak is it a time to ask about work and how things are going and where do we support there or also to want to talk about something totally different and and have some different conversations so she's been doing great and as you mentioned that the key thing right now is for me to support her sports will come back I'm confident of that but for now I think my most important jobs are as a husband and a father and as a citizen here at here at home as well well you're doing a great job of that I can almost guarantee it knowing you as a person thanks the people want to know what about baseball when are we going to see baseball again what are you hearing and what's your thought about this overall process going through the suspension and when are we going to see it again you know a great questions I think that will know more in the next couple weeks and I right now I'm confident confident maybe too strong or a little bit I'm very optimistic perhaps is a better way to say it that we'll see baseball this year that seems to be a gathering opinion right now I always want to be a little cautious again part of that's probably being married to a doctor who when I get really excited about things she'll try to have me to have that perspective John let's make sure we're taking our steps properly as we should and still maintain physical distancing however I am optimistic now and I think a lot of different ideas have been reported on publicly here in the last couple weeks either the all Arizona plan Arizona Florida or Arizona Texas in Florida whatever it ends up being but I think the key thing is that as as conversations continue I do get a sense that they're thinking about a lot of different creative solutions at the MLB level and then eventually it's going to come to a time where MLB discusses things with the relevant public health officials with the government officials and then certainly the players you need to make sure they can find a way to come together on what the overall salary structure looks like the revenues so there's a lot it's a very dynamic situation as you know Ian soccer leagues around the world and other sports leagues here in the States but I'm I'm I would say more optimistic now than I was two weeks ago and I do I do have an optimism that there will be a window to play is it June is it July is it before then who knows but I do think at some point in time this summer Ian we're going to see baseball again I speak to a lot of athletes I've spoken to a lot of sports broadcasters during this break but now I'm speaking to a legend and I've got to ask what do you miss most about baseball like what is it that's just you wake up every day and you just just miss it yeah it's a great question Ian I I miss I miss the people the connections get a little emotional thinking about it but when I walk into the ballpark you know baseball has such a great family atmosphere always has for me where you walk into a clubhouse and you're hearing different languages around you different cultures represented there and and to me every time I walk into a clubhouse and I have two or three or four great conversations that day what maybe it's a manager or coach or player and you just understand something about the journey that that player has had to get to that point and be a major league player and and that proximity of conversation I think just coming from a family it's always been very storytelling based and conversational that that human connection I I miss it the most right now Ian and I also worry about like we all do what are the rules going to be like in the future because I those are the parts of the game that I really love so much of the conversations yes I love the game that the nine innings of baseball are special but it's the conversations around it that I hope we just we don't lose and obviously we have to listen to the rules and follow what all those guidelines are but I think that to me is what I miss the most and just those those curious conversations that are really organic about hey how'd you get here and and how did you fulfill your dream and I think probably now Ian the question is going to be how did you get through this who are the people that helped you through this journey and and I think whenever we get back I get goosebumps just thinking about it what will those conversations be like about what brought you through how did you keep yourself mentally sharp because as you know the mental side is just important right now is the physical yeah I think there's going to be a new appreciation from many people not just sports broadcasters I think supporters fans in general you know the players themselves there's going to be a brand new appreciation for their life that once was but also the new life that is coming speaking of other sports you're a huge soccer fan and and that's how we got to know each other crossing paths in Fox Studios what got you into soccer I mean why do you love it so much it's a great question Ian I think you're growing up I certainly was more of a baseball fan but soccer has pulled me in so much as I've gotten older I love the international aspect of it I love the storytelling aspect of it how and then you've shared so many stories of your experience of playing in different countries and I love learning about the world through sports sports tells you when you walk into a new place or new conversation to learn about someone else's culture or sport or country if you ask those questions about their sport pretty soon after two minutes your friends and and that unfamiliarity has given way to a friendship and I think soccer does that Ian probably better than any sport in the world because the way you unify things and I I think back to 2010 and the Landon Donovan goal to get the US into the through the group play in the World Cup and and that was one of the first moments where I felt where if you were not watching soccer you were out of the conversation because that's all we were talking about was that goal what happened all those watch parties an incredible video I've watched in a million times of all around the country people gathering and watching that game and so those to me and it's so shared experiences that pulled me in and then you learn the different back stories and you were so generous and sharing your knowledge of German soccer with me to be able to go to Berlin incredible trip I took in October to tell the story of Union Berlin and air to Berlin that you helped me with so much and so just learning those stories and then getting a chance to see how we as Americans become so curious about the European game just as many European fans have fallen in love with American baseball or American football or basketball over the years it's just it's a really cool cross conversation I thought it was really fun in September I was I was in New York for baseball and I saw Patrick a little more yellow at a baseball game in fact with all the BBB gear for Bruce the Adortment and what a great club they've got now with geo reanna reina a young American player of course the son of Claudio reina so really coolness to see those connections across the generations and but through your through conversations with you and you pulled me in and maybe even more of a soccer person than I was even five years ago so then who's your team I mean if we're talking soccer in general I know you love Italy I know you know but who is your team I have actually a kit in my house signed by Francesco Toti one of the great treasure possessions that we have here so I think about Italy's trying for the World Cup in 06 so I've got in that respect in two teams so the US and Italy when they play I just I just sit there and just and just cry basically because you're not quite sure what to do you've got your two teams playing so you just kind of cry your way through it but I really I would say for me Roma for sure in Italy and then when I go around Europe because I've got other you know I'm a quarter German as well I'm a quarter Polish I've got all different heritage I looked in the case of Germany I because there've been so many American players playing there I tend to follow wherever the American players are in the Bundesliga certainly Tyler Adams of Weston McKinney and you think about Geo Reina and Weston McKinney playing in those revered armies in the future potential there were shotgun and BBB so I would say my heritage in Germany comes from that Vest fallen area so I would say more BBB for me than anything else just because of the geography and certainly they've had ballistic and now they have rena so it's a it's a connection that's a very exciting team with Fabra as the coach and a lot of young talent there so I think BBB kind of has pulled me in right now as being my favorite club in Germany so I would say BBB in Germany Roman Italy I would say in more socially that the main club there as well at Legia so I try to you know pick those teams that that they really connect with my family's heritage and then just watch those that really attract me just with their style of play John Marosi what can I say your knowledge of sports your passion for sports is just there for all to see thank you so much for joining us today