 Hi, everybody. Yes, we're here once again. It's good to be with you Bob Lorenz and Ian Joy and ladies and gentlemen I am gonna wind Ian up right now and just let him go because we have breaking news Major League soccer is back. Give us some of the details, Ian. Okay. I'm gonna do it and my news worthy voice Are you ready? Yeah. All right breaking news coming out of major league soccer quick restart on that. Are you ready? You you do the breaking news part again breaking We need sound effects. All right breaking news out of major league soccer We have just got an announcement from major league soccer that they will be returning to action on july 8th A lot of talk, but now it is official. Let me give you some of the details, bob If I could july 8th through august 11th the tournament will be called MLS is back tournament. There will be 26 matchdays 54 matches 39 group games with 15 Knockout games. You know, that's where it matters. That's where the money is, of course Each of the group games will be counting towards The 2020 regular season standing So every game matters all the points that you earn in the group games will be then carried over To when the regular season resumes after the competition The winner and this is the golden carrot here. We'll get a birth in the concha calf champions league Which is huge. I think that's fantastic to have the winner go to that tournament It means there's something really important to play for also for the players There's going to be a 1.1 million dollar bonus for players throughout the tournament as well So once that tournament finishes, bob, the mls is back tournament Once that finishes the plan is to return to regular season action Which means and you know, i'm gonna say it MLS and nycfc looks like it's coming back to our network in august. That is so exciting It's nice to know that it continues after that. It's not just a month of soccer and then goodbye We'll see you next year that it's coming back. But I want to ask you in from a player's perspective What's this idea for you you're ramping up to play but then it's almost like let it rip Live or let die, you know, you got to win those games to stay alive because they're knockout games Well, I can tell you now that the players training has just intensified to the next level They may have been training already and getting themselves to a good standard But now they know what's at stake for this tournament down in florida. It's pretty awesome It means that there's a lot to play for so the players have got to get themselves back to almost 100% fitness There's no way they're going to be match fit. So this tournament gives them an opportunity to get match fit But also having the goal the nugget of player bonuses plus The winner going to the conca cap champions league means that everybody needs to be at their very best and try to win This tournament the games are going to be awesome The broadcast is going to be a great opportunity for major league soccer To play around with the media content and the broadcast to commentary things like that If they've had an idea major league soccer that they thought maybe they would like to implement it Into the regular season and mls playoffs now's the time to do it. And I think it's pretty awesome bob All right, if you want more information on this do a deeper dive you can go to mls soccer dot com All the details are there but eno want to ask you about first from the broadcast perspective You must be excited about that seeing some of these new things Maybe bell's whistles toys they can use camera angles they can provide that you don't want a regular season You might not try but why not right now? This is the moment to try it all those crazy ideas that you've had and As that the network we also have some crazy ideas in case you couldn't tell with what's going on in my brain right now The excitement is there not only have I sold my house last night. I'm also excited to get back to business So yes the ideas the crazy content the media content what we can do on the social media side I mean, it's endless. This is a great opportunity for networks. It's a great opportunity for major league soccer But also for player branding. I mean all these players are going to be down in florida stuck In florida with or without families, whatever it may be I mean, it's going to be really interesting to see how it plays out But this is a moment in our lives that I think we can all get very excited about Normality is coming back. It might not be normal like we knew it. It's going to be a new normal But it's pretty cool, man. Yeah, could you get back to the studio, please? I'm get a little tired of this extreme social distancing of over 2000 miles. You know what bob? I just want to give you a hug. That's all I want to I just want to give you a hug I want to give you a high five. I want to come into the studio like we always do high five and a hug That's what I want to do. Hey, but it's not only good news for major league soccer major league baseball Draft information, please from you bob. How excited are you to drop this tonight? You know what? It's great because dreams come true right for a lot of these high school and college kids who have dreamt about being grafted Some don't get drafted a lot of the guys know They've been told by their agents and teams that you know, you're going to be going first round second round It's interesting this year because they have to do it virtually They can't do it where they hope to do it in Omaha the site of the college world series It's only going to be five rounds as well But you know, I think back to a time and you know dreams coming true A guy that plays for the Yankees now that was a walk on at the College of Charleston Didn't get drafted his junior year tore it up his senior year Yankees drafted him in the third round And when I joined yes in 2002, I did some Staten Island Yankees games play by play Their center fielder was a young kid named Brett Gardner. That's who it was He's a I don't want to say a Cinderella story because Ian we always talk about putting in that hard work and look what He's become as I call those games I never you never know what which one of those kids on the field is going to make it You saw how hard he worked in the work ethic. You say that guy had a pretty good shot. He's done tremendously Dude, I can tell you from a former athlete's perspective for me personally This is the moment where you get excited and it's unfortunate for these draftees and and people who are expected to go Really high in the draft like this is a great moment in their life. It's not going to be like it was This is going to be something completely different But guess what Bob all the eyes all the focus and the attention is now on this draft because You know major league baseball fans are desperate for some real positivity and this is it right here So if you're going in that first round all the eyes all the focus All the follows on social media are coming your way because everybody Has got their eyes on this draft right now. I want to ask you this though, Bob before we go What can Yankees fans expect from this draft in your opinion? Well, they've got three picks overall in this year's draft. Their first one is number 28 in the first round And if history tells us anything with a pick like that, it could very well be a college pitcher They like to load up on those big arms This year's draft is laden with pitching talent even at the high school level Is that your throwing arm by the way or you'll lefty? I'm a lefty buddy. I'm a lefty You know what? There's a spot in the bullpen for you still But but you know the college arms high school arms this year are very good as opposed to last year's draft There were a lot of really good position players So I would hedge my bet on saying it'll be a college pitcher probably a power pitcher However, I've read a couple draft You know scenarios where they could go after an infielder or a shortstop Which I find interesting because last year they drafted Anthony Volpe whose high school shortstop and he did very well in his first pro season But I wanted to get your take on this a lot of these kids are you know, they get that contract in their hands And they're going to be signing right away and they're getting right to work What was it like when you're able to sign that first pro contract put that pen to paper? You know what I bought on my first ever paycheck and I was 15 years old when I signed my first contract 16 when you can officially begin your professional contract And then I got my first paycheck. I went and bought a playstation and I'm not a gamer So that placions playstation sat in the box for a good two and a half three years before I gave it down to like a friend of mine But it was a great feeling. You know what? I loved more than anything no bob for getting the paycheck It was just the locker room the feeling of all the guys are in this together Getting drafted is going to be a beautiful thing for a lot of these people tonight And I'm super excited the news has been positive mean you've been doing this for a long time, bob We've been bringing that positivity to everybody who's watching in thanks to everyone for all your messages of support as well It means a lot to us But this is a great day for me and you bob given some positive news finally out the sports world We like to say that the ball keeps rolling forward and in this case It's a soccer ball and that's great news and we're looking forward to that and oh, wait a minute You're going to be in kind of transition So you're going to have to watch on the road In hotels short term. I don't even know you're going to be watching that with a couple tv's right Doesn't matter where I watch it from you know the mobile device now you can watch it anywhere you are That's right. You're if you're in the car around the plane. You got an ipad. You got your phone. You got you could do it all I'm excited. Oh bob. I'm really excited man. This has been awesome news for me this morning I'm in a positive frame of mind in case you couldn't tell but I can't wait to see you, buddy Yep, you too. All right. Thanks for joining us. We'll see you next time guys. Take care. See you