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Hi, I'm Eric Bradlow.
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>> is Shane Jensen.
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>> Hi, this is Kate Massi. Hi, I'm
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Professor Adi Wyner and I'm one of the
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co-hosts of Wharton Moneyball.
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Obviously, I've lived here in
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Philadelphia, I'm a professor here at
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Wharton for 30-plus years. I still love
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the Yankees the most. And so, to me, all
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my favorite or most important childhood
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memories around sports involved the
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Yankees. I was a small child during the
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'77 and '78 seasons. I remember watching
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Reggie Jackson hitting three home runs
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in a World Series game off three pitches
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off three different pitchers. I remember
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the Bucky Dent home run. This was a guy
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who hit very few home runs in his career
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and hit one in a very big moment.
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>> I'll have to give a shout-out to Lanny
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McDonald,
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a Hall of Fame hockey player for the
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Calgary Flames. He was my hero when the
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1989 when the Calgary Flames won the
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Stanley Cup when I was a young man. And
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so, he was always an inspiration. The
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kind of battle between Edmonton and
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Calgary in the '80s is part of what got
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me looking at hockey box scores and
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getting into the analytics of things.
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>> I was raised in Texas in the '70s and
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so, it was peak Dallas Cowboys, Roger
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Staubach, and that whole crew,
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but I was raised in Texas Longhorn
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family and that was the era of Earl
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Campbell and tearaway jerseys. So, Earl
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Campbell wearing the number 20
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and having his jersey torn to shreds
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playing college football
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is early early childhood hero memory. My
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favorite childhood player was Reggie
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Jackson and before that it was Thurman
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Munson. I'm a Yankee fan, so.
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Yankees of the '70s are my idols still
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to this day.
