Tom Menino

Welcome back security you listening to favorites -- 1 AM 680. Have you back -- we broadcast live from yawkey way right outside that -- Stockholm opening day. A lot going on yet. You know we have may have -- you know on -- show is a regular -- with delighted he's an -- by the -- about it about three theory I think he's up. Probably maybe forage for the ladies out about all the time whenever this happened on on in the city we know with a lot of confidence we can usually reach out to the man. And he comes on I did not know of the many things that I know the -- has done well this city. I did not know that he could successfully sponsored the Iditarod dog sled race but it's happening here right around Fenway Park. I -- freezing my ass off I usually don't like -- Are you don't like to introduce vulgarity into the show I'd like to operate the show level estimate but you know -- at them but all he has unbelievable. I had -- and it just city it's our program here is it is it and it's and it's my program manager who's going to be you know we'll have a little a funeral service farm policy that keep SOB why god Jason wolf you are is dead as a door and you know when I see you later today pressed about time -- great -- program -- goes to everyday but. I think Jason has a real problem inspection service department.

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And you went to be sit up all these hours ago -- the of the public health commissioner of it. -- express support EM it's like a brother. -- is is that believable it is the -- you know and everybody else that there agitated that a parent or on opening day here on yawkey way right outside and by. Is presented by. Beavis and he has -- that you can have a summer smooth visit. Just go to beavis yet beaver skin -- dot com and also don't forget Boston's newest luxury waterfront hotel the Intercontinental Boston. So mr. mayor is opening day light long season ticket all the benefit and you've seen good years -- years you'd -- made it with this ownership like image or overall sense of this season ahead.

Well I think is really touches other Toronto's very good ball team Althea went the other Red Sox always. Field a art class operation and I'd just say that. You know defending world champion it very difficult to. Defend a title but like this team we have that puts together. Once again the -- will help us on the stretcher. Nobody expected to India where we have to depend on a couple of pitches that basically rookies about you know Fred -- does a great job of management team back at it especially and I watched him in spring training. It's -- to marry there this team that hello teams don't have and so we you know cover that long will. Whirlwind trip around the world from Toronto to Japan to California and out of Washington takes a lot out of you just don't know which they didn't do it but we hear -- now its opening day. In the ballpark looks great to feel those green and the new -- say put in the cult called on just protect proceeds into.

I was going to mention to you mr. mayor I snuck a look at the ballpark early this morning when I arrived and it looks just spectacular and Tom Moore and amp and -- I from the Boston Globe mentioned the Sox added about 800 maybe 875 seats. Obviously you -- the people at City Hall upon the you know the review the trimming the approval process -- that in this place where we are broadcasting from yawkey way and a couple of hours of BQ did you. Or less an extension of the power with the -- out today at some of the you know the opportunities that the -- have the really develop the energy before they get into the game.

That's right we. Releases roadway through the air Red Sox to Lucy's and so gates extend the ballpark -- this against you noted. At lunch you know -- really want to do and that are very helpful to the Red Sox because it's just about the -- it's around and around the ballpark that really makes a very special pride obviously --

You know you mentioned the surrounding area -- and I know that the Sox understood try to keep an eye on that want to make sure that everything fits in. How to USA may keeper -- you know just make sure that this -- of the city is developing. As nicely as as the other Apache if you expressed your dreams -- new vision for the waterfront. -- dream and vision for the redevelopment of a whole host of other places in the city a lot of that is under way what's the dynamic under way here in the Fenway area.

While we want to show trauma this enables audio also. We're very cognizant of that make sure they would fit into the plans the Red Sox not to have Manhattan -- areas of the Boston. Manhattan guys coach that changed when Wal-Mart and -- we want to work with and they would work habits aren't Boston university and follows a developer's work -- and -- about developments we have this how we work very closely with the Boston except I think Leo this issue we have today is. Very aware of war where -- Agassi -- now they work with people and I'm very lucky to have ownership like prisons because they care about -- they care about that they would I think there. They clean up afterwards which is very important to Washington. You know they have a -- for the -- woods and some of the operations around the ballpark to use them. We view the ballpark was something you for being so. Now time it's it's working together it's about collaboration policy we talked when all the time.

Mr. may -- mentioned that -- not a lifelong but about a 35 years season ticket holders so that is you are a fan's fan this is. This was in the off blood before politics before your political success on the City Council in -- the may have. I think you've been the president of the league of Mayer's company you know what some of the national -- groups. I want to talk to as a fan for a minute all the years you've been here. One of two of your most memorable moments are episodes Tom Menino. Baseball for EM city of Boston kid growing up coming over here what are the memorable baseball moments that really stand out in your mind.

I think Ted Williams -- me a lot of folks on number ten rooms I do. It was my dad's favorite ball the last home run hit the last time about. I Leo where in the world fresh -- chairmanship was very special live. The races in the they lost the game over -- when there's -- in the playoffs you know but just to see some of the air play is play as soon whether to accept this that in the I just say video has been a lot of memories pilgrim. Good games were -- last year they came back from it runs behind and when the game and things like that time there -- what happened though which together. Yeah yours yet Walmart or when that -- I was the other games -- in the right field grandstand that there is my way -- anniversary also and a but it my wife Angeles this group blog -- going out and a she acquiesced or romantic ideal let's go live close -- America class just I. -- You know Teddy. Yastrzemski other deadly -- as a special value capital I have great news on the field commentator he does a lot with a young people Boston and a I think you'll like register -- champion on the field at champ if we -- I want to go to neighborhood who have talked to young kids in the name was about cities so. No I think that stood in my camp fabulous -- That I sentences for the wrote any announcements. That's through a form just drive -- if a couple of hours and spent time with the kids and that's what how we evaluate these racial. With a ballplayers who while -- spent time with the athletes that's very special which you know you mention.

Testament it plays and I'll come back to 212 of them in in a moment but I wanted to stay on that point about the ball players and what they do anonymously without a lot of stand it without a press release in -- publicity. You know of a publicity -- following them around. You've done an exceptional job my memory is of tying in not just. -- the Red Sox but with the Boston Bruins now. Boston Celtics New England Patriots because a lot of these kids and we've seen some acute back and forth to -- is schools they come back and forth. You and I both know that athletes for them really become iconic they've really become a special type of human being from which they can for our inspiration and but little sweat it -- studies and -- practices so that they too can become you know productive adults.

That's right Tom they're role models and the perfect world while we have some athletes goes all but naked. Washington effort portion of the -- and they they going to school all season. And I read to kids and it was a school these Washington help with a cute and so I mean it's very special foundation. Oh the interest rate of orchard Washington. Professional sports team that really give. Yet they -- him in a long story talk about the kids with in the and it's a good rule morals it would want to. We have some great rule -- pretty -- show these cases opportunity for them for the future and that's what. I think Agassi at least a moment she says. Yeah Pinochet with me use violence in the city that. That's his schedule but he's doing 21 want them to participate and how these is it is very difficult world it's a New York I'm -- That we -- grown up this.

I'm not sure there was stability in your home for the most thought it was very rare that you had a single parent household today that seems to be more more the norm unfortunately. You know mom and a dad and that was stability there wasn't wealth that was a luxury they weren't. You know summer camps in the went opportunities for problems that privileged kids have but. It was still a nice nice way to live you played Claudia hung around with your friends apart receive everything about it was it the world has changed and I mean I've talked to you about this and this is just -- political conversation now. -- you about how difficult that is to be a big city mayor in this day and age with all the social cultural upheaval you don't have any control over those. Those that the social dysfunction in disarray and yet you inherit all the public policy and all the bad stuff that.

I was idea. I speak again to us and obviously you received from gastric if you add all the money in the world to do with this man has approach education. -- we wish -- change kids with education we don't. We've we don't reinvested education as the most of wanting to do just off the kid gets good education is great future than an average Haitian. -- no future that's what we continue to. Work in this city of Washington make sure our kids ever education they're right that dysfunctional families and but responsibility of -- take responsibility for the children they think children just Mardy. These children need some help and they need so we take responsible for their actions. That's challenges we and she tried to order today.

You know that absence of education in the end leads inevitably to an absence of hope an absence of confidence in one's ability to do anything supportive families -- a business take take other steps and in in life and not to open up a sore subject or anything but recently you had to go to the scene I think it was just on -- I guess it was reported in yesterday's papers on Sunday. A terrible situation in South Boston to the material assistance -- in a fire in the newspaper reports at least suggest this might be himself -- argument between people when somebody somebody may be watched the place with children and it and I. Again going back to comment about what we grew up -- He could not imagine the navy even tough Pete -- tough guys like kinda tough -- tough guys guys who could rearrange your face would just bull bull went left and right they -- tough guys they would never. Ever ever act like that as -- at all particularly around children.

This so that the fourteen year old girl. What's the Gavin school. Pitchers -- super athlete school that great students in the schools devastated. We said we -- council's on Sunday in my new team to work with the stewards of it as a fourteen year old kid. And she cherished old for -- role that she always looked after them but the only love she had no life three you'll give them back and forth and so unfortunately the kids suffer for the stupidity of the adults and and -- two young kids notice this whole life is that counted fairly is and you know what police say -- then why were they find these two woman who knows him accelerated the front -- in this. -- real issues the other newspaper suggests that the you know the fight at team is doing an investigation as to whether there was not some some type of accelerant and and the like but you know the newspaper reports also say when the firefighters responded that you know they always do you know so quickly or gratuitously. And they say the hall -- the building but consume now again. I would be on the scene the way you underestimate your route day and night you know so it's really a 247 job you don't get any relief from these type of tragedies to you let's take a great deal of consolation and comfort when you can do good things that you do with -- the Sox ownership Larry Lucchino and others that you mentioned -- when it John Henry camps -- view that is season two coming up we are a threat to have a view is -- what's gonna -- is wonderful guy and you know search on the kids each session. We'll have a great time for them and great you know someone that surprised quality I think I've kept my view we tracked each one of those kids.

All year round so pleased about the month. It was about some of the going to happen I adored and some of those kids have done very well that's what damage advocates have -- condition right there. Want to make sure those kids. Have trying to help them -- and address today's 70% of those kids for the camp -- realized yeah. Never or in the Atlantic Ocean they lived two miles away from the ocean just endlessly.

That's at -- and that's again amazing that talks about really house all the rules can become. Without the benefit of that education without the benefit of business is like to check on his mister -- as honest -- there's a lot of slopes upward. Yeah I think that just that a fabulous job. I gotta say this he it to mr. -- you know us Jason willful accused me to -- paid political announcement from me at Tom and you know but you give credit where credit is due. The fact that you tracked those individuals those several hundred kids who went -- this camp if you. So he could monitor and because a -- experience away and to see the Atlantic Ocean they have the fresh air in the recreation and the other stuff that -- provided that's great. A month that's about their eleven of them months. To track them and it and follow their progress and make sure they hooked up with. The right teacher the right coached the right program something after school makes all the difference in the world and so again hats off to -- now. Help with the hell with Jason of as a paid political announcement anytime I want.

It's abortion goes oh really to a -- that is spectacular. Because brother does youth organization we have this city of Austin just say time since those kids and that I can tell -- lot of stories about those kids when young -- into the camp by some seventy to -- it. As -- Hillman. I'm a graduate from high school I'm war college -- somebody someday. As well let me now -- that determination to look at the SS -- like two strikes as kids. Fourteen years old respect.

Yeah and and it's gotta be that -- a story that allows you to get through that terrible story that day in South Boston lead just about the a tragedy in two sisters. I each other times I mean I just can't imagine. The -- and that heavily in the shocked the community itself is a you know -- like so many the other neighborhoods and communities that you represent is a real bond that the real beating together. People respond and help each other rout in just fabulous fabulous generous ways no question about it that's that's a great community so these they always come together within the tragedy and notify a few months ago they all came together enough. As one of the special news Washington -- on the lips of the pride. A little a little worried here that we might lose -- may have to frostbite and other hazardous hazards that are you know associated with the outdo us. 11 last two one last comment to the baseball fan when I was in the of this in the properly today and again -- it was empty it was great. And at that point you can actually see that red seat that's up there in the bleachers with Ted Williams his or his legendary. Home run I have to think mister mayor that your friend David Ortiz might be the only way of playing in Major League Baseball. Who has a chance to hit a ball that -- I cannot even begin. To imagine hitting a golf ball that Bob let alone a baseball that Ted Williams did it and we have a play -- today and David Ortiz -- and it -- around the community. I gives me something look forward to this season and I think you know. David has a potential do that and we hopefully you know -- somebody just him home runs mystery about a team effort ultimately done. And we have a team opened its its proponents of the one of that's what makes Washington. Unique week on the bringing you ice coffee because.

Hop hop hop. Blind spot -- rights advocate -- it's I was a good admit that may you have been fabulous to join us it is great to talk with the mayor of the city of -- and you know any chance we get in particularly on opening day at on yawkey way as the sun comes up here in the -- is fine city the city of Boston. Really one of the best cities in the whole wide world of -- a lot of traveling in my life and love to come -- the bottom of the vehicle the identified Boston as my hometown as the mayor. Thank you for joining us thank you John -- is going to go hop back in his little boy sit in there and can two. What does it all again and change from --